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Steelers coach Mike Tomlin confirms his return at season-ending press conference
Mike Tomlin is ready to fulfill the final year of his contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and he’s confident the 2024 season won’t be his last with the organization. Fresh off his 17th season with the Steelers, Tomlin said Thursday at his end-of-season news conference that he is confident an...
Nebraska hires away Steelers offensive assistant Glenn Thomas as co-coordinator
The offseason coaching carousel has begun to spin, with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first assistant coach leaving the staff. The University of Nebraska hired Steelers offensive assistant Glenn Thomas as its co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, the school announced via a release. Thomas, a veteran of more than two decades of...
Kirk Cousins plans to be ready for OTAs in the spring after Achilles injury
Kirk Cousins plans to be ready to return for practice in the spring wherever he ends up playing next season. Cousins continues progressing from a torn Achilles tendon that ended his season after eight games. He’s set to become a free agent following six years with the Minnesota Vikings but...
Thought to be moving up to 3A for next 2 years, Westinghouse will instead play Class A football
City League champion Westinghouse is dropping to Class A football next season after successfully avoiding a promotion under the PIAA competitive-balance rule. Bulldogs coach Donta Green said the PIAA initially identified 21 Westinghouse players as possible transfers, a total that would’ve put the team in jeopardy of moving from Class...
First Call: Speculation about Aaron Donald’s plans; former Steelers WR Martavis Bryant staying with Cowboys
There are quite a few NFL items in Thursday’s “First Call.” Many of them have Pittsburgh ties. Greenfield’s Mike McCarthy is getting another crack with the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys are also keeping a former Steelers wide receiver. Penn Hills and Pitt legend Aaron Donald has to make a decision...
U mad, bro?: Another Steelers season ends without a playoff win, so fans are in an angry mood
A Steelers season has ended in playoff failure for the fifth time since 2016. So fans are mad at the coach, the players and, most importantly, the media that covers them. As a member of that media contingent, I take no responsibility for the Steelers’ shortcomings in the playoffs. I...
What has worked and what hasn’t for the Penguins this season?
With 42 games played this season, the Pittsburgh Penguins have plenty of work ahead of them. To be precise, they have 40 games ahead of them. The obvious goal is a playoff spot after seeing a 16-year postseason streak end last spring. Coming into Thursday’s games, the Penguins (21-15-6, 48...
Next on the Tee: LPGA Tour pro Meaghan Francella discusses playing career, teaching
On this episode of Next on the Tee, host Chris Mascaro is joined by Tom Patri and a trio of Next on the Tee rookies — LPGA Tour pro and a Top 100 Teacher to Watch for 2024-25, Meaghan Francella; one of golf’s most decorated amateur players, Steve Scott; and...
ACC accuses Florida State of breaching contract in amended lawsuit
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The ACC accused Florida State of breach of contract Wednesday, saying the Seminoles broke promises when they legally challenged an agreement that binds the school to the league for the next dozen years. The ACC initially sued the Florida State Board of Trustees in North Carolina in...
West Virginia can’t hold early lead, stumbles on road to No. 15 Oklahoma
NORMAN, Okla. — Jalon Moore scored 16 points and Javian McCollum and Rivaldo Soares each added 13 to help No. 15 Oklahoma defeat West Virginia, 77-63, on Wednesday night. Otega Oweh added 12 points and 10 rebounds for Oklahoma (14-3, 2-2 Big 12), which shot 63.6% in the second half...
Robert Morris men survive in wild double-OT win over Detroit Mercy
TJ Wainwright considered the possibility of Robert Morris being “that team,” but he said the Colonials were determined not to allow Detroit Mercy to get its first men’s basketball victory of the season. Even when things were looking bleak. “I kept telling the guys, ‘We’re still going to win this...
Minor league report: Jesse Puljujarvi scores again as Penguins lose to BruinsVideo
Forward Jesse Puljujarvi had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 home loss to the Providence Bruins at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. It marked the second consecutive game in which Puljujarvi recorded a goal. The fourth overall pick of the 2016 NHL...
Eagles face uncertain offseason after late-season collapse
PHILADELPHIA — Brandon Graham surveyed the media horde waiting to dissect the Eagles’ season-ending failure with players who packed up their lockers Wednesday and bellowed at reporters that they were out of luck for a story. “Y’all ain’t getting nothing,” he said, laughing. “All the bad stuff’s been reported already.”...
Mike McCarthy will return as coach of the Dallas Cowboys after stunning wild-card loss
Mike McCarthy will get another chance to end a nearly three-decade stretch without a deep playoff run for the Dallas Cowboys. Owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Wednesday night the Greenfield native will be back for a fifth season as coach after a stunning 48-32 wild-card loss to Green...
Patriots coach Jerod Mayo says ‘everything under consideration’ as new era begins
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Jerod Mayo will be a first-time head coach, and the youngest in the NFL. He’ll also be following one of the winningest coaches in NFL history in Bill Belichick, who built the New England Patriots into one of the league’s preeminent franchises. And the former Patriots player...
Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic, 46, dies in Salt Lake City after heart attack
Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic, a mentor to two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and a former star player in his native Serbia, died Wednesday in Utah after suffering a heart attack, the team announced. Milojevic, part of the staff that helped the Warriors win the 2022 NBA championship,...
SEC reprimands Alabama coach Nate Oats for making contact with Missouri playerVideo
The Southeastern Conference reprimanded Alabama coach Nate Oats on Wednesday for making physical contact with a Missouri player. Oats pushed Missouri’s Aidan Shaw away from Alabama’s bench during a first-half timeout in the Crimson Tide’s 93-75 victory on Tuesday night. “Nate Oats’ actions were unacceptable and violated the expectations for...
After waiting out the bye week, Lamar Jackson is ‘antsy’ to take the field for the playoffsVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson might have a bit of cabin fever, NFL style. A first-round bye left the star quarterback with no game last weekend, and Jackson has made it clear that he’s itching to take the field and play. He has repeated one word in particular —...
Packers-49ers playoff rivalry has produced many memorable momentsVideo
Kyle Juszczyk remembers the different feel when he took the field for the first time in the playoff rivalry between his San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers. Two storied franchises with rich traditions that produced big stars facing off against each other on the playoff stage. The teams...
How Penn State football’s new transfer additions can impact the program in 2024
Penn State has made six additions to its roster for the spring semester, including three players who were five-star recruits coming out of high school. Let’s break down how the six new Nittany Lions can impact the program. WR Julian Fleming Fleming might only have one year of eligibility remaining,...
Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes hitting road for 1st time in playoffs to play Buffalo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes has done just about everything in his NFL career, particularly when it comes to the postseason. Five straight AFC title games. Three conference championships. Two Super Bowl titles. One shattered helmet. Mahomes will try something entirely new Sunday night, though, when he leads the...
First-year coach DeMeco Ryans transforms Texans with relentless mindsetVideo
HOUSTON — DeMeco Ryans was in high school when a coach told him if he wanted to make a career out of football, he would have to show great energy on every single snap. Ryans took that message to heart and now in his first year as coach of the...
Steelers add 17 players to reserve/futures contracts, including former Saints WR Marquez Callaway
The Pittsburgh Steelers began the process of roster construction for the 2024 season by signing 17 players to reserve/futures contracts Wednesday. The group includes nine players who finished the season on the Steelers practice squad. Returning to the offseason roster are defensive back Luq Barcoo, wide receiver Denzel Mims, running...
Former Pitt sports information director Beano Cook elected to College Sports Communicators Hall of Fame
Born in Boston, but a Pitt man until the day he died, Carroll H. “Beano” Cook has been posthumously elected to the College Sports Communicators Hall of Fame Class of 2024, the organization announced Wednesday. Known as the Pope of College Football because of his love for and knowledge of...
Strawberry and Gooden, honored by Mets with retired numbers, regret descent into drugs and alcohol
NEW YORK — Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden thought back to what might have been, how their starry accomplishments would have been so much greater had they not succumbed to the drugs and alcohol that shattered their careers. On the day the New York Mets announced they will retire Gooden’s...
