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Steelers’ Mason Rudolph latest member of 2018 QB class to write his postseason story
It is not Mason Rudolph’s intention to bring some credibility to the 2018 quarterback class of which he is a mid-round member. His sole objective Monday afternoon is to help the Pittsburgh Steelers win a playoff game for the first time in seven seasons. Still, if he’s able to lead...
Zack Edey and 3-point shooters help No. 1 Purdue rebound with 95-78 rout of Penn StateVideo
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue fans treated Zach Edey to a pregame standing ovation in commemoration of him becoming the school’s second player with 1,000 career rebounds. They serenaded him again after another milestone moment. The reigning national player of the year scored 30 points, grabbed a season-high 20 rebounds...
Game time for Penguins’ home game against Kraken on Monday changed
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ home game against the Seattle Kraken on Monday has been moved up earlier in the day to avoid an overlap with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ road playoff game against the Buffalo Bills that same day. Originally scheduled to begin shortly after 6 p.m. Monday, the Penguins-Kraken game will...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Extreme conditions get romanticized, but indoor stadiums a better option for NFL
The NFL produced almost $12 billion in shared income in 2023. Average revenue for each of the league’s teams was nearly $600 million. The franchises have their cities over a barrel, holding them hostage to build (mostly gratis) anything the teams want. There’s no excuse for every team to not...
Winter storm forces postponement of Steelers-Bills playoff game
With a winter storm expected to hit the Buffalo area Saturday and Sunday, New York officials and the NFL decided to move the Steelers-Bills AFC wild-card game to 4:30 p.m. Monday. The game was scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday. Due to public safety concerns in light of the ongoing weather emergency...
Steelers 4 Downs: 7th place in conference standings is familiar territory
1. Seven of 16 Arguably no team should have been more pleased than the Pittsburgh Steelers when the NFL expanded its playoff field in 2020 from the top six to top seven from each conference. Seventh place in the AFC seems to suit the Steelers just fine. For the fourth...
Minor league report: Joel Blomqvist’s winning streak snapped as Penguins fall in overtimeVideo
Goaltender Joel Blomqvist made 37 saves on 40 shots for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Providence Bruins at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, R.I. on Friday. The result snapped a five-game winning streak for Blomqvist and dropped his record to 11-4-3. Forward Sam Poulin...
Robert Morris men rebound in big way, top Purdue Fort Wayne on OT buzzer-beater
The dust hadn’t settled from a frantic finish Friday night at UPMC Events Center, where Markeese Hastings’ buzzer-beating 3-point shot lifted Robert Morris to a 91-88 overtime victory over Purdue Fort Wayne, when Colonials coach Andy Toole was swarmed by his ecstatic players. “Is your shirt wet?” Toole was asked...
Dodgers finalize $23.5M deal with Teoscar Hernández
LOS ANGELES — Teoscar Hernández finalized a $23.5 million, one-year contract with the Dodgers on Friday, the latest deal by big-spending Los Angeles that includes deferred money. The outfielder agreed to defer $8.5 million that will be paid in 10 equal installments each July 1 from 2030-39. He also has...
With Steelers-Bills set for blizzard, a look at some of the worst-weather NFL playoff games
Perhaps as much as three feet of snow. Possible wind gusts of more than 60 mph. Wind-chill factors well into negative numbers. It remains to be seen exactly how bad the weather ends up in Orchard Park, N.Y., for Sunday’s wild-card round playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo...
Jordan Hicks, Giants agree to $44 million, 4-year contract
SAN FRANCISCO — Free-agent pitcher Jordan Hicks and the San Francisco Giants have agreed on a $44 million, four-year contract, a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations said Friday. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical and had...
Dayton topples Duquesne in front of sellout crowd at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse
With a sellout crowd of 3,724 filling UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on Friday night and Duquesne welcoming one of the Atlantic 10’s best teams to town, the decibel level was high and there was energy in the building. Duquesne officials were hoping for a memorable night of basketball. What they got,...
Steelers prepare for perhaps unprecedented cold, snowy, windy conditions against Bills
Born and raised in Arizona and after a college career at Alabama, Levi Wallace wasn’t so much thrown into the fire in the NFL as he was thrown into an icebox. Wallace spent his first four seasons with the Buffalo Bills. Now in his second season with the Pittsburgh Steelers,...
RB Aaron Jones rebounds from injuries to help Packers into postseason
GREEN BAY, Wis. — This hasn’t been a typical season for Green Bay’s Aaron Jones, but the veteran running back has regained his peak form just in time to help the Packers reach the playoffs. Jones, 29, bounced back from hamstring and knee injuries to rush for at least 112...
Joe Flacco’s remarkable comeback has Cleveland buzzing, Browns believing
CLEVELAND — Joe Flacco still struggles to process this re-found fame, an unexpected rebirth in a city where he was once despised and now adored. It’s all happened so fast for the quarterback who fell from his couch, landed in Cleveland and then the playoffs. “Crazy,” the soon-to-be 39-year-old Flacco...
Mark Andrews back at practice for Ravens after missing 6 games
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Mark Andrews was back at practice for the Baltimore Ravens on Friday after missing the final six games of the regular season because of an ankle injury. The three-time Pro Bowl tight end went on injured reserve after he was hurt early in a Nov. 16...
When ‘silent killer’ Isaac Seumalo speaks, Steelers locker room listens
The jubilant postgame locker room after the Pittsburgh Steelers beat their rivals on the road to complete their regular season last week featured plenty of hooting and hollering. But in the celebratory mood after defeating the Baltimore Ravens put the Steelers in position to earn a playoff berth, one player...
Lights, cameras, Clark: Iowa’s superstar guard gets prime-time spotlight Saturday on Fox
Caitlin Clark has set records on and off the court. The University of Iowa’s superstar guard is on track to do something never accomplished by a women’s basketball player. Appear on all four broadcast networks in the same season. Clark and the third-ranked Hawkeyes host No. 14 Indiana on Saturday...
Black leadership at head coach, QB to be more visible than ever during NFL playoffs
This year’s NFL playoffs will feature a record number of Black men who have thrived in leadership positions they rarely had the opportunity to hold in previous generations. Three Black head coaches have reached the playoffs — Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowles and Houston’s DeMeco Ryans. Miami coach...
Reports: Washington’s Kalen DeBoer signs deal to replace Nick Saban at Alabama
Alabama wasted little time in finding Nick Saban’s successor, hiring Kalen DeBoer away from national runner-up Washington. DeBoer signed a deal with Alabama on Friday to replace Saban, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither...
Steelers Pro Bowl S Minkah Fitzpatrick officially to face Bills, but how will secondary line up?
It was only a couple weeks ago it felt as if the cupboard was bare in regards to Pittsburgh Steelers safeties. Now, all of a sudden, it seems they have too many? Minkah Fitzpatrick was given the official green light to play in Sunday’s playoff opener at the Buffalo Bills,...
Penn State special teams coordinator Stacy Collins leaving for Boise State as staff turnover continues
Penn State will enter the 2024 season with three new coordinators. Stacy Collins, the Nittany Lions’ special teams coordinator the last two years, is leaving. Collins is expected to be hired as Boise State’s special teams coordinator, linebackers coach and assistant head coach, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam...
Christian McCaffrey, Tyreek Hill, Fred Warner unanimous selections for 2023 NFL All-Pro team
Christian McCaffrey, Tyreek Hill and Fred Warner are unanimous choices for The Associated Press 2023 NFL All-Pro Team. The 49ers’ McCaffrey and Warner and the Dolphins’ Hill received first-team votes from all 50 members of a nationwide panel of media members who regularly cover the league. “No freakin’ way,” Warner...
Casey Thompson, former Texas, Nebraska and FAU QB, says he’ll transfer to Oklahoma
Casey Thompson, who has played quarterback at Texas, Nebraska and Florida Atlantic, has announced he will transfer to Oklahoma for the seventh season of an injury-riddled career. Thompson, 25, made the announcement on social media on Thursday night. Thompson’s father is former Oklahoma wishbone Sooners quarterback Charles Thompson. Oklahoma recruited...
Penguins forward Reilly Smith to be out long term with upper-body injury
As Reilly Smith retook the ice late in the first period Thursday against Vancouver, it looked like the Pittsburgh Penguins had dodged a bullet and avoided a serious ailment to their 32-year-old forward. In that opening period vs. the Canucks, Smith absorbed a big hit on the boards and left...
