Connor McDavid signs 2-year, $25 million contract extension with the Edmonton Oilers
Connor McDavid signed his long-awaited contract extension with the Edmonton Oilers on Monday, refusing a raise on a short-term agreement as he pursues his first Stanley Cup championship. The three-time MVP and the only NHL organization he has played with finalized a two-year, $25 million contract on the eve of...
Rookies Harrison Brunicke, Ben Kindel set to make NHL debuts in Penguins’ season opener
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Harrison Brunicke and forward Ben Kindel are each scheduled to make their NHL debuts on Tuesday in the team’s season opener, a road contest against the New York Rangers. Coach Dan Muse announced the pair of teenagers would be in the lineup following a practice in Cranberry...
Kickoff time, TV details announced for Pitt’s road game at Syracuse
Pitt’s Oct. 18 game at Syracuse will kick off at 7:30 p.m. from the JMA Wireless Dome and be broadcast on the ACC Network, the league announced Monday morning. The Panthers (3-2, 1-1 ACC) first do battle this upcoming weekend in Tallahassee vs. the 25th-ranked Florida State Seminoles, while the...
Tim Benz: Attempts to rebound result in very different outcomes for Pitt, Penn StateVideo
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi told a whopper of a lie during the opening comments of Saturday’s postgame press conference following the Panthers’ 48-7 drubbing of Boston College. “It was not my intention to mislead you guys as far as the quarterback goes, but I did what I felt like was...
Mark Madden: Penguins are rebuilding the right way
The Pittsburgh Penguins are going to be OK. Just not this year. They’re not a playoff team, even though the Eastern Conference looks terrible. But they have a potential star defenseman in Harrison Brunicke. He’s 19. They have a potential star goalie in 21-year-old Sergei Murashov. (He’s with the Penguins’ affiliate...
What will success look like in Dan Muse’s 1st year as Penguins coach?
Like anyone who spent time in the Yellowhammer State, Dan Muse is a big fan of Alabama football. But unlike many Crimson Tide fans, he has patience for Kalen DeBoer, the scrutinized coach of the program who has the daunting task of succeeding Nick Saban, arguably the greatest college football...
First Call: Ravens still favored in AFC North; Steelers’ game in Ireland generates big money
Monday’s “First Call” features some surprising odds in the AFC North. The amount of money spent in Ireland during the Pittsburgh Steelers’ visit is through the roof. And there’s lots of college hockey news involving some Penguins prospects, Robert Morris and Penn State. Not believing what they are seeing Despite...
Madden Monday: ‘It’s amazing how bad the (AFC) North is’ — Steelers ‘should go 6-0 in that division’
The Pittsburgh Steelers just had a great week, and they didn’t even play. Mike Tomlin’s team was on its bye, and while the players rested following their win in Ireland last week, the rest of the AFC North lost. Cleveland fell to Minnesota in England, 21-17. The Cincinnati Bengals dropped...
Deion Sanders: ‘I think I got more blood clots … I’m hurting like crazy’
Colorado football coach Deion Sanders revealed after Saturday’s 35-21 loss at TCU that he thinks he has more blood clots in his leg after already undergoing numerous surgeries because of blood circulation in his lower body. Sanders said he was in pain this week, in addition to his recovery from...
32 things we learned in NFL Week 5: Many teams ready for throne after Eagles’ first loss
The 32 things we learned from Week 5 of the 2025 NFL season: 0. The number of wins for New York Jets rookie coach Aaron Glenn, whose team was embarrassed at home 37-22 by the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. With Kellen Moore’s New Orleans Saints getting off the mat against...
Edmonton Oilers are still class of Pacific Division for everyone else to chase
Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers, for all the questions swirling around them, remain the class of the Pacific Division when it comes to success when it matters most. Sure, McDavid is in the final year of his contract and goaltending remains an uncertainty, but they’ve won the...
Bill Belichick, Alabama, Penn State lead college football Week 6 winners and losers
Let’s be honest: If Bill Belichick still had his fastball he’d be in the NFL. North Carolina’s stunning incompetence through the first five games of Belichick’s debut is proof positive that college football may be too much for him, just as success in the NFL escaped his grasp after losing...
Upstart Jaguars face true Monday night test against Chiefs
In terms of “Monday Night Football” appearances, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Kansas City Chiefs have been at opposite ends of the spectrum of late. Jacksonville has played a Monday night game in each of the last two seasons. Before that, there was a 12-year gap between appearances, dating back to...
Chargers WR Keenan Allen fastest in NFL history to reach 1,000 receptions
Los Angeles Chargers receiver Keenan Allen became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions during Sunday’s game against the Washington Commanders. Allen’s second catch of the game — a 4-yarder from Justin Herbert in the second quarter — was No. 1,000 and it came in his...
Bengals’ big comeback comes up short in loss to Lions
CINCINNATI — David Montgomery tossed a touchdown pass and ran for another in his return to his hometown as the Detroit Lions hung on to beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 37-24, on Sunday before a disgruntled home crowd. The Lions (4-1) were rolling to their fourth straight blowout win before the...
Blue Jays clobber Yankees, push Bombers to brink in MLB playoffs
The Toronto Blue Jays administered a historic two-game beatdown against the New York Yankees, unleashing a special rookie and a relentless offensive attack before getting out of Canada with a 2-0 lead in the American League Division Series. Behind a suffocating no-hit effort from Trey Yesavage, who was making just...
Shane van Gisbergen wins another NASCAR road race, this time in playoffs
Trackhouse Racing experienced the full gamut of emotions in the season’s final road-course race Sunday. Shane van Gisbergen dominated again on the NASCAR Cup Series’ twisty layouts by winning the Bank of America Roval 400 Round of 12 elimination race, but teammate Ross Chastain was trimmed from title contention at...
NFL Week 5: Panthers erase 17-point deficit in 27-24 win over Dolphins
CHARLOTTE N.C. — Bryce Young threw a go-ahead, 4-yard touchdown pass to Mitchell Evans with 1:59 remaining, Rico Dowdle ran for 206 yards and a score, and the Carolina Panthers overcame a 17-point first-half deficit to beat the Miami Dolphins 27-24 on Sunday. Young completed 19 of 30 passes for...
Freeport grad Merli confident his final season with UPJ men’s soccer team will be his best
There are a number of things Jon Merli wants to accomplish in his final season of collegiate soccer, so he isn’t about to let a nagging ankle injury slow him down. Merli, a Freeport grad and senior defender on the Pitt-Johnstown men’s team, has been dealing with an ankle issue...
Tommy Gainey takes fast track to a PGA Tour Champions victory at Furyk & Friends
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tommy “Two Gloves” is a winner again. Unlike his stints on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour, Tommy Gainey is proving to be a quicker study on the PGA Tour Champions. Gainey, who turned 50 years old on Aug. 13, won the Constellation Furyk & Friends...
The Stanley Cup still runs through Florida and an Atlantic Division as dominant as ever
Of the NHL’s four divisions, the Atlantic has stood above all recently, and that is not going to change this year if the threepeat-minded Florida Panthers have their say. No matter how many games — 314 including playoffs — the two-time defending champion Panthers have logged making three straight Stanley...
C.J. Stroud heats up, Texans rout overwhelmed Ravens
C.J. Stroud passed for 244 yards and four touchdowns, and the Houston Texans rode a dominating defensive performance to a 44-10 road victory over the injury-plagued Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. The Texans (2-3) were 0-8 in Baltimore before dismantling the Ravens (1-4). Stroud was exceedingly efficient, completing 23 of 27...
Ex-NFL player Mark Sanchez stabbed, charged for alleged role in incidentVideo
Fox NFL analyst Mark Sanchez, 38, was hospitalized in stable condition after being stabbed early on Saturday in Indianapolis, and police said he has been arrested and charged with three misdemeanors for his alleged role in the incident. Sanchez, a former NFL quarterback, was in the city to cover the...
NHL’s Central Division remains a gantlet through the season and playoffs
Mikko Rantanen was a staple for Colorado, helping the Avalanche win the Stanley Cup as part of his dominant decade in Denver. Then, all of a sudden last winter he was gone, traded to Carolina and by spring back in the division with bitter rival Dallas. “Someone was like, ‘Yeah,...
Old guard still runs Metropolitan Division, though times could be changing soon
The winds are beginning to change in the NHL’s Metropolitan Division, though not before the old guard gets at least one more shot. Washington easily won the division last season and has much of the same lineup back, potentially with career goal scoring leader Alex Ovechkin playing his final season...
