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Rookie TE Dalton Kincaid provides Bills another option after nearly giving up on football
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Dalton Kincaid occasionally wonders how different his life would have been had the rookie tight end not given football a second chance entering his senior year in high school. “I’d probably be selling real estate or traveling,” Kincaid told the Associated Press on Wednesday, in preparing...
Sportsbooks pulling hard for big underdogs Steelers and Packers in playoffs
LAS VEGAS — Sportsbook directors follow the money when it comes to cheering for particular teams, and they are solidly behind the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers this weekend. Both are sizable underdogs in the NFL playoffs, with the majority of the money from casual bettors going to the...
Keith Dambrot’s plans to keep Duquesne players engaged steps into national spotlight Friday vs. Dayton
In 29 seasons coaching college and high school basketball, Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot has tried many ways to assure his players they matter. • Like most coaches, Dambrot, 65, likes to keep a line of communication open between his office and the locker room. • Or, he might plan something similar...
Plenty rests on the shoulders of Tua Tagovailoa as Dolphins go for first playoff win since 2000Video
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It has been more than 23 years since the Miami Dolphins won a playoff game. Tua Tagovailoa gets a chance to stop that drought Saturday night. The fourth-year quarterback makes his first postseason appearance when Miami visits the Kansas City Chiefs for a wild-card game this...
Blackhawks rookie Connor Bedard will be out for at least 6 weeks after No. 1 pick has jaw surgeryVideo
CHICAGO — Blackhawks center Connor Bedard is expected to miss six to eight weeks after he had surgery to repair his fractured jaw. The team announced the operation and timeline for the 18-year-old rookie Wednesday. It means he will miss the Feb. 3 NHL All-Star Game in Toronto, dealing a...
After watching his brother win a title, Ravens coach John Harbaugh wants another for himselfVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Now the Harbaugh family goes for the sweep. After watching his brother, Jim, coach Michigan to a national title Monday night, Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh has his sights on another celebration in the Super Bowl next month. His team is the top seed in the...
Browns WR Amari Cooper faces Houston in playoffs just weeks after record performance against TexansVideo
BEREA, Ohio — Never flashy or full of himself, Amari Cooper downplayed his record-setting performance a few weeks ago in Houston. Cooper had a game unlike any in Browns history. “Just numbers,” he said. Eye-popping ones. Shredding Houston’s secondary from the opening play, Cooper finished with 265 yards in Cleveland’s...
Alabama coach Nick Saban retires after winning 7 national titles
Nick Saban’s coaching reign has come to an end. His dominance over college football, however, will forever linger in the lore of the sport. Saban, who won seven national championships — more than any other major college football coach — and turned Alabama back into a national powerhouse with six...
Pirates avoid arbitration with RHP JT Brubaker, who signs 1-year deal for $2.725 million
The Pittsburgh Pirates avoided arbitration with right-handed pitcher JT Brubaker on Wednesday by agreeing to a one-year contract for $2.725 million, a source confirmed to TribLive. Brubaker will make the same salary as he did last year, which he missed after undergoing Tommy John surgery. He was projected to make...
Pro Bowl safety Minkah Fitzpatrick a full participant at Steelers practice
For the first time since suffering a knee injury 3½ weeks ago, Pro Bowl safety Minkah Fitzpatrick made it through a full day’s worth of practice for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Fitzpatrick was a full participant at Wednesday’s session at Acrisure Stadium, according to the injury report. Coach Mike Tomlin on...
Former Penn State QB a coach on the rise, joins Chip Kelly’s UCLA staff
Some Penn State fans might not recognize the name Billy Fessler. But the former Nittany Lion quarterback is a coach on the rise — and he’s re-joining the Big Ten. Fessler, a reserve quarterback at Penn State from 2014-18, is now the new quarterbacks coach at UCLA, according to multiple...
Damontae Kazee back on Steelers’ active roster; fellow safety Trenton Thompson to IR
Damontae Kazee is officially back on the Pittsburgh Steelers active roster, but the team officially lost another member of its ailing safeties corps. Kazee was restored to the 53-man roster, it was announced Wednesday upon the expiration of the three-game suspension he served resulting from a hard hit on Indianapolis...
Bears to keep Matt Eberflus as coach, fire offensive coordinator Luke Getsy
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears are sticking with coach Matt Eberflus in 2024 after the team showed improvement over the second half of the season. There will, however, be some big changes to his staff. The Bears fired most of their offensive assistants, including coordinator Luke Getsy after...
Change in practice venue chance for Steelers’ Mike Tomlin to get week off on right foot
Mike Tomlin put his Pittsburgh Steelers players on buses and sent them across town to practice Wednesday at Acrisure Stadium. Weather conditions made the grass practice fields at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex unusable, and Tomlin wanted to the players to experience a playing surface similar to what the Buffalo Bills...
Kentucky Derby purse raised to $5 million for 150th race in May
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Derby purse has been raised to $5 million for the 150th edition in May. The increase of $2 million was announced Wednesday by Churchill Downs. The 1 1/4-mile race will be May 4. This year’s winner will receive $3.1 million. The runner-up will earn $1...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt named AFC defensive player of the week
For the final week of the regular season — and, perhaps, the final game of any kind for his season as an individual — T.J. Watt went out on top among the corps of AFC players on defense. Watt was named the AFC defensive player of the week for the...
Pete Carroll out as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks after 14 seasonsVideo
RENTON, Wash. — Pete Carroll’s mantra was “always compete,” — it was the title of his book, after all. And he did right up to the point where the ownership of the Seattle Seahawks decided it was time for a new voice to be in charge following 14 seasons. After...
Penguins defenseman Chad Ruhwedel’s goals are rare but provide a different boostVideo
Chad Ruhwedel didn’t have much to say about the first time he put a puck in the net this season. Especially because it was wiped out on a coach’s challenge. During the first period of a 4-3 home loss to the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena on Jan. 2,...
Monthlong hot streak provides Penguins with momentum as 1st half of season concludes
By the end of this week, the Pittsburgh Penguins will have played 41 games, exactly half of the season. Upcoming contests with the Vancouver Canucks and Carolina Hurricanes await before the halfway point, and heading into Thursday’s home game against the Canucks, the Penguins (20-15-4) are on the outside of...
Pat McAfee announces Aaron Rodgers’ appearances are over for the rest of this NFL seasonVideo
Aaron Rodgers’ Tuesday appearances on “The Pat McAfee Show” are over for the rest of this NFL season. Or possibly longer. McAfee announced at the beginning of his Wednesday show on ESPN that his fourth season of doing a weekly segment with the New York Jets quarterback had concluded. As...
Cameron Heyward not thinking about ‘nonsense’ of Steelers being 10-point underdogs to Bills
Cameron Heyward doesn’t care that the Pittsburgh Steelers are prohibitive underdogs in their wild-card playoff matchup at Buffalo on Sunday. The Bills, winners of five games in a row, are 10-point favorites according to many betting sites. “That is for Vegas and all the other naysayers,” Heyward said Wednesday. “We’re...
ACC’s best rebounders next up for slumping Pitt
There is some good news for Pitt and coach Jeff Capel, but it’s difficult to find much of it after the 78-53 loss to Duke on Tuesday night. The Panthers can cross off North Carolina’s Armando Bacot, the ACC’s leading rebounder, from their list of big men they must confront...
Bills fan killed outside of Dolphins’ stadium after last weekend’s game, police say
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Police in South Florida say a man fatally shot a 30-year-old Buffalo Bills fan during an altercation outside Hard Rock Stadium after the Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins in the final regular season game. As Dylan Brody Isaacs and his friends were returning to their vehicle...
Without T.J. Watt, Markus Golden going to ‘keep hunting’ at outside linebacker for Steelers
As a veteran pass rusher, Markus Golden has made a modest impact on the Pittsburgh Steelers this season. He finished third on the team with four sacks despite playing just 22% of the defensive snaps. As a locker-room presence, his impact has been incalculable. At least that is the opinion...
Robert Morris hockey takes on one of the nation’s ‘blue bloods’ with trip to Minnesota
Last weekend’s series against Stonehill was a measuring stick of sorts for the Robert Morris hockey team. The Skyhawks came in at 0-18-0 in their first year as a D-1 program. Meanwhile, the Colonials are in the first season of a program reboot after a two-year shutdown. It went well...
