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Panthers coach Frank Reich encouraged by Bryce Young’s Week 1 outingVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It’s going to take more than a season-opening loss to the Atlanta Falcons to change coach Frank Reich’s mind about Carolina Panthers rookie quarterback Bryce Young. Although Young was intercepted twice in Carolina’s 24-10 defeat on Sunday, Reich said he was encouraged by the play of the...
Former West Allegheny student Tanner Rosborough, 15, signs MLS NEXT Pro contract
Tanner Rosborough already has made a number of professional appearances. He had 28 goals during the MLS NEXT regular season and won an MLS NEXT Cup, scoring the game-winning goal in the final. Be that as it may, Rosborough is only 15 years old. It’s quite obvious, this kid is...
‘Thursday Night Football’ will use AI to help viewers better understand the action on the field
Amazon Prime Video took a different approach during the offseason as it looked to improve its coverage of “Thursday Night Football.” While most networks review the film, go to college, or seek input from teams on different ways to broadcast games, Prime Video’s production, tech, and engineering teams visited Tel...
NFLPA renews call for natural grass to help prevent injuries after Rodgers gets hurt
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The NFL Players Association wants the league to switch all its fields to natural grass, calling it “the easiest decision the NFL can make.” Executive director Lloyd Howell issued a statement Wednesday morning saying NFL players “overwhelmingly prefer it and the data is clear that grass is...
Erik Karlsson among Penguins teammates hitting the ice at unofficial skates
New Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson was among players hitting the ice for an unofficial skate with teammates this week at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. Acquired this summer in a massive trade from the San Jose Sharks, Karlsson wore his customary No. 65. New winger Reilly Smith,...
Jets’ loss of Aaron Rodgers is reminiscent of other QB injuries for Super Bowl contenders
Longtime New York Jets fans are all too familiar with the pain that comes from having a promising season derailed as soon as it started by a quarterback injury. Twenty-four years to the day from when Vinny Testaverde’s ruptured Achilles tendon in the season opener ruined the 1999 season for...
Embattled receiver Antonio Brown hints interest in returning to Steelers
With wide receiver Diontae Johnson hobbled by a hamstring, could the Pittsburgh Steelers turn to their past for a replacement? However unlikely it may seem, embattled receiver Antonio Brown floated the idea of a potential return. Brown, who played for the Steelers from 2010-18, took to social media Tuesday to...
Mark Madden: Matt Canada deserves blame for Steelers’ struggles, but it doesn’t stop there
Fire Matt Canada. That’s the most widely held solution to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ problems. It’s not an unreasonable opinion. Canada never should have been promoted from quarterbacks coach to offensive coordinator. But Canada was already in the building and works cheap. (Like all Steelers assistants, at least in comparison to...
West Virginia eager for the chance to host a rebooted Backyard Brawl against Pitt
The Backyard Brawl between Pitt (1-1) and West Virginia (1-1) returned a year ago in Pittsburgh. Both teams have already lost a game this season. But enthusiasm for the next chapter of the rivalry, set to be written at Mountaineer Field on Saturday night (7:30 p.m.), hasn’t waned at all....
Penn State WR Liam Clifford, brother of record-setting QB, looks to make a name for himself
Sean Clifford introduced himself as Penn State’s starting quarterback time and time again over the last four years. His face and voice became a constant during pregame introductions on the Beaver Stadium video board. But a couple weekends ago offered a twist. Clifford was sitting in the stands ahead of...
Tim Benz: Not possible for Steelers fans to ‘seek comfort’ after Mike Tomlin’s press conference
When Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is attempting to answer a question from the media without coming off as if he is making an excuse for something that went wrong in the previous game, he loves to spin the phrase “we do not seek comfort.” That said, after his team...
First Call: Steelers won’t love quotes from 49ers after opener; wild stats trending vs. Browns
You will not feel better about the Steelers after reading what the 49ers had to say regarding their win in Pittsburgh on Sunday. There are some statistical trends that will pull you in opposite directions about this coming Monday’s game against the Cleveland Browns. And a potential option for the...
When Pirates pitcher Quinn Priester stopped thinking so much, he started having fun again
Quinn Priester had a simple solution for his struggles with the Pittsburgh Pirates, one the right-hander pitcher employed with resounding success after he was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis last month. “Stop thinking as much. Just throw that thing,” Priester said. “And I had really good results when I did that,...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 12, 2023: Henry Davis collects 2 hits, Nick Gonzales homers in Indy loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 63-74) gave up five runs in the eighth inning and fell 10-6 to Omaha (Royals). RF Henry Davis (.364) went 2 for 4 with two singles, a walk and a run scored. 1B Matt Gorski (.421) was 2 for 4 with his first home run in Indy and...
Former No. 1 tennis player Simona Halep gets 4-year ban in doping case
LONDON — Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been suspended from professional tennis for four years for doping violations, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday. The 31-year-old Romanian “committed intentional anti-doping rule violations ” by failing a drug test during the 2022 U.S. Open and for irregularities in...
Joshua Palacios homers, throws runner out at home as Pirates cruise past Nationals
Joshua Palacios gave the Pittsburgh Pirates the lead over his former team with his bat, then helped protect it with his arm. The right fielder hit a two-run home run in the second inning and threw a runner out at the plate in the seventh, as the Pirates beat the...
Ex-NFL receiver Mike Williams dies 2 weeks after being injured in construction accident
TAMPA, Fla. — Former NFL receiver Mike Williams, who was injured in a construction accident two weeks ago and later put on a ventilator, died Tuesday, his agent said. He was 36. Williams, who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Buffalo Bills from 2010-14, died at St. Joseph’s Hospital...
‘We’re running out of days’: Pirates pull plug on hopes of SS Oneil Cruz returning this season
The calendar confirmed the Pittsburgh Pirates’ concerns that time was running out on Oneil Cruz to play again this season, so they decided Tuesday to pull the plug on hopes of his return. The 6-foot-7 shortstop fractured his left ankle on an awkward slide into home plate against the Chicago...
Analysis: Josh Allen’s turnover troubles too much to overcome for BillsVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The many assurances Bills quarterback Josh Allen provided in April and repeated throughout the summer over how he was placing an emphasis on cutting down on turnovers suddenly seem like empty promises entering Week 2 of the season. There, in the early hours of Tuesday morning,...
Deion Sanders rapidly raising profile of No. 18 Colorado on and off the fieldVideo
BOULDER, Colo. — The turnaround for a Colorado team that went 1-11 last season is happening at lightning speed. Just don’t ask coach Deion Sanders about stopping to soak any of it in. He’s much too busy to fully wrap his mind around Boulder being the center of the college...
New Blue Jackets coach Mike Babcock blasts report suggesting he was invading his players’ privacy
New Columbus Blue Jackets coach Mike Babcock said Tuesday he had done nothing wrong in asking players to show him photos off their phones, clarifying he was trying to get to know them after a report emerged criticizing him for invasion of privacy. Paul Bissonnette said on the ‘Spittin’ Chiclets’...
Exhibit honoring Roberto Clemente’s 3,000th hit at center of celebration of Pirates legend
The phone call had Roberto Clemente Jr. in tears when his brother Luis shared how powerful the experience was to see never-published images of their father, Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente. The black-and-white shots will be on display through the Roberto Clemente 3000 Photographic Exhibit outside PNC Park this week,...
Zach Wilson steps into the huddle again for the Jets with Aaron Rodgers injuredVideo
OK, Zach Wilson, you’re up. Again. With Aaron Rodgers out for the rest of the season with a torn left Achilles tendon, Wilson takes over as the New York Jets’ starting quarterback. “We’ve got a lot of faith in Zach,” coach Robert Saleh said during a video call Tuesday. “We’re...
Conference pride is on the line this weekend with Big Ten matched against ACC in 6 gamesVideo
It was 1953 when the Big Ten and ACC first met in a nonconference football game, and it was a good one on a cloudy October afternoon in Durham, N.C. The ACC was an upstart conference in its first year and hoping Duke, its best team, would show up well...
Big 12 aims for 3-game sweep of mighty SEC after Longhorns’ win at AlabamaVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — You can bet the SEC is counting the days until Texas is playing with them rather than against them. In the first of three matchups between the heaviest of heavyweight conferences and the Big 12 spanning two weeks, the then-No. 11 Longhorns — soon to be...
