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Ravens RB J.K. Dobbins suffers season-ending torn Achilles in opener as 4 starters exit with injuriesVideo
BALTIMORE — In the first game of his fourth NFL season — and the last of his rookie deal — Ravens running back J.K. Dobbins suffered a season-ending torn Achilles tendon, coach John Harbaugh announced after Baltimore’s 25-9 win over the Houston Texans. “I just feel bad for him,” Harbaugh...
Airing of Grievances: Steelers look outmatched, ill-prepared vs. 49ers during regular season reality check
To begin each of the last two seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers shelved many concerns from their fans by upsetting top-notch playoff teams on the road: Buffalo (2021) and Cincinnati (2022). In the 2023 season opener Sunday, after a preseason that seemed to erase many issues that lingered from last winter,...
Steelers notes: Though they didn’t start, 5 rookies among 16 who make team debut
The lauded Pittsburgh Steelers 2023 draft class might yet make a major impact on the organization. Its members barely registered notice in their NFL debut, though. No rookies were in the starting lineup for Sunday’s 30-7 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. But five of the six rookies on the...
T.J. Watt ties Steelers career sacks record with 3 in opener vs. 49ers
When the day began, T.J. Watt sat in third place among the Pittsburgh Steelers’ career sacks leaders. He ended it tied for first. The sixth three-sack game of Watt’s career lifted him into a tie with James Harrison for the most sacks in franchise history with 80½. Watt brought down...
NFL Week 1: Washington’s defense takes over to help the Commanders rally past the CardinalsVideo
LANDOVER, Md. — Throughout the second half, Montez Sweat looked around at his defensive teammates and asked who was going to be the closer the Washington Commanders needed. Turned out it was Sweat getting the job done. The edge rusher strip-sacked Joshua Dobbs late in the first quarter to set...
Ravens beat Texans, lose RB J.K. Dobbins for season
BALTIMORE — With J.K. Dobbins lost for the season because of a torn Achilles tendon, the Baltimore Ravens again are facing some major questions about their backfield. That injury did not prevent them from opening the season with a double-digit win. Justice Hill scored twice in the second half after...
Deshaun Watson runs for TD, Browns bottle up Joe Burrow in win
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns took Ja’Marr Chase’s trash talk personally. Joe Burrow paid for it. Deshaun Watson ran for a touchdown and threw for another, and Cleveland’s defense bottled up Burrow — the NFL’s new highest-paid player — as the Browns opened the season with a 24-3 win over...
49ers clobber Steelers as perfect preseason is quickly forgotten
So much for all of that preseason hype surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers. The regular season arrived with great fanfare Sunday, and, simply put, the Steelers weren’t ready. Not for Brock Purdy, the last pick of the 2022 NFL Draft who routinely exploited the middle of the field against a retooled...
Bullpen blows lead as Braves rally with 4-run 7th inning to beat Pirates, clinch playoff spot
The Pittsburgh Pirates had been one of baseball’s hottest teams over the past 10 games, and their bullpen was a big reason why. With a .191 batting average against and 1.46 ERA, the Pirates’ bullpen ranked second in baseball in both categories. So it was with confidence that manager Derek...
Michigan State suspends Mel Tucker after allegations he sexually harassed rape survivorVideo
Michigan State suspended football coach Mel Tucker without pay on Sunday, less than 24 hours after allegations became public in a USA Today report that he sexually harassed activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy during a phone call last year. Michigan State President Teresa K. Woodruff and athletic director Alan...
AP Top 25: Texas jumps to No. 4 after beating ‘Bama; Pac-12 sets conference high with 8 ranked teamsVideo
Texas jumped seven spots to No. 4 in the Associated Press college football poll Sunday after beating Alabama, and the Pac-12 became just the second conference to place as many as eight teams in an AP Top 25. Georgia received 55 first-place votes to remain the clear No. 1. Michigan...
After loss to Cincinnati, before facing tough road ahead, Pitt must find answers in a hurry
After Pitt lost a game no one inside or outside the program expected to lose, there is an unmistakable and somewhat misplaced tendency for fans to overreact. • Hire a better coach. • Change quarterbacks. (Coach Pat Narduzzi offered a definitive “no” to that one.) • If Pitt (1-1) can’t...
2 weeks after being acquired, CB Desmond King inactive for Steelers’ opener vs. 49ers
Eleven days, apparently, was not enough time for Desmond King to hop on the proverbial moving train. But more than three weeks without practicing fully was not a hindrance to Larry Ogunjobi. King, a veteran cornerback signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Aug. 31, was one of four players designated...
‘I want the ball’: Penn State RB Kaytron Allen shown appreciation with heavy workload vs. Delaware
STATE COLLEGE — Kaytron Allen flexed both arms after trucksticking a defender into the end zone. Then, he turned to the Beaver Stadium student section, motioned to the crowd to get loud and slapped his own helmet not once but twice. It was only Delaware; Allen has had bigger touchdowns...
AP Top 25 Takeaways: Texas is ready for the SEC, but the SEC doesn’t look so tough right now
Texas is ready for the Southeastern Conference. Then again, the SEC doesn’t look so tough right now. In their final season as a member of the Big 12, the No. 11 Longhorns made a statement against Alabama and came away with the biggest victory of Steve Sarkisian’s three seasons as...
Steelers fans flocked to Acrisure Stadium for season opener
Thousands of Pittsburgh Steelers fans flocked to the North Shore and tailgating lots Sunday for the team’s season opener at Acrisure Stadium against the San Francisco 49ers. People began trickling in at around 8 a.m., and by 9, the festivities were in full swing, featuring loud pump-up music, food and...
Steelers’ Cam Heyward, Diontae Johnson knocked out of opener
Veteran Pittsburgh Steelers starters Cameron Heyward and Diontae Johnson did not finish Sunday’s season opener because of injury. The Steelers’ oldest player at 34 and a longtime co-captain, Heyward suffered what the team described as a groin injury during the first half of Sunday’s 30-7 loss to the San Francisco...
No. 11 Texas, Quinn Ewers pull off victory at No. 3 Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Quinn Ewers finished what he started last season, passing for 349 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 11 Texas to a 34-24 victory over third-ranked Alabama on Saturday night in a huge win for a program trying to climb back into national championship contention. The Longhorns...
Riverhounds scrap out home victory over Loudoun
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds got the result, winning 3-1 over a struggling Loudoun United team Saturday night at Highmark Stadium, but coach Bob Lilley was less than pleased with the way they achieved it. He called it a poor performance, and though his group is the current league leader in points,...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 9, 2023: Henry Davis homers for Indy in rehab outing
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 62-73) dropped a 13-2 decision to Toledo (Tigers). RF Henry Davis (.297) hit a solo home run in his first rehab outing. He has been out of the lineup with a right-hand strain. RF Canaan Smith-Njigba (.258) also knocked in a run. CF Matt Gorski (.364) was 2...
Bryan Reynolds leads hit parade as Pirates overcome early tensions to beat Braves
On a night when emotions ran high as the Atlanta Braves retired the jersey number of one of their greats and had a chance to clinch a playoff spot, the Pittsburgh Pirates played the perfect spoiler to the celebration. Bryan Reynolds, who has an affinity for playing at Atlanta, led...
Pitt swallowed up by mistakes in loss to Cincinnati
Phil Jurkovec’s footwork was bad. He was not in rhythm. He failed to trust the things he learned playing quarterback for three teams and six seasons. He either left the pocket too early or held onto the football too long. He was sacked five times. Those points could have been...
District college roundup: Robert Morris rallies past St. Francis (Pa.)
Anthony Chiccitt threw for three touchdowns to three different targets and Robert Morris pulled away in the second half to beat St. Francis (Pa.), 31-21, on Saturday. Chiccitt also caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from wideout Connor Becker to give the Colonials a 10-7 lead. Chiccitt threw an 8-yard score...
Can the NFL’s 2020 QB draft class be among the best ever?
Joe Burrow is not only the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback, he is the leader of a draft class that in a short time is making a run to be one of the best. The 2020 QB draft class has had one of its own in the Super Bowl the past two...
West Virginia dominates post-weather delay to pummel Duquesne for 1st win of season
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – From start to finish, the first football meeting between West Virginia and Duquesne in 88 years took over five hours to complete. That was due to a severe weather delay caused by lightning that paused the game for 1 hour, 54 minutes about midway through the second...
