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NFL contest gives fans chance to party with Lombardi Trophy
NEW YORK — Ever want to party with the Lombardi Trophy? The NFL is giving fans that chance. The league is launching a “Lombardi in Your Hometown” contest, which will send the NFL’s championship trophy to one winner’s hometown during wild-card weekend in January. The trophy will appear at a...
Dominik Kahun would like to avoid another slump with the Penguins
How do you say “bad luck” in German? “It’s actually tough to translate,” said Penguins forward Dominik Kahun, who grew up in Weiden, a city within Bavaria. “You can say ‘unglück’ or like ‘schlechtes glück.’” However you vocalize it, Kahun had a lot of it through the first 11 games...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin says James Conner has shoulder injury, anticipates Jaylen Samuels’ returnVideo
James Conner left the locker room Monday night with his arm in a sling. Benny Snell Jr. was seen using crutches to protect a knee injury Tuesday afternoon at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin isn’t sure whether he will have his starting running back and rookie...
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby tests jaw protectorVideo
With Halloween around the corner, Sidney Crosby tested out a vintage look on Tuesday morning. He resembled the 2013 version of Sidney Crosby. Donning a protector for his jaw, Crosby participated in an optional morning skate at PPG Paints Arena hours before the Penguins took on the rival Philadelphia Flyers....
First Call: Steeler fans rejoice over Mike Tomlin’s challenge win, Heinz Field’s new heroVideo
In Tuesday’s “First Call,” Steelers fans go wild over Mike Tomlin winning a challenge and Zach Banner getting announced. Ken Whisenhunt got fired. And Bill Belichick won’t leave. Much rejoicing! Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was on a streak of losing 11 straight challenges dating back to 2017. That changed last...
Defense’s about-face highlights 5 things we learned from Steelers’ win over DolphinsVideo
Five things we learned from Steelers 27, Dolphins 14: 1. Abrupt change Mike Tomlin didn’t spare any blame for the Steelers’ slow start. That included a defense that allowed touchdowns on one short drive (26 yards) and one medium one (63) in the first quarter. The scores left the Steelers...
Ken Whisenhunt fired as Chargers offensive coordinatorVideo
COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers fired offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt on Monday night, shaking up the coaching staff after a disappointing first half of the season. Coach Anthony Lynn said in a statement that it was not an easy decision to let go of Whisenhunt, but that...
Tim Benz, Brian Metzer preview Penguins-Flyers, Malkin getting healthy
The Pirates cleaned out the whole front office. The Steelers needed to fight and claw to beat the awful Miami Dolphins. Pitt did yet another Pitt thing against the Miami Hurricanes. And the ground beneath Pittsburgh’s city streets is literally trying to swallow us whole. Therefore, maybe the news that...
Tim Benz: Pirates owner Bob Nutting responds to 3 questions that had to be askedVideo
On Monday afternoon, Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting held multiple media gatherings to address the firing of Neal Huntington as general manager and the hiring of Travis Williams as team president. In advance of those discussions, I wrote on Monday morning that there were three specific questions I wanted to...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt emerging as one of NFL’s best at forcing fumblesVideo
T.J. Watt considers the art of pass rushing to be an in-game “chess match.” But when it comes to forcing fumbles, he’s barely playing checkers. But even if Watt stresses simplicity and points out defenses have precious little time to practice stripping the ball, the Pittsburgh Steelers star outside linebacker...
Tim Benz: Steelers’ feats of strength in hard-fought ‘MNF’ win over DolphinsVideo
As expected, the Steelers easily dismissed the hapless Miami Dolphins (0-7) by shutting them out 27-0. Well, over the last three quarters anyway. After the first quarter, the Steelers appeared to be en route to become Miami’s first victim, trailing 14-0. And the town was ready to burn. But the...
Against his former team, Minkah Fitzpatrick continues to help Steelers pile up turnoversVideo
One by one, Minkah Fitzpatrick fielded the questions from reporters from Pittsburgh and South Florida alike. And every time, Fitzpatrick insisted that a big game in a victory against his former team didn’t mean any more than a victory against any other team. “I think any game if I ever...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Mason Rudolph starts slow but finishes strong in Steelers win
The way the Miami Dolphins started on Monday Night Football made you momentarily forget they were winless and had traded their top offensive lineman, wide receiver and running back this season. After sending Laremy Tunsil and Kenny Stills to Houston earlier this season, the Dolphins depleted their depth even more...
Steelers overcome 14-point deficit to defeat winless DolphinsVideo
After an unexpected start to their Monday night, the Pittsburgh Steelers heard an unfamiliar sound cascade down from the Heinz Field seats. Boos. For most of the first half, the Steelers played like they weren’t ready for their 15-day layoff between games to end. Then, they awakened in time to...
Pitt prospect Timothy Brown arrested in Florida on charges of robbery, battery and kidnapping
Palm Beach (Fla.) Gardens High School defensive tackle Timothy Brown, who verbally committed to Pitt in June, is under house arrest after he was charged with robbery, felony battery and kidnapping in connection with an incident Thursday in Lake Park, Fla. The Palm Beach Post, citing a police report, reported...
Penguins facing enforcer void without Erik Gudbranson
Erik Gudbranson’s tenure with the Penguins ended in a fashion many would expect of a man with his stature. He planted several of his right metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints into somebody’s temporal bone. In layman’s terms, he punched Lightning forward Patrick Maroon on side of his head. During a 3-2...
NCAA poised to move toward allowing athletes to make money
NEW YORK — The NCAA is poised to take a significant step toward allowing college athletes to earn money off the fame they have gained by playing sports. The Board of Governors will be briefed Tuesday by administrators who have been examining whether it would be feasible to allow athletes...
Kevin Gorman: Bob Nutting banking on Travis Williams to save Pirates from sinkholeVideo
Perhaps the perfect metaphor for the state of the Pittsburgh Pirates occurred Monday morning, when a Port Authority bus was swallowed by a sinkhole around the time word leaked general manager Neal Huntington had been fired. With the Pirates stuck in a rut and exposed for everyone to see, they...
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi hopes `complacency’ didn’t plague his team in loss to Miami
Since the loss to Penn State six weeks ago, Pitt’s season had gone so well that coach Pat Narduzzi wasn’t sure what led to the loss to Miami and the end to his team’s four-game winning streak. “Tough one for our kids, tough one to swallow,” he said Monday during...
New Pirates president Travis Williams eager ‘to crack the code’Video
When he was asked why he agreed to join Bob Nutting’s Pittsburgh Pirates management team as its president, Travis Williams gave an answer that precisely describes the situation that confronts him. “I like challenges,” the former Pittsburgh Penguins chief operating officer said. Williams also wants to make something else clear....
Mark Barron in uniform, Jaylen Samuels is not for Steelers vs. DolphinsVideo
Going through a full practice week increased the optimism that running back Jaylen Samuels would return from a one-game absence following a knee scope earlier this month, but the Pittsburgh Steelers running back is not in uniform for Monday night’s game against the Miami Dolphins at Heinz Field. Another player...
Westmoreland campus clippings: Burns sisters ready to court success
The Burns sisters will not get to play against each other on the basketball court this season, but the Hempfield graduates will be watching each other’s progress with great anticipation. Michelle Burns is a junior guard at Point Park who made the All-River States Conference preseason team. She was a...
Pitt women’s volleyball moves to No. 2 in nation, highest ranking in program historyVideo
A week of upsets saw the Pitt women’s volleyball team move up one spot to No. 2 in the AVCA Division I coaches poll, which was released Monday. The Panthers (21-1) received 18 first-place votes and 1,529 points to achieve the highest ranking in program history. Texas, which moved up...
Verlander will try to end his World Series woes, bring Astros 2nd title
WASHINGTON — George Springer shook his head at the mere mention of Houston Astros teammate Justin Verlander’s past October trouble, the only pitcher in baseball history to go 0-5 in the World Series. “We wouldn’t be here without him,” Springer declared. “I don’t care what individual stats say.” Then, as...
Doug Ferguson: Tiger Woods tied with Sam Snead, and no one else is closeVideo
The toughest competition for Tiger Woods has always been history. What captured the public’s attention when Woods won the first of his 15 majors, the 1997 Masters, was whether he could match or beat the 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus, long considered the gold standard in golf. That remains...
