James Pierre will play but won’t retain starting CB job once Darius Slay returns for Steelers
James Pierre had a fumble return for a touchdown that sealed the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 34-12 victory Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. He had six tackles and two pass breakups. He held the coveted receiving duo of Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins to one catch on five targets for 13 yards....
Mike Tomlin: Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers won’t need surgery on fractured wrist, could start vs. BearsVideo
Aaron Rodgers has a fractured left wrist that won’t require surgery, leaving open the possibility he could start Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers when they play the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. Rodgers was injured late in the first half of the Steelers’ 34-12 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals when...
Penguins recall Sam Poulin, place Ville Koivunen on injured reserveVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled rookie forward Sam Poulin from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) and placed rookie forward Ville Koivunen on injured reserve due to an undisclosed ailment. Koivunen has been labeled as “week to week.” Those transactions were announced on Tuesday morning. Poulin, a left-handed shot,...
Hempfield grad finds fit at Saint Vincent, racks up eye-popping passing stats
When he came to Saint Vincent, Jake Phillips had academics at the top of his priority list. Sports were more of an activity, something he could do on the side as he worked toward a degree. “I had heard a lot of really great things about the place, and the...
‘Just so blessed’: Terry Smith shares deeply emotional reaction to 1st win as Penn State head coach
UNIVERSITY PARK — Terry Smith continually referenced a “storm” his Penn State team was in the middle of over the past two months. The Nittany Lions had lost six straight games, seen coach James Franklin fired and lost starting quarterback Drew Allar to injury. Five of those six losses came...
Tim Benz: For someone who is ‘not a pressure guy,’ Pat Narduzzi has ramped that up for Pitt’s next 2 games
For Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi, it was one thing to lose a football game (37-15) to ninth-ranked Notre Dame on Saturday. It was quite another thing to lose face. But that happened to Narduzzi too. Calling a timeout with six seconds left in an effort to score a garbage-time...
First Call: Ja’Marr Chase’s odd appeal strategy after spitting suspension; George Pickens shines after benching
Tuesday’s “First Call” examines a unique defense strategy for Ja’Marr Chase in his appeal for spitting at Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Jalen Ramsey. Justin Fields is getting benched in New York. George Pickens was already benched for Dallas. A local college hockey team is ranked for the first time, and...
On emotional night, Cowboys honor late teammate, defeat Raiders
LAS VEGAS — The Cowboys spent 11 days mourning defensive end Marshawn Kneeland before taking the field Monday night. Dallas then paid tribute to Kneeland by dominating the spiraling Raiders for 60 minutes. Dak Prescott passed for 268 yards and four touchdowns in a 33-16 victory over Las Vegas, the...
Honor Huff, DJ Thomas guide unbeaten West Virginia to 81-59 victory over Lafayette
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Freshman DJ Thomas had 25 points off the bench, Honor Huff hit eight 3-pointers and scored 24 and West Virginia beat Lafayette 81-59 on Monday night. Huff missed both of his shots from inside the 3-point line for the Mountaineers (5-0), but he made his final seven...
Barry Dunning Jr. ignites Pitt to blowout win over Bucknell
A quadruply deflating long weekend for Pitt athletics began when Jeff Capel and Co. lost by 22 points to West Virginia on the road Thursday. Then, women’s volleyball lost in five sets to No. 5 Stanford on Friday, No. 9 Notre Dame dispatched the Panthers on the gridiron Saturday and...
Hamels, Braun, Kemp among 12 newcomers on Baseball Hall of Fame ballot as Beltrán heads 15 holdovers
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Cole Hamels, Ryan Braun and Matt Kemp are among 12 newcomers on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released Monday, and Carlos Beltrán heads 15 holdovers after falling 19 votes shy in 2025 balloting. Howie Kendrick, Daniel Murphy and Rick Porcello also are among the first-time eligibles,...
Bears coach Ben Johnson not ready to talk playoffs with team in sole possession of NFC North lead
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears are in unfamiliar territory: in sole possession of the NFC North lead and staring down at the rest of the division. The Bears (7-3) have won seven of eight after squeezing past the Minnesota Vikings, 19-17, to pull out yet another down-to-the-wire game, and they’re...
Shedeur Sanders’ NFL debut marred by home break-in during game, AP source says
CLEVELAND — Shedeur Sanders’ uneven performance in his NFL debut wasn’t the only bad thing to happen to him Sunday. The Browns rookie quarterback discovered Sunday night that his suburban Cleveland home had been burglarized during the game, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the Associated Press...
Ja’Marr Chase’s spitting incident is the latest example of Bengals’ lack of discipline
Just when Cincinnati Bengals fans thought this season couldn’t get worse, Ja’Marr Chase spat on Jalen Ramsey during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 34-12 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers to provide the ugliest moment of a brutal year. It was also another sign that the Bengals might be the league’s...
Purdue reclaims No. 1 from Houston in AP Top 25, Louisville and Illinois jump into top 10
Purdue moved back to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll Monday ahead of Houston, which spent a single week there after leapfrogging the Boilermakers. It’s hardly a two-team race for the top, though. UConn, Arizona and Duke also got No. 1 votes from the 61-member...
Penn State showed what this season was supposed to be with ‘old-school’ effort against Michigan State
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Penn State enjoyed Saturday’s win over Michigan State as you might expect a team to after breaking a six-game losing streak. Interim coach Terry Smith got a Gatorade bath and was carried off the sideline. The locker room was loud, and the smiles were everywhere in...
James Franklin hired as Virginia Tech’s coach, just over a month after Penn State fired him
BLACKSBURG, Va. — James Franklin was hired as Virginia Tech’s coach on Monday, a little more than a month after he was fired during his 12th season at Penn State. The Hokies became the first Power 4 football program to fill a coaching vacancy this season. Franklin was set to...
Campus clippings: Franklin Regional, Norwin grads earn Presidents’ Athletic Conference honors
The Presidents’ Athletic Conference hands out for awards at the end of each season. A pair of local players claimed two of them in men’s soccer. Grove City junior Colton Hudson (Franklin Regional) was named the PAC defensive player of the year, while Saint Vincent freshman Daniel Maddock (Norwin) was...
Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase suspended 1 game without pay for spitting on Steelers’ Jalen Ramsey
Jalen Ramsey was the player ejected following an altercation Sunday at Acrisure Stadium, but it was Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase who received stiff punishment from the NFL. The league ruled Monday that Chase will be suspended for one game without pay for spitting at Ramsey in the Pittsburgh...
Prosecutor: Antonio Brown could face 30 years in prison if guilty of attempted murder with gun
Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of attempted murder because a firearm was allegedly used, a prosecutor said Monday. Brown appeared via video at a brief arraignment hearing in Miami-Dade Circuit Court in which his lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, repeated...
Penn State has ‘genuine interest’ in hiring this former Big Ten coach, insider says
Penn State Athletics Director Pat Kraft is still going through the process of hiring the Nittany Lions next head football coach. Some names have come off the board as coaches have agreed to extensions with their current school. However, it seems as though former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald may be...
Ex-Browns QB Bernie Kosar has liver transplant after more than a year on the waiting list
CLEVELAND — Bernie Kosar received a liver transplant on Monday, more than a year after being placed on the waiting list. “Hey, I’m out and I’m feeling good. Just ready to enjoy the rest of the week and the rest of our lives,” the former Cleveland Browns and University of...
Constant gifting of good field position burned Pitt in loss to Notre Dame
Rasheem Biles did not look content with the defense’s performance when he met with reporters after Pitt lost 37-15 to Notre Dame on Saturday. The Panthers outside linebacker had a big day, turning in his second pick-6 of the season in a game that marked his return after missing the...
Finalists announced for Bill Fralic football lineman award
Six finalists, one for each classification, were announced Monday for the seventh Bill Fralic Memorial Award for the WPIAL’s top two-way interior football lineman. The winner of the award, named after the late legendary Penn Hills, Pitt and NFL lineman, will be announced at a pancake breakfast at 10 a.m....
5 things we learned from Steelers’ win vs. Bengals: Mason Rudolph excels on 3rd downs
What a kindergartner might best learn from Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers-Cincinnati Bengals game: Don’t spit on another human. What the rest of us might learn from the Steelers’ 34-12 victory: 1. Third-and-Mason The Steelers had been struggling mightily on third downs for a full month. Until Mason Rudolph came in, that...
