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Steelers keep their end of bargain, but Dolphins’ win will keep them out of playoffs
Just when it looked as if the Pittsburgh Steelers might shuffle off to Buffalo for the most unlikely of playoff appearances, they had their hopes gutted Sunday with the ferocity of Lucy yanking a football away from Charlie Brown. The Steelers held up their end of the bargain with a...
Steelers, fans show support for Damar Hamlin before, during game vs. Browns
The four white “3” digits marking the 30-yard-lines on each side of the field were painted with subtle outlines of red and blue, but that wasn’t the only recognition for Damar Hamlin during Sunday’s game at Acrisure Stadium. Hamlin, the former star at Pitt and Central Catholic, remains in a...
Bills Mafia honors Damar Hamlin with giant get-well card, more
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — A mere store-bought get-well card wasn’t enough for Bills fan Ryan Magnuson to show his support for Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin. The owner of a sign shop, Magnuson took the next step by designing a 4-by-10-foot canvas card, which he erected at the foot of the...
Mikaela Shiffrin shows her emotions after matching Lindsey Vonn’s record
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — The emotions came pouring out of Mikaela Shiffrin when she matched Lindsey Vonn’s women’s World Cup skiing record with her 82nd win Sunday. First there was a scream of delight following a serious case of nerves that had been building inside her throughout the day. Then...
Steelers at almost-full health, but ILB Mark Robinson in uniform again vs. Browns
Despite being listed as questionable on the final league-mandated status report of the week, safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and inside linebacker Myles Jack were in uniform and active for Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers regular-season finale. Fitzpatrick suffered an ankle injury and Jack aggravated a groin ailment during last week’s win at the...
Jaguars return fumble for TD, beat Titans for AFC South title
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — With a scoop and score that will go down in franchise lore, Josh Allen may have put an end to the chaos and disappointment that has defined the Jacksonville Jaguars for the better part of the past decade. Allen’s 37-yard fumble return with 2 minutes, 51 seconds...
Minor league report: Alex Nylander leads Penguins to overtime winVideo
An overtime goal by forward Alex Nylander gave the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins a 4-3 home win against the Hartford Wolf Pack at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Forward Jonathan Gruden scored two goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (16-10-3-2) while forward Drake Caggiula and defenseman Jack St. Ivany each contributed three assists....
Duquesne men lose to Richmond on late 3-pointerVideo
RICHMOND, Va. — Tyler Burton led Richmond with 23 points, and Jason Roche scored the game-winning 3-pointer with eight seconds left as the Spiders beat Duquesne, 75-73, on Saturday night. Rodney Gunn Jr. led the way for the Dukes (12-5, 2-2 Atlantic 10) with 16 points. Jimmy Clark III added...
No. 3 Kansas takes care of West Virginia men
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Freshman Gradey Dick scored 16 points, Jalen Wilson had 14 points and 14 rebounds and No. 3 Kansas rode a hot start to a 76-62 victory over West Virginia on Saturday night. Kansas (14-1, 3-0 Big 12) has won eight straight and avoided the nail-biting finishes of...
Patrick Mahomes sets record; Chiefs beat Raiders for AFC’s top seedVideo
LAS VEGAS — Patrick Mahomes set the NFL record for total yards in a season, and the Kansas City Chiefs rolled to a 31-13 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday to lock up the AFC’s No. 1 seed. Mahomes passed for 202 yards and rushed for 29 against...
Penn Township’s Brian Sakowski ready to officiate national championship game
Sixteen years ago, as Brian Sakowski remembers, he worked his first varsity football game, a WPIAL rivalry between Trinity and Canon-McMillan. That game almost was his last, he says now, with a laugh. “There was a blocked punt, and I called this absolutely horrible holding call when the ball was...
Stars matter? Georgia, TCU both excel in player developmentVideo
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Based solely on the recruiting rankings, this national championship game between No. 1 Georgia and No. 3 TCU is the most lopsided in the nine-year history of the College Football Playoff. The Bulldogs are a recruiting juggernaut, brimming with four- and five-star high school players. The...
Steelers will head to Buffalo for wild-card round if they get AFC’s No. 7 seed
The Pittsburgh Steelers don’t know yet whether they will earn the No. 7 seed in the AFC playoffs. They do know where they will be playing if they get there. The Steelers will travel to Buffalo and face the Bills if everything breaks their way Sunday. Based on Kansas City’s...
Pitt shows love for hospitalized alum Damar Hamlin with shirts, banner for Bills safety
The Pitt Panthers showed some love for Damar Hamlin, wearing their hearts on their chest against Clemson. While fans signed well wishes on a banner for the former Pitt safety who went into cardiac arrest during a game for the Buffalo Bills on “Monday Night Football” in Cincinnati, Panthers players...
Penguins notebook: Team seeks more top-6 scoring
For the Pittsburgh Penguins, Thursday’s 5-2 road loss to the Vegas Golden Knights was nothing out of the ordinary, especially because it was their sixth consecutive loss. What was different was how they generated their offense. Each goal came by way of their top line. In their five previous games,...
Clemson rallies in 2nd half to hand Pitt its 1st ACC defeat
Pitt was predicted to finish next-to-last in the 15-team conference in an ACC preseason poll, so Jeff Capel never talked to the Panthers about what was on the line against Clemson. After back-to-back wins over nationally ranked North Carolina and Virginia, Capel was more concerned with Pitt making the most...
Steelers hope Kenny Pickett’s growth carries into season finale against Browns
Coach Mike Tomlin said the Pittsburgh Steelers offense, and by extension rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett, grew up during that last-minute touchdown drive against the Las Vegas Raiders on Christmas Eve. If that’s the case, then Tomlin was hardly surprised when Pickett led the offense to another last-minute touchdown the following...
Damar Hamlin: ‘Keep praying for me!’Video
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Doctors described Damar Hamlin’s neurological function as “excellent” Saturday, as the Buffalo Bills safety continued making progress in his recovery after having to be resuscitated on the field in a game at Cincinnati on Monday. In providing their daily update on Hamlin, the Bills said the...
Steelers 4 Downs: run of .500-or-better records isn’t the only streak on the line Sunday
1. Plenty of streaks The Pittsburgh Steelers seemingly have become as well known for their run of finishing with a non-losing record (since 2004) as they have for their six Super Bowl championships, which is tied for the NFL record. The .500-or-better streak run of 18 consecutive seasons — dating...
Penguins forward prospect Filip Hallander released from hospitalVideo
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Filip Hallander was released from the hospital after appearing to be seriously injured Friday during a 4-2 home loss to the Charlotte Checkers at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre. Late in regulation, Hallander was hit into the left corner boards of the Checkers’ zone and fell to...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Steelers season full of contradictory occurrences, opinions
The AFC championship game might be headed to Pittsburgh. The Steelers are just extremely unlikely to play in it. It’s been that kind of a year. Lots of contradictory occurrences and opinions. Coach Mike Tomlin is getting praise for navigating the Steelers from 2-6 to 8-8, as if he had...
Steelers again try to buck long odds, earn improbable playoff berth
The odds of the Pittsburgh Steelers making the playoffs a month ago were so infinitesimal that the sportsbooks would have laughed off such a wager. A loss to the Baltimore Ravens had dropped the Steelers’ record to 5-8 and left no margin for error. The Steelers needed to win their...
Minor league report: Nailers top KometsVideo
Goaltender Bailey Brkin made 36 saves on 38 shots and led the Wheeling Nailers to a 4-2 home win against the Fort Wayne Komets at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, W.Va. on Friday. Forward Samuel Tremblay recorded two assists for Wheeling (15-14-1-0) while forwards Cédric Desruisseaux, Gianluca Esteves, Brooklyn Kalmikov and...
Penguins forward prospect Filip Hallander suffers potentially serious injuryVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Filip Hallander suffered a serious but still undisclosed injury on Friday while playing for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. In the late stages of a home game against the Charlotte Checkers at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Hallander was checked into the left...
If Ravens beat Bengals, Baltimore could host playoff gameVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore’s path to a playoff home game is complicated, but it still exists after a few days of uncertainty. If the Ravens win at Cincinnati this weekend and the Los Angeles Chargers beat Denver, then Baltimore and the Bengals would meet in the first round of...
