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Oregon gets top billing in College Football Playoff’s opening rankings; Penn State 6thVideo
Undefeated Oregon got top billing and Penn State was sixth Tuesday in the first set of rankings on the road to college football’s new 12-team playoff. A 13-member selection committee released its first top-25 list, and saw what most of the country has seen this year — that with a...
Pitt positioned at No. 18 in 1st College Football Playoff rankings
Despite a 48-25 loss to SMU, Pitt remains relevant nationally, listed No. 18 in the first College Football Playoff top 25 rankings released Tuesday night. Selection committee chairman Warde Manuel, the athletic director at Michigan, said members valued Pitt’s seven-game winning streak to start the season. Pitt is 7-1 for...
Preseason Big 12 top-5 teams Utah, Oklahoma St., Kansas and Arizona at bottom of league standingsVideo
An early season matchup between Oklahoma State and Utah generated national attention and was touted as a possible Big 12 championship game preview. League newcomer Utah was the conference favorite in the preseason media poll. Oklahoma State, with star running back Ollie Gordon II, was picked to finish third. After...
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has surgery to repair labrum tear in shoulder after World Series injuryVideo
SAN ANTONIO — Shohei Ohtani had arthroscopic surgery Tuesday to repair a labrum tear in his left shoulder, following an injury the Los Angeles Dodgers star suffered during Game 2 of the World Series on Oct. 26. The Dodgers say the Japanese two-way player is expected to be ready for...
Tim Benz: Steelers’ deadline acquisition of WR Mike Williams fits the mood of Election Day
It’s fitting that the NFL trade deadline is on Election Day. I felt the same way leaving my local polling branch as I did when I saw who the Steelers were looking at to address their need at wide receiver. Underwhelmed by the choices and unfulfilled by the process. I’ll...
With Big Ten, other power conferences abolishing divisions, chances for rematches increaseVideo
It didn’t take Penn State players long to turn their attention toward what lies ahead even with the sting still setting in following yet another gut-wrenching loss to Ohio State — this one in front of a record crowd at Beaver Stadium on Saturday. They made it clear: They hope...
PGA Tour has big changes on the horizon. What doesn’t change is players having to earn it: AnalysisVideo
The reason behind such a big change to PGA Tour eligibility is not much different from what it was some 40 years ago. Both were about trying to make the tour more competitive and to give real value to having a card. Of course, it involved money, too. That never...
Jerry Jones says Cowboys QB Dak Prescott is likely headed to IRVideo
FRISCO, Texas — Dallas’ Dak Prescott is likely out at least four games in an anticipated move to injured reserve because of the star quarterback’s strained hamstring. Prescott sustained the injury in the second half of a 27-21 loss to Atlanta. The Cowboys (3-5) play NFC East rival Philadelphia (6-2)...
NASCAR’s championship field heads to Phoenix with no clear favorite to win Cup titleVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Roger Penske already won two sports car championships this season and heads to Phoenix Raceway with two chances to win a third consecutive NASCAR Cup Series title with Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney in the winner-take-all season finale. The two Penske drivers will try to make it...
NFL trade deadline: Commanders acquire Lattimore; Lions get Za’Darius Smith; Steelers add WilliamsVideo
Marshon Lattimore, Za’Darius Smith and Tre’Davious White were sent to winning teams. Jonathan Mingo and Khalil Herbert are going to a place where they will play more. NFL teams, especially contenders, were active before Tuesday’s trade deadline at 4 p.m. The NFC East-leading Commanders made a move to help them...
Alex Ovechkin scoring, helping teammates during Capitals’ hot startVideo
ARLINGTON, Va. — Alex Ovechkin approached linemates Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas after the second game of the Washington Capitals’ season to do some film study. The trio who had never before played together watched their shifts from that game, and Ovechkin thought they needed to be more predictable, hesitate...
Pitt WR Konata Mumpfield says players-only meeting after SMU loss was ‘helpful’
Players can lift weights until their joints ache, crash into each other for two hours, three days a week, and study video until it’s time to get some sleep. But football is also a game of relationships and pulling together, and sometimes talk helps. That’s what Pitt players turned to...
Aryna Sabalenka clinches the WTA year-end No. 1 ranking for the first time when Iga Swiatek loses
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Aryna Sabalenka clinched the year-end No. 1 spot in the women’s rankings for the first time when Iga Swiatek lost at the WTA Finals on Tuesday. Sabalenka, a 26-year-old from Belarus, was assured of finishing 2024 atop the WTA without swinging her racket on Tuesday, thanks...
Real Madrid and AC Milan pay tribute to victims of deadly Valencia floods in Champions League match
MADRID — Real Madrid and AC Milan honored the victims of the deadly floods in Valencia before their Champions League match on Tuesday. Players from both teams entered the field wearing shirts with the words “We are all Valencia,” written in Spanish on Madrid’s kits and in Italian on AC...
Commanders acquiring cornerback Marshon Lattimore from Saints, AP sources say
The Washington Commanders are acquiring cornerback Marshon Lattimore in a deal with the New Orleans Saints ahead of the NFL trade deadline, according to three people with knowledge of the move. Washington is sending third-, fourth- and sixth-round picks to New Orleans and getting a fifth back along with Lattimore,...
Steelers acquire WR Mike Williams, OLB Preston Smith ahead of NFL trade deadline
Mike Tomlin acknowledged before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. deadline that the Pittsburgh Steelers were active in trade discussions, warning that wide receiver wasn’t the only position they were interested in addressing. The Steelers, Tomlin said, were looking at all positions. “I just think that’s normal, prudent business for us,” Tomlin said,...
Mike Tomlin puts Steelers secondary ‘on notice’ for Week 10 game against Commanders
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin advised “everybody in the secondary to be on notice” because of the return of versatile defensive back Cameron Sutton. After serving an eight-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, Sutton is eligible to play for the AFC North-leading Steelers (6-2) against standout rookie...
Rekindling run game a priority for Penn State heading into Washington matchupVideo
Penn State’s decisive fourth-quarter failure at the goal line against Ohio State on Saturday encapsulated struggles in the running game that persisted all afternoon vs. the Buckeyes. The Nittany Lions tried and failed three straight times to punch it in, starting from the 3-yard line, with Kaytron Allen getting stuffed...
Reunited Bilinksy brothers at Pitt-Johnstown headline Westmoreland County players in college basketball
Adam Bilinsky wants to gain traction in his slow-going college basketball career, and the former Norwin standout believes he has found a comfort zone with his new team. Bilinsky transferred from Mercyhurst to Pitt-Johnstown, bringing familiarity of PSAC basketball while also reuniting with his brother, Ty, another Norwin alum and...
Tim Benz: Steelers’ defense must live up to its reputation against gauntlet of opponents after the bye
At the halfway point of the NFL season, there’s a lot to like about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense. As of Monday morning, coach Mike Tomlin’s team ranked second in points allowed per game (14.6). With 15 takeaways, only the Packers (19), Vikings (17) and Lions (16) had more. The team...
Patrick Mahomes throws 3 TD passes, Kareem Hunt scores TD in OT as Chiefs beat BuccaneersVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns, and Kareem Hunt pounded into the end zone from 2 yards out in overtime to give the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs a 30-24 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night. DeAndre Hopkins had two TD...
Zach Hicks scores 22 to lead Penn State to opening win
UNIVERSITY PARK — Zach Hicks scored 22 points to lead six players in double figures, and Penn State breezed to a 108-66 victory over Binghamton on Monday night in the Nittany Lions’ season opener. Hicks sank 9 of 12 shots from the floor, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range...
Duquesne can’t complete comeback in opener vs. Lipscomb
Dru Joyce III is 0-1 as a college basketball coach. So, too, are his defending Atlantic 10 champion Duquesne Dukes after a deflating 77-72 loss to Lipscomb kicked off a new season Monday night. It was billed as “Duquesne Basketball Palooza,” a season-opening event featuring a doubleheader at UPMC Cooper...
West Virginia routs Robert Morris in debut of Mountaineers coach
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Tucker DeVries scored 18 points, Javon Small added 15 and West Virginia routed Robert Morris, 87-59, on Monday in the debut of new Mountaineers coach Darian DeVries. Darian DeVries was hired in March after six seasons at Drake, replacing interim coach Josh Eilert. Tucker DeVries is a...
West Virginia routs Robert Morris 87-59 in the debut of new Mountaineers coach Darian DeVriesVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Tucker DeVries scored 18 points, Javon Small added 15 and West Virginia routed Robert Morris, 87-59, on Monday in the debut of new Mountaineers coach Darian DeVries. Darian Devries was hired in March after six seasons at Drake, replacing interim coach Josh Eilert. Tucker DeVries is a...
