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Hall of Fame basketball coach Paul Westphal dies at 70Video
Paul Westphal, a Hall of Fame player who won a championship with the Boston Celtics in 1974 and later coached in the league and in college, died Saturday. He was 70. He died in Scottsdale, Ariz., according to a statement from Southern California, where Westphal starred in college. He was...
No. 12 Iowa State beats No. 25 Oregon in Fiesta BowlVideo
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Breece Hall ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns, Brock Purdy accounted for two scores and No. 12 Iowa State grinded out a 34-17 victory over No. 25 Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday. The Cyclones (9-3, CFP No. 10) used their ball-control offense to dominate...
Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence sputters at Superdome in likely final college gameVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence was on his back, reaching out desperately with his right hand to try to gather in the ball after it squirted through his arms as he was dragged down to the Superdome turf. The Heisman Trophy finalist couldn’t quite get a grip on...
No. 9 West Virginia loses road game vs. OklahomaVideo
NORMAN, Okla. — Umoja Gibson made eight 3-pointers and scored a season-high 29 points, and Oklahoma recovered after blowing an 18-point halftime lead to beat No. 9 West Virginia, 75-71, on Saturday. The Sooners (6-1, 2-1 Big 12) have won three straight and four of five against the Mountaineers (8-3,...
Penn State, Wisconsin postpone Sunday’s men’s basketball game
Penn State’s men’s basketball team won’t get the chance to stop its three-game losing streak Sunday after its game against No. 6 Wisconsin, scheduled for the Bryce Jordan Center, was postponed. School officials said the postponement was mutually agreed upon between the schools due to “an abundance of caution for...
NFL races go down to the wire in AFC South, NFC East
As the calendar turns to 2021, the NFL is experiencing pretty much what it covets. Try two division races and five wild-card berths out of six still undecided. Not to go unnoticed, naturally, is that the league is about to finish an entire schedule on time, with a few postponements...
On Football: From 2020’s best play to its weirdest moment
The Associated Press will hand out its individual NFL awards on the night before the Super Bowl in Tampa. Until then, here are some off-the-beaten-track honors to consider. Best game: In Week 9, the first professional matchup of Tua Tagovailoa and Kyler Murray lived up to the hype. The two...
Kentucky runs for 281 yards, beats N.C. State in Gator BowlVideo
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Kentucky’s postgame locker room provided a scene players and coaches might never forget. They celebrated a third consecutive bowl victory while dedicating it to two guys who couldn’t be there. This one was for late offensive line coach John Schlarman and rehabbing linebacker Chris Oats, who has...
Ole Miss takes down No. 7 Indiana in Outback BowlVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Matt Corral threw for 342 yards and two touchdowns, leading Mississippi to a 26-20 upset of seventh-ranked Indiana in the Outback Bowl on Saturday. Corral’s 3-yard pass to Dontario Drummond put the Rebels (5-5) ahead for good with 4 minutes, 12 seconds remaining. The Ole Miss defense...
Syracuse and Broncos great Floyd Little dies at 78Video
Floyd Little, the great running back who starred at Syracuse and for the Denver Broncos, died. He was 78. The Pro Football Hall of Fame said he died Friday night at his home in Nevada. No cause was given. “Floyd Little was not only a Hall of Fame running back,...
Positive covid-19 test forces Robert Morris to cancel game Saturday against Milwaukee
Robert Morris’ home game against Milwaukee, scheduled for Saturday at UPMC Events Center, was canceled less than two hours before tipoff after a positive covid-19 test and related safety concerns emerged within the Colonials’ program. The cancellation is the fifth for Robert Morris this season. The Colonials (3-3, 2-1 Horizon...
Browns down 2 more coaches for Steelers game because of covid issuesVideo
CLEVELAND — Down at least five players and three assistant coaches, the Cleveland Browns will try to become a playoff team again. Unable to practice most of the week because of covid-19 cases and protocols, the Browns said Saturday that offensive line coach Bill Callahan and assistant line coach Scott...
Texas fires football coach Tom Herman, hires Alabama’s Steve SarkisianVideo
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas was tired of waiting for Tom Herman to deliver a Big 12 title and turn the Longhorns back into national championship contenders. Next up: Steve Sarkisian, the architect of the Alabama Crimson Tide’s offense and its tsunami of points this season. Texas fired Herman on Saturday...
Steelers’ Cameron Heyward, T.J. Watt, Maurkice Pouncey out vs. Browns
Three more Pittsburgh Steelers players were downgraded to out Saturday and will not make the trip to Cleveland for the regular-season finale Sunday against the Browns. Defensive tackle Cameron Heyward, outside linebacker T.J. Watt and center Maurkice Pouncey will not play against the Browns, joining quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, kicker Chris...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Mason Rudolph gets chance to prove his worth to Steelers
Cleveland’s Myles Garrett and the Steelers’ Mason Rudolph did not verbally renew last year’s on-field hostilities this week. The presumption is that each has matured, and moved on. The reality is that Garrett lied about what happened. It was a total fabrication. Rudolph allegedly directing a racial slur toward Garrett...
Duquesne men’s basketball team back in action, defeats George Washington
Even after a month of covid-related inactivity, no one should be surprised Duquesne defeated George Washington, 75-63, on Saturday in its first game since Dec. 2. There is experience in the starting lineup and depth on the bench, a fact proven by 43 points from four players who didn’t start....
Penguins A to Z: Jared McCann is still useful, but could be much betterVideo
As the NHL prepares for a new season scheduled to start in mid-January, the Tribune-Review will offer Penguins A to Z, a player-by-player look at all 48 individuals under NHL contract with the organization, from mid-level prospect Niclas Almari to high-profile trade acquisition Jason Zucker. Jared McCann Position: Center Shoots:...
Steelers place 3 players on covid-19 list, including starters Joe Haden, Eric Ebron
Cornerback Joe Haden, tight end Eric Ebron and outside linebacker Cassius Marsh have been placed on the reserve/covid-19 list, meaning they won’t play for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the season finale Sunday at Cleveland and likely won’t return until after the team’s playoff opener next weekend. ESPN reported that Haden...
Not quite ‘from another planet,’ but Steelers’ T.J. Watt having award-worthy seasonVideo
Situated off of Interstate 94 less than a half hour west of Milwaukee on the route to Madison, Pewaukee, Wisc., is like a lot of other towns in the upper Midwest. Mostly in that its 14,000-plus inhabitants are, well, human, and that each of them (presumably) was born on Earth....
Alabama in record 5th CFP title game vs. 1st champ Ohio State
ARLINGTON, Texas — Top-ranked Alabama has two Heisman Trophy finalists and is in the College Football Playoff championship game for a record fifth time. Ohio State is back for the first time since winning the inaugural title in the CFP era. After the SEC champion Crimson Tide rolled past Notre...
For Jim Rutherford, Penguins still have winning culture, even if without results
New Year’s was fairly uneventful for Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford. He quietly rang in 2021 without a party, celebration or company in his Pittsburgh-area home. Such is life for a lot of people in the midst of a pandemic. Then again, there hasn’t been a lot to rejoice...
Four Downs: Steelers games feature an abundance of 3-and-outs, puntsVideo
1. Three-and-rout Games involving the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2020 have featured more punts and more three-and-outs than games involving any other NFL team this season. And it’s not close. The Steelers offense leads the league in three-and-outs (47), as defined by possessions that fail to get a first down and...
Justin Fields leads No. 3 Ohio State to rout of No. 2 Clemson in Sugar BowlVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Justin Fields threw six touchdown passes to outshine Trevor Lawrence and No. 3 Ohio State avenged last season’s painful College Football Playoff loss to Clemson with a 49-28 victory in the Sugar Bowl semifinal Friday night. The Buckeyes (7-0) head to the CFP title game for the...
This date in sports history: Jan. 2Video
1961 — George Blanda passes for three touchdowns and kicks a field goal and the extra points to give the Houston Oilers a 24-16 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers in the first AFL championship game. 1965 — The New York Jets sign Alabama quarterback Joe Namath for a reported...
Alvin Kamara on covid-19 list, could miss Saints’ playoff opener
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints have placed running back Alvin Kamara, who leads the club in both yards rushing and receiving, on their COVID-19 reserve list. The move means Kamara is unavailable for Sunday’s regular-season finale at Carolina and also could miss the Saints’ first playoff game if...
