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Ravens stay focused on present, not 2018 meeting against TitansVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — There’s really nothing about the past that interests the Baltimore Ravens in relation to their playoff game against the Tennessee Titans on Saturday night. The 21-0 win over the Titans in 2018 is irrelevant, given how much has changed since then. Baltimore’s NFL-best 14-2 record this...
Grading the Penguins: The forwards
The Penguins passed the midway point of the season on Sunday when they played their 42nd game of 2019-20, a 4-1 home loss to the Florida Panthers. Through Monday, they are in second place of the Metropolitan Division with a 25-12-5 record and 55 points. How have the Penguins done...
LA Rams fire veteran defensive coordinator Wade Phillips
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Veteran defensive coordinator Wade Phillips has been fired by the Los Angeles Rams after three winning seasons. Phillips announced Monday on Twitter that the Rams are not renewing his contract. The 72-year-old says he wants to stay in coaching. Phillips teamed up on the Rams in...
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby appears closer to return
Penguins forward Sidney Crosby, sidelined since Nov. 9 with a core muscle injury, is apparently traveling with the team for its three-game road trip, beginning with a road game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday. On Monday, the team’s Twitter account posted a photo of Crosby boarding a plane...
Pitt acted swiftly to get transfer quarterback Joey Yellen on board
Quarterback Joey Yellen wasn’t in the transfer portal long last month before Pitt offensive coordinator Mark Whipple reached out to him. And, now, Yellen, a transfer from Arizona State, finds himself in Whipple’s meeting room, hoping to one day take snaps from center in Pitt’s offense. The Tribune-Review and other...
Mark Madden: Patriots dynasty is over unless Tom Brady returns with a couple star players
After nearly two full decades, the New England dynasty is over. (Probably.) That’s the good news. But the Pittsburgh Steelers never got a signature playoff win against that dynasty. That’s the bad news. That’s why Steelers fans shouldn’t gloat about New England’s elimination by Tennessee in Saturday’s wild-card playoff round...
Weekend College Top 10: Robert Morris women’s hockey wins thriller
Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. RMU women’s hockey wins in final seconds Wisconsin transfer Kyleigh Hanzlik, playing in her second game for Robert Morris, scored with seven seconds left as the Colonials edged Colgate, 6-5, in the third-place game of...
Penguins GM Jim Rutherford searching for a winger to replace Jake Guentzel
Jim Rutherford is grateful all-star forward Jake Guentzel likely will be out for the rest of the season. Really. After all, things could have been far more serious. “As bad as it is and unfortunate, in some ways, I feel better about it now because when he went down at...
Penguins recall Andrew Agozzino, assign Thomas Di Pauli to AHL
The Penguins have added an all-star to their roster. Forward Andrew Agozzino, named to the AHL’s All-Star Game tournament last week, was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. Agozzino, 29, has appeared in one NHL game this season, logging 1 minute, 44 seconds of ice time on five...
AP source: Cowboys pick Greenfield’s Mike McCarthy as coach
FRISCO, Texas — Mike McCarthy won a Super Bowl and went to the playoffs eight straight years while coaching two-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The Dallas Cowboys are hoping for similar results from McCarthy with Dak Prescott. McCarthy, the Greenfield native who won the title as Green Bay’s coach at...
NFL Playoffs Divisional Round: Teams, dates and time set
The Wild Card weekend lived up to its billing with four tight games. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots got upended by the Derrick Henry and Tennessee Titans. Deshaun Watson led the Houston Texans from a halftime deficit and outlasted the Buffalo Bills. Kirk Cousins and Minnesota Vikings surprised...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden talk Penguins trade options, NFL playoff weekendVideo
With football season in Pittsburgh now over, the focus turns full tilt to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Tim Benz and Mark Madden look over potential trade candidates to replace the injured Jake Guentzel. Among them: New York Rangers’ Chris Kreider, Tyler Toffoli from the Los Angeles Kings, and Florida Panthers’ Mike...
First Call: Browns favorite to sign Tom Brady if he leaves Patriots; Antonio Brown wants in, too
This can’t happen. Can it? Tom Brady is about to become a free agent. After nearly two decades of dominance, he could leave the New England Patriots. Hey, Michael Jordan was a Washington Wizard. Joe Montana became a Kansas City Chief. And Babe Ruth ended his career with the Boston...
Steelers’ Mike Hilton has (slightly) more leverage this offseason as restricted free agent
Mike Hilton politely made it clear last season he wanted a multiyear contract. The Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback did not get one, but after another solid season, he finds himself in a similar spot. Hilton again is not assured of getting a multiyear extension. However it plays out, Hilton said he...
Mark Madden, Tim Benz on Penguins replacing Jake Guentzel, Matt Murray’s goaltending, Patriots loss
This week’s “Madden Monday” with Mark Madden features Penguins talk at first. And there is a lot to get to on that front. The Penguins have gotten three points over their three games since Jake Guentzel’s injury. A win. A loss. And an overtime defeat. But are they hitting a...
Tim Benz: Don’t kid yourself. Steelers never could’ve done what Titans did to PatriotsVideo
Yeah. It crossed my mind, too. Watching the New England Patriots crumble at home against the Tennessee Titans in the first round of the AFC playoffs. Could this have been the year? What if the Steelers didn’t fall apart down the stretch and had managed to scratch their way past...
Empty Thoughts: Panthers 4, Penguins 1
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-1 loss to the Panthers: No one likes excuses. Especially hockey players and coaches. “We’re not going to make excuses for ourselves” or some variation thereof is usually the standard retort when a circumstance such as injuries or tough scheduling is brought up. (Heck, a team...
Penguins prospect Calen Addison helps Canada win IIHF World Junior Championship
Penguins defensive prospect Calen Addison recorded three assists for Canada in a 4-3 comeback victory against Russia in the gold-medal game of the IIHF World Junior Championship tournament at the Ostravar Arena in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Sunday. Canada rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the third period. Addison’s second...
Minor league report: Nailers routed by Walleye, 8-1
Goaltender Emil Larmi made 28 saves on 34 shots for the Wheeling Nailers who were routed by the Toledo Walleye, 8-1, at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling on Sunday. Lamri was replaced by goaltender Alex D’Orio for the final 12:28 of regulation. D’Orio allowed two goals on four shots. Highlights: The...
Seahawks knock out Wentz, Eagles in NFC wild-card roundVideo
PHILADELPHIA — After Jadeveon Clowney knocked out Carson Wentz, Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks knocked off the Philadelphia Eagles. Wilson threw a 53-yard touchdown pass to DK Metcalf, Marshawn Lynch had a rushing score and the Seahawks beat the Eagles, 17-9, in the wild-card round of the NFC playoffs...
Kris Letang’s errors contribute to Penguins’ loss to Panthers
There are plenty of ways to elucidate what Kris Letang is. All-Star. Stanley Cup champion. Franchise pillar. Most prolific defenseman in Penguins history. All are accurate descriptions. This past weekend, another apt adjective would be mistake-prone. A pair of errors by the Penguins all-everything defenseman helped lead to a flat...
Dallas Cowboys fire Jason Garrett as coachVideo
FRISCO, Texas — Jason Garrett is out as coach of the Dallas Cowboys after missing the playoffs with an underachieving team in a make-or-break season. The Cowboys made it official Sunday. Garrett had the second-longest tenure with the franchise at 9½ seasons behind Tom Landry’s 29 years. Garrett took over...
Eagles’ Carson Wentz declared out for rest of wild-card game with head injuryVideo
Carson Wentz’s first postseason start did not last a quarter. Wentz, the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, was knocked out of the contest Sunday in the first quarter of the wild-card playoff game against Seattle because of a head injury. Seahawks defensive end Jadeveon Clowney hit Wentz helmet to helmet as the...
Penn State recruiting: a look at the Class of 2020, predictions and moreVideo
Penn State cannot hit the road recruiting again until Jan. 17, but that doesn’t mean the coaching staff is ignoring prospects to start the new year. Instead, coach James Franklin and his staff are keeping tabs on targets via electronic communication. While they’re doing that, the recruiting department, led by...
Tough decisions ahead for Belichick, Brady and Patriots after wild card lossVideo
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — For the first time in three years, the Patriots won’t enter the offseason after a Super Bowl appearance. Now, the franchise that has hoisted six Lombardi Trophies faces questions it rarely has had to address during its run of success over the past two decades. Tom Brady’s...
