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Penguins seeking improvement in faceoffs
Toward the late stages of practice in Cranberry on Sunday, four members of the Penguins roster met at center ice with head coach Mike Sullivan and assistant coach Mark Recchi. The four players who congregated with Sullivan and Recchi were Teddy Blueger, Evgeni Malkin, Jared McCann and Dominik Simon, each...
First Call: Browns player hopes Steelers start Mason Rudolph, AFC playoff picture is tightVideo
In Monday’s “First Call,” we take a look at the AFC Wild Card race. A Cleveland Brown taunts Mason Rudolph. An ugly hockey injury. And a heartwarming football moment. Sassy Sheldon Browns defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson wants to see the Steelers start Mason Rudolph next week when the teams play...
5 things we learned in Steelers’ win over Bengals
Five things we learned from Steelers 16, Bengals 10: ••• 1. No Conner, no worries Using a rotation that featured all four running backs at various stages of the game, the Steelers rushed for a season-high 160 yards against the Bengals, who also happen to have the NFL’s worst run...
Mark Madden, Tim Benz: For Steelers, is it Devlin Hodges or Mason Rudolph?
“Madden Monday” this week starts off talking about a Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback controversy between Mason Rudolph and Devlin Hodges. It ends with a conversation about “Man in the High Castle.” That’s a television show set in an alternate reality in which the Allied Forces lost World War II. I’m not...
Tim Benz: Airing of grievances after all-too-difficult Steelers win over BengalsVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers won a divisional road game with their third-string quarterback to move back into a playoff position. So what’s to complain about, right? Well, when the result was a scattered 16-10 nail-biter in the shadow of the Cincinnati Bengals 0-11 “Escaloser” at Paul Brown Stadium, I hope you’ll...
Tim Benz: Feats of strength after excruciating Steelers win over BengalsVideo
You know how it’s going to go this week. All “Duck vs. Mason.” All the time. Not that Devlin Hodges doesn’t deserve credit for sparking the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 16-10 comeback win. He does. But aside from one pass, Hodges was only 4-for-10 for 39 yards. And he threw a really...
Former Pitt, Clairton star Tyler Boyd takes Bengals’ loss to Steelers hard after fumble
CINCINNATI — Tyler Boyd demanded the ball and delivered the biggest plays of the game for the Cincinnati Bengals, following a spectacular one-handed catch with a touchdown. Boyd was on his way to bringing the Bengals their first victory of the season when the ball was punched loose for a...
49ers start 3-game gauntlet with 37-8 win over PackersVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jimmy Garoppolo threw two long touchdown passes and the San Francisco harassed Aaron Rodgers all night, leading the 49ers to a 37-8 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Garoppolo connected on a 42-yard touchdown strike to Deebo Samuel in the second quarter and a...
Pitt wrestling upsets No. 7 Lehigh
In a match that came down to criteria No. 3, Pitt outscored No. 7 Lehigh in total points and came away with a 19-18 upset victory in a wrestling match Sunday. Panther heavyweight Demetrius Thomas defeated Jordan Wood, 10-6, in the final bout to tie the score at 18-18. Both...
Winnipeg Blue Bombers win first Grey Cup title since 1990Video
CALGARY, Alberta — Andrew Harris ran for 134 yards and a touchdown and caught a scoring pass to help the Winnipeg Blue Bombers win their first Grey Cup title since 1990, 33-12 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday night. The Blue Bombers won their 10th title, becoming the first third-place...
Tyler Duncan wins PGA event, ends Brendon Todd’s quest for 3 straightVideo
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Tyler Duncan made a 12-foot putt on the second hole of a playoff with Webb Simpson on Sunday in the RSM Classic for his first PGA Tour title. Playing two groups ahead of Simpson in windy conditions on Sea Island’s Seaside Course, Duncan birdied three...
Duquesne rolls in 2nd half, beats Loyola Marymount in Bahamas
BIMINI, Bahamas — Michael Hughes and reserve Lamar Norman Jr. scored 12 points apiece, and Duquesne dominated the second half and rolled to a 71-50 victory over Loyola Marymount on Sunday at the Junkanoo Jam. Baylee Steele came off the bench to score 10 with seven rebounds for the unbeaten...
John Steigerwald: Steelers barely beat a really bad Bengals teamVideo
Tank you very much. That’s what Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin should have said to Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor during the postgame handshake Sunday in Cincinnati. A team doing its best to lock up the first pick in the 2020 draft couldn’t have come at a better time for...
A-K Valley residents fare well at annual karate championship tournament
It was a celebration of martial arts throughout Pennsylvania and beyond as hundreds of competitors from across the state and throughout the country descended on Valley High School earlier this month for the 47th annual Pennsylvania Karate Championships. Frank Caliguri, event co-organizer, said he was pleased with the spirit of...
Steelers’ David DeCastro fined $14,037 for unsportsmanlike conduct against Browns
CINCINNATI — David DeCastro’s name wasn’t on the list of players fined by the NFL on Saturday for “entering the fight area” in the Pittsburgh Steelers-Cleveland Browns brawl. But the Steelers right guard received a $14,037 fine from the league for unsportsmanlike conduct, sources confirmed to the Tribune-Review. That’s the...
‘Benny Snell football’ closes out win for Steelers in partial homecomingVideo
CINCINNATI — About two hours from where he went to high school and 90 minutes from where he starred in college, rookie Benny Snell had the best game of his NFL career Sunday. Snell had career highs in carries (21) and rushing yards (98) during the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 16-10 win...
Steelers defense answers call in 4th quarter with 2 takeaways vs. Bengals
CINCINNATI — Devin Bush has found himself out of position at times in pass coverage in his rookie season, but he made a play after the catch Sunday that showed why the Pittsburgh Steelers traded up to the No. 10 overall spot to select the former Michigan inside linebacker. Bush...
Newest Steelers Deon Cain, Kerrith Whyte make instant impact
CINCINNATI — Nine days earlier, each was on the practice squad of a middling team and wondering about their futures. On Sunday, each played a not-insignificant role in a come-from-behind road victory for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Receiver Deon Cain and running back Kerrith Whyte bonded upon arriving in Pittsburgh last...
Kevin Gorman: Devlin Hodges gives Steelers their best chance to winVideo
CINCINNATI — Mike Tomlin was looking for something to spark the offense, and the Pittsburgh Steelers coach had seen enough to know it wasn’t going to come from Mason Rudolph. So Tomlin made the Duck call. Not only did the Steelers switch quarterbacks, but they also traded the player involved...
Bengals set club record for futility in loss to SteelersVideo
CINCINNATI — Even in the lost decades, no Bengals team has been as bad as this one. A 16-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday dropped Cincinnati to 0-11, a mark unmatched in franchise history. No Bengals team had started worse than 0-10 or lost more than 10 games...
NFL, Colin Kaepernick still at odds on failed workout
A week after Colin Kaepernick’s NFL workout fell apart, disagreements and distrust about it remain on issues such as its timing, who was invited and who could film the quarterback. In conversations with the Associated Press, representatives from both sides blamed each other for what went wrong Nov. 16. Kaepernick’s...
Analysis: Ohio State’s Young will chase Heisman to New York
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Chase Young needed help from a police officer to get through the crowd of fans that poured onto the field after Ohio State beat Penn State at the Horseshoe. Otherwise, Young spent Saturday doing pretty much whatever he wanted for the Buckeyes. The defensive end returned from...
Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist’s 1st career fight was not memorableVideo
Through 734 career games, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist has amassed 376 penalty minutes. Only five of those have come from a fighting major. Hornqvist would beg to differ over that designation, however. “I don’t know about that,” he said after Sunday’s practice. “Yeah, I got five minutes, but …”...
Strong senior cast has Highlands boys basketball thinking big
With eight minutes remaining in their WPIAL Class 4A semifinal matchup last season against New Castle, Highlands faced a 23-point deficit. But the Golden Rams buckled down, battled back and cut New Castle’s lead to five points with 30 seconds remaining. Although the Red Hurricanes held off Highlands, the rally...
Steelers’ Mason Rudolph: Myles Garrett didn’t misinterpret anything
CINCINNATI — In his first public comments since Myles Garrett accused him of using a racial slur that escalated an on-field scuffle, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph left no room for interpretation about using such language. “Absolutely not,” Rudolph said Sunday when asked if there was anything Garrett possibly could...
