January 16, 2024 1:57 pm
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers’ latest one-and-done playoff appearance is raising questions about Mike Tomlin’s future. The NFL’s longest tenured coach was in no mood to talk about it Monday night. Tomlin walked off the podium at his post-game news conference following a 31-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills when a reporter began with, “Mike, you have a year left on your contract.” The abrupt exit only heightened speculation about what’s next for Tomlin and the Steelers. He’s been in charge there for 17 seasons, making him the NFL’s longest tenured head coach after Bill Belichick parted with New England last week. He’s never had a losing season — an NFL record run — but this year was close.
January 16, 2024 4:46 am
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen threw three touchdown passes and scored on a franchise playoff-record 52-yard touchdown run, and the Buffalo Bills beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-17 in an AFC wild-card playoff game that was postponed a day because of a lake-effect blizzard. Allen threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Khalil Shakir with 6:27 remaining that restored a two-touchdown lead for Buffalo. The second-seeded Bills advance to host Patrick Mahomes and the No. 3 seed Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round on Sunday night. The Steelers’ season ended after they surged into the playoffs with wins in their final three games behind longtime backup quarterback Mason Rudolph.
January 16, 2024 4:50 am
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baker Mayfield threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns to lead the resurgent Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 32-9 wild-card playoff victory over Jalen Hurts and the defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles. The Bucs won for the sixth time in seven games to advance to a NFC divisional round matchup on the road next Sunday against the Detroit Lions. David Moore scored on a 44-yard reception in the first quarter. Rookie Trey Palmer broke the game open with a 56-yard catch-and-run for a TD that put the Bucs up 25-9 late in the third quarter. Mayfield also threw a 23-yard TD pass to Chris Godwin.
January 16, 2024 4:48 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored twice, Tristan Jarry stopped 22 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended the Seattle Kraken’s franchise-record nine-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory. Seattle, playing the fourth game of an East Coast road trip, mustered little against Pittsburgh as Jarry collected his fifth shutout of the season. Drew O’Connor also scored for the Penguins on Monday. The Kraken came in riding a month of occasionally spectacular play that’s vaulted them into the thick of the playoff chase in the loaded Western Conference as the season reaches its midpoint.
January 15, 2024 12:01 am
The girls took the hardwood spotlight Monday as teams finish their first trips through section play this week. McGuffey stayed within reach of the 3A Section 4 leader Waynesburg while keeping Charleroi from its first section win. Waynesburg kept Brownsville winless. Burgettstown leads 2A Section 2 despite an overall sub-.500 record. 2A Section 4 is going to be a battle to the finish with Chartiers-Houston, the unbeaten leader of the pack, won to stay a game up on Wash High. California pulled into a tie for third with a road win.
Monday Girls Basketball
(Class-Section)
4A-3 Laurel Highlands 64, Ringgold 18
3A-4 McGuffey 65, Charleroi 60
3A-4 Waynesburg 49, Brownsville 41
2A-2 Burgettstown 53, Carlynton 12
2A-4 Chartiers-Houston 50, Carmichaels 16
2A-4 Wash High 45, Beth-Center 31
2A-4 California 60, Frazier 56
1A-2 Geibel 55, Jeff-Morgan 48
N/C Linsly 61, Trinity 58 OT
1A-2 Mapletown at West Greene PPD
2A-2 Fort Cherry at Sto-Rox PPD TBD
Monday Wrestling
2A-1 Fort Cherry 43, West Greene 30
January 15, 2024 4:09 pm
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored twice, Tristan Jarry stopped 22 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended the Seattle Kraken’s franchise-record nine-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory. Seattle, playing the fourth game of an East Coast road trip, mustered little against Pittsburgh as Jarry collected his fifth shutout of the season. Drew O’Connor also scored for the Penguins on Monday. The Kraken came in riding a month of occasionally spectacular play that’s vaulted them into the thick of the playoff chase in the loaded Western Conference as the season reaches its midpoint.
January 15, 2024 4:39 am
DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff threw for a touchdown and completed a game-sealing first down against the team that cast him away, and the Detroit Lions won a playoff game for the first time in 32 years, beating Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams 24-23. The Lions ended a nine-game postseason losing streak — the longest in NFL history — that dated to a victory over Dallas on Jan. 5, 1992. Detroit will have two home playoff games for the first time in franchise history, hosting either Tampa Bay or Philadelphia in the divisional round next Sunday. Stafford threw for 367 yards for the Rams.
January 15, 2024 4:40 am
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jordan Love threw for three touchdowns, Aaron Jones ran for three more, Darnell Savage returned an interception 64 yards for a score and the Green Bay Packers handed the Dallas Cowboys their first home loss since the 2022 opener in a 48-32 wild-card stunner. Romeo Doubs had a career-high 151 yards receiving a week after being hospitalized with a chest injury. The Packers won Love’s postseason debut after finishing the regular season 6-2 to grab the NFC’s final playoff spot. They will visit top-seeded San Francisco in the divisional round. Dak Prescott threw two interceptions before three mostly empty touchdown passes in another playoff flop for him and the No. 2 seed Cowboys.
January 15, 2024 4:41 am
Jim Harbaugh is set to meet with the Los Angeles Chargers about their head coaching vacancy. That’s according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person wasn’t at liberty to publicly discuss personnel moves. Word of Harbaugh’s plans comes one week after he led the University of Michigan to a national title. A person familiar with Harbaugh’s thinking tells the AP that Harbaugh is also considering staying at Michigan. That person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions.
January 14, 2024 10:03 pm
Due to a network issue, our coverage of the NFL Wild Card game between Los Angeles and Detroit was interrupted early in the third quarter. We apologize for this problem that was out of our control.
