November 27, 2024 4:29 am
MIAMI (AP) — Traffic citations issued to Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Tyreek Hill after a September altercation with police have been dismissed after the charging officers didn’t attend a court hearing. Hill’s tickets for careless driving and failing to wear a seat belt were dismissed after the Miami-Dade Police officers failed to show up for a Monday hearing. The tickets were issued after Hill was stopped outside Hard Rock Stadium for allegedly speeding before the Dolphins’ season opener on Sept. 8. The stop escalated and an officer pulled Hill from the car, forced him to the ground and handcuffed him.
November 26, 2024 4:30 am
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Lamar Jackson threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, Derrick Henry rushed for 140 yards, and Baltimore coach John Harbaugh improved to 3-0 against his brother as the Ravens beat Jim Harbaugh’s Los Angeles Chargers 30-23. It was the first matchup between the Harbaughs since Super Bowl 47 in February 2013, when John’s Ravens beat Jim’s San Francisco 49ers. Jim Harbaugh returned to the NFL this year after nine seasons at Michigan. Justice Hill ran for a 51-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to put it out reach for the Ravens, who have won three of four. The Chargers’ four-game winning streak ended.
November 26, 2024 4:35 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Rams receiver Demarcus Robinson was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. The California Highway Patrol said Robinson was cited and released the day after he caught a touchdown pass in the Rams’ 37-20 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night. The CHP said its officers observed a white Dodge sedan driving over 100 mph at about 5:13 a.m. on the 101 freeway. The driver identified himself as Robinson, and he had “objective signs and symptoms of alcohol impairment,” the CHP said. After his arrest, Robinson was “released to a responsible party.”
November 29, 2024 12:01 am
The PIAA Football Playoffs hit the semifinals this weekend including all six WPIAL champions looking for one more win to reach the state title games. 1A Fort Cherry looks to get back to the finals for a second straight year, hoping to improve on last year’s runner-up finish. The Rangers travel to Clarion University Friday night to face unbeaten Port Allegany. In 4A, Thomas Jefferson is traveling a familiar road, having reached the state semifinals six previous times on the way to winning five PIAA championships. The Jaguars take on District 3 champion Lampeter-Strasburg Friday afternoon at Mansion Park Stadium in Altoona.
We’ll have both games on the WJPA Sports Network. The Thomas Jefferson/Lampeter-Strasburg game will be on WJPA-AM with pre-game coverage starting at 12:45 pm. Fort Cherry & Port Allegany will be on WJPA-FM pregame is scheduled for 6:30 pm. We’re also producing the multi-camera video of both games for NFHS Network (subscription required).
PIAA Football Brackets
Friday, Nov. 29, PIAA Semifinals:
4A Thomas Jefferson vs. Lampeter-Strasburg, 12:45 pm at Mansion Park, Altoona, WJPA-AM (1450) Listen / Watch Here (NFHS subscription required)
1A Fort Cherry vs. Port Allegany, 6:30 pm at Penn West Clarion, WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen / Watch Here (NFHS subscription required)
November 26, 2024 4:34 am
A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press left-hander Yusei Kikuchi and the Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a $63 million, three-year contract. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal, first reported by the New York Post, was subject to a successful physical. An All-Star with Seattle in 2021, Kikuchi was 9-10 with a 4.05 ERA this year for Toronto and Houston, which acquired him on July 30. Kikuchi was 5-1 with a 2.70 ERA in 10 starts with the Astros. He is 41-47 with a 4.57 ERA in six seasons.
November 26, 2024 4:32 am
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Dan Hurley fell. So did UConn. Hurley, the often-fiery coach of the two-time defending national champions, was livid over an over-the-back call in the final minute of overtime in what became No. 2 UConn’s 99-97 loss to Memphis in the opening round of the Maui Invitational. The foul was called on UConn’s Liam McNeeley on an offensive rebound in what was a tie game with 40.3 seconds remaining. Hurley dropped to his knees and got a technical foul, and Memphis’ PJ Carter made all four free throws — two for the personal, two for the technical — to put the Tigers ahead for good.
November 25, 2024 4:40 am
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — John Tonje scored 25 of his 33 points in the second half, and No. 19 Wisconsin came back to beat Pittsburgh 81-75 in the championship of the Greenbrier Tip-Off. John Blackwell added 14 points, Nolan Winter had 11 and Kamari McGee scored 10 for Wisconsin. The Badgers’ 7-0 start is the first since the 2014-15 season, when they lost to Duke in the national championship. Wisconsin erased a 14-point deficit. Ishmael Leggett scored 17 points, Cameron Corhen added 16 and Jaland Lowe had 15 for Pittsburgh. The Panthers fell to 6-1.
November 25, 2024 4:37 am
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Saquon Barkley ran for touchdowns of 70 and 72 yards in the second half and finished with an Eagles-record 255 yards rushing in the streaking Philadelphia Eagles’ seventh consecutive victory, 37-20 over the Los Angeles Rams. Barkley finished with the ninth-most yards rushing in a game in NFL history, largely thanks to his huge TD runs early and late in the second half. He rushed for a 70-yard score on the opening snap of the third quarter, and he added a 72-yard surge up the middle with 2:44 to play. Barkley finished with 302 total yards. He leads the NFL with 1,392 yards rushing.
November 25, 2024 4:41 am
Alabama and Mississippi tumbled out of the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll and Miami and SMU moved in following a chaotic weekend in the SEC. Oregon is No. 1 for the sixth straight week and Ohio State, Texas and Penn State held their places behind the Ducks. The shuffling begins at No. 5, where Notre Dame returned for the first time since Week 2 after beating Army for its ninth straight win. No. 6 Georgia moved up two spots, No. 7 Tennessee and No. 8 Miami rose three and No. 9 SMU jumped four places. Indiana dropped from No. 5 to No. 10 following its first loss.
November 24, 2024 7:00 am
Fort Cherry drove 83 yards in 13 plays, took nearly five minutes off the fourth-quarter clock and scored with less than three minutes to play to beat Clairton, 21-20, and win a second straight WPIAL football championship. Shane Cornali threw an option pass early to Ryan Huey to convert one fourth down and Matt Sieg’s 13-yard scoring pass to Huey capped the drive, also on fourth down to lead the comeback. Nick Massey hit all three of his point-after attempts, the difference in the game. Sieg scored on two short runs in the first half, giving the Rangers a 14-6 lead at intermission. Clairton dominated the third quarter, rushing for nearly 150 yards and a pair of touchdowns to take a 20-14 lead into the final period, setting the stage for another fourth-quarter Fort Cherry rally. After the Rangers took the lead, the Bears had no timeouts and couldn’t move the chains. Eli Salvini sacked Bears’ quarterback Jeffrey Thompson to seal the win. Fort Cherry’s 21 points matched what the Bears had allowed all season. The back-to-back championships by Washington County teams had only happened twice previously: McDonald (1951 & 1952) and Chartiers-Houston (1971 & 1972). Fort Cherry will play District 9 champion Port Allegany in the PIAA Quarterfinals.
Peters Township struggled on the ground all night and turned the ball over twice in the second half as the Indians fell to top-seeded Pine-Richland, 20-9, in the WPIAL 5A championship game. Quarterback Nolan DiLucia managed just 62 yards on 18 carries while three running backs combined for 12 yards on 11 runs. DiLucia connected with Eli Prado for a 23-yard scoring pass midway through the second, giving Peters Township a 6-3 lead. Two possessions later, Pine-Richland QB Aaron Strader found Tanner Cunningham on a deep post pattern for a 64-yard touchdown and a lead the Rams never surrendered. Down 10-9 at the half, Peters Township received the second half kickoff. On the third play of the possession, DiLucia was hit and fumbled with the Rams recovering at the Indians 43 yard line. Four plays later, Strader connected with Jay Timmons for a 22-yard touchdown. Grant Argiro kicked 24 & 47 yard field goals for the winners.
WPIAL Football Brackets: 6A 5A 4A 3A 2A 1A
PIAA Football Brackets
Friday, Nov. 29, PIAA Semifinals:
4A Thomas Jefferson vs. Lampeter-Strasburg, 12:45 pm at Mansion Park, Altoona, WJPA-AM (1450) Listen / Watch Here (NFHS subscription required)
1A Fort Cherry vs. Port Allegany, 6:30 pm at Penn West Clarion, WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen / Watch Here (NFHS subscription required)
