November 19, 2024 4:29 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ismael Leggett scored 14 points and Jaland Lowe put up a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds as Pittsburgh won its fourth straight home game to open the season, romping past VMI 93-48 in a Greenbrier Tip-Off home game. All five starters scored in double figures for Pitt and Jorge Diaz Graham added 12 points off the bench. Leggett, who has scored in double digits in each game, hit 6 of 9 from the floor but saw his three-game streak of 15 or more points snapped by a digit. Guillermo Diaz Graham scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds. Cameron Corhen had a perfect shooting game, hitting all five of his shots from the field while going 2 for 2 from the line to score 12. Damian Dunn added 11 points.
November 19, 2024 4:35 am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jake Paul’s unanimous victory over former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson might have been disappointing from a competitive standpoint, but it drew record betting. BetMGM says the fight between the YouTube star and the 58-year-old Tyson was its most-bet boxing or mixed-martial arts fight. The sportsbook took three times the number of bets and four times the money of any combat sport in BetMGM’s history. A Caesars Entertainment spokesperson compared the amount of betting to that on an NFL game.
November 18, 2024 4:42 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Boswell tied a franchise record with six field goals and the Pittsburgh Steelers limited Lamar Jackson and the NFL’s top-ranked offense in an 18-16 victory over the Baltimore Ravens. The Steelers (8-2) won their fifth straight behind Boswell and a defense that never let Jackson, Derrick Henry or the rest of the offense get into a rhythm, opening up a little breathing room atop the AFC North. The Ravens were held to season lows in points and yards and while turning it over three times to fall to 7-4.
November 18, 2024 4:40 am
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — J.K. Dobbins rushed for a 29-yard touchdown with 18 seconds remaining, and the Los Angeles Chargers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 34-27 after squandering a 21-point third-quarter lead. Justin Herbert passed for 297 yards and two touchdowns, and rushed for 65 yards as the Chargers won their fourth straight. Dobbins ran for two TDs. Joe Burrow passed for 356 yards and three touchdowns, but the Bengals suffered another excruciating loss. They have five defeats by seven points or fewer. After its offense stalled for most of the second half, Los Angeles went 84 yards on four plays in 26 seconds on the decisive drive.
November 18, 2024 4:46 am
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen ran for a 26-yard touchdown on fourth down with 2:17 left, sealing the Buffalo Bills’ 30-21 win over the Kansas City Chiefs and handing the two-time defending Super Bowl champions their first loss of the season. James Cook rushed for two touchdowns and Allen threw a 12-yard TD pass to Curtis Samuel for Buffalo. The Bills moved to 9-2 and closed the gap on the 9-1 Chiefs in the race for the AFC’s top seed. Patrick Mahomes and Chiefs were the NFL’s last undefeated team. They had won 15 straight, including playoffs, since last December. The Bills have won six straight.
November 18, 2024 4:43 am
Oregon remains the unanimous No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll after its close call at Wisconsin. Georgia returned to the top 10 with its win over Tennessee and LSU was unranked for the first time in two years. The unbeaten Ducks are atop the AP Top 25 for the fifth straight week. They received all 62 first-place votes for the third week in a row after scoring their fewest points in 37 games in a 16-13 win over Wisconsin. Ohio State, Texas, Penn State and Indiana rounded out the top five for the second straight week.
November 17, 2024 2:16 am
Jacob Pugh hit 20-of-33 passes for 305 yards and five touchdowns leading #18 W&J to a 45-0 win at Allegheny Saturday afternoon, clinching a share of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship. Coupled with Grove City’s win over Westminster, the victory gives W&J the League’s automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs, the Presidents’ first tournament bid since 2018. W&J scored on its first six possessions of the game while holding Allegheny to 148 total yards. Several W&J players crossed season and career thresholds in the win: Justin Johns registered five total tackles Saturday, becoming the school’s all-time leader in that category. Dawson Dietz moved to #4 on the Tackles for Loss list, sharing a sack in the fourth quarter. Pugh now has 92 career touchdown passes, moving him to fourth place on the all-time list. Wide receivers John Peduzzi and Jacob Macosko crossed the 1,000-yard season mark, Peduzzi moving into fourth place with now 3,048 yards. His two touchdowns Saturday moves the junior into a tie for third place with Aaron Krepps, one shy of Andrew Wulf’s 40 career TD receptions. Macosko, also a junior sits just 11 yards shy of a top ten single season mark, currently with 1,080 yards through 10 games.
W&J will travel to Ashland, VA to take on Randolph-Macon College (9-1) in the second round, Saturday, Nov. 30. Game time will likely be 12 noon. The Yellow Jackets have won seven straight, led by a dominant defense that’s held opponents to less than 240 yards per game, aided by 17 interceptions, five of which were returned for touchdowns.
PennWest-California lost to unbeaten Kutztown, 21-14, Saturday afternoon in the PSAC Championship game. CalU trailed 21-7 late, scored a touchdown but could not recover the on-side kick as Kutztown ran out the clock. With the win, Kutztown received the #1 seed in the NCAA tournament Super Regional. CalU is seeded third in the field and will host #6 East Stroudsburg (10-1) on Saturday at Adamson Stadium.
November 17, 2024 6:25 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3. Sidney Crosby and Anthony Beauvillier also scored for Pittsburgh in the shootout. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped Alexander Wennberg in the fifth round of the shootout to give Pittsburgh the win. Crosby also scored in the second period and is now one goal from becoming the second active and 21st player in NHL history to reach 600 goals. Bryan Rust and Jesse Puljujarvi also scored for Pittsburgh. Tyler Toffoli scored twice, including a power-play goal, while Mikael Granlund also scored for the Sharks.
November 17, 2024 6:23 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cade Klubnik sprinted 50 yards for a go-ahead touchdown with 1:16 remaining and No. 17 Clemson fended off Pittsburgh 24-20. The Tigers (8-2, 7-1 ACC) had done little on the ground all day before the junior quarterback tucked the ball and raced past a handful of stunned defenders to keep Clemson’s outside hopes of reaching the ACC championship game alive. Klubnik finished with 288 yards and two touchdown passes through the air and added 41 on the ground. Nate Yarnell threw for 350 yards for Pitt but the Panthers (7-3, 3-3) dropped their third straight when Klubnik zig-zagged to the end zone in the final moments.
November 17, 2024 6:19 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Penguins defenseman Kris Letang missed Pittsburgh’s game against San Jose with an illness. Letang missed his second consecutive game because of an illness, as he did not play in Pittsburgh’s 6-2 loss at Columbus on Friday. Letang has two goals and four assists in 18 games. Defenseman Owen Pickering, Pittsburgh’s first-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, made his NHL debut. Forward Vasily Ponomarev also played his first game with the Penguins.
