November 12, 2024 4:23 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Miami Dolphins snapped their three-game losing streak with a gritty 23-15 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. Tyreek Hill caught a short touchdown pass from Tua Tagovailoa while playing through a wrist injury, and rookie Malik Washington rushed 18 yards for his first NFL touchdown on the opening possession of a much-needed turnaround game for the beleaguered Dolphins. Matthew Stafford passed for 293 yards and rookie Joshua Karty made five field goals for the Rams, whose three-game winning streak ended with a dramatic offensive regression. The Rams failed to score a TD for only the eighth time in coach Sean McVay’s eight seasons.
November 12, 2024 4:28 am
Kansas remained atop the first Associated Press men’s college basketball poll of the regular season after winning a matchup of basketball bluebloods. Gonzaga rose to No. 4 and Auburn to No. 5 after impressive opening-week wins. The Jayhawks received 44 of 62 first-place votes after a home win against North Carolina. That kept them ahead of Alabama and two-time reigning national champion UConn in an unchanged 1-2-3 setting. No. 21 Ohio State and No. 22 St. John’s were the two new additions to the poll. Texas and UCLA fell out from the preseason AP Top 25.
November 11, 2024 4:39 am
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Russell Wilson shook off his first interception in 11 months and hit trade-deadline pickup Mike Williams for a 32-yard touchdown with less than 2 1/2 minutes left in the fourth quarter to lift the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 28-27 comeback victory over Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders. Coming off a bye, the AFC North-leading Steelers won their fourth game in a row Sunday to improve to 7-2. They are 3-0 since Wilson took over from Justin Fields as the starting QB. Wilson was 14 for 28 for 195 yards, the three TDs and the one pick. Washington led 24-14 but couldn’t hold on. It fell to 7-3.
November 11, 2024 4:42 am
HOUSTON (AP) — Jake Bates made a 52-yard field goal as time expired, and the Detroit Lions overcame a career-high five interceptions by Jared Goff to rally for a 26-23 win over the Houston Texans. The Lions improved to 8-1 for the first time since 1954 with their seventh straight victory. Detroit trailed 23-7 at halftime after Goff threw three interceptions in the first two quarters. He threw two more picks in the third. Nonetheless, the Lions scored 16 straight points to tie it with about five minutes to go on Bates’ 58-yard field goal. Ka’imi Fairbairn missed a go-ahead try from 58 yards for the Texans.
November 11, 2024 4:43 am
Oregon is the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the fourth straight week. Georgia and Miami dropped out of the top 10 following losses and there was additional movement caused by four other ranked teams getting beat. Voters made the Ducks a unanimous No. 1 for the second straight week. Ohio State moved up one spot to No. 2 and Texas got a two-rung bump to No. 3. Penn State and Indiana rounded out the top five.
November 11, 2024 4:44 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Bernhard Langer won for the 18th straight year on the PGA Tour Champions, holing a 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole to hold off Steven Alker in the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship at Phoenix Country Club. The 67-year-old Langer closed with a 5-under 66 — shooting his age or better for the third straight day and 23rd time on the tour — for a one-stroke victory over defending champion Alker — who won the season points title and a $1 million bonus — and Richard Green. Langer pushed his tour victory record to 47, just over eight months after tearing his left Achilles playing pickelball. The German star won the season-ending event for the first time and extended his record as the tour’s oldest winner.
November 10, 2024 7:59 am
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Tyler Warren can feel his opponents watching him every time he walks on the football field. They know Penn State’s do-it-all tight end is going to get the football, they just don’t ever know how. Warren caught eight passes for 75 yards and ran for two touchdowns as No. 6 Penn State pulled away from Washington 35-6 on Saturday night. Playing in front of a glowing White Out crowd, the Nittany Lions (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten) rode Warren to score on their first four possession to put the game out of reach and keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive.
November 10, 2024 7:41 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Xavier Brown caught a touchdown pass and ran for another score as Virginia upset No. 23 Pittsburgh 24-19. Anthony Colandrea passed for 143 yards and ran for 40 more as the Cavaliers snapped a three-game losing streak to put a serious dent in Pitt’s hopes of crashing the ACC title game. The Panthers have dropped two straight following their best start since 1982. Pitt lost redshirt freshman quarterback Eli Holstein in the third quarter when he was hit high and late by Virginia’s Mike Diatta. Holstein’s replacement Nate Yarnell struggled, throwing a pair of interceptions.
November 10, 2024 7:00 am
Ryan Moessner scored just over 11 minutes into the first half lifting Bentworth to a 1-0 win over Mercyhurst Prep in the PIAA 1A boys soccer quarterfinals Saturday afternoon. Andrew Vipperman sent a pass across the face of the goal and Moessner chipped it home, his school-record 44th goal of the season. DJ Hays stopped 10 Mercyhurst Prep shots, including a spectacular diving save in the first half. The Bearcats move to the state semifinals for the second straight year, facing District 5 champion McConnellsburg on Tuesday. We’ll have the match on WJPA-AM (1450) and online. Watch/Listen Here! (Watch links are via NFHS Network, subscription required). The winner heads to Friday’s PIAA championship match at Cumberland Valley. Click for PIAA Soccer Brackets
Tuesday, Nov. 12, PIAA Soccer Semifinals at Westmont Elementary, Johnstown
1A Boys Bentworth vs. McConnellsburg, 5:45 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here / Watch Here (NFHS subscription required)
November 9, 2024 5:49 am
(WPXI) For a moment, both teams turned the clock back to 2017 when they were the best teams in the NHL, and the games between them were heavyweight slobberknockers. In the first 20 minutes, the Pittsburgh Penguins (6-8-2) and Washington Capitals (9-4-0) raced end to end to defend and create scoring chances as if it were one of their legendary playoff battles. The Penguins were immediately more engaged in every facet than they were just 24 hours earlier when they lost a lopsided and disjointed contest to the Carolina Hurricanes. However, the Penguins’ two-goal jinx was in full effect. For the sixth time in 12 games, the Penguins gave up a two-goal lead. This time, the team rescued themselves as Bryan Rust swept into the offensive zone and got behind the defensemen. Washington goalie Charlie Lindgren made the save on Rust, but Evgeni Malkin finished the rebound for the game-winning goal at 10:28.
