NFC North rivals Vikings, Bears going opposite ways
NFL, Sports
December 16, 2024
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings, like the rest of the NFL ‘s leading contenders, have their share of mysteries to unwind in the coming weeks. Will Sam Darnold keep hearing MVP chants down the...
Former NFL QB Bridgewater wins state title as high school coach
NFL, Sports
December 16, 2024
MIAMI (AP) — Former NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater went back to his high school alma mater this season and won a state championship. Bridgewater, in his first season as coach at Miami Northwestern ...
Huge game for Allen as Lions’ win streak snapped
NFL, Sports
December 16, 2024
The Bills quarterback ran for two scores and threw for two more in a 48-42 victory at Detroit. DETROIT (AP) — Josh Allen took a shotgun snap, moved up in the pocket and backed up, rolled left and thre...
NFL, Sports
December 16, 2024
CLEVELAND (AP) — Nick Chubb has to make yet another comeback. Cleveland’s star running back, who has inspired teammates by returning to play after a devastating knee injury last season, broke his left...
NFL, Sports
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
December 16, 2024
We might not have a Steelers win to talk about in this space today, but we do have the next best thing … some “food for thought.” • Make that 11 consecutive losses for the Steelers against the Eagles ...
Eagles try to cast aside issues ahead of showdown
NFL, Sports
December 14, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The guy on the Philly sports talk radio station had something to say, and he started to vent about the perceived strained relationship between star quarterback Jalen Hurts and stan...
Rams win sloppy game against 49ers
NFL, Sports
THURSDAY’S LATE GAME
December 14, 2024
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Four nights after winning the highest-scoring game of the NFL season, the Los Angeles Rams won the only game this year that didn’t have a touchdown. Joshua Karty kicked four...
Tomlin: Minimizing damage by Barkley key for Steelers
NFL, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
December 13, 2024
The Pittsburgh Steelers have seen their share of elite running backs this season, but coach Mike Tomlin described Saquon Barkley as both dominant and dynamic because the Philadelphia Eagles star has c...
Pro Picks: Eagles will beat Steelers in close game
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
December 13, 2024
A potential Super Bowl preview and the battle for Pennsylvania bragging rights highlight the NFL’s Week 15 schedule. The NFC-leading Detroit Lions (12-1) put their 11game winning streak on the line wh...
NFL, Sports
December 12, 2024
IRVING, Texas (AP) — The NFL will consider expanding replay assist to include facemask penalties and other plays. Officials have missed several obvious facemask penalties this season, including two in...
Steelers have stopped just about everybody, ‘Mr. Barkley’ up next
NFL, Sports
December 12, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin started going down the checklist of the myriad ways Saquon Barkley can beat you. It took the Pittsburgh Steelers coach a while — by his usually measured standards anyway ...
Gastineau confronts Favre for ‘dive’ on Strahan sack
NFL, Sports
By By DENNIS WASZAK JR. AP Pro Football Writer 
December 12, 2024
Former New York Jets star Mark Gastineau confronted Brett Favre last year at a memorabilia show and angrily accused the Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback of deliberately going down on a record-bre...
In season filled with close games, no one wins more than Chiefs
NFL, Sports
By By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer 
December 12, 2024
In a season on pace for a record number of close games, no team has been better at pulling them out late than the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs tied an...
Samuel says frustration led to deleted social-media post
NFL, Sports
December 12, 2024
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The least productive four-game stretch of Deebo Samuel’s career sent the frustrated wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers to social media. In a now-deleted post on X, fo...
Steelers believe they’re Super contenders
NFL, Sports
December 11, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Preseason’s over. Now the real work begins for the Pittsburgh Steelers. While the past three months have been promising and productive for the first-place Steelers (10-3), it has com...
Parsons aches after Cowboys’ loss
NFL, Sports
December 11, 2024
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Micah Parsons rocked back and forth on the bench in agony after Cincinnati’s winning touchdown that followed a botched blocked punt from his Dallas Cowboys. The star pass rushe...
Burrow, Chase lift Bengals after Cowboys’ punt-block gaffe
NFL, Sports
MONDAY’S LATE GAME
December 11, 2024
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals finally got a break. The Dallas Cowboys had flashbacks to one of the most painful moments in franchise history. Burrow threw a tiebreaking...
Steelers welcome grueling threegame stretch as proving ground
NFL, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 10, 2024
The Eagles, Ravens and Chiefs are coming up within a 12-day span. Pear trees aren’t indigenous to the greater Philadelphia area. In lieu of a partridge awaits a flock of high-flying Eagles. But for th...
Burrow, Chase lift Bengals after botched blocked punt
NFL, Sports
December 10, 2024
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Joe Burrow threw a tiebreaking 40-yard touchdown pass to Ja’Marr Chase after Dallas botched a blocked punt to give the ball back to Cincinnati in the final two minutes, and the...
What they’re saying in Cleveland after the loss
NFL, Sports
By By JULIA BURDELSKI TribLive 
December 10, 2024
Nick Camino can’t wait for the Cleveland Browns’ season to be over. The sports anchor for WKYC-TV 3 in Cleveland lambasted his home team after the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated them 27-14 at Acrisure S...