PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rookie VJ Edgecombe made the go-ahead follow shot with 0.9 seconds left, Tyrese Maxey raced back for a game-saving blocked shot and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the short-handed Golden State Warriors 99-98 on Thursday night. Maxey scored 35 points but missed a jumper with ...
Mike Tomlin isn't just hearing "Fire Tomlin!" chants from Steelers fans. A couple of the franchise's greatest players are saying Pittsburgh needs to make a coaching change. The NFL's longest-tenured coach has been under heavy criticism and even Ben Roethlisberger and James Harrison have joined ...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Six-time Pro Bowl cornerback Darius Slay has decided not to report to the Buffalo Bills for now to focus instead on his family and consider retirement after a 13-year NFL career, a blow to the club's depth chart for the final stretch of the season. After Slay's ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson and Aaron Rodgers — six MVPs between them — have remarkably never faced each other. It's finally happening this weekend. Maybe. With these two, you can't be certain of anything at the moment. Jackson's Baltimore ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA fined the Philadelphia 76ers $100,000 for violating league injury reporting rules regarding Joel Embiid. The 76ers failed to accurately disclose the game availability status of Embiid prior to Sunday's contest against the Atlanta Hawks. Embiid was listed as out in ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers doesn't see the need to dip into his greatest hits to put things in perspective for the slumping Pittsburgh Steelers. The quarterback who famously told everyone in Green Bay — his teammates included — to "R-E-L-A-X" after a sluggish start, has no plans to ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers doesn't see the need to dip into his greatest hits to put things in perspective for the slumping Pittsburgh Steelers. The quarterback who famously told everyone in Green Bay — his teammates included — to "R-E-L-A-X" ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft, two of the key pillars in the New England Patriots' dynasty, were picked as finalists for the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. Belichick was picked as the coaching candidate and Kraft was picked as the contributor ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer First place is on the line in three division matchups in Week 14. The Steelers (6-6) visit the Ravens (6-6) to determine the AFC North leader. The slumping Colts (8-4) hit the road to play the Jaguars (8-4) for the top spot in the AFC South. The ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA fined the Philadelphia 76ers $100,000 for violating league injury reporting rules regarding Joel Embiid. The 76ers failed to accurately disclose the game availability status of Embiid prior to Sunday's contest against the Atlanta Hawks. Embiid was listed as out in ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sidney Crosby says, no, of course he has not heard from Mario Lemieux recently as the current Penguins captain moves closer to taking another franchise record from his mentor. Crosby is seven shy of Lemieux for the most regular-season points with the Penguins. He already ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin isn't immune to the chorus of boos that chased the Pittsburgh Steelers to the locker room after a blowout loss to Buffalo on Sunday. If anything, the longest-tenured coach in the NFL felt the same way after watching his team get pushed around while losing for ...
By JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Kalani Sitake will remain BYU's head football coach after agreeing to a new long-term contract extension on Monday. Sitake is 83-44 since taking over at BYU in 2016. The Cougars have won 11 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 20 of his 35 points in the third quarter, Andre Drummond had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Washington Wizards 121-102 on Tuesday night. Maxey, who was coming off a 44-point performance, was 13 of 26 from the field to ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Allie Ziebell scored 16 points and made five of No. 1 UConn's season-high 18 3-pointers to lead the Huskies in a 104-39 blowout of Xavier on Sunday. Ashlynn Shade scored 14 points including four 3-pointers and Sarah Strong also scored 14 for the defending national ...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Put aside the turnovers, middling passing production, poor tackling and all the other issues that have hounded the Buffalo Bills for much of this season. At a time their playoff chances showed signs of dimming, Buffalo provided a tenacious response in a 26-7 win ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — One of Mike Tomlin's pet phrases is "smile in the face of adversity," a "Tomlin-ism" the Pittsburgh Steelers coach trots out occasionally when his team hits a rough patch. Yet the corners of Tomlin's mouth never perked up — not even ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers hopes his bloodied nose isn't broken. The reeling Pittsburgh Steelers feel the same way about their season. The four-time MVP's fractured left wrist turned out to be far from Pittsburgh's biggest problem in a 26-7 loss to ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Johnson hit consecutive 3-pointers late in double overtime and finished with 41 points and 14 rebounds to help the Atlanta Hawks spoil Joel Embiid's return in a 142-134 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night. Embiid scored 18 points in 30 minutes in his ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills came to Pittsburgh looking for something — anything, really — to snap themselves out of a midseason lull that had robbed them of their swagger, not to mention their usual grip on first place in the AFC ...