Time running out for Chiefs, Lions and Ravens
NFL, Sports
November 29, 2025
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The Kansas City Chiefs have run out of room for error. If they’re going to extend the dynasty and reach the AFC championship game for a ninth straight season to ha...
Steelers preparing for NFL’s ‘superhero’
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
November 28, 2025
Controlling Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen will be the priority in Sunday’s gameplan. The defending NFL MVP is visiting Acrisure Stadium on Sunday and, for once, it’s not Lamar Jackson or even Patrick...
Rodgers returns to practice as full participant
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
November 28, 2025
He wore a wrap on his broken left wrist and hopes to play Sunday vs. Buffalo. Sporting a new black wrap on his fractured left wrist, Aaron Rodgers was a full participant in practice Thursday for the P...
Prescott outduels Mahomes as Cowboys win
NFL, Sports
November 28, 2025
Dallas is moving back into the NFC playoff race with three straight victories. ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys still face long odds in trying to rally for a spot in the pla...
Packers’ Love matches career high with 4 TD passes
NFL, Sports
November 28, 2025
Green Bay converted all three of its fourth-down attempts in the pivotal NFC North contest. DETROIT (AP) — Jordan Love had plenty of time to pass, and took full advantage. Jared Goff did not and Micah...
Hines Ward reaches semifinalist round
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
November 26, 2025
Hines Ward again has reached the semifinal round in Pro Football Hall of Fame balloting. Other eligible members of the Pittsburgh Steelers weren’t as fortunate. Maurkice Pouncey, James Harrison and Ga...
Tomlin has ‘optimism’ Rodgers will return for Bills
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
November 26, 2025
Aaron Rodgers will begin the week as a limited practice participant, but coach Mike Tomlin is expecting the 41-year-old quarterback to be ready Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Buffalo Bil...
Burrow excited for long-awaited return
NFL, Sports
November 26, 2025
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow confirmed on Tuesday that he’ll be returning on Thanksgiving night to start against the Baltimore Ravens. Burrow had surgery to repair a tur...
Love says injury shouldn’t limit effectiveness
NFL, Sports
November 26, 2025
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Love says he’s “not going to sugarcoat” the fact he’s dealing with an injury to his non-throwing shoulder, however the Green Bay Packers quarterback says it isn’t somethi...
Stafford’s season could end up among the best
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
November 26, 2025
Matthew Stafford is having one of the best statistical seasons in NFL history. The 37-year-old quarterback has thrown 27 touchdowns since his most recent interception in Week 3. Overall, he has 2,830 ...
For sagging Steelers, devil is in the details
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
November 25, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin thrives living on the margins. The Pittsburgh Steelers coach loves it when things get “thick,” to borrow one of his favorite words. Things have rarely been murkier during...
Anderson ready if Broderick Jones can’t go
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI AP 
November 25, 2025
TribLive For the first time in five years, Calvin Anderson began the 2024 regular season not on an NFL roster. He ended the season as the Steelers left tackle in a playoff game. A six-year NFL veteran...
With Aaron Rodgers sidelined, Mason Rudolph and Steelers fall short
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
November 25, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — On this trip to Chicago, Aaron Rodgers was just a spectator at Soldier Field. Mason Rudolph tried to rally Pittsburgh to a late win, but it didn’t work out. Rodgers might own the Bears,...
Steelers stay positive after losing AFC North lead
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
November 25, 2025
Last season as he celebrated Thanksgiving, Brandin Echols was playing for a 3-9 football team. The year before that, a Black Friday defeat dropped his team to 4-7. As a rookie in 2021, if Echols, like...
Sanders makes big plays in first start
NFL, Sports
November 25, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The last time Cleveland Browns rookie Shedeur Sanders was inside Allegiant Stadium, he and his Pro Football Hall of Fame father answered similar questions during Big 12 Media Day abou...
Stafford and Adams connect twice in Rams’ win
NFL, Sports
November 25, 2025
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Although Matthew Stafford threw touchdown passes on the Los Angeles Rams’ first three drives against Tampa Bay, he was even more excited by teammate Cobie Durant’s electrifyin...
NFL, Sports
November 25, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator Chip Kelly was fired Sunday night after yet another rough offensive performance. Kelly’s dismissal came less than four hours after the Raiders ...
Eagles go cold after touchdowns on their first three drives in loss
NFL, Sports
November 25, 2025
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A.J. Brown was catching passes and the Philadelphia Eagles were moving the ball down the field. An offense that has drawn criticism this season from its three-time Pro Bowl rec...
Bears still ‘bad news’
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By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
November 24, 2025
Clairton has won so often and in such dominating fashion over the years, that sometimes when they win, it can feel like a loss. The Bears, who have been “Bad News” for the opposition for over two deca...
Williams throws for 3TDs as Bears beat Rudolph, Steelers
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
November 24, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Caleb Williams threw for three touchdowns, and the Bears beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-28 in a matchup of division leaders on Sunday with Chicago’s old nemesis Aaron Rodgers sidelined...