Titans fire GM Ran Carthon after two seasons
NFL, Sports
January 8, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — General manager Ran Carthon paid the price for the Tennessee Titans going 9-25 in his two seasons. The Titans introduced Carthon as the franchise’s first Black general manager ...
Tomlin: No time for ‘pouting’ for Steelers
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By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
January 7, 2025
Pittsburgh will face AFC North rival Baltimore Saturday night in a wild-card game. Mike Tomlin doesn’t want his Pittsburgh Steelers looking too far back – or too far ahead – as the NFL playoffs approa...
NFL, Sports
January 7, 2025
Packers’ Watson out for season with ACL tear Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson has torn his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and he won’t be available for any of the postsea...
Arthur Smith to Jets, Bears?
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By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
January 7, 2025
Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith is a candidate for vacant head coach job of the New York Jets, several national outlets reported Monday, and the Jets have formally requested an ...
Steelers have ‘choice to respond the right way’
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By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
January 7, 2025
Despite backpedaling into the AFC playoffs on a fourgame losing streak, the Pittsburgh Steelers late Saturday night sounded more like a team ready to wear their white jerseys than wave a white towel. ...
Lions secure No. 1 seed in NFC, playoffs set
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By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
January 7, 2025
The road to the Super Bowl in the NFC will go through Motown. The Detroit Lions secured a No. 1 seed with a 31-9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night. Jahmyr Gibbs scored four touchdowns...
Jaguars fire coach Doug Pederson, keep GM
NFL, Sports
January 7, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Doug Pederson is out as Jacksonville’s head coach after the franchise’s “best team assembled” won just four games. Jaguars owner Shad Khan fired Pederson on Monday, a day aft...
Rodgers proved he can still play at high level
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By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
January 7, 2025
Aaron Rodgers showed the rest of the NFL in Week 18 that he can still play at a high level in case he wants to return for a 21st season. The four-time NFL MVP threw four touchdown passes against a tea...
Steelers to open playoffs Saturday in Baltimore
NFL, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
January 6, 2025
They wound up as the sixth seed in the AFC after closing the season with four straight losses. Failing to get the help they needed Sunday to secure a higher playoff seed, the Pittsburgh Steelers will ...
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SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
January 6, 2025
If I hadn’t seen it, I would have never believed it. What in the world happened to the Steelers over the last month? Four weeks ago (which now seems like an eternity), the Steelers were 10-3 and comfo...
Patriots fire Mayo as head coach after just one season
NFL, Sports
January 6, 2025
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots fired coach Jerod Mayo on Sunday after one season, beginning another reboot for the franchise just a year after it parted with longtime coach Bill Bel...
Packers suffer injuries to Love, Watson in loss Sunday
NFL, Sports
January 6, 2025
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson was carted into the locker room and quarterback Jordan Love hurt his throwing elbow in the second quarter Sunday against the Chi...
Evans reaches 1,000 yards; Bucs win NFC South
NFL, Sports
NFL ROUNDUP
January 6, 2025
They’ll host Washington in a wild card game Sunday night. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Just 36 seconds away from clinching the NFC South title, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had another goal to achieve. Take a knee ...
Slumping Steelers host surging Bengals
NFL, Sports
January 4, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are heading to the playoffs. It just doesn’t exactly feel like it — or look like it — heading into their regular-season finale against Cincinnati on Saturday ...
Steelers’ defense taking Bengals matchup personally
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By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
January 4, 2025
In the teams’ previous meeting the Pittsburgh defense allowed 38 points to Cincinnati. The last time the Pittsburgh Steelers were preparing to face the Cincinnati Bengals, they ranked among the NFL le...
Jets interview Vrabel for coaching vacancy
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By By DENNIS WASZAK JR. AP Pro Football Writer 
January 4, 2025
The New York Jets were scheduled to interview former Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel on Friday for their head coaching vacancy, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. V...
NFL, Sports
January 4, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Caesars Superdome may be the epicenter for the Super Bowl in New Orleans next month, but Verizon has a game plan to ensure the championship excitement stretches beyond the Big E...
Safety Elliot not afraid to use his voice
NFL, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
January 3, 2025
Of the six dozen or so players in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room, few speak their mind more openly — and more often — than DeShon Elliott. “You know, DeShon is DeShon,” defensive coordinator Tery...
Boswell thriving on kicking the long ball
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By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
January 3, 2025
Chris Boswell has a converse relationship between the length of a conversation about field goals and the distance on his attempts. When it comes to discussing his job, the shorter the sweeter for the ...
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By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
January 3, 2025
Justin Tucker’s five-year reign as the AFC kicker named to the Pro Bowl roster has ended. But the man who replaced him doesn’t views it as a passing of the torch. “There’s no passing a guy like that,”...