NFL, Sports
September 8, 2025
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Nearly 18 years ago, as J.J. McCarthy strolled out of Soldier Field after attending his first Chicago Bears game, his father stopped to buy them a program for a keepsake to mark th...
NFL, Sports
By By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer 
September 6, 2025
Quentin Johnston caught two touchdown passes in L.A.’s 27-21 win. Justin Herbert threw for 318 yards and three touchdowns in outdueling Patrick Mahomes, and the Los Angeles Chargers beat Kansas City 2...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
September 6, 2025
His status for Sunday’s game against the Jets is still uncertain. Two days before their season opens, the Pittsburgh Steelers still have no assurance that their longtime defensive captain will choose ...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
September 6, 2025
Amidst the disappointment for the Pittsburgh Steelers that their first-round pick won’t be playing in the regular- season opener is that Derrick Harmon’s absence could open up opportunity for one of t...
NFL, Sports
THURSDAY’S LATE GAME
September 6, 2025
The game was delayed just over an hour due to weather. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts shrugged on a TD celebration and did his best to be like Mike. Through spit and rain, a ceremony and a setback, H...
NFL, Sports
September 6, 2025
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Pete Carroll missed out on this last year. The challenge of helping construct and mold a roster. The adrenaline of game week and all the preparation that goes into it. But now h...
NFL, Sports
September 6, 2025
Bills restructure Dawkins’ contract to get under cap ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Bills restructured left tackle Dion Dawkins’ contract in a move that gets Buffalo under the NFL’s salary cap, a perso...
NFL, Sports
September 5, 2025
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — For a second straight year, Lamar Jackson is completing the same cycle. A spectacular season ends with an agonizing playoff loss. Then months later, Jackson and the Baltimore ...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
September 4, 2025
He’ll face his former team when the Steelers open the season against the Jets. He’s going back to New York. Well, New Jersey, at least. And he’s going back to face the team with which he spent the pas...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
September 4, 2025
Coach Mike Tomlin said the Steelers have a short injury list heading into their first game. During his first Tuesday gameweek news conference of the season, coach Mike Tomlin referenced the Pittsburgh...
NFL, Sports
September 4, 2025
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams comes into his second season with a new head coach in Ben Johnson, a rebuilt offensive line and some big questions to answer. Johnson ...
NFL, Sports
QBs SET TO PUT ON A SHOW IN AFC THIS SEASON
By BY ARNIE STAPLETON AP NFL Writer 
September 4, 2025
The AFC is stacked with so much passing prowess that Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow had to watch the playos from his den last winter despite having had a career year to go with Ja’Marr Chase winning t...
Division PackedWith Decorated Coaches
NFL, Sports
September 4, 2025
Never have we seen so much coaching pedigree concentrated in one division as the AFC West features now that former Seattle head coach Pete Carroll has returned to the sideline. Carroll is leading the ...
NFL, Sports
September 4, 2025
Dan Campbell has two new top lieutenants in Detroit a_er the Lions became the third team in the last 15 years to lose both coordinators to NFL head coaching jobs in the same oseason. _e Lions have end...
NFL, Sports
By By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer 
September 3, 2025
The NFL regular season opens on Thursday night when the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles host the Dallas Cowboys. It’s the beginning of a 272-game slate — 17 contests for all 32 teams...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
September 3, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin isn’t worried about All-Pro defensive tackle Cam Heyward’s “hold in” being a factor when the Pittsburgh Steelers open the season on Sunday at the New York Jets. Heyward i...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
September 3, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers sits in the corner of a largely empty Pittsburgh Steelers locker room on a random afternoon late in training camp. The day might be over, but the NFL’s oldest active pl...
NFL, Sports
By By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer 
September 3, 2025
A new NFL season is set to begin with last year’s experiment on the new kickoff becoming permanent with a new tweak and several other changes in rules and officiating. The league also will implement c...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
September 2, 2025
If there was any confusion about Jaylen Warren’s longterm future with the Pittsburgh Steelers, it was erased Monday. Warren has never started a game in three NFL seasons, but that didn’t stop the Stee...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
September 2, 2025
Reflecting the veteran nature of the roster, the men sharing captaincy for the 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t lacking in experience. The four players announced Monday as those voted by their peers to...