Washington falls short against rival Cowboys
NFL, Sports
December 26, 2025
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — The Washington Commanders have reached the point in the season when assessing talent for next year is almost as important as winning now. Toward that end, the Commanders just migh...
Pro Picks: Bills will edge Eagles and 49ers will beat the Bears
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
December 26, 2025
Eleven teams are in the NFL playoffs. Six more are battling for the final three spots. The playoff picture will become more clear in Week 17. The slate kicked off with a tripleheader on Christmas Day....
Kelce’s possible final home game a bittersweet showdown
NFL, Sports
AROUND THE NFL
December 24, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Travis Kelce has played 96 regular-season home games for the Kansas City Chiefs. The next one might be the last. The 36-year-old Kelce, who was chosen for the Pro Bowl for the ...
Tomlin says he supports suspended Metcalf
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 24, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin doesn’t condone the actions that led to wide receiver DK Metcalf’s twogame suspension by the NFL following an in-game altercation with a fan, bu...
Shedeur Sanders focused on the present, not next season
NFL, Sports
December 24, 2025
CLEVELAND (AP) — Plenty of people have opinions on where Shedeur Sanders factors at quarterback for the Cleveland Browns heading into next season. The person at the center of the debate though isn’t s...
What Detroit is saying about the Steelers’ win
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TAWNYA PANIZZI TribLive 
December 23, 2025
The Pittsburgh Steelers eked out a win Sunday against the Detroit Lions in a wild fashion that capped a chaotic game in the Motor City. The Steelers held the lead most of the game, but when it looked ...
Another coin toss flub, only this one didn’t hurt
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 23, 2025
DETROIT — Twenty-seven years after the most infamous coin-toss incident in NFL history, in the same city and against the same team, the Pittsburgh Steelers once again were involved in a miscommunicati...
Steelers closer to securing AFC North title
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
December 23, 2025
DETROIT — Thanks to a controversial and favorable conclusion Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers will take a 9-6 record and three-game winning streak into Christmas. Their 29-24 victory against the Detroi...
NFL, Sports
December 23, 2025
Jackson forced out with back injury BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson’s injury-plagued season has thrust Baltimore’s star quarterback to the sideline again. And there’s no guarantee the two-time NFL MVP ...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 23, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The NFL is not designed to work like this. If anything, the league is designed to prevent what the Pittsburgh Steelers have done for the past 22 years and counting. In a league that ...
On Football: Jaguars can’t be overlooked anymore
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
December 23, 2025
Maybe the Jacksonville Jaguars and coach Liam Coen will get the credit they deserve now. Trevor Lawrence and the Jags went to Denver and scored 34 points against one of the NFL’s best defenses, extend...
Tomlin’s streak hits 19
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 23, 2025
DETROIT — Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers victory was notable for reasons that go beyond beating a quality opponent on the road or keeping sole possession of first place. The 29-24 triumph against the De...
Goff, Campbell refuse to blame refs
NFL, Sports
December 23, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff and Dan Campbell refused to blame the officials after the Detroit Lions were penalized two times in the final 22 seconds of a 29-24 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday ...
Metcalf takes swipe at fan along Steelers’ sideline
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 22, 2025
DETROIT — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf extended his arm harshly in a punch-like manner toward the face of a fan he was speaking to during the first half of Sunday’s game at the Detroit...
Panthers take over first place in NFC South
NFL, Sports
NFL CAPSULES
December 22, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryce Young threw for 191 yards and two touchdowns, Lathan Ransom intercepted Baker Mayfield with 42 seconds left and the Carolina Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 o...
Steelers outlast Lions after wild ending
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 22, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers pushed the Detroit Lions to the brink of elimination from the playoffs on Sunday, holding on for a 29-24 win when Jared Goff’s touchdown on the final play was ne...
Deployment of ‘Spartan’ working for Steelers
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 20, 2025
It started out in the NFL community as something between a joke and an appropriately whimsical moniker for what was a new, unconventional phenomenon being introduced by one of its highest-profile team...
Air-it-all-out meeting helps turn around Steelers defense
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 20, 2025
A few weeks ago, ranking much closer to the bottom of the league than the top in many relevant categories, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense decided it needed to talk. Collectively, and to each other. A...