TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have agreed on a $165 million, threeyear contract extension, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person sp...

Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks will see their championship banner raised before hosting Drake Maye and the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl rematch to kick off the NFL season on Wednesday ni...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes will be under center when the Kansas City Chiefs open the season against the Denver Broncos on Monday night. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Tuesday he expects the ...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers coach Greg Schiano is still feeling the effects of his team’s stunning season-opening loss to UMass. The Minutemen, 29 1/2-point underdogs, beat Rutgers 37-21 Thursday ...

After months of mock drafts, rankings, sleeper debates and arguments over who is going to “break out,” fantasy football is finally back. Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season kicks off Wednesday, when the New...

Leaders of the Southeastern Conference will meet Thursday to discuss whether to take the extraordinary step of kicking LSU out of the league in the wake of an ugly feud over first-year coach Lane Kiff...

COLLEGE GOLF 11:30 a.m. - GOLF — 2026 Folds of Honor Collegiate: Women’s Final Round, American Dunes Golf Club, Grand Haven, Mich. 4:30 p.m. - GOLF — 2026 Folds of Honor Collegiate: Men’s Final Round,...

Thomas Jefferson got the equalizer on an own goal off a corner-kick in the second half. The good news for the Belle Vernon boys soccer team, coming out of the weekend they’re still unbeaten to start t...

Playing against a Quad-A opponent Sunday to close the Paul Sasko Kickoff Classic, Belle Vernon girls soccer coach got exactly what she wanted when she scheduled Pine-Richland. A tough, physical game t...

Saturday was a successful day for the Belle Vernon Area cross country teams at the Marty Uher Vulcans Invitational at California (Pa.). The Leopard girls claimed the Class 1A/2A team championship, hig...

Mike Como of Elizabeth Township (right) shot a hole-in-one on the Lakeside Course, hole No. 13 at Butler’s Golf Course in Elizabeth. His playing partners that day were, from left to right; Wayne Vlasi...

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is overhauling the selection process by eliminating a separate category for senior players, cutting the selection committee nearly in half and returning to in-person meet...

Local members of the Team USA International Street and Ball Hockey World Championship team visited and held a clinic with players in the Bill’s Falcons Dek Hockey Team on Saturday. Members of the team...

The Steelers open their season Sunday at home against the Atlanta Falcons. Unlike predecessor Mike Tomlin, judging by his first weekly news conference as Pittsburgh Steelers coach, Mike McCarthy does ...

They stood behind the batting cage at PNC Park, talking like old friends instead of new acquaintances. The 35-year-old wore his hat to the back, while the 20-year-old had his hands on his hips — body ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean McVay has never been afraid to buck conventional NFL logic, and he is doing so once again with the Los Angeles Rams’ unusual travel plans for their season opener in Australia. ...

Aaron Rodgers is famously individualistic, but might his final season more closely resemble Brett Favre’s, Joe Montana’s or, maybe, John Elway’s? On the eve of his 22nd year, Rodgers concedes that his...

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa has been named the Atlanta Falcons’ starting quarterback for Week 1 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team announced Monday. The decision comes after Tagov...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman knows Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell well enough to realize the Fighting Irish would face a bigger season-opening challenge than the recent results...

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Christopher Bell is finally secondto-none this season. Bell’s crazy, frustrating season of seven second-place finishes without a victory at last came to an end with a win at th...