Rodgers arrived, but results similar for Steelers
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 31, 2025
Great hope remained for the 2024 Steelers as the calendar flipped to 2025. A playoff berth long clinched after a 10-3 start, hopes for a division title endured into the regular season’s final weekend....
Duke’s ACC title season comes to an end with Sun Bowl
NCAA, Sports
December 31, 2025
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Duke’s unlikely Atlantic Coast Conference title didn’t get the Blue Devils anywhere close to the College Football Playoff berth that’s supposed to go to every Power Four conferen...
Jokic hyperextends knee, out four weeks
NBA, Sports
December 31, 2025
MIAMI (AP) — Nikola Jokic is only going to miss a few weeks, which is surely cause for the Denver Nuggets to take a giant sigh of relief. The Nuggets’ superstar center has been diagnosed with a hypere...
Indiana’s rise rewards fans who endured losing
NCAA, Sports
By By MAURA CAREY AP Sports Writer 
December 31, 2025
Bill Murphy has been an Indiana football season ticket holder for 66 years. He says he has rarely missed a game even though 55 of them have been losing seasons in a historic stretch of bowl-less holid...
Sports
December 31, 2025
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) Noon - ESPN2 — Wake Forest at NC State Noon - ESPNU — Tulane at East Carolina 2 p.m. - ACCN — Virginia at Virginia Tech 2 p.m. - CBSSN — Stony Brook at William & Mary 2 p.m. -...
Fitzgerald, Brees lead Hall of Fame finalists
NFL, Sports
By By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer 
December 31, 2025
This year’s class will be announced Feb. 5 at NFL Honors. Quarterback Drew Brees and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald headlined a group of four modern era finalists in their first year of eligibility fo...
Steelers could have Watt back for Ravens game
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 31, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers could have outside linebacker T.J. Watt back for their “win or go home” showdown with Baltimore for the AFC North title on Sunday night. Coach Mike Tomlin sai...
Pens beat Hurricanes as Skinner gets first win with team
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
December 31, 2025
Acquired in a trade Dec. 12, goaltender Stuart Skinner had yet to enjoy a victory in his first three games as an employee of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Not coincidentally, he had yet to work with a lead...
Leps bounce back from loss; Ringgold girls advance to Bentworth title game
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
December 30, 2025
By the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon used a strong fourth quarter to pull away from Allderdice and earn a 62–53 victory Monday to close out the California Hoopfest at the Convocation Center. The...
OLSH cruises past Hounds in Miller tournament
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 30, 2025
The Greyhounds will look to rebound today against California to close out the tournament. After a valiant early effort, Monessen simply couldn’t keep pace with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in a 59-25 ...
49ers, Seahawks to battle for top seed
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
December 30, 2025
The Patriots became the fourth team to clinch a division title, the Browns kept the Ravens alive and the 49ers moved closer toward a No. 1 seed. There’s plenty left to be settled before the NFL’s play...
Madden: Steelers’ loss littered with ineptitude
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By MARK MADDEN TribLive 
December 30, 2025
If the Steelers blow the AFC North championship and the playoffs by losing at home to Baltimore on Sunday, Mike Tomlin should be fired before he gets off the field. But it’s more likely that Tomlin wi...
Erratic Steelers blew their best chance in Cleveland
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 30, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — It was always going to end up like this for the Pittsburgh Steelers, wasn’t it? Week 18. At home. Their biggest rival on the other sideline. A playoff spot on the line. It’s a propos...
Defending champ Ohio State staring down Miami
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2025
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Cotton Bowl has certainly gotten much more significant for Ohio State during three trips in a row to the game. This time, the second-seeded Buckeyes (12-1) are defending na...
Cotton Bowl QBs Beck and Sayin have rings as backups, now seek one as starter
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2025
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Heisman Trophy finalist Julian Sayin and Carson Beck have already been part of national championship teams. Both quarterbacks are now trying to win a title of their own as a st...
Freeman returning to South Bend
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2025
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame has restructured coach Marcus Freeman’s contract and he will coach the Fighting Irish next season, the school confirmed on Monday. SI.com first reported Freeman’s ne...
What Cleveland thinks of the Browns’ win
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By QUINCEY REESE TribLive 
December 30, 2025
The Pittsburgh Steelers fumbled an opportunity to clinch a playoff spot in their second faceoff against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday at Huntingdon Bank Field. The 13-6 final score fell in stark cont...
Garrett fails to break sack record, but Steelers still lost
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 30, 2025
CLEVELAND — The Pittsburgh Steelers won the proverbial battle Sunday in regards to preventing Myles Garrett from setting the NFL single-season sacks record against them. They, of course, lost the war ...
Receivers total just 60 yards without DK Metcalf
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 30, 2025
CLEVELAND — After a week in which those throughout the Pittsburgh Steelers’ locker room steadfastly said all the right things in insisting the offense could withstand the loss of DK Metcalf, the numbe...
Reid plans to return to Chiefs next season
NFL, Sports
December 30, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday that he plans to return next season, batting away any thought of an impending retirement by making a tonguein- cheek joke about h...