By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens excused Diontae Johnson from practice this week, another part of the fallout after the team says the receiver refused to enter a game against Philadelphia on Dec. 1.
Johnson was suspended for last weekend's ...
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets are hoping to have all five starters on the floor together for the first time this season on Monday night when they host the Philadelphia 76ers, who'll be without Joel Embiid.
LaMelo Ball, who hasn't played since ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — From the moment the 2024 NFL schedule came out in May, the Pittsburgh Steelers knew what was coming in December.
Eleven days. Three games. Two of them on the road. All against playoff contenders.
There's a reason coach Mike Tomlin runs ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts absorbed the shots when the Eagles' recent anemic passing attack was panned by his own star wide receivers. Hurts and A.J. Brown — one of those receivers who brought the complaints to a boil — then had their relationship ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Infielder/outfielder Enmanuel Valdez was acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boston Red Sox on Sunday for minor league right-hander Joe Vogatsky.
Valdez hit .214 with six homers and 28 RBIs in 65 games last season during four stints with the Red Sox. He batted .233 ...
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Brady Tkachuk scored 1:46 into overtime and the Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Saturday night for their first three-game winning streak of the season.
Thomas Chabot had a goal and an assist, and Drake Batherson also scored for the Senators. Linus ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jared McCain has a meniscus tear in his left knee that requires surgery and is expected to be out indefinitely.
McCain who has starred for the struggling Sixers early in the season, reported a sore left knee after Friday night's 121-107 loss to ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton had 32 points and 11 assists and the Indiana Pacers beat Philadelphia 121-107 on Friday night, with the 76ers playing the second half without Joel Embiid after he sustained a sinus fracture when he was struck in the face late in the first.
Embiid was ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid sustained a sinus fracture when he was struck in the face going for a defensive rebound late in the first half of the Philadelphia 76ers' loss to the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.
Embiid was battling Indiana's Bennedict Mathurin when he caught an errant ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates hired Miguel Perez the club's bullpen coach on Friday.
Perez has spent parts of two decades in the Pirates' organization, including the last three as the manager of the team's Triple-A affiliate in Indianapolis.
The announcement allowed the team to ...
MONTREAL (AP) — Bryan Rust scored three goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins scored six times in the third period to rout the Montreal Canadiens 9-2 on Thursday night.
Rust scored twice in the second period and again midway through the third for his sixth career hat trick. Rickard Rakell had ...
By The Associated Press
Pittsburgh (10-3) at Philadelphia (11-2)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m., FOX
BetMGM NFL odds: Eagles by 4 1/2
Against the spread: Pittsburgh 10-3; Philadelphia 8-5
Series record: Eagles lead 48-29-3.
Last meeting: On Oct. 30, 2022 in Philadelphia, Jalen Hurts passed for 285 ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer
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A potential Super Bowl preview and the battle for Pennsylvania bragging rights highlight the NFL's ...
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians broke up their infield and plugged a hole in their rotation.
The AL Central champions pulled off two significant trades at the winter meetings in Dallas on Tuesday night, first sending three-time Gold Glove second ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mikko Rantanen collected his 10th career hat trick and added two assists as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Tuesday night.
Rantanen, playing in his 600th game, flipped in a puck over Tristan Jarry late in the first period, beat Jarry from in close ...
By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Travis Konecny scored twice in the second period and the Philadelphia Flyers snapped a three-game slide with their first victory in December, beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 Tuesday night.
Noah Cates, Owen Tippett and Morgan ...
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have signed hard-throwing reliever Aroldis Chapman to a $10.75 million, one-year contract.
The team announced the deal on Tuesday.
Chapman gives the Red Sox a potential closer, with incumbent Kenley Jansen on the free agent market.
The 36-year-old Chapman ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies have signed closer Jordan Romano to an $8.5 million, one-year contract, making a short-term bet that the right-hander can return to form following a right elbow injury.
As part of the deal, which was announced by the Phillies on Monday, Romano ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The mood in the Eagles' locker room was a bit more bleak than it should have been for a team riding a nine-game winning streak and celebrating a franchise rushing record.
Former 1,000-yard receiver DeVonta Smith — who caught a touchdown pass and not much else — was ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cam Heyward has been on good teams before. Ones that have captured divisions. Ones that have won playoff games, though admittedly not in a while.
The longtime Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle, now well into his dotage in his 14th season, can't quite remember having a ...