By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer
Russell Wilson is heading to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback has agreed to sign a one-year deal with the Steelers, a person familiar with the details told The Associated Press on Sunday night.
The person, speaking on ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles decided Saquon Barkley was the rare running back they were willing to make a financial splash on — a move made even more rewarding by prying him away from the NFC East rival Giants.
The Eagles agreed to ...
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — When a miserable first quarter ended and they had just 15 points, the Philadelphia 76ers felt good about where they were.
The New York Knicks had been every been as bad.
The 76ers kept up the good defense and eventually played just ...
By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer
For much of Lee Allen Jr.'s childhood, baseball seemed quite far from him.
Major League Baseball's Royals played in his hometown Kansas City, Missouri, but Allen — who is Black and lived in the inner city — didn't come across many baseball opportunities ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trey Alexander hit a fadeaway jumper with 0.2 seconds left and finished with 17 points to give No. 10 Creighton a 69-67 win over Villanova on Saturday.
Baylor Scheierman scored 11 of his 18 points in Creighton's dominating first half. Ryan Kalkbrenner added 14 points for ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Carlton Carrington scored 23 points, Blake Hinson added 21 and Pittsburgh defeated NC State 81-73 on Saturday night to claim fourth-place and a double-bye in the upcoming ACC Tournament.
The Panthers (21-10, 12-8), who led by 10 points at halftime, went ahead 52-35 early in ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Connor McDavid versus Sidney Crosby used to make the hockey world come to a standstill and watch.
Not so much these days.
Twice in eight days two of the game's biggest stars met. And twice in eight days McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers handled Crosby and the reeling ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Willie Green was in awe as he watched the New Oreland Pelicans make stops, rebound, play with force and hit 3s in bunches. It was the kind of play over the first 24 minutes on Friday night that's been a staple of recent romps against ...
By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark broke the NCAA Division I record for 3-pointers in a season by a woman or man, finishing with 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists on a poor shooting night to lead No. 4 Iowa past Penn State 95-62 in the Big Ten ...
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Garnet Hathaway scored off a rebound with 22 seconds left to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 2-1 victory over the NHL-leading Florida Panthers on Thursday night.
"I think it just reinforces that belief within the room," Hathaway said. "Guys playing knowing that we step up ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tom Wilson made a trip home to Toronto last week to see his ailing grandfather, Jake Avery, one final time.
The veteran Washington Capitals forward and the man he called Grampy were close, and after Avery died at 95 on Thursday afternoon, Wilson honored him with a ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jake Guentzel's arrival in the NHL seven years ago helped propel the Pittsburgh Penguins to the franchise's fifth Stanley Cup.
The Carolina Hurricanes are wagering the gifted goal scorer can do the same a little further south.
The Penguins traded the high-scoring forward ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jake Guentzel's arrival in the NHL seven years ago helped propel the Pittsburgh Penguins to the franchise's fifth Stanley Cup.
The Carolina Hurricanes are wagering the gifted goal scorer can do the same a little further south.
The ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tom Wilson made a trip home to Toronto last week to see his ailing grandfather, Jake Avery, one final time.
The veteran Washington Capitals forward and the man he called Grampy were close, and after Avery died at 95 on Thursday afternoon, ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ashley Owusu and Makenna Marisa combined for 22 first-half points when seventh-seeded Penn State built a big lead it rode to an 80-56 win over 10th-seeded Wisconsin on Thursday in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.
Owusu scored 12 of 13 points in the first half ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Dennis Schroder and Dorian Finney-Smith each scored 20 points, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-107 on Tuesday night.
Lonnie Walker IV added 19 points and Nic Claxton had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets, who bounced back quickly after a poor ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zack Wheeler turns 34 in May and just celebrated with his wife the birth of the couple's third child.
He has more games to win for the Philadelphia Phillies and a World Series title to chase for Citizens Bank Park. But Wheeler doesn't ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Turns out that, no, the Washington Capitals aren't ready to give up on their chances of making the playoffs.
Less than 36 hours after coach Spencer Carbery's profanity-laced challenge to players at practice, the Capitals answered in a big way in their most important game of ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andy Russell, the standout linebacker who was an integral part of the Pittsburgh Steelers' evolution from perennial losers to champions, has died. He was 82.
The team confirmed Russell's death on Saturday. There was no immediate word on the cause or place of death.
A ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyson Foerster scored two goals in the span of 45 seconds, Felix Sandstrom made 24 saves in his season debut and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Saturday night.
Foerster broke a 1-1 deadlock with 47 seconds remaining in the second period, ...