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With season on brink, Steelers pushed back

Local Sports

PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers was smiling. But he wasn’t kidding. Not long after a 27-22 victory over Baltimore on Sunday in which the Pittsburgh Steelers somehow pulled themselves back from the brink, their future Hall of Fame quarterback did what he’s done in his unique (if occasionally ...

Area football fans treated well in 2025

High School Sports

The 2025 high school football season came to a close this past weekend with the crowning of seven state champions. Closer to home, the season concluded a week earlier when two local teams were eliminated in state semifinal games. Despite those setbacks, the season provided area football ...

Hake talks life, learning, football with Curbstone

High School Sports

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — Long considered one of the area’s most enthusiastic and animated scholastic football coaches, Andy Hake has also been one of the state’s most successful head mentors over the past three decades. Since 2009, beginning at Western Reserve, then at Valley Christian and ...

Steelers top Ravens to take lead in AFC North

Local Sports

BALTIMORE — For a while now, Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers have walked the fine line between success and recriminations. They remained on the right side of it Sunday, thanks to Aaron Rodgers and a couple of late replays. Rodgers threw for 284 yards and a touchdown and even ran ...

Titans outlast Sanders, Browns

Local Sports

CLEVELAND — Cedric Gray isn’t concerned about Tennessee Titans fans wanting the first overall NFL draft pick for the second straight year. The second-year linebacker and everyone else in the Titans locker room were focused on getting their second win of the season. Behind a strong ...