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Steelers still hoping to sign Porter Jr. to new deal

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PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan said cornerback Joey Porter Jr. knows how the club feels about him. The team, however, doesn’t feel strongly enough to adjust its long-held standard of not negotiating during the season in hopes of getting something done. While Khan declined Monday to get into specifics about talks with Porter — who is about to enter the final season of the four-year rookie deal he signed after being the first pick in the second round of the 2023 draft — he reiterated that the team wants Porter to finish his career in ...

Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka win US Open matches on Monday

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NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz was nervous. He was excited. Best of all, he was pain-free. Alcaraz beat Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Monday, showing no problems with the right wrist injury that had sidelined the 23-year-old Spaniard since April. “I don’t know how it looked from outside, but from inside, my feeling was that I was hitting normal,” Alcaraz said. “I was playing pretty normal, playing my style, and yeah, the arm, the wrist, everything felt great.” In that case, don’t rule out a run at a repeat. Following fellow two-time U.S. Open champion Aryna Sabalenka ...

Cale Makar embraces pressure of extension that makes him top-paid player

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The title is still sinking in for Cale Makar — highest paid player in NHL history. With it, of course, comes great expectations for the Colorado Avalanche standout defenseman. Like more gaudy stats and deep Stanley Cup runs. Pressure becomes part of the price tag for signing a $163.2 million, eight-year extension that kicks in next season. Pressure, the two-time Norris Trophy winner asserted, he welcomes. “I’m a guy that just puts a lot of pressure on myself to do well year in, year out,” Makar said Monday at a news conference on the heels of a deal he ...

High school scoreboard - Aug. 28-29, 2026

High School Sports

FOOTBALL Brookfield 35, Springfield 18 AT Springfield BY QUARTERS Brookfield 7 7 7 14—35 Springfield 0 6 0 12—18 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing: Brookfield: Hammond 2-6-55-1; Springfield: Tuscano 5-9-84-1. Rushing: Brookfield: Smith 5-65; Springfield: Caldwell 21-104. Receiving: Brookfield: Martin 1-58; Springfield: Temperato 3-94. Champion 42, Cardinal 0 AT Cardinal BY QUARTERS Champion 14 21 7 0—42 Cardinal 0 0 0 0—0 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing: Champion: Orth 2-2-63-0. Rushing: Champion: Kolat 12-101. Receiving: Champion: ...

Steelers trade OT Broderick Jones to Cowboys

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The Dallas Cowboys have acquired offensive tackle Broderick Jones, a 2023 first-round draft pick, from the Pittsburgh Steelers, a person with knowledge of the deal said Saturday. The deal includes an exchange of draft picks, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither team made any official announcements the day before NFL rosters have to be cut down to 53 players. Pittsburgh is sending Jones and its fourth-round pick in the 2027 draft to the Cowboys, in exchange for Dallas’ third- and sixth-round picks. Jones was the 14th overall pick out of ...