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Looking ahead to kickoff … Game: Steelers (10-4) vs. St. Louis Rams (2-12) Time: 1:02 p.m. Site: Heinz Field TV, radio: Fox, WDVE-FM, ESPN Radio 970 Weather: 38 degrees, mostly clear, little wind Here is the official live summary, and here are previews and news updates on our Steelers page. Sunday is columnist Joe Starkey’s writing [...]

WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (19-11-4) vs. Winnipeg Jets (16-13-5) Time: 8:38 p.m. Site: MTS Centre, Winnipeg TV, radio: Root Sports, 105.9 The X. Here is the official live summary. News updates are on our Penguins page.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Stuff from today’s morning skate at the fabulous MTS Centre … >> The Jets are having an optional skate right now, just a handful of guys. They beat Montreal here last night, 4-0, so coach Claude Noel cut them a break. >> The Penguins’ skate will not be optional. That will start [...]

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> My Friday column, penned before I flew up here to hockey heaven, looks at Pitt’s hiring of yet another football coach, the third in a year and six days. >> As your loyal Manitoba correspondent, I’ll be covering Penguins-Jets tonight — the morning skates, too, [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> It appears that Pitt’s next football coach will be Paul Chryst, offensive coordinator at Wisconsin, as our Rob Rossi and Jerry DiPaola report. I’ll reserve judgment on that, but here are three questions worth asking: 1. Why should anyone trust a Steve Pederson hire? 2. If it wasn’t [...]

SAN FRANCISCO – Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> My Wednesday column is about Ben Roethlisberger needing to play. I’m sure this will be greeted with universal acceptance from the agonizing Nation. >> Among a handful of oddities from Mike Tomlin’s news conference yesterday was his insistence that he had no idea if Roethlisberger [...]

Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (18-11-4) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (21-8-4) Time: 7:08 p.m. Site: Consol Energy Center TV, radio: Versus, 105.9 The X. Here is the official live summary. News updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe never sleeps.

SAN FRANCISCO — Some sporting thoughts very close to sunrise … >> My extra Tuesday column tracks a lot of the stupid things that happened here at Candlestick last night and well into the morning. >> My position before this game was that, if Ben Roethlisberger was healthy enough to play, he should play. So, [...]

SAN FRANCISCO – Looking ahead to kickoff … Game: Steelers (10-3) vs. San Francisco 49ers (10-3) Time: 8:40 p.m. Site: Candlestick Park TV, radio: ESPN, NFL Network, WDVE-FM, ESPN Radio 970 Weather: 48 degrees, mostly clear, little wind Here is the official live summary, and here are previews and news updates on our Steelers page. Feel [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> My Monday column offers five solutions to reverse the concussion trend. But honestly, I’m not even sure all five of these will do it. Scary stuff. >> There’s nothing quite like the NFL when it comes to parity on a grand stage. Packers lose to [...]