Steelers: Assistant coach/fan altercation never happened As if there weren’t enough storylines surrounding Thursday night’s New England Patriots-Pittsburgh Steelers season-opening game – a triumphant Tom Brady in uniform, the Steelers’ difficulties in covering New England tight end Rob Gronkowski, the headset issues – another one cropped up Friday morning: accusations that a Pittsburgh coach … [Read more...]

Temple beats Cincinnati 34-26 to move to 2-0 Are the Temple Owls the favorites in the American Athletic Conference? A week after beating Penn State for the first time since 1941, Temple went to Cincinnati and knocked off the presumptive AAC East favorite Bearcats 34-26. Temple led at halftime 10-6 and Jahad Thomas took the opening kickoff of the third quarter for a touchdown and a 17-6 lead. … [Read more...]

Chase field set after dominating Kenseth win at Richmond RICHMOND, Va.— The lower end of the Chase standings was in some flux as the Federated Auto Parts 400 in Richmond began, but as Matt Kenseth demonstrated, there's not much doubt who's at the top. Kenseth turned in another dominating performance, his fourth win of the season, to close out the regular season on the highest possible note … [Read more...]

Jeffrey Earnhardt makes Cup debut, marking fourth Earnhardt generation RICHMOND, Va.—The name precedes you. Two decades ago, when they were driving around the wilds of North Carolina running late-model races, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his sister Kelley were targets at every track they visited. Other drivers, assuming Dale and Kelley had received all the financial and technological benefits of … [Read more...]

Logano wins fifth pole of season at Richmond RICHMOND, Va.— In a race that will force several underperforming drivers to step up or see their championship hopes end, leave it to one of the year's most reliable drivers to set the tone. Joey Logano won his fifth pole of the season, taking the lead away from Matt Kenseth to start at the very front of the field for Saturday night's Federated … [Read more...]

Dr. Saturday's daily fantasy picks and advice for Saturday's games Fan Duel’s college football contests were broken up into three different segments this week — Early, Late Afternoon and Late — so I went ahead and made picks for all three contests. It's your choice whether you want to play all three segments, one segment or ignore my advice altogether. Just remember that none of the players … [Read more...]

Patriots fans taunted absent Goodell, chanted 'Where is Roger?' New England Patriots fans celebrated the raising of a Super Bowl banner, an opening-week victory against a quality opponent and the opportunity to zing their biggest offseason tormentor. Midway through the fourth quarter, with the Patriots leading the Pittsburgh Steelers by two touchdowns, the deluge began. Yes, there was rain, … [Read more...]

Luke Kuechly agrees to deal making him highest-paid ILB in NFL history Bobby Wagner of the Seattle Seahawks set a record as the highest-paid inside linebacker in NFL history earlier this offseason. But even Wagner had to know that once Luke Kuechly's new deal with the Carolina Panthers got done, his record was going to be broken. [Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football: Sign up and join a league … [Read more...]

Federer, Wawrinka set up all-Swiss semifinal NEW YORK – With rain causing the final women's quarterfinal match to run later than expected Wednesday, the USTA moved the men's quarterfinal match between No. 5 Stan Wawrinka and No. 15 Kevin Anderson from Arthur Ashe Stadium to Louis Armstrong Stadium. That meant that the two men's quarterfinals would play out almost simultaneously.  When … [Read more...]

Report: Marcell Dareus earns $60M guaranteed with new extension The man who said this summer he felt the Buffalo Bills didn't want him should feel a bit more loved. First reported by ESPN's Adam Schefter, Bills defensive tackle Marcell Dareus signed a six-year contract extension for $100 million that includes a whopping $60 million guaranteed — that's the most guaranteed money given to a … [Read more...]