Bills’ Allen-led offense takes sloppy step back
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Upon opening the season with two potent offensive performances, Buffalo Bills coach Joe Brady had a forceful response when asked if the Josh Allen-led production was sustainable. "With the crew we have, I'm (unhappy) every time we don't (score a touchdown), if I'm being ...
ACC’s quest for respect in football is eternal
PITTSBURGH — Pat Narduzzi is tired of ACC football being a punching bag in the polls and seemingly everywhere else. The pathologically unfiltered Pittsburgh coach is ready for the league to start punching back. Narduzzi landed the first but likely hardly the last salvo of the season just moments after the Panthers fended off Virginia Tech on the road Friday night, a game decided on a missed 36-yard field goal as time expired. In the frantic aftermath, the longest-tenured coach in Pitt history encouraged AP Top 25 voters to "wake your (butts) up," just as Narduzzi promised ACC ...
Barkley leaves Eagles game early with injury
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The first bit of bad news for the Eagles came when All-Pro offensive lineman Lane Johnson was a mysterious late scratch. Then Saquon Barkley went down early against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday with a hamstring injury. Quinyon Mitchell, Jonathan Greenard and Tank Bigsby all went into the sideline medical tent at some point. Philadelphia already had ruled out wide receiver DeVonta Smith with a hamstring injury along with linebacker Zack Baun, who has a concussion. Six starters were ruled out ahead of the game. The Eagles gamely tried to overcome their various ...
Rams comeback to defeat Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyren Williams ran for two touchdowns in the final four minutes as Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-20 on Sunday. The Rams (2-2) had struggled offensively all afternoon and a win seemed out of ...
Don’t let air scare derail accords progress
Terrorists want nothing more than to prevent peace. It's why they fly planes into buildings, don explosive vests, and rain indiscriminate missiles on civilian populations. The response to such terrorism isn't to cower. It is to lead with boldness, courage and, sometimes, outright heroism. The world just saw precisely such heroism in the high drama aboard Flydubai Flight 1073, from Dubai to Tel Aviv. There was the Indian national pilot, Smit Machchhar, who, though bleeding badly after he was brutally stabbed by his terrorist Omani national copilot, had the presence of mind to open ...