HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Carson Hocevar may have finally felt the burn. Hocevar, who was suspended for the NASCAR Cup Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway for his on-track actions last week, used the analogy of touching a stove to learn how hot it is during his 20-minute media ...
PITTSBURGH — Jaylen Warren’s legs never stop moving. Which way they take the relentlessly upbeat Pittsburgh Steelers running back during a given play is a mystery, sometimes even to Warren himself. Take what looked like a give-up call during last Sunday’s 27-6 victory over Cleveland ...
With Matt Campbell and Penn State’s first Big Ten victory out of the way, the Lions now focus on getting the second win of the Big Ten slate. Here are five keys to a win on the road at Washington this afternoon. 1. Feed Cam: It turns out that Campbell wasn’t kidding when he said ...
Some nitpicking as Penn State makes its first trip to Washington since taking a train there in 1921 (and winning 21-7): Ugly incidents in college football are on the rise. Beyond the midseason firings of head coaches and coordinators that have become common, there are reports of families ...
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays say a series of anti-Muslim videos posted by Anthony Santander on the right-fielder’s social media account do not represent the team’s values and beliefs. The team issued the statement after Santander posted the videos in the aftermath of the U.S. midterm elections. He deleted them on Thursday. The videos included a Christian preacher saying, “There is no such thing as kind Muslims,” with another suggesting Sharia law would be imposed on the U.S. after Abdul El-Sayed was elected to the senate in Michigan. El-Sayed is the son of Egyptian ...
George Carlin had a famous bit where he contrasted the differences between baseball and football. With all due respect to one of my favorite comedians, I want to compare all sports to hockey. First, hockey players play. It’s not uncommon for a hockey player to come off the ice, head to the locker room for 15 stitches and miss maybe one shift. Same with broken bones and ligament tears. Basketball players with hangnails miss more time than college kids with 8 a.m. biology classes. Except for linemen, is it my imagination or does every football team have a player or two wearing ...
