PITTSBURGH — The faces around Russell Wilson have changed as the Seattle Seahawks rebuild themselves on the fly. One thing, however, has not. Seattle goes as its ever imaginative quarterback goes. And in the second half in a place where the franchise hadn’t scored let alone won in two ...

PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger shook his right arm once. Then twice. And just like that, the Pittsburgh Steelers found their season at a crossroads just two weeks in. While Mason Rudolph filled in capably in the second half after Roethlisberger left with an unspecified right elbow injury ...

CHICAGO — Anthony Rizzo was helped off the field Sunday by a trainer and a teammate with a sprained right ankle, and Wrigley Field fell silent. With Chicago’s postseason pursuit already hindered by a season-ending injury to shortstop Javier Baez, the team may now be without another star ...

The Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce is holding its 3rd Annual Golf Scramble on Thursday at the Wheeling Country Club Golf Course. Lunch is at noon and is sponsored by The Health Plan. It’s a two-person scramble and a shotgun start beginning at 12:30 p.m. It will be $75 per player, which ...

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — Joaquin Niemann is going to give International Team captain Ernie Els something to think about when he makes his captain’s picks for the Presidents Cup. Niemann became the first player from Chile to win on the PGA Tour, shooting a 6-under 64 on Sunday for a ...

DENVER (AP) — Eddy Pineiro kicked a 53-yard field goal as time expired, giving the Chicago Bears a wild 16-14 win over the Broncos and their former defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, whose gutsy 2-point call 31 seconds earlier had given Denver the lead. The Broncos (0-2) thought time had ...

On September 5, 1975 CBS aired a documentary entitled The Guns of Autumn. It was a controversial anti-hunting program. A few weeks later CBS aired Echoes of the Guns of Autumn, a more even-handed follow-up to the subject. As autumn approaches 44 years later, let’s revisit the subject. Over ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. raced his way into the second round of NASCAR’s playoffs with a victory Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the opening round of the postseason. The win is Truex’s series-best fifth of the season and again cemented Joe Gibbs Racing as the team to beat ...

WHEELING — The week leading up to its rivalry game with Wheeling Central is always daunting for Linsly coach B.J. Depew, his coaching staff and his team. The Cadets spent the last week hitting the practice field and the film sessions significantly hard and it showed on Saturday ...

MORGANTOWN — Austin Kendall and Kennedy McKoy made sure that West Virginia didn’t repeat a miserable offensive showing from its last game. Kendall threw three touchdown passes to lead West Virginia to a 44-27 victory over North Carolina State on Saturday. McKoy helped West Virginia’s ...

MORGANTOWN — What happens when you have the second worst rushing attack in major college football and must play without your two starting guards? If you are WVU, you run the ball very effectively. The Mountaineers have been nothing short of anemic on the ground in their first two games. ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Justin Fields and J.K. Dobbins keep finding holes in opposing defenses. Their ability to take advantage of them quickly is turning Ohio State’s dynamic duo into an unbeatable combination. Dobbins ran for 193 yards and one touchdown, caught one of Fields’ three ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Well, this isn’t quite how the Cleveland Browns and New York Jets expected to start the season. Both are coming off opening losses and look to avoid going 0-2 with a Monday night matchup loaded with juicy story lines, surprising twists and a slight hint of ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pete Carroll watched the tape. The Seattle Seahawks coach isn’t buying what he saw from the Pittsburgh Steelers in a lopsided Week 1 loss to New England. “Opening games are always difficult,” Carroll said. “You don’t know what you’re going to get. New England ...

WHEELING — It wasn’t too long ago that the common perception had Wheeling Jesuit University (now Wheeling University) dead and buried. It appeared its financial and academic woes may deal the school a fatal blow. But the Cardinals appear to be taking flight. Wheeling University’s ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — River View’s Emmie Brenly successfully converted a penalty kick with 32 seconds left in regulation as the visiting Golden Bears (6-2) handed St. Clairsville its first loss of the season, 1-0. The meeting pitted the No. 2 (River View) and No. 5 (St. C.) teams in Ohio’s ...

BYESVILLE — Wheeling Park’s girls cross country won the team title at the Meadowbrook Invitational on Saturday behind overall champion Isabella DiSaia. The senior finished with a time of 19:26 which also was her first individual victory. The Patriots scored a team total of 75 points, 15 ...

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Joaquin Niemann was an 18-year-old amateur when he arrived in West Virginia two years ago and tied for 29th in the only PGA Tour event he played outside of the U.S. Open. In 2018, he improved to a tie for fifth at the tournament. Now he has a chance to ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) — Journey Brown ran for 109 yards and a touchdown and Penn State held off Pittsburgh in their 100th meeting, 17-10. Pitt opted to kick a field goal on fourth-and-goal at the Penn State 1 trailing by a touchdown with less than 4 minutes to go. Alex Kessman’s ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Stewart-Haas Racing surged into the opening race of NASCAR’s playoffs with a Clint Bowyer-led sweep of the front two rows at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Joe Gibbs Racing, meanwhile, struggled across the board in its preparation for Sunday’s opening playoff race. While SHR ...