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Steelers might return to the top

The last play of the 2025 regular season determined the winner of the AFC North. Then Baltimore and Pittsburgh — the two teams playing in that game — soon entered new eras. Gone are coaches John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin. The former spent 18 seasons with the Ravens, the latter 19 at the helm of the Steelers. Jesse Minter and Mike McCarthy took over those jobs, part of an offseason in which three of the division's four coaching positions changed hands. Cleveland replaced Kevin Stefanski with Todd Monken. "It's a day-by-day process. We're not going to win because we're the Ravens. ...

NBA hammers Clippers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA imposed a sweeping punishment against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday for violating salary cap circumvention rules, suspending owner Steve Ballmer for one year, fining the team $30 million and forcing it to forfeit five first-round draft picks. Also, two-time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard was hit with a $700,000 penalty, president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank was banned for six months and team president of business operations Gillian Zucker was suspended for one year. The Clippers will give up one first-round pick in each draft from ...

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Iran fires on its Gulf neighbors, retaliating for US strikes after a wedding was hit DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired on U.S. allies in the Gulf early Wednesday following a night of American bombardment that Iranian state media says included a deadly strike on a wedding ...

McCarthy gives Steelers a fresh look

(AP) — The last play of the 2025 regular season determined the winner of the AFC North. Then Baltimore and Pittsburgh — the two teams playing in that game — soon entered new eras. Gone are coaches John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin. The former spent 18 seasons with the Ravens, the latter ...

Bieber savors Cleveland homecoming

CLEVELAND (AP) — Shane Bieber's homecoming at Progressive Field gave him all the warm and fuzzy feelings he had hoped. It was perfect — except for one thing. He didn't get to pitch. "I was definitely looking forward to that," Bieber said Tuesday. "But it will happen. I trust it will happen at the right time." Bieber, who won the AL Cy Young while pitching for Cleveland in 2020, made his first trip back to face the Guardians since the club traded him to Toronto last season. The 31-year-old said it felt "odd" walking up the steps into the visitor's dugout and he was certain that ...

Guardians reliever texting before crash

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Guardians reliever Carlos Hernández disclosed he was texting while driving in January when he crashed his car in Venezuela and suffered multiple career-threatening injuries. Hernández was added to Cleveland's 40-man roster on Tuesday, allowing the right-hander to complete his journey back to the majors. "I feel like I'm here just as a testament of God's will," Hernandez said through an interpreter while sitting in the Guardians' dugout during batting practice. "Otherwise, there's no way to explain what has happened to me for normal words." Hernández, ...