The Baltimore Ravens’ season ended in heartbreak with a 26-24 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers after rookie kicker Tyler Loop missed a potential game-winning field goal in the final minute, eliminating Baltimore from playoff contention. Despite three touchdown passes from Lamar Jackson and a strong rushing performance by Derrick Henry, defensive breakdowns, costly penalties and a late Steelers drive led by Aaron Rodgers sealed a stunning defeat and left the Ravens facing an uncertain and potentially turbulent offseason.
Author Archives: Will Graves
AP Sports Writer
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Flores hired to Steelers staff; lawsuit against NFL proceeds
By Will Graves, AP Sports Writer Brian Flores is back in the NFL. The Pittsburgh Steelers hired the former Miami Dolphins coach on Feb. 19 to serve as a senior defensive assistant. Flores will specialize in working with Pittsburgh’s linebackers, a group that includes NFL Defensive Player of the Year T.J. Watt. The hiring comes […]
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Dianne Durham, first Black US women’s gymnastics champion, dies
In this June 5, 1983, file photo, Dianne Durham, right, of Gary, Ind., gives autographs after winning the women’s title at the McDonald’s U.S.A. Gymnastic Championships at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Durham, the first Black woman to win a USA Gymnastics national championship, died on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, She was 52. (AP […]
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Simone Biles Soars to AP Female Athlete of the Year
Simone Biles tried to treat the 2016 Summer Olympics like just your average ordinary gymnastics meet. So what if the stage and the stakes were different? The floor was still the floor. The vault still the vault. The uneven bars still uneven. The balance beam still a four-inch wide test of nerves. FILE – In […]
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Simone Biles Dominates Vault to Win 3rd Gold in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Simone Biles’ golden run in Rio is picking up steam. So, surprisingly, is Great Britain’s. United States’ Simone Biles looks at her gold medal for the vault during the artistic gymnastics women’s apparatus final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Dmitri […]
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Simone Biles Soars to Olympic All-Around Title
ARIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Forget the pressure. Forget the hype. Simone Biles is immune to all of it. Dynamic on vault. Effortless on beam. Jaw-dropping on floor. Brilliant all over. And now, finally, an Olympic champion. United States’ Simone Biles performs on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women’s individual all-around final at the […]
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Simone Biles Glides to 4th Straight US Gymnastics Title
First place finisher Simone Biles, center stands on the podium with second place finisher Aly Raisman and third place finisher Lauren Hernandez during the U.S. women’s gymnastics championships Sunday, June 26, 2016, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) ST. LOUIS (AP) — The national titles are starting to run together for Simone Biles, a three-year blur of […]
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Former Steelers Defensive End L.C. Greenwood Dies at 67
PITTSBURGH (AP) — L.C. Greenwood, the relentless defensive end who made up one quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ “Steel Curtain” defense of the 1970s, has died. He was 67. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office said Greenwood died Sunday from undisclosed causes just before noon at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. A six-time Pro Bowler and two-time […]