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New arrivals

PITTSBURGH — Mike Williams was asleep. At least, he thought he was asleep. The veteran wide receiver was trying to enjoy a nap on Tuesday when something kept interrupting him. His phone — the one that kept buzzing — showed five missed calls from his agent. “I thought I was ...

Briefs

Bowling leagues Karen Bires rolled a 177-465 to lead the way in the Ladies Church League at Valley Bowling Center. In other scores, Cindy Reasbeck hit a 167-485.

Making moves

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers might be in first place in the AFC North. They're hardly coasting. Pittsburgh added wide receiver Mike Williams and outside linebacker Preston Smith at the trade deadline on Tuesday, giving the club veteran depth at two positions of need as the stretch ...

Isles rally to sink Pens in shootout

NEW YORK — Bo Horvat scored the only goal in a shootout and the New York Islanders rallied past the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Tuesday night. New York goalie Ilya Sorokin denied Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang in the tiebreaker and finished with 32 saves. Kyle Palmieri had a ...

Sutton set to return

PITTSBURGH — Cam Sutton doesn’t believe he has to prove anything to anyone as the Pittsburgh Steelers veteran defensive back tries to hit the reset button on his career. Sitting at his locker on Monday, his first full day back at work in two months after serving an eight-game ...

Bills are defying preseason projections

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — So much for preseason projections and concerns over how this might be a down year for the Buffalo Bills. Clearly, with Josh Allen at quarterback, anything and everything is possible, with Buffalo asserting itself as the class of the AFC East, however flawed the ...