After plenty of solid fall sports performers over the last week, here are the Journal Star high school athlete of the week nominees for Oct. 21-26. Head to pjstar.com/sports to vote. The poll closes at noon Friday. Information about the nominees is below. If you have a nominee for the honor, email us at sports@pjstar.com or tag us on Twitter …

Steelers quarterback Justin Fields officially is inactive for Monday Night Football. He will, however, dress as the emergency third quarterback. The team added Fields to the injury report Sunday morning with a tweaked hamstring and listed him as questionable. The Steelers did not play Fields last week in Russell Wilson’s return. But coach Mike Tomlin told Jay Glazer of Fox …

Here’s a look at the top eight high school football teams in Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties following Week 10, as ranked by the USA Today Network. 1. South Point (6-1, 4-1 Big South 3A) Last week: defeated Forestview, 47-0. The scoop: The Red Raiders’ path to a potential No. 1 seed in the NCHSAA 3A West playoffs cleared last …

Dexter Lawrence II brings down Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow in a game earlier this season.Photograph: Robert Deutsch/USA Today Sports As you may expect for a discipline that requires speed as well as strength, the list of NFL sackmasters and pressure artists weighing 340lbs or more is pretty short. Per Pro Football Reference, Dan “Big Daddy” Wilkinson, who played for the …

A strong performance on both sides of the ball propelled the visiting East Forsyth varsity football team to a 49-6 win over Central Piedmont 4-A and crosstown rival Glenn on Friday night. The Eagles bolted out to a 28-0 lead by the end of the first quarter and a commanding 42-0 lead at halftime. The Bobcats only points came on …

Calvin Austin III was drafted by the Steelers in 2022 [Getty Images] The Pittsburgh Steelers made it three wins in a row after Calvin Austin III scored two touchdowns in a 26-18 win against the New York Giants on Monday. The 25-year-old wide receiver scored the Steelers’ first punt return touchdown in nearly five years during the third quarter. The …

Oct 26, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; .LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly, left, and Texas A&M Aggies head coach Mike Elko, right, greet prior to the game at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images. Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko isn’t known for being overly emotional, outside of protecting his players from unfair criticism, as we saw earlier …

For the second time in the last two weeks, the Jets will be hosting several free agent kickers as they look to find consistency at that position amid veteran Greg Zuerlein‘s continued struggles. And this time, interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich has said there will be a competition for the job ahead of New York’s Thursday night matchup with the …

What was once one of the best recruiting classes in UCF history is starting to fall by the wayside. With the firing of defensive coordinator Ted Roof on Monday, the Knights have lost three of their top defensive commits in the last 72 hours and look poised to lose even more after extending their current skid to five straight losses. …

The Giants will officially have their starting RT Jermaine Eluemunor out there for their Monday night meeting with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Eluemunor came into the matchup listed as questionable after missing the final two days of practice with a hip injury, but he insisted during the week that he’d be able to play, and now he is officially active. Having …

STILLWATER — Twice during recent Oklahoma State football broadcasts after star running back Ollie Gordon II limped off the field with an injury, television commentators questioned whether Gordon should continue playing on a team that was well out of playoff contention and might not even make a bowl game. The commentators suggested Gordon should sit out the rest of the …

Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh revealed Monday that he had his heart monitor removed last week. “They’re going to evaluate that and then see what the next step is,” Harbaugh said, via Daniel Popper of TheAthletic.com. Harbaugh, 60, briefly left the sideline during the Chargers’ Week 6 win over the Broncos on Oct. 13. He said postgame that he was diagnosed …

Photo: Isaiah Hole With the timing of J.J. McCarthy and Jim Harbaugh’s departure from the program, Michigan football hadn’t dipped into the transfer portal for another quarterback, and it didn’t feel like it needed to. That’s because the Wolverines happened to get a seventh-year exemption for Jack Tuttle, who had transferred into the program before last season from Indiana. However, …

The Cardinals activated rookie defensive lineman Darius Robinson from injured reserve Monday, according to the NFL’s transactions. “We’ll take it day by day with him and just keep working with him every day and hopefully improving every day and see where it goes,” coach Jonathan Gannon told Arizona Sports on his radio spot Monday. The Cardinals had an open roster …

Oct 26, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies head coach Mike Elko watches the replay in the third quarter against the LSU Tigers at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images. Texas A&M (7-1, 5-0 SEC) is still atop the SEC standings after earning what is considered the program’s statement win of the season by defeating the LSU …