Your daily regional sports update.
- Alex Smith calmly led the Chiefs downfield in the closing minutes, hitting Chris Conley with a short touchdown toss, and Kansas City held off the ailing Pittsburgh Steelers 23-13 on Sunday to snap a five-game skid with its first home victory this season.
- While the top three teams remain the same, there is a lot of shake up from four through 10 in D9Sports.com’s football rankings.
- Receivers who are experiencing challenging seasons came up big for Penn State in its 31-30 win over Maryland on Saturday in Baltimore.
- Pitt prepares for a big ACC showdown with North Carolina.
- Steelers coach Mike Tomlin expects to have starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger back for next week’s divisional clash against the 6-0 Cincinnati Bengals.