Your daily regional sports update.
- The combination of a 28-12 Steelers victory over the Cleveland Browns, and a New York Jets 22-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills, has earned the Steelers a playoff berth.
- Again, the Steelers are facing the possibility of entering the postseason without their No. 1 running back.
- Christian Hackenberg – one of the most important players in Penn State history walked out of a tangle of media members and down a dingy stadium hallway toward the team bus. Along the way, he passed the kid he mentored the past two years.
- Legendary WWE broadcaster Jim Ross says he wants to call Pirates games.
- The Houston Astros announced their non-roster invitees to Spring Training Friday and the list includes Clarion High School graduate Jon Kemmer.