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Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers reaches third on NFL’s all-time passing touchdowns list

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) looks to pass during an NFL football game against New Orleans Saints in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Paris, France) Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers passed Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning for third on the NFL’s all-time passing touchdowns list in the Steelers’ 16-10 win yesterday in the NFL’s first-ever regular season game in France.

Rodgers threw a touchdown pass to Steelers tight end Darnell Washington at Stade de France in Paris during the second quarter of that game to earn this achievement.

Rodgers now has 540 passing touchdowns in his NFL career.

Rodgers throws TD pass in Paris as Steelers beat Saints 16-10 in NFL’s regular-season France debut

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) looks to pass during an NFL football game against New Orleans Saints in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers knew a protective slide was out of the question when he scrambled on a key fourth-quarter play in New Orleans territory Sunday.

The 42-year-old left the pocket on third-and-6 and picked up 8 yards before being tackled just before the two-minute warning to help Pittsburgh seal a 16-10 victory in the NFL’s first regular-season game in France.

“Sometimes you’ve got to suck it up and make a play for your guys,” Rodgers said. “I think because I am so much less athletic than I used to be, it actually fires up the guys even more.”

Rodgers threw a touchdown pass — the 540th of his career, moving past Peyton Manning for third in NFL history — and Chris Boswell kicked three field goals at Stade de France.

Jaylen Warren rushed for 101 yards on 18 carries and Rodgers completed 19 of 30 passes for 212 yards as the Steelers (5-2) won their third straight game.

Linebacker Payton Wilson had a red-zone interception of Tyler Shough in the third quarter and the Saints (2-5) couldn’t recover. New Orleans rushed for just 18 yards.

With the Saints threatening on their opening drive of the second half, Wilson stepped in front of a short pass intended for Chris Olave. The Steelers got in field-goal position and Boswell was good from 39 yards for a 16-10 lead.

“That’s honestly just a credit to our coaches and what we do every day in practice,” Wilson said. “I’ve repped that play, no lie, more than 20 times now. Just gambling a little bit and undercutting it.”

Seated side by side at the postgame news conference, Rodgers added: “Did it help that you picked me off in practice on this very similar play this week?”

Patrick Queen sacked Shough on third down to stall a New Orleans drive with under seven minutes left in the fourth quarter.

Shough completed 30 of 38 passes for 278 yards, one touchdown and the interception.

Just before halftime, Rodgers was sacked by Carl Granderson on third down, and with 15 seconds left and no timeouts, the Steelers offense ran to the sideline. Boswell sprinted on and kicked a 47-yard field goal to give Pittsburgh a 13-10 lead at the half.

Rodgers’ 4-yard touchdown pass to 6-foot-7, 265-pound tight end Darnell Washington — with 5-foot-11 cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry in coverage — put the Steelers up 10-3.

Earlier on the drive, Rodgers moved in the pocket and found DK Metcalf for a 51-yard completion to the New Orleans 4. NFL France called it “quel caviar d’Aaron Rodgers.”

The Saints then tied it at 10-10 on Shough’s 1-yard touchdown pass to Devaughn Vele on fourth-and-goal from the 1.

Saints kicker Daniel Carlson missed a 52-yard field-goal attempt in the fourth quarter.

“When you have a day like today, 17 runs for 18 yards, it’s going to be hard to win football games doing that,” coach Kellen Moore said.

Shough said with such limited rushing success, “they know what’s coming in certain situations and they’re a good defense.”

Attendance was 78,488 and several players and coaches noted the good atmosphere.

Rodgers called the rendition of the French national anthem, La Marseillaise, “gorgeous.”

The Steelers quarterback did note, however, that it was sometimes confusing looking for the play-clock number among many other numbers on the stadium’s scoreboard.

The atmosphere this week in Paris was tense following rioting and looting a week earlier during protests across the country over school funding and soaring living costs. Fans strolling Paris streets saw boarded-up storefronts and a heavy police presence ahead of more protests held Saturday.

Steelers coach Mike McCarthy said players and their families and friends “really enjoyed” Friday — when the team arrived — but stayed close to the hotel Saturday when more protests took place.

Injuries

Steelers: S DeShon Elliott was active for the first time in a year after returning from a knee injury.

Saints: CB Kool-Aid McKinstry was cleared to return after a concussion evaluation in the first half. … RB CJ Donaldson left in the first half and was later ruled out. … S Justin Reid was ruled out of the game early in the second half. … Rookie Jeremiah Wright started in place of right guard Cesar Ruiz (knee).

Up next

Steelers: Host the Cleveland Browns before a bye in Week 9.

Saints: Bye week.

Head football coach of Cornell High School dies after suffering medical emergency during high school football game in Rochester

(Caption for Photo: Cornell Head coach Ed Dawson looks on during practice Aug. 19, 2025 at Cornell High School. (Credit for Photo: Corutesy of Chaz Palla, TribLive)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Coraopolis, PA) A beloved coach in the community of Coraopolis has passed away. Ed Dawson, the head football coach of Cornell High School, died on Friday at the age of 55 after he suffered a medical emergency on the football field that night when Cornell played a football game on the road against Rochester.

According to Cornell Superintendent Aaron Thomas, Dawson had a medical emergency on the sideline during the game and was transported to a hospital, which was where he was pronounced dead. 

Cornell athletic director Bill Sacco confirmed that Dawson told an assistant coach that he was not feeling well during the second quarter of the game and he was advised to sit down on the bench.

Dawson was then seen lying down on the team bench.

The game was called off at that point with Cornell given the win after leading 16-6. Dawson was a former football player at Aliquippa High School.

A report from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette states that Dawson was hired as Cornell’s head football coach in 2011.

A candlelight vigil was held in Coraopolis yesterday for Dawson. 

Ville Koivunen scores in OT as Penguins rally for 3-2 win over Predators

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins’ Rickard Rakell (67) celebrates after his goal with Ville Koivunen (41) and Sidney Crosby (87) during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Nashville Predators in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ville Koivunen scored at 3:44 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Saturday night.

Koivunen beat Juuse Saros with a wrist shot from the top of the left circle.

Rickard Rakell scored the tying goal for Pittsburgh with 1:06 to play in regulation on a cross-ice pass from Sidney Crosby. It was Crosby’s 1,111th career assist, tying Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque for the most with one franchise.

Connor Dewar also scored for the Penguins, who have points in 10 straight and 23 of their last 27 games against Nashville dating to Oct. 21, 2010.

Arturs Silovs stopped 24 shots. The Penguins, who were playing without Evgeni Malkin (illness) and Egor Chinakhov (lower body), have won two straight following a four-game losing streak. Chinakhov has missed four of the last five games.

Steven Stamkos and Jayden Struble scored for Nashville. Stamkos is two goals from passing Dino Ciccarelli for 19th place in NHL history.

Saros made 34 saves for the Predators, who have lost two in a row and five of six. Nashville was blanked 6-0 at Boston on Thursday.

Struble put Nashville in front 2-1 at 6:40 of the second period when he beat Silovs from the right faceoff dot.

Jack Drury nearly scored at the end of the second to make it a 3-1 game. Drury dove at a loose puck and pushed it across the line, but time expired before it crossed.

That allowed Rakell and Koivunen to help the Penguins rally in the third period and overtime.

Up next

Predators: Host the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday.

Penguins: Host the Utah Mammoth on Thursday.

Western Beaver wins by one in Beaver Falls

Story by Keith Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published October 24, 2026 1:45 A.M.

(Beaver Falls, Pa) Beaver Falls kicks off to Western Beaver. Landon Sallie returns for 15 yards. Jeremiah Pratt keeps it himself for 5 yards. The next play Terrence Banks makes a big stop for no gain.

Jeremiah Pratt drops back and runs for 10, the next play Jaxon Jesseman makes a big play that stuffs Western Beaver for no gain.

Western Beaver drops back to punt but Nathan Vula takes off running around the left and down to the 45 of the Tigers. Jeremiah Pratt takes it off the left side for five yards after a time out with 5:58 left in the second. Pratt goes right but Derrick Beck brings him down. He fumbles and Sellers picks it up at the 50 yard line.

First play for the Tigers a handoff up the middle to Xavier “Joey” Clark for a big first down to the 38, next play Clark again and Sawyer Chaffe makes a big hit on Clark no gain.

The Tigers get into a fourth and 6 at the 29 of the Golden Beavers. Slappy drops back and throws a beautiful pass to Tyone Fair, he makes a great catch at the one.

After a couple of plays Clark carries it across for the TD. The 2 point conversion is good with a pass from Slappy to Jaxon Quinn all alone in the endzone. The kickoff was fielded by David Ventresca and he gets out to the 45, then Pratt goes around being chased by 6 Tigers, they finally bring him down after a 15 yard gain with 1:47 left in the half.

Jeremiah Pratt throws a long ball to Weslowski at the 2 yard line on a great throw and catch with 26 seconds left. TheN Jeremiah Pratt went in for the score and the 2 points were good, score is 8 to 8.

On the kick Isaiah Sellers takes ball down to the Golden Beavers 45 and an unsportsman like penalty moves it down to the 31.

With 15 seconds they try a hail mary, the ball comes down to a host of players in the endzone and is tipped out of bounds.

In the third Western kicks to the Tigers. BF’s Demarrco Harris returned it 9 yards. First and 10 at the 42 and Clark runs a dive right up the middle for 30 yards and gets horse collared and that moves them to the 15.

The Tigers pick up 4 on the first play then a pitch to Clark gets it to the 11. On a third and six Slappy hands off to Anthony Scott who goes off left tackle for a TD.

The two point try failed, the Score 14-8 Beaver Falls leading the Golden Beavers.

On the kick Landon Sallie gets out to the 35. The Tigers make a stop on Jeremiah Pratt for minus yards.

Next play Pratt to Weslowski to get it to a third and 8. Then Jeremiah Pratt tries to throw long but the ball slipped out of his hand, falling in between two Tigers defenders.

The Tigers start at the Golden Beavers 44. A couple missed ques on offense and it puts the Tigers back to the 39 but Clark goes off left tackle and picks up 12 and pitch to Sellers who picked up 4 for a third and 11. BF is forced into punting and Eddie Weslowski gets to their 35.

Jeremiah Pratt up the middle for 3. The Tigers stop the Golden Beavers and its fourth and one again. Western Beaver stacks the ball carrier up but the refs quickly move the chains and give Western the first down.

Next it’s Jeremiah Pratt to David Ventresca down to the 37 and next Javon Williams stuffs Sallie for a big loss but again Jeremiah Pratt was working his magic, he drops back with nobody open and he runs for 14.

Derrick Beck made a big stop on the next play then again scrambles down to the 17 after a couple more big stops, one by Beck and one by the Beaver Falls line.

They could not get it going and punted from their 19 and Western starts at the 45.

Next Sallie gains 4 yards then Jeremiah Pratt found Sallie open close to the first down and Pratt takes it down to the 23.

BF stops them the next play but Jeremiah Pratt finds a receiver in the open for a TD.

They kick the point and win.

15 to 14 Western Golden Beavers over the Beaver Falls Tigers.

Scores From Across the Valley: 10/23/26

Friday, October 23, 2026:

 

               Pond-Lehocky Beaver County Radio Broadcast Game 

Western Beaver
Beaver Falls

 15
14 Final
                        WPIAL Class 6A Quad County Conference      
Norwin
Seneca Valley		 42
19 Final
                        WPIAL Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference      
West Allegheny
Trinity		 25
24 Final
                        WPIAL Class 5A NorthEast Conference      
Moon
Armstrong		 23
20 Final
                        WPIAL Class 4A Parkway Conference      
Mars
Montour		 18
55 Final
Central Valley
New Castle		 36
58 Final
                        WPIAL Class 3A Western Hills      
Aliquippa
Ellwood City		 55
6 Final
Ambridge
Hopewell		 6
56  Final
OLSH
Beaver  (Thursday Night)		 7
21 Final
                        WPIAL Class 2A Mac Conference      
New Brighton
Freedom		 38
58 Final
Riverside
Neshannock		 14
28 Final
     
                        WPIAL Class 1A Big Seven Conference      
Cornell
Rochester		 16
6 final
Union
Northgate		 19
27 Final
Laurel
Southside		 42
6 Final
                                                   Non-Conference                
Blackhawk
Kiski		 46
41 Final
Charleroi
Quaker Valley		 43
8  Final

Penguins forward Bryan Rust put on the injured reserve with a lower body injury

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the Associated Press)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust was put on the injured reserve yesterday.

Rust will be sidelined for a minimum of six weeks due to a lower body injury that he suffered during the Penguins’ game against the Utah Mammoth in Salt Lake City on Monday.

Penguins head coach Dan Muse announced Rust’s status after a morning skate in Cranberry yesterday.

Rust has five points (three goals and two assists) while averaging 17:22 of ice time per game in seven games this season for the Penguins.

Rust is also primarily skating as the first-line right winger in those games.

Silovs, Penguins blank Panthers 4-0 to spoil Florida goalie Cooper Black’s record-setting NHL debut

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs (37) reaches to block a shot-attempt by Florida Panthers’ Sam Reinhart (13) with Penguins’ Spencer Stastney (24) defending during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh’s Arturs Silovs stopped 25 shots to spoil the history-making debut of Florida counterpart Cooper Black as the Penguins beat the Panthers 4-0 on Thursday.

Black, who at 6-foot-9 became the tallest goalie ever to appear in an NHL regular season game, made 18 saves but it wasn’t enough to stop the Panthers from dropping their second game in as many nights.

Nick Robertson scored twice for Pittsburgh. Hendrix Lapierre and Evgeni Malkin both finished with a goal and an assist as the Penguins shook off a miserable Western Conference road trip in which they were badly outplayed in losses to Chicago, Colorado, Vegas and Utah.

The trip ended with 19-year-old forward Ben Kindel collapsing on Tuesday during the flight back to Pittsburgh. Kindel spent the night in a Salt Lake City hospital for observation and returned to the Penguins’ facility on Thursday. The team placed him on injured reserve but is hopeful may be able to return to practice as early as next week.

Pittsburgh coach Dan Muse shuffled his lines in hopes of a spark, and the Penguins responded by solving the towering Black, a 25-year-old from Michigan, three times.

Black, called up from Florida’s AHL affiliate in Charlotte recently after Jacob Markstrom sustained a shoulder injury, was sharp early as the Panthers struggled to find their legs a night after an emotionally charged loss in Ottawa.

Lapierre doubled Pittsburgh’s lead at the game’s halfway point after taking a pretty feed on the rush from Ville Koivunen and Malkin’s third goal in four games was more than enough for Silovs, who was only sporadically challenged while picking up his second shutout of the season and fourth of his career.

Up next

Panthers: Continue their four-game road trip on Sunday in Chicago.

Penguins: Host Nashville on Saturday.

Penguins forward Ben Kindel back in Pittsburgh, released from a Utah hospital after collapsing on team’s flight

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Pittsburgh Penguins center Ben Kindel plays in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals, Oct. 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Ben Kindel is back in Pittsburgh and recovering after collapsing on the team’s flight back from Utah earlier this week.

Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas said Thursday that the 19-year-old Kindel fell ill about 10 minutes after the club left Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Team medical personnel attended to him immediately, and Kindel quickly regained consciousness.

The plane turned back to the airport for an emergency landing, and Kindel was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital for observation before being released on Wednesday.

Kindel had a vasovagal episode, which is marked by a sharp drop in heart rate and blood pressure, according to Dubas. Kindel was undergoing further testing in an effort to determine the cause at the team complex on Thursday. Dubas said Kindel had no prior history of collapsing.

Dubas, who met with Kindel on Thursday morning, described the teenager as “very clearly shaken.”

The Penguins placed the 2025 first-round pick on injured reserve, and while there is no timetable for his return, Dubas added the club is optimistic Kindel could be cleared to work out by the end of the weekend, pending test results.

“We will obviously follow very strict guidelines to ensure a safe return to training and play for Ben,” Dubas said. “That’s our primary goal and paramount to his future and health, so that’s how we will handle it.”

Kindel has two points and two assists in nine games this season for Pittsburgh. He played nearly 19 minutes during a loss to Utah on Monday night.

The Penguins cancelled practice on Wednesday while the team provided off-ice resources for the players. The club was back at practice for a morning skate Thursday ahead of a visit by the Florida Panthers at PPG Paints Arena.

“Whether you like it or not, the show goes on tonight,” Dubas said. “And so we have to gear up and get ready for that. And that’s the number one: take care of our people. And the number two: put them in a place to perform.”

Pittsburgh, which also placed forward Bryan Rust on injured reserve with an undisclosed issue, has dropped four straight games and sits at next-to-last in the Eastern Conference.

Penguins forward Ben Kindel suffers seizure during medical episode on team’s flight from Salt Lake City

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins’ Ben Kindel (81) is defended by Winnipeg Jets’ Josh Morrissey (44) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Salt Lake City, UT) Pittsburgh Penguins forward Ben Kindel is recovering after suffering a medical episode yesterday on the team’s flight from Salt Lake City, Utah.

Multiple reporters in Pittsburgh have recently indicated that the nineteen-year-old Kindel suffered a seizure during the flight.

According to the Penguins, Kindel is conscious, alert and stable.