WPPA / T102 SPORTS / Friday

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger played through a painful left leg injury to lead the Steelers to a 14-3 victory over the Cleveland Browns last night. Roethlisberger passed for 280 yards and two touchdowns, including a 79-yard scoring strike to Antonio Brown with 2:52 remaining to help the Steelers win for the eighth time in their last nine games.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Danny Briere, Wayne Simmonds and Scott Hartnell each scored to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins last night. Penguins star Sidney Crosby missed the first of two games as a precaution following a collision with teammate Chris Kunitz in Monday night's loss to Boston.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The wife of ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky says her husband is innocent of the child sex abuse allegations against him. Dottie Sandusky says his accusers are making up their stories. These are the first comments she's made since her husband was arrested last month and accused of molesting boys.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state agency has upheld Penn State's refusal to release records of a campus police investigation involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. The state Office of Open Records has ruled that Penn State doesn't have to release any records of the 1998 inquiry involving Jerry Sandusky.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State plans to cooperate with the Big Ten after the conference said it would review the child sex-abuse scandal at the school. The 12-member league also reserves the right to hand down sanctions pending its findings.

UNDATED (AP) — Penn State interim coach Tom Bradley hopes to sit down with acting athletic director David Joyner next week to talk about taking the job on a permanent basis. The longtime defensive coordinator took over November 9th after school trustees fired Hall of Famer Joe Paterno in the wake of child sex-abuse charges against retired assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies have signed outfielder Laynce Nix to a $2.5 million, two-year contract. Nix batted .250 with a career-high 16 home runs and 44 RBIs in 124 games for the Washington Nationals last season. He started 79 games, including 59 in left field, 12 in right field and six at first base. The 32-year-old Nix is a left-handed hitter.

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) — Trevon Harmon tied his career high with 24 points, helping Cleveland State rally to overtake Robert Morris and then hold on for a 62-58 win last night. Harmon scored all 10 points for the Vikings in the final 3:04 of the first half, including a 30-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer, for a 27-24 halftime lead.

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Stan Okoye scored 22 points to lead six Virginia Military Institute players in double figures as the Keydets pulled away from Central Penn College 109-86 last night, snapping a four-game losing streak. VMI, which posted its highest point total of the season, led only 46-42 at halftime.


NFL
Thursday's Game
Pittsburgh 14, Cleveland 3
Sunday's Games
New Orleans at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Houston at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Miami, 1 p.m.
New England at Washington, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
Chicago at Denver, 4:05 p.m.
Buffalo at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.
Oakland at Green Bay, 4:15 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:20 p.m.
Monday's Game
St. Louis at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.

NHL
Thursday's Games
New Jersey 5, Ottawa 4, SO
Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, SO
Vancouver 4, Montreal 3, SO
Florida 2, Boston 0
Chicago 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 2
Nashville 4, Columbus 3, OT
Detroit 5, Phoenix 2
St. Louis 4, Anaheim 2
Calgary 3, Colorado 2
Minnesota 4, Los Angeles 2
San Jose 5, Dallas 2
Friday's Games
Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m.
Florida at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Thursday's Game
( 9) UConn 67 (25) Harvard 53

TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Thursday's Games
( 1) Baylor 72 Milwaukee 41
( 5) Maryland 108 Delaware St. 33
(10) Kentucky 72 ( 6) Duke 65
(11) Rutgers 68 Fordham 48
(21) Green Bay 72 Toledo 65
Fresno St. 69 (24) Oklahoma 66