Monday, 03 December 2012 04:12

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins/Steelers

-Charlie Batch (above) leads the Steelers to a 23-20 comeback win against the rival Ravens.

-Highlights.

-Welcome back Troy Polamalu.

-What was up with Mike Tomlin's post-game handshake with Ravens coach John Harbaugh?

-A day after linebacker Jovan Belcher committed a murder/suicide, the Chiefs defeated the Panthers, 27-21.

-Andy Dalton threw for 211 yards and two touchdowns for the Bengals who beat the Chargers, 20-13.

-Brandon Weeden (right) threw for 364 yards and a touchdown and led the Browns past the Raiders, 20-17.

-A Browns team employee committed suicide at the team's practice facility.

-Tom Brady threw for 238 yards and a touchdown to lead the Patriots past the Dolphins, 23-16.

-Dolphins offensive lineman Jake Long suffered a triceps injury.

-Matt Schaub threw for 207 yards and two touchdowns for the Texans who beat the Titans, 24-10.

-Ryan Fitzpatrick threw three touchdowns and led the Bills past the Jaguars, 34-18.

-Donnie Avery's 14-yard touchdown reception on the final play of regulation gave the Colts a 35-33 win against the Lions.

-Peyton Manning threw for 242 yards and three touchdowns for the Broncos in a 31-23 defeat of the Buccaneers.

-Greg McElroy came off the bench and threw for 29 yards and a touchdown to lead the Jets past the Cardinals, 7-6.

-Aaron Rodgers threw for 286 yards and a touchdown and led the Packers to a 23-14 win against the rival Vikings.

-A 13-yard touchdown reception in overtime by Sidney Rice gave the Seahawks past the Bears, 23-17.

-A 54-yard field goal in overtime by Greg Zuerlein gave the Rams a 16-13 win against the 49ers.

-Tony Romo (right) threw for 303 yards and three touchdown to lead the Cowboys past the rival Eagles, 38-33.

College Football

-Another year. Another trip to the BBVA Compass Bowl for Pitt. It will face Mississippi.

-West Virginia will face Syracuse in the Pinstripe Bowl.

-Alabama and Notre Dame will square off for the national title.

-The full bowl schedule.

-South Florida fired head coach Skip Holtz.

Penguins/NHL

-Penguins owner Ron Burkle and Sidney Crosby (right) are expected to participate in a players/owners "only" meeting between the NHL and NHLPA Tuesday in New York.

-Other owners expected to take part in the meeting include Jeremy Jacobs (Boston), Jeffrey Vinik (Tampa Bay), Larry Tannenbaum (Toronto), Mark Chipman (Winnipeg) and Murray Edwards (Calgary).

-NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr will not be part of the meeting.

-"I kind of thought we’d be playing by now." - Tanner Glass on the lockout.

-Bruins forward Daniel Paille has joined Ilves of Finland's SM-liiga.

-Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov suffered a knee injury while playing for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of Russia's KHL.

Pirates/MLB

-What are the Pirates looking for at the winter meetings?

-Has "Moneyball" restored competitive balance to baseball?

(Photos: Batch-Patrick Smith/Getty Images; Weeden-Ezra Shaw/Getty Images; Romo-Ronald Martinez/Getty Images; Crosby-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)