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For the second consecutive week, the Pittsburgh Steelers were far from their best, and yet they still found themselves in a position to win. Sunday night's 20-17 defeat to the Dallas Cowboys came down to a few critical plays, any of whic The most crucial moment came with just 35 seconds remaining, with Pittsburgh holding onto a 17-13 lead. On second down, linebacker Elandon Roberts forced a fumble on Cowboys running back Rico Dowdle at the Steelers' 1-yard line. The ball bounced backward, and instead of a Steelers player recovering it, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott managed to fall on it.  Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin summed up the significance of the moment with a metaphor: "There's a fine line between drinking wine and squashing grapes in our business, and that's an example of it. That ball was on the ground right there in the red area, and that's the difference." Two plays later, on fourth down, Prescott found Jalen Tolbert in the left flat for a g...

  Ineos Britannia Defeats Luna Rossa 7-4, Advances to Face New Zealand in America’s Cup Final It has been forty years to the day when a British team became a match race contender in the America’s Cup, as Ineos Britannia beat Luna Rossa of Italy 4-7 in the Louis Vuitton Cup. Prior to the event the team led by Sir Ben Ainslie caught up the Kiwis in the overall standings and won the decisive race in Barcelona that set them against the current champions from New Zealand Angie in a first-to-seven series starting from October 12. The last series between Ineos Britannia and Luna Rossa were quite close reaching an equal score of 4-4 after four days of competing. Despite all these, the British team was also able to warm to the challenge and won the last three races. Sailing’s Ainslie and British co-skipper Dylan Fletcher displayed great communication skills on board Rita, an AC75 yacht that led the team to victory. Henderson confirmed that Backer Sir Jim Ratcliffe also joined in the c...