Pitt’s Babcock named ACC’s Female Athlete of the Year
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By MATTHEW PURUCKER TribLive 
July 9, 2026
The ACC selected Pitt women’s volleyball player Olivia Babcock as its 202526 Female Athlete of the Year, adding another prestigious honor to her collection. Babcock received 15 of the 40 votes for the...
NCAA, Sports
July 9, 2026
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire said it has been business as usual in the football operation through the turmoil surrounding the Brendan Sorsby gambling saga. The 54-year-old Texas ...
Coach Prime is healthy as Colorado looks to rebound
NCAA, Sports
July 9, 2026
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Colorado defensive back Ben Finneseth says he has seen Deion Sanders in the football building constantly this offseason. Now that he feels the presence of his high-profile coach a...
‘We can beat them’: Pitt GM believes newlook squad can compete with ACC’s best
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
June 26, 2026
Pitt general manager Jay Kuntz was brought to Oakland, in large part, to assist coach Jeff Capel with roster-building. But when the Panthers, in the aftermath of a letdown of a 2025-26 campaign, saw n...
Capel takes stock of new players and coaching staff
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
June 25, 2026
Jeff Capel has been a basketball coach for a quarter century. A former player and son of a head coach, Capel has been around the game for the vast majority of his life. So Capel knows his industry is ...
Tar Heels force winner-take-all final
NCAA, Sports
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
June 22, 2026
North Carolina overcame an injury to its starting pitcher in Sunday’s win over Oklahoma. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — North Carolina coach Scott Forbes had to make a quick pitching change when starter Ryan Lync...
WVU’s run comes to an end
NCAA, Sports
June 18, 2026
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Owen Hull had a triple and two doubles among his four hits, Gavin Gallaher had four hits and four RBIs and North Carolina rolled past West Virginia 12-7 on Wednesday to advance to t...
NCAA, NFL, Sports
June 18, 2026
CINCINNATI (AP) — The University of Cincinnati athletic department disputes a claim from Brendan Sorsby’s agent, who says the school knew about the quarterback’s gambling and didn’t do anything about ...
WVU cools off Troy’s hot bats at College World Series
NCAA, Sports
June 17, 2026
Four pitchers combined on a shutout in the 12-0 win. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dawson Montesa held Troy to two hits while pitching into the sixth inning, West Virginia’s bullpen worked out of two bases-loade...
Nigut goes from walk-on to Freshman of the Year
NCAA, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 13, 2026
After committing to play football at California (Pa.) last year, Charlie Nigut decided to sit down with the school’s baseball coach, Joey Noro, and inquire about becoming a two-sport athlete for the V...
Field once again tilts heavily toward SEC
NCAA, Sports
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
June 12, 2026
The upstart Troy Trojans are hoping to prove that they belong. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has a record five teams in the College World Series, and the last six national champions h...
College sports facing major question on gambling
NCAA, Sports
By By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer 
June 11, 2026
Those anxious to tease out worstcase scenarios that could come from gambling’s growing stranglehold on sports couldn’t have found a better place for one of those scenarios to land — in the middle of c...
NCAA, Sports
ROUNDUP MONDAY
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 9, 2026
Matt Bamford, a Chatham standout and former Belle Vernon pitcher, struck out nine over six strong innings to lead Allegheny Vision to a 2-1 Daily News League victory over the Bulldogs. Bamford allowed...
Judge clears QB Brendan Sorsby to play for Texas Tech despite NCAA ban for gambling
NCAA, Sports
By By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer 
June 9, 2026
A Texas judge granted Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby a temporary injunction that clears the way for him to play this fall despite being declared ineligible by the NCAA for wagering on college s...