No. 1 Indiana looks to defy painful past against Alabama
NCAA, Sports
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK
By By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer 
December 22, 2025
Alabama and Indiana couldn’t have more different football histories. This Indiana team couldn’t be more unlike the program’s painful past. Alabama will play No. 1 Indiana in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 in...
Panthers throttle Nittany Lions in Chocolate Town
NCAA, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
December 22, 2025
Three decades-plus of irregular meetings has obscured the historical legacy of Pitt vs. Penn State on the hardwood. The two men’s basketball programs, which have played only 10 times since 1992, own a...
Pitt volleyball swept out of Final 4 by A&M
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
December 20, 2025
The national semifinals have been both familiar territory and an insurmountable obstacle for Pitt volleyball every year dating to 2021. Over four consecutive seasons, the Panthers have advanced to and...
Simpson, Mateer meet in CFP first-round
NCAA, Sports
December 19, 2025
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Alabama’s Ty Simpson and Oklahoma’s John Mateer will bring contrasting styles to their College Football Playoff matchup on Friday. Simpson, considered a Heisman Trophy candidate f...
Vulcans extend winning streak to four
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 18, 2025
The California (Pa.) men and women swept Shippensburg in PSAC crossover play. The California (Pa.) men’s basketball team continued its strong December run Tuesday, pulling away in the second half for ...
Panthers end skid with blowout of Binghamton
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
December 18, 2025
Winning one game is an insufficient remedy for Pitt, given the team’s repeated early struggles against a wide spectrum of competition. While it will take far more than a single victory to get the Pant...
Penn St. players encouraged by first impression
NCAA, Sports
December 18, 2025
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Trebor Peña has advice for his younger teammates who must decide soon whether to stay at Penn State and play for new coach Matt Campbell or look for opportunities elsewhere. ...
Cignetti first to win back-to-back Coach of the Year awards
NCAA, Sports
By By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer 
December 18, 2025
Indiana’s Curt Cignetti exceeded expectations again this season and it earned him a second consecutive honor as The Associated Press coach of the year in college football. Cignetti is the first coach ...
Salisbury named head coach at West Liberty
NCAA, Sports
December 17, 2025
The Frazier graduate and former offensive coordinator at California (Pa.) will start immediately. By the Mon Valley Independent Former Frazier quarterback and California (Pa.) offensive coordinator Ch...
Panthers volleyball team gets sendoff en route to Final Four
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
December 17, 2025
Pitt volleyball — from coach Dan Fisher and his staff to the Panthers players as well as their fan base — has been here before. The Panthers departed Fitzgerald Field House on Tuesday afternoon to tra...
Pitt women on to Final 4, will face Texas A&M
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By ANTONIO ROSETTI TribLive 
December 16, 2025
The Pitt women’s volleyball team (30-4, 18-2 ACC), behind Olivia Babcock’s 23 kills, defeated No. 3 Purdue, 3-1 (25-22, 25-21, 22-25, 2517), sending the Panthers to their fifth straight Final Four. Up...
Pitt volleyball outlasts Purdue, returns to Final Four
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By ANTONIO ROSSETTI TribLive 
December 15, 2025
The Panthers will face Nebraska or Texas A&M on Thursday in the national semifinals. The Pitt women’s volleyball team (30-4, 18-2 ACC), behind Olivia Babcock’s 23 kills, defeated No. 3 Purdue, 3-1 (25...
Michigan HC search includes Dillingham, Drinkwitz
NCAA, Sports
December 15, 2025
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The firm hired by Michigan to search for a football coach to replace Sherrone Moore has contacted representatives for Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham and Missouri’s Eli Drinkw...
Pitt, Purdue battle for Final 4 berth
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
December 13, 2025
A quick glance at the NCAA Tournament results for Pitt volleyball would suggest that the Panthers have steamrolled their way into the Elite Eight. To be sure, sweeps over UMBC, Michigan and No. 4 Minn...
Indiana’s Mendoza wins Maxwell, O’Brien awards with Heisman on deck
NCAA, Sports
December 13, 2025
Julian Sayin, Marcel Reed and Jeremiyah Love were runners-up for the honors. BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza has won the Maxwell and Davey O’Brien awards on the eve of the H...
Ex-Michigan coach charged with stalking, home invasion
NCAA, Sports
December 13, 2025
Sherrone Moore allegedly threatened to kill himself at his former lover’s apartment after she ended their relationship. ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Fired University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moo...
Hoosiers Make History
NCAA, Sports
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: INDIANA LEADS THE FIELD
By By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer 
December 13, 2025
AP SPORTS EXTRA Indiana has a long history of mediocrity, a basketball school unable to gain any traction on a football _eld. Curt Cignetti has quickly altered the Hoosiers’ trajectory. A year aer mak...
NCAA, Sports
December 13, 2025
Dec. 13 Dec. 20 Jan. 2 Indiana, 4 p.m. (ESPN) AtSugarBowl,NewOrleans Tulane/Mississippi winner at No. 2 Georgia, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 19 Dec. 30 Celebration Bowl, Atlanta LA Bowl, Inglewoo...
NCAA, Sports
By By MAURA CAREY AP Sports Writer 
December 12, 2025
The quest to fill all 35 bowl games outside the playoff expanded to teams with losing records this year, but the searching didn’t get much easier. At least 10 teams reportedly declined invitations, ra...
NCAA, Sports
December 12, 2025
TribLive The Duquesne Dukes had no answer for Boise State. The surging Broncos, of the Mountain West Conference, had their way Wednesday night with the outclassed Dukes. Duquesne struggled to approach...