Cignetti, Mendoza bring Hoosiers a title
NCAA, Sports
January 20, 2026
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza bulldozed his way into the end zone and Indiana bullied its way into the history books Monday night, toppling Miami 27-21 to put the finishing touch on a ra...
McKeesport’s Manfredo leads ’Boro over Cal
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
January 19, 2026
The former Tiger scored 20 points in the Fighting Scots’ 69-45 win over the Vulcans. Rachael Manfredo delivered a team-high 20 points in a return to the area Saturday, helping Edinboro pull away for a...
A champion will be crowned but chaos will linger
NCAA, Sports
January 19, 2026
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Once the legal wrangling over paying players finally got settled last summer, there was hope that college football might finally stumble into something resembling stability. O...
Toney’s rise has Miami on bring of national title
NCAA, Sports
January 19, 2026
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Malachi Toney was just 17 years old when he introduced himself to the college football world by hauling in a 28-yard touchdown pass in Miami’s season-opening win against Notre...
NCAA, Sports
January 19, 2026
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — College football leaders gave every indication Sunday that they remain stuck in a yearlong debate about expanding the playoff from 12 teams to 16 or beyond. Commissioners and ...
Heintschel announces he’ll return to Pitt
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 17, 2026
Pitt’s most important player removed a major source of anxiety for coach Pat Narduzzi with an important announcement Thursday as quarterback Mason Heintschel intends to return to the Panthers for his ...
Norwin’s Shanahan on brink of national championship
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
January 17, 2026
A former high school lacrosse coach turned millionaire playcaller for the No. 1 college football team in the country is a win away from a national championship. If Norwin alum Mike Shanahan tells you ...
Transfer portal closes: Here are the winners
NCAA, Sports
By By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer 
January 17, 2026
Indiana and Mississippi had rather busy schedules the last couple of weeks as they competed in the College Football Playoff while the transfer portal window was open. But it apparently didn’t bother t...
Panthers get elusive ACC win
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 15, 2026
Pitt arrived at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta on Wednesday night a desperate squad, winless inACC league play and sitting in 16th place in the conference. Whether that desperation was channeled into a ...
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
January 15, 2026
The Cal (Pa.) men suffered their first PSAC loss, but the Vulcan women were dominant in a West win. By the Mon Valley Independent Clarion built an early lead and answered every late push by California...
LSU’s Mulkey turns to Louisiana cooking to break skid
NCAA, Sports
January 13, 2026
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Kim Mulkey tapped into her Louisiana roots — and specifically, her home state’s cooking culture — to tighten up the Tigers’ form after their two-game skid to open Sou...
Mendoza, Indiana could make history against Miami
NCAA, Sports
January 12, 2026
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza originally planned on going to Yale, which pulled out all the stops during his recruiting visit five years ago. Among the ploys the Bull...
Panthers look for first ACC win as Syracuse visits
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 10, 2026
It does not take viewing Pitt through rose-colored glasses to see that the Panthers weren’t too far off from starting ACC league play 2-0. Instead, behind a 76-69 loss to Miami and a 73-68 defeat to C...
MLB draft pick Bryce Boettcher hoping to win CFP
NCAA, Sports
By By ANNE M. PETERSON AP 
January 9, 2026
The play was dubbed “Trojan.” It was senior night for Oregon, which was facing Southern California in the final regular-season home game at Autzen Stadium. The Ducks were up 21-14 late in the first ha...
Vulcans knock off Griffins to remain unbeaten in PSAC
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
January 8, 2026
By the Mon Valley Independent California (Pa.) used a dominant second half to pull away from Seton Hill and remain unbeaten in conference play with an 8778 victory Wednesday night in PSAC West action ...
Playoff quarterfinals viewership up 14%
NCAA, Sports
By By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer 
January 8, 2026
The College Football Playoff has some viewer momentum going into this week’s semifinals. Last week’s quarterfinals had a 14% increase from last season. According to ESPN and Nielsen, the four matchups...
No. 1 Indiana adds former TCU quarterback in portal
NCAA, Sports
By By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer 
January 6, 2026
The Hoosiers kicked off the post-Mendoza era by adding a new receiver, too. As No. 1 Indiana prepares for Friday night’s College Football Playoff semifinal against No. 5 Oregon, coach Curt Cignetti is...
NCAA, Sports
January 6, 2026
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami defensive lineman Rueben Bain Jr. doesn’t say much. He just plays. That’s part of the reason why Bain giving a short, impromptu and unexpected halftime speech to teamma...
Vulcans hammer Golden Bears
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
January 5, 2026
The Cal men remained unbeaten in PSAC play with a win over Kutztown Saturday. Seton Hill up next. The California (Pa.) men’s basketball team remained undefeated in conference play Saturday, pulling aw...
NCAA, Sports
January 5, 2026
PennLive.com Penn State made its big (expected) splash Sunday, gaining the commitment of former Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht via the transfer portal. But a second win followed in short order, on...