Snoop Dogg leading NIL efforts in bowl games at Arizona Bowl
NCAA, Sports
December 28, 2024
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Snoop Dogg has nearly as many ties to football as he does to rap music. The entertainer coached youth football for years and created the Snoop League, an after-school program for ...
Tennessee RB Dylan Sampson declares for NFL Draft
NCAA, Sports
December 28, 2024
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson is heading to the NFL draft after leading the Southeastern Conference in rushing and setting a handful of school records. The SEC Offensive...
Pitt drops bowl game in 6 OTs
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
December 27, 2024
Panthers quarterbacks threw two pick-6s in the 48-46 loss to Toledo. After a series of injuries, transfers and an opt-out by co-captain and leading pass catcher Konata Mumpfield, Pitt turned to workho...
NCAA, Sports
December 27, 2024
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Syracuse coach Fran Brown and Washington State acting coach Pete Kaligis shared a heartfelt hug after their Holiday Bowl news conference on Thursday. Kaligis can certainly use all the...
NCAA, Sports
By By WILL GRAVES AP 
December 27, 2024
Andy Kotelnicki likes to tinker. It’s just kind of his way. The Penn State first-year offensive coordinator is wary of growing stagnant. No matter how deep into the season it gets, there’s always time...
Pitt’s bowl matters for one day, then it’s on to 2025
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
December 26, 2024
The Panthers will face Toledo this afternoon in the GameAbove Sports Bowl. A nonconference game played the day after Christmas against a MAC opponent seems almost beside the point, but the GameAbove S...
NCAA, Sports
December 26, 2024
DETROIT (AP) — At the beginning of November, the Pittsburgh Panthers were 7-0 and dreaming of finishing the season in the College Football Playoff. Instead, they were spending their Christmas in Detro...
Penn State run defense to be tested against Jeanty
NCAA, Sports
December 24, 2024
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State players have watched Ashton Jeanty make opponents look silly all season. They don’t want to be the next defenders Boise State’s star posterizes with jukes, spin mo...
Oregon, OSU preparing for anticipated rematch
NCAA, Sports
By By JOHN ZENOR AP 
December 24, 2024
Oregon and Ohio State have already produced one heck of a game this season. Now, the top-seeded Ducks (13-0) and No. 8 Buckeyes (11-2) are gearing up for a rematch more than 10 weeks later in a Colleg...
Former NFL QB Mike Vick hired as HC at Norfolk State
NCAA, Sports
December 24, 2024
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — To shouts of “Coach” and “Let’s go Spartans,” Michael Vick was introduced Monday as Norfolk State’s football coach, a homecoming for the former NFL star and a splashy, attention-gr...
Georgia to rely on backup QB Gunner Stockton in CFP
NCAA, Sports
By By CHARLES ODUM AP 
December 24, 2024
No. 2 Georgia is resting its national championship hopes on backup quarterback Gunner Stockton. Coach Kirby Smart said Monday that Georgia is preparing Stockton to start in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1 in...
Big 12 champs old and new to meet in CFP quarters
NCAA, Sports
December 24, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas won the Big 12 title in 2023 on its way out the door to the Southeastern Conference. It was still swinging open when Arizona State waltzed in and won the league title in its...
NCAA appealing Pavia injunction granting waivers to JUCOs
NCAA, Sports
December 24, 2024
The NCAA appealed Monday the preliminary injunction granted by a U.S. federal judge giving Diego Pavia another year of eligibility even as the organization’s Division I board of directors granted a wa...
Vulcan men beat Kutztown; women fall in final minute
NCAA, Sports
December 23, 2024
For the Mon Valley Independent KUTZTOWN, Pa. – The California University of Pennsylvania men’s basketball team secured a much-needed win on Saturday afternoon, defeating Kutztown 87-73 in Pennsylvania...
Pitt gets 10th win by pounding Sam Houston
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
December 23, 2024
Pitt coach Jeff Capel and his players will take a 10-2 record into the holiday break, but it’s time for everyone to take a deep breath and relax. At least until they’ve had that last sip of egg nog. A...
DeLuca’s early spark lifts Penn State to big win
NCAA, Sports
December 23, 2024
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — In a time of incessant change, Penn State linebacker Dominic DeLuca is a throwback. The former walk-on’s team might be one too. DeLuca was guaranteed nothing when he arrived ...
CFP looks for good games after week of blowouts
NCAA, Sports
By By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer 
December 23, 2024
For those who dozed through it, or flipped to more compelling fare in the NFL, here’s a brief recap of the rollout of the much-anticipated College Football Playoff. Average final score: Winners 36, Lo...
Babcock first Pitt player named Volleyball Player of the Year
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
December 21, 2024
In the aftermath of one of the most disappointing defeats for any team in Pitt history, the Panthers’ Olivia Babcock received the expected consolation prize Friday when she was named the American Voll...
Amid slump, Pitt coach Capel has the back of Diaz Graham
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
December 21, 2024
If Guillermo Diaz Graham is seeking help — or even sympathy — while trying to recover from his shooting slump, he doesn’t need to go far. Help is available a few decks above the Petersen Events Center...
Allen’s career as a Sycamore one to remember
NCAA, Sports
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By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
December 20, 2024
(Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a two-part story on the athletic career of Monessen’s Reggie Allen). When Reggie Allen’s days as both a football and basketball star for the Greyhounds ended, there w...