Two-way star Hunter named AP Player of the Year
NCAA, Sports
December 13, 2024
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Travis Hunter is a throwback- type player — an elite receiver one moment, a lockdown cornerback the next — who rarely leaves the field and has a knack for making big plays all ov...
5 reasons the Nittany Lions are averaging 450 yards per game
NCAA, Sports
December 13, 2024
PennLive via Trib Total Media When you put up 518 yards of total offense against the No. 1 team in the country, defenses tend to notice. SMU (11-2), which visits Penn State (11-2) on Dec. 21 in a firs...
UNC announces 5-year deal with Belichick
NCAA, Sports
December 13, 2024
By ROB MAADDI AND AARON BEARD AP Sports Writers Bill Belichick had seemingly been waiting for the right opportunity to return to an NFL sideline. Instead, the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach is...
Cummings scores 30 off the bench to lead Pitt
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
December 12, 2024
Brandin Cummings is the fourth Panthers’ freshman to score 30 points in a game. On a team with veteran guards Jaland Lowe and Ishmael Leggett, freshman Brandin Cummings found himself in the brightest ...
Penn State to be ‘very aggressive’ in transfer portal
NCAA, Sports
December 12, 2024
PennLive.com via Trib Total Media The transfer portal officially opened Monday, starting a stretch of 20 days between Monday and Dec. 28 where players can enter the portal and find a new college progr...
NCAA, Sports
December 12, 2024
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — The expanded College Football Playoff brings something new for coaches who are used to planning for one game, maybe two: Rust vs. rest. The 12-team bracket released Sunday feature...
Gabriel’s run similar to that of Mariota
NCAA, Sports
By By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer 
December 12, 2024
Dillon Gabriel was faced with a quandary when he arrived at Oregon this year. Gabriel had worn No. 8 at Oklahoma before transferring for his sixth season of eligibility. But in Eugene, that number had...
Pitt’s Fairbanks aiming for national title
NCAA, Sports
By By CHUCK CURTI Trib Total Media 
December 11, 2024
While she was being recruited by Pitt volleyball coach Dan Fisher four years ago, Rachel Fairbanks informed him she was able to jump and touch as high as 10 feet. Fisher admitted he was skeptical. Bes...
Despite Brown’s firing, Mountaineers sign 21 recruits on signing day
NCAA, Sports
By By BILL HARTLEP Trib Total Media 
December 11, 2024
West Virginia’s football program made headlines this week after coach Neal Brown was dismissed Sunday after the Mountaineers finished 6-6, ending his sixyear tenure with a 37-35 record. That coaching ...
All-Big Ten: Gabriel, Carter take top honors
NCAA, Sports
By By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer 
December 11, 2024
Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel is The Associated Press Big Ten offensive player of the year, Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter is defensive player of the year and Indiana’s Curt Cignetti is coach...
NCAA, Sports
By By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer 
December 10, 2024
Oregon’s Gabriel, Colorado’s Hunter, Boise State’s Jeanty, Miami’s Ward were selected. Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel, Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty and Miami’s Cam Ward were announce...
Transfer portal opens as Arnold, other top players look for a move
NCAA, Sports
December 10, 2024
By The Associated Press The college football transfer portal opened on Monday, a day after the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff field was released. The portal period closes on Dec. 28. Oklah...
Penn State viewing College Football Playoff as start of brand-new season
NCAA, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
December 10, 2024
As a team, Penn State kept a relatively low profile Sunday while awaiting the College Football Playoff’s 12-team field to be revealed. The Nittany Lions, fresh off a shootout loss to Oregon in the Big...
Slippery Rock knocks Vulcans out of playoffs
NCAA, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
December 9, 2024
SRU avenged a regular season defeat by dominating play Saturday at Adamson Stadium. Sometimes in football, you just have a bad day where nothing goes right. California (Pa.) saw its luck ran out Satur...
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
December 9, 2024
It will take place Dec. 26 at Ford Field in Detroit. No matter how poorly Pitt played in its final five games of the regular season, that 7-0 record at the outset matters, too. The Panthers were rewar...
First 12-team College Football Playoff field set
NCAA, Sports
Oregon seeded No. 1; SMU edges Alabama for last spot
By By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer 
December 9, 2024
The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative. Perfect or 100% fair? Well, nobody ever believed that. The first expanded playoff bracke...
NCAA, Sports
NC State’s Tony Gibson is named head coach at Marshall
December 9, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Barry Odom is getting a second chance to put a Power Four program back to prominence. He can’t wait. Purdue athletic director Mike Bobinski announced Sunday he had hired the 48-yea...
Oregon outlasts Penn State for Big Ten title and 1st-round bye in playoffs
NCAA, Sports
December 9, 2024
Dillon Gabriel throws four TD passes for the Ducks in the 45-37 victory. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — No. 1 Oregon managed to navigate all the potential pitfalls of a topsy-turvy college football season — even...
High stakes for Vulcans’ rematch with Slippery Rock
NCAA, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 7, 2024
The teams will meet today at Adamson Stadium for a spot in the NCAA Division II semifinals. When the California (Pa.) football team knocked off Slippery Rock 28-7 in mid-October to move to 6-1, things...
No. 1 Panthers sweep Morehead State
NCAA, Sports
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By By JOSH RIZZO TribLive 
December 7, 2024
Oklahoma is up next after the decisive first-round victory. Senior libero Emmy Klika and her teammates huddled together in front of the net after the Pitt women’s volleyball team swept Morehead State ...