Penguins, Muse question officials after Game 3
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 24, 2026
PHILADELPHIA — The Pittsburgh Penguins had plenty of questions, and the NHL offered few answers after Game 3 of a first-round playoff series with the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday at Xfinity Mobile...
Rangers, deGrom roll past Pirates to take series
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOSH RIZZO TribLive 
April 24, 2026
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ strong start to the season was bolstered by young talent coming up and offseason acquisitions making their lineup much more dangerous. As the calendar creeps toward May, the Pi...
A 3-0 deficit nothing new to Penguins’ Skinner
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 24, 2026
PHILADELPHIA — The history is hideous to peruse. And the math is even worse to look at. In the 213 instances throughout the NHL’s 108 years of existence in which a best-of-seven series has seen one pa...
Riverhounds, First National Bank reach deal
Pittsburgh, Sports
April 24, 2026
TribLive Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC will have a new name on the club’s South Shore stadium after announcing First National Bank as a naming rights partner Wednesday. The picturesque home of the Riverho...
Patriots’ Vrabel to miss Day 3, seeking counseling
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
April 24, 2026
New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is seeking counseling and will not be with the team for Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday, following the publication of photos of the coach and longtime NFL rep...
Players say ABS is shrinking the strike zone
MLB, Sports
April 24, 2026
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks closer Paul Sewald knows that — in theory — Major League Baseball’s new Automated Ball-Strike system shouldn’t favor batters or pitchers. In practice, he thinks one...
Ohtani’s on-base streak ends at 53 games
MLB, Sports
April 24, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s career-best 53-game on-base streak ended on a night he pitched six scoreless innings. It’s something only Ohtani could achieve, but the two-way superstar could be ...
Mayhem in Melbourne: Revisiting McEnroe’s default
Sports
By By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer 
April 24, 2026
“You cannot be serious,” John McEnroe frequently said in what became his iconic expression during a storied tennis career that included seven Grand Slam singles titles and 10 in doubles. Now, 36 years...
Sports
April 24, 2026
AUTO RACING 7 p.m. - FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, zMax Dragway, Concord, N.C. BASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE 11 a.m. - NBATV — Club Africain Tunisia vs. ASC Ville de Dakar 2 p.m. - NBATV — FUS de Rabat Morocco v...
Sports
April 24, 2026
Cardinals take Notre Dame’s Love with third pick TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals bucked recent draft wisdom when they selected Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love with the No. 3 overall pick in the ...
Homer-happy Leps crush Cougars in Valley rivalry
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
April 23, 2026
Belle Vernon erupted for nine runs in the first inning and never looked back in a 12-2 win over Charleroi in a nonsection game at Vets Field. The Leopards (9-3) wasted no time taking control. After Ch...
Flyers put Penguins on brink of elimination
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 23, 2026
PHILADELPHIA — In the view of at least one member of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the process of turning their first-round series with the rival Philadelphia Flyers into a more competitive entanglement wa...
Elizabeth Forward clobbers West Mifflin
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
April 23, 2026
After the Elizabeth Forward offense spent a few innings hitting hard line drives right at the West Mifflin defense in Section 2-4A action Wednesday, they broke through in the fourth and fifth innings ...
Gonglik no-hits Waynesburg
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
April 23, 2026
You can use plenty of adjectives to describe Bentworth junior pitcher and LSU recruit Sydney Gonglik this spring. Dominant. Relentless. Unhittable. Undeniable. You can add one more to the list — immac...
Former Buckeye talks transfer to Penn State
NCAA, Sports
April 23, 2026
PennLive.com via TribLive Penn State is replacing two of the most productive running backs in program history — Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton. James Peoples wanted to play for a program that was co...
Mt. Pleasant avoids Frazier’s upset bid
High school, Sports
By By PAUL BRITTAIN For MVI Sports 
April 23, 2026
The WPIAL doesn’t begin charging admission for baseball and softball games for a few more weeks. If it had, Wednesday’s nonsection matchup between visiting Frazier and Mt. Pleasant would have been wel...
McCarthy wants versatility in receiver position
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
April 23, 2026
For the Pittsburgh Steelers’s bad luck with this weak quarterback draft class, they seem to have more than made up for it at another important offensive position of need. Over the past couple years, t...
Tomlin joining NBC’s Sunday Night Football crew
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By BILL HARTLEP TribLive 
April 23, 2026
Mike Tomlin will remain involved with the NFL after all, just not on the sidelines. Tomlin, who stepped down as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ head coach in January, has been hired as a studio analyst for N...
Fans shower Mets with boos in 12th straight loss
MLB, Sports
April 23, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — The flailing Mets returned home Tuesday to a quieter reception than manager Carlos Mendoza and his players anticipated with the club trying to snap an 11-game losing streak. The tone c...
Sports
April 23, 2026
COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m. - ACCN — North Carolina at Duke 7 p.m. - ESPN2 — Alabama at Tennessee 8 p.m. - SECN — Arkansas at Missouri COLLEGE FOOTBALL 8 p.m. - BTN — Indiana Spring Game: From Bloomington...