Warriors knock out Latrobe
High school, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
October 27, 2026
Elizabeth Forward has come a long way from a season-opening loss to Latrobe. “We’re completely different now,” Warriors coach Sotiri Tsourekis said. “We took on four big giants early in the season to ...
Wash High no match for No. 3 Commodores
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 27, 2026
A dominant performance from the service line led Frazier to the win. The Frazier volleyball team opened their WPIAL championship chase in impressive fashion Monday, cruising past No. 14 Washington wit...
Rays on brink of World Series flop
MLB, Sports
October 27, 2026
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay’s first World Series game at Tropicana Field in 18 years turned into a record-setter: for Milwaukee Brewers batters and Rays pitchers. Milwaukee became the first ...
Dillon scores four as Bearcats roll in playoff opener
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 27, 2026
Bentworth looked every bit like a veteran playoff team Monday night. Brielle Dillon scored four goals and the fifth-seeded Bearcats took control early on their way to a 5-0 win over No. 12 Aquinas Aca...
Hernandez, Gray win Pirates’ minor league awards
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
October 27, 2026
Right-handed pitcher Seth Hernandez started the season as one of baseball’s top prospects, and third baseman Murf Gray finished it in the top-100 rankings. After spectacular showings in their first pr...
Quirky Tropicana Field is loved by their home team
MLB, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writer 
October 27, 2026
With its unappealing concrete exterior, massive, sloping dome and cavernous indoor atmosphere, Tropicana Field possesses little of the aesthetic beauty and charm associated with baseball’s most celebr...
NBA strikes deal with prediction markets
NBA, Sports
October 27, 2026
MIAMI (AP) — The NBA has struck deals that will make Kalshi and Polymarket the league’s preferred prediction markets, along with an agreement with a federal agency tasked with regulating those exchang...
76ers’ title hopes still ride on Joel Embiid
NBA, Sports
October 27, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid punished Milwaukee with a triple-double one night and wanted to go right at Detroit and try for another on the next one. So the amiable big man with a career list of in...
Ever-changing Top 25 reflects craziness of the season
NCAA, Sports
By By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer 
October 27, 2026
Three unbeaten teams remain in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the fewest at this point in a season in 49 years, and a run of upsets have caused The Associated Press Top 25 to undergo major revisions t...
Sports
SPORTS DIGEST
October 27, 2026
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 p.m. - CBSSN — Delaware at W. Kentucky 8 p.m. - ESPN2 — Sam Houston St. at Missouri St. COLLEGE GOLF 3 p.m. - GOLF — 2026 East Lake Cup: Second Round, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta M...
Vulcans hand IUP worst loss in Coal Bowl victory
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
October 26, 2026
Usually when bitter rivals California (Pa.) and Indiana (Pa.) meet on the football field for the annual Coal Bowl, you can expect a tightly contested game with plenty of memorable moments and a lot of...
Bad call could cost Rams
High school, Sports
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
October 26, 2026
I’ve been writing sports for close to 50 years. Lord, I’m old. But anyway, one thing I rarely did in my career was criticize game officials, even when I thought they deserved it. The most critical ter...
Local teams go winless in opening round of playoffs
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 26, 2026
Mike Darnay / MVI Sports Ringgold’s season came to an end with a 2-1 loss to Central Valley in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 3A boys soccer playoffs. Izaiah Wilson gave the Rams (7-3-5) a 1-0 l...
Steelers beat Saints in Paris
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
October 26, 2026
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers knew a protective slide was out of the question when he scrambled on a key fourth-quarter play in New Orleans territory Sunday....
North Catholic upsets Yough in OT
High school, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
October 26, 2026
Having not played an overtime game all season, North Catholic wasn’t sure what to expect after 80 minutes were complete in Saturday afternoon’s playoff opener. The PIAA eliminated overtime in the regu...
Sunday’s strengths and grievances
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
October 26, 2026
By TIM BENZ The feats of strength Airing of Grievances TribLive PAYTON IN PARIS Payton Wilson’s third-quarter interception was the biggest play of the game. The Saints were driving to potentially take...
Sloppy Rays’ mistakes lead to 2-0 hole in World Series
MLB, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writer 
October 26, 2026
The Tampa Bay Rays face a 2-0 deficit in the World Series because they haven’t played the smart, crisp, small-ball brand of baseball that helped them win 105 games to this point. They’ve made mistakes...
Duke beats Kansas in a game that doesn’t count
NCAA, Sports
October 26, 2026
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Duke coach Jon Scheyer was still in his crib in the family home in Northbrook, Illinois, when the Blue Devils last stepped foot in Allen Fieldhouse. It was a late-February day in...
Georgia, Indiana back as potential Top-4 seeds
NCAA, Sports
By By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer 
October 26, 2026
Georgia and Indiana would receive first-round byes in the College Football Playoff as top-four seeds on the 12-team bracket based on The Associated Press Top 25 released Sunday and Notre Dame and BYU ...
Burrow’s four second-half TD passes beat Ravens
NFL, Sports
October 26, 2026
BALTIMORE (AP) — Joe Burrow threw four touchdown passes in the second half, and Cincinnati rebounded from a desultory first two quarters to beat Baltimore, 3513, handing the Ravens a second straight d...