Panthers’ freshman Lee hopes to build off first action
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
September 5, 2025
Pitt’s 2025 recruiting class features several players likely to make contributions throughout the season as true freshmen. Some already have, none with more flash than receiver Bryce Yates, who hauled...
NFL, Sports
September 5, 2025
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — For a second straight year, Lamar Jackson is completing the same cycle. A spectacular season ends with an agonizing playoff loss. Then months later, Jackson and the Baltimore ...
Jaguars, Bearcats pick up dominant wins
High school, Sports
ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 5, 2025
Thomas Jefferson stayed unbeaten with a commanding 9–0 shutout over Albert Gallatin in Section 3-3A play. The Jaguars spread the scoring around, dominating from start to finish. Owen Householder recor...
’Dores look to bounce back
High school, Sports
CARMICHAELS AT FRAZIER
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
September 5, 2025
Mapletown scored on a lastsecond 2-point conversion to beat Frazier last week. A not so funny thing happened last week to the Frazier Commodores on their way to a 2-0 start under new coach Tony Battag...
Teams tune up as conference play gets closer and closer
High school, Sports
September 5, 2025
Week 2 is upon us and there’s no shortage of intriguing matchups around the Valley and throughout the WPIAL. First, let’s address the “Bulldog” in the room — Shady Side Academy. Roster of 40 “decimate...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
ELIZABETH FORWARD VS. WEST MIFFLIN -- PRYORITY MEDIA
September 5, 2025
Sports
September 5, 2025
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN) 5:30 a.m. - FS2 — AFL Qualifier: Brisbane at Geelong 1 a.m. (Saturday) - FS1 — AFL Qualifier: Hawthorn at Greater Western Sydney 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) - FS2 — AFL Qualif...
Sports
September 5, 2025
BVA MS girls shut out Scotties Deaulla Lightfoot and Reagan Sobczak each scored twice as the Belle Vernon Area Middle School girls soccer team rolled to a 4-0 win at Southmoreland Wednesday. The Leopa...
Missed chances leave Leps, Rams in scoreless tie
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
September 4, 2025
Neither team could find the net despite several opportunities. The Belle Vernon and Ringgold girls soccer teams know it’s a battle every time the two Mon Valley rivals meet, and Wednesday night’s scor...
EF girls set record in huge golf victory over Hempfield
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
September 4, 2025
They won by 29 strokes with a combined 162. By the MVI The Elizabeth Forward girls golfers have high expectations for this season, and they showed why during Wednesday’s match against Hempfield. The W...
Shady Side Academy to cancel Clairton game
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
September 4, 2025
The school said its team has too many injuries “to field a competitive roster." Citing “an extraordinary rash of significant injuries," Shady Side Academy has canceled this week's football game agains...
Ohtani skips start; Bucs top L.A.
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
September 4, 2025
Four Pirates rookies combined to shut out the Dodgers in a 3-0 win. Just as the Pittsburgh Pi - rates were preaching about how no lead was safe against the star-studded lineup of the Los Angeles Dodge...
Charleroi’s King among Vulcans’ football captains
Cal (Pa.), Sports
September 4, 2025
The junior left tackle started all 13 games for California last season. For the MVI Local product Jacob King will help lead the California (Pa.) football team this fall after being named one of four c...
Rodgers downplays return to MetLife Stadium
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
September 4, 2025
He’ll face his former team when the Steelers open the season against the Jets. He’s going back to New York. Well, New Jersey, at least. And he’s going back to face the team with which he spent the pas...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
September 4, 2025
Coach Mike Tomlin said the Steelers have a short injury list heading into their first game. During his first Tuesday gameweek news conference of the season, coach Mike Tomlin referenced the Pittsburgh...
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
September 4, 2025
Brielle Dillon & Alexandra Jackson scored for the Bearcats in a 2-0 win. The Bentworth girls’ soccer team used a stout defensive performance and took advantage of a pair of corner kicks in the first h...
Bears feeling out offensive attack before debut
NFL, Sports
September 4, 2025
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams comes into his second season with a new head coach in Ben Johnson, a rebuilt offensive line and some big questions to answer. Johnson ...
Will Power leaves Team Penske for Andretti Global
Sports
By By JENNA FRYER AP 
September 4, 2025
Will Power needed just one day to close the door on his 17-year career with Team Penske with the announcement Wednesday that he will replace Colton Herta at Andretti Global next season. The two-time I...
NFL Season Preview
NFL, Sports
QBs SET TO PUT ON A SHOW IN AFC THIS SEASON
By BY ARNIE STAPLETON AP NFL Writer 
September 4, 2025
The AFC is stacked with so much passing prowess that Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow had to watch the playos from his den last winter despite having had a career year to go with Ja’Marr Chase winning t...