Pirates swept as offense comes up empty
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 5, 2025
Derek Shelton is searching for ways to manufacture runs as his team has dropped eight of its last 10 games. The Pittsburgh Pirates’ offense hit another low Sunday afternoon, when a 28-year-old pitcher...
4 Valley players earn all-state honors
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 5, 2025
Zion Moore, Drew Cook, Cam Epps and Owen Dumbroski were recognized, and Tony DiCenzo is Co-Coach of the Year in Class 3A. Pennsylvania Sports Writers announced their all-state boys basketball teams ov...
EF wraps up section title with win at West Mifflin
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
May 5, 2025
Julia Johnson struck out six in the 8-1 victory. The Elizabeth Forward softball team has a laundry list of things it wants to accomplish this spring. The Warriors can mark one thing off their list, as...
Pirates need to use Skenes while they still have him
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports, ...
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
May 5, 2025
When I was a kid, my grandmother used to tell me, “If you can’t say something nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.” Now, my gram was the most saintly, kindest person I ever knew and I tended...
Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
May 5, 2025
The tournament will be played primarily in Stockholm starting Friday. Sidney Crosby will play postseason hockey, after all. On Sunday, Hockey Canada announced via social media that the Pittsburgh Peng...
Former NFL star Larry Fitzgerald reflects on time at Pitt in commencement speech
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOSH RIZZO For TribLive 
May 5, 2025
He was presented with an honorary doctorate from the university. Larry Fitzgerald Jr.’s time at Pitt was short. The wide receiver and Heisman Trophy runner-up flashed his professional bona fides in tw...
Milroe cheerful but diligent as he begins first minicamp with Seahawks
NFL, Sports
May 5, 2025
RENTON, Wa. (AP) — For all the million-dollar smiles Jalen Milroe flashed following his first practice with the Seahawks, it’s clear Seattle’s third-round draft pick means business. Milroe’s diligent ...
NFL, Sports
May 5, 2025
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Mike Green has been open about the fact that he’s faced multiple sexual assault allegations, but when it comes to details, he wasn’t discussing it further at rookie camp this ...
NHL playoffs will be more of a frenzy in Round 2
NHL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP 
May 5, 2025
The second round of the NHL playoffs begins Monday night, after no sweeps and two series going the distance to get to this point. Dallas emerged from a seven- game series against Colorado, and Edmonto...
Pacers snatch Game 1 from Cavaliers in Cleveland
NBA, Sports
May 5, 2025
CLEVELAND (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton hardly resembled the player whose peers have deemed him overrated. The dynamic Indiana point guard scored 22 points — including a go-ahead 3-pointer midway through t...
NBA, Sports
May 5, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — To say the Celtics have dominated the Knicks over the past two seasons would be an understatement. New York lost all four of its meetings with Boston this season by an average of 16.5 po...
SGA, Thunder hoping to knock off Nuggets
NBA, Sports
May 5, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the young Oklahoma City Thunder must go through a Denver Nuggets team that already has done it all if they want to cap off their fantastic regular seas...
Chicago’s Shota Imanaga leaves Sunday’s game with injury
MLB, Sports
May 5, 2025
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga left Sunday’s game at Milwaukee after straining his left hamstring, adding another injury to the banged-up rotation for the NL Central leaders. ...
NHL, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP 
May 5, 2025
Sometime during Round 1 of the Toronto-Ottawa series, Maple Leafs fans joined in unison and began chanting. “We want Florida!” They used the same chant in 2023, and even though that series didn’t go t...
Frazier wins section; Gladiators roll past Shady Side Academy
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 3, 2025
When it comes to section titles, no team likes to share and the Frazier softball team won’t have to share their fifth in five years. The Commodores scored two runs or more in each inning as they rolle...
Black among the heaviest Steelers in recent years
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
May 3, 2025
The Pittsburgh Steelers had a big problem. They went out and got just about the biggest solution possible. Their porous run defense seemingly torpedoing a once-promising 2024 season down the stretch, ...
Jaguars blow out Connellsville
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 3, 2025
Aubrey Shaffer hits 200 career strikeouts in the Jaguars’ win over Connellsville. Connellsville softball coach John Burd commented after Friday’s Section 4-5A matchup that not much seems to go right f...
Andrews shows off Leopards’ pitching depth
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
May 3, 2025
Senior Braden Andrews allowed only two hits through five innings in BVA’s 10-0 win over Yough. The Belle Vernon Area baseball team flexed its pitching depth and its offensive firepower Friday night at...
A look at MLB safety measures after fan’s fall at PNC Park
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 3, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — When a fan flipped over the railing and fell off the 21-foot-high Clemente Wall in right field at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park on Wednesday night, it elicited memories of spectators who have ...
Pham frustrated by being the best and the worst
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 3, 2025
As if it isn’t enough that Tommy Pham is dealing with the contrast of being both one of the best defenders and worst offensive performers in baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder can’t block out...