Judge acquits 5 junior hockey players
NHL, Sports
July 25, 2025
AP LONDON, Ontario (AP) — An Ontario judge acquitted five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team on Thursday in their sexual assault case, saying the complainant’s allegations lacked the ...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 25, 2025
When Spencer Horwitz saw the ball clear the center-field fence for his first career grand slam, he turned toward Pittsburgh Pirates first-base coach Tarrik Brock as he rounded the bag and let out a pr...
MLB, Sports
July 25, 2025
Two-time Gold Glover Ahmed announces retirement Two-time Gold Glove shortstop Nick Ahmed announced his retirement Thursday on social media. “I got to live out my childhood dream and play for a very lo...
MLB, Sports
July 25, 2025
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields was carted from the practice field Thursday morning with a toe injury. Fields threw an incomplete pass to Jeremy Ruckert on his fifth ...
McAfee issues on-air apology to Ole Miss student
Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
July 25, 2025
ESPN’s Pat McAfee apologized to a University of Mississippi student Wednesday after he advanced a viral story about the woman’s sex life during an episode of his show in February The rumor turned out ...
Which team has the best chance to go from worst to first?
NFL, Sports
By By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer 
July 25, 2025
The NFL often sees last-A team going from worst to first in the division is nearly an annual occurrence in the NFL. With last-place teams getting advantages like favorable schedules and higher draft p...
First-time coaches face distinct challenges
NFL, Sports
July 25, 2025
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Glenn has been mapping out exactly how he wants to lead an NFL team for a few years. Before he was hired as the New York Jets’ head coach in January, Glenn spent four s...
Penn State blocking out the noise of big-game losses
NCAA, Sports
BIG TEN NOTEBOOK
July 25, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — New year, new slate, no outside noise. That’s the mantra in Happy Valley, despite James Franklin being saddled with a 4-20 mark as coach at Penn State against teams ranked in the AP T...
STEEL CITY SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
July 25, 2025
TRAILSIDE VS. MONESSEN FLORIST –– JEFF HELSEL / MVI SPORTS
Sports
July 25, 2025
MVI Sports looking for help The Mon Valley Independent sports department is looking for freelance writers and photographers for the upcoming high school sports seasons. Reliable transportation is requ...
Sports
July 25, 2025
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN) 5:05 a.m. - FS2 — AFL: Western at Essendon 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) - FS2 — AFL: Geelong at North Melbourne AUTO RACING 6:25 a.m. - ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit of ...
Vipers move on to DNL final series
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 24, 2025
Allegheny Vision and Quinn Construction will face off for the Daily News League championship. It came down to the final play of the game, but Ethan Tinker and Allegheny Vision Associates had just enou...
Multiple topics to speak on while we get prepped for fall season
Sports, Sports Columns
I’M JUST SAYIN’
July 24, 2025
As we tediously prepare for the upcoming fall sports season, typing schedules, sending emails, contacting coaches, planning media day, etc., here’s a mixed bag of things I just wanna speak my piece on...
Horwitz, Falter helps Bucs sweep Tigers
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 24, 2025
Spencer Horwitz picked the perfect time to start swinging a hot bat, as the Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman followed back-to-back three-hit games with an even bigger feat. Horwitz smacked his first c...
Steelers remained confident Rodgers was going to sign
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
July 24, 2025
The Pittsburgh Steelers spent the opening days of the new league year with only Skylar Thompson as the only quarterback on their roster. They didn’t have a bona fide starter until Aaron Rodgers signed...
Record contract in hand, Watt embraces changes
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
July 24, 2025
T.J. Watt didn’t want the distraction of contract negotiations to hover over his ninth training camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Armed with an extension agreed to last week that makes him the highes...
Josh Allen, Bills welcome ‘Hard Knocks’ spotlight
NFL, Sports
July 24, 2025
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen was reminded how much additional scrutiny the Buffalo Bills are under this summer upon reaching the interview tent and noticing the HBO series “Hard Knocks” camera cr...
Plenty for Narduzzi to discuss at ACC Kickoff
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 24, 2025
Pat Narduzzi is far from alone among his college football coaching peers in stressing that his No. 1 priority at work every day is to, as his job title suggests, coach. But the times have changed rapi...
Aaron Glenn ready to help make Jets ‘pain’ go away
NFL, Sports
July 24, 2025
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Glenn woke up at 3:30 on the morning of his first training camp practice as the New York Jets ‘ head coach and couldn’t fall back asleep. A text message sent from his w...
Tagovailoa says he’s rebuilding trust with Hill ahead of season
NFL, Sports
July 24, 2025
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tyreek Hill’s work to regain the trust of his Miami Dolphins teammates remains ongoing after the All-Pro wide receiver took himself out of the 2024 regular-season finale and...