Pirates should hold on to productive players
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports, ...
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
July 7, 2025
The last couple weeks have really had me scratching my head when it comes to what Pirates fans are thinking these days. To me, the biggest issues with this franchise continue to and always will be the...
Wheeler tosses first complete game since 2021 for Phillies
MLB, Sports
July 7, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zack Wheeler threw a one-hitter for his first complete game since 2021 in the Philadelphia Phillies’ 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. Wheeler (9-2) — the National Le...
Quinn, AVA battle at top of Daily News League
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2025
The teams will meet tonight with first place on the line. We’re entering the home stretch of Daily News League baseball action as the regular season is slated to finish next Tuesday with teams gearing...
Record-setting 7 teams involved in KD trade
NBA, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP 
July 7, 2025
Kevin Durant’s trade to the Houston Rockets is official and officially record-setting. The deal got approved by the NBA on Sunday as part of a seven-team transaction, one in which a slew of other trad...
Dutch cyclist van der Poel sits atop Tour de France
Sports
July 7, 2025
BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel won the hilly second stage of the Tour de France on Sunday after holding off defending champion Tadej Pogačar and two-time winner Jon...
Lando Norris wins British Grand Prix to cut Piastri’s F1 lead
Sports
July 7, 2025
SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — It was an image that inspired Lando Norris to chase his Formula 1 dream. The sight of Lewis Hamilton, his tires kicking up a tail of spray as he sped through the rain towar...
MLB, Sports
July 7, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 33rd home run, left fielder Cody Bellinger started a pivotal double play and the New York Yankees stopped a six-game losing streak by beating the Mets 6-4 Sunday to...
Alcaraz win streak reaches 18 to continue dominant stretch
Sports
July 7, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz’s latest up-and-down Wimbledon performance began with a dropped set. Later Sunday, he was in danger of getting broken to fall further behind in the third. And then, as he ...
Wimbledon says missed call was due to electonics being off
Sports
July 7, 2025
LONDON (AP) — A ball that clearly landed long in a match at Centre Court wasn’t called out Sunday because the electronic system that replaced line judges at Wimbledon this year accidentally was shut o...
Shelton wins, earns sister some time off with playful video
Sports
July 7, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Ben Shelton launched a public plea for his sister to get some extra time off from her job at investment bank Morgan Stanley so she could remain at Wimbledon to cheer for him. It worked. ...
Sports
July 7, 2025
MLB BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. - FS1 — Tampa Bay at Detroit 7:40 p.m. - SportsNet Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh at Kansas City 9:30 p.m. - MLBN — Regional Coverage: Arizona at San Diego (9:40 p.m.) OR Philadelphia ...
Sports
July 7, 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...
Leopard king: Lind cruised to Pitcher of the Year
High school, Sports
MVI SPORTS-BEEGRAPHIX PITCHERS OF THE YEAR
By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 5, 2025
BVA ace finished 9-1 with a 0.70 ERA and 115 strikeouts. There’s no doubting that Parker Lind and the Belle Vernon baseball team had a fantastic season in 2025. The Leopards reached the WPIAL semifina...
Titans’ ace named Valley’s Pitcher of the Year
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 5, 2025
West Mifflin’s Rylie Dobnak was the model of consistency for young Titans’ squad. The West Mifflin softball team was young this past season with just two seniors on the squad, but it still made its ty...
Hartman brings on Watkins to volleyball staff
High school, Sports
By By JASON BLACK For MVI Sports 
July 5, 2025
Former Geibel head coach Rick Watkins and his daughter Shannon will join the Commodores’ bench. When it comes to WPIAL volleyball coaches in the past 30 years, there aren’t many bigger names than Rick...
High school, Sports
LOCAL BASEBALL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 5, 2025
In a dramatic showdown that kept fans on the edge of their seats, Belle Vernon White earned its first win of the season in walk-off fashion, edging out Uniontown, 6-5, Thursday night. Trailing 5-4 in ...
Liverpool star Jota and brother killed in accident
Sports
July 5, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain when the Lamborghini they were in veered off a road and burst into flames, police said Thursday. The Sp...
Women buck trend to grow rodeo and bronc riding
Sports
July 5, 2025
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Sophia Bunney launched the first time she tried ranch bronc riding, landing “quite a ways away from the horse.” “I’m very stubborn and I don’t like being defeated,” said the 18...
A player’s lament revives talk of mental health
Sports
July 5, 2025
LONDON (AP) — When Naomi Osaka opened up about her anxiety and depression at the 2021 French Open, it sparked a conversation in sports — and society at large — about mental health and the importance o...
Slider, milestone and thank you: Kershaw’s 3,000th K
MLB, Sports
July 5, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw was laboring in pursuit of his 3,000th strikeout. His pitch count soaring, he was down to the last batter he would face, needing one more swing and miss to become th...