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By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
March 3, 2025
3X3 BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 7:30 p.m. - TNT — Unrivaled Basketball League: Laces vs. Rose, Medley, Fla. 7:30 p.m. - TRUTV — Unrivaled Basketball League: Laces vs. Rose, Medley, Fla. (DataCast) 8:45 p.m. ...
NHL Central Division starts flurry of trades ahead of deadline
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By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP 
March 3, 2025
Defensemen Seth Jones and Ryan Lindgren and forward Gustav Nyquist were on the move on Saturday as three Central Division teams got a jump on the NHL’s looming trade deadline. The Colorado Avalanche g...
Junior B goalie earns Niagara ‘fairytale’ win over OHL’s London
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March 3, 2025
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario (AP) — Long after his Niagara Ice Dogs teammates and coaches had left, Hayden Jeffery lingered with his family and friends high up in the Meridian Centre stands relishing one o...
BYU pounds West Virginia in late-season Big 12 matchup
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March 3, 2025
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Fousseyni Traore scored 20 points and had 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season off the bench, Egor Demin had 15 points and six rebounds and No. 25 BYU dominated We...
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March 3, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day and the entire 4 Nations Face-Off tournament have all come and gone since the Tampa Bay Lightning last lost a hockey game. No one has defeated them in ...
Jaden Agassi, son of Andre and Steffi Graf, looking to make mark
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March 3, 2025
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — It’s not the least bit surprising that Jaden Agassi — son of tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf — had a racket in his hand from the time he could walk. The little boy lov...
CHAMPIONSHIP SNAPSHOTS
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By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP 
March 3, 2025
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By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports, By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
March 3, 2025
Mason Alexander had been participating in winter drills with his Panthers teammates. Pitt freshman football player Mason Alexander, 18, died Saturday night after a car accident in his hometown of Fish...
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March 3, 2025
2005 • It has been two weeks since the Elizabeth Forward boys basketball team has played a game. The Warriors bowed out of the WPIAL Class AAA tournament with a heart-breaking 35-33 loss at Ringgold t...
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March 3, 2025
3X3 BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 7:30 p.m. - TNT — Unrivaled Basketball League: Laces vs. Rose, Medley, Fla. 7:30 p.m. - TRUTV — Unrivaled Basketball League: Laces vs. Rose, Medley, Fla. (DataCast) 8:45 p.m. ...
Michigan State outlasts red-hot Wisconsin squad
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March 3, 2025
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Jaden Akins scored 19 points and Jaxon Kohler had 10 pounds and a career-high 16 rebounds to lead No. 8 Michigan State to a 7162 win over No. 11 Wisconsin on Sunday. The Spa...
Bears fall to Union in Class 1A title game
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By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
March 1, 2025
Iyanna Wade’s 22 points weren’t enough as Union pulled away with a fourth quarter run. Union completed an undefeated season and secured its third straight WPIAL Class 1A championship with a 51-40 vict...
SA, Aliquippa meet for title in clash of 3A powers
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
March 1, 2025
The Gladiators and Quips both rely on high-scoring backcourt combinations. All season long, it has seemed that South Allegheny and Aliquippa were on a collision course to meet for the WPIAL Class 3A c...
Local swimmers, divers compete in Class 2A championships
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
March 1, 2025
The Thomas Jefferson girls and BVA boys posted the highest team scores among area schools. The WPIAL Class 2A swimming and diving championships concluded Friday with several area schools finding indiv...
Suwinski searches for consistency, finding a new place in Pirates’ lineup
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By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
March 1, 2025
BRADENTON, Fla. — After answering the best season of his career with the worst, Jack Suwinski lost not only his spot in the starting lineup for the Pittsburgh Pirates but any guarantees on the major l...
Francona’s mind went back to baseball after a needed year off
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By By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer 
March 1, 2025
Terry Francona got used to getting out of bed whenever he wanted during his year away from managing, and his biggest decision then was whether to have a second cup of coffee before doing the daily cro...