Robot umpires are getting first MLB test in spring
MLB, Sports
February 21, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition games starting Thursday after four years of experiments in...
PLAYOFF SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
February 21, 2025
Sports
February 21, 2025
2005 • The Monessen girls basketball team fought gallantly back from a deficit to get within two points of Mt. Alvernia early in the fourth quarter of a WPIAL quarterfinal contest at Southmoreland. Af...
Sports
February 21, 2025
Brownson House looking for girls basketball teams The Brownson House in Washington is looking for girls basketball teams. The 2025 Brownson House Spring Girls Youth Basketball League will begin the se...
Humbert resigns as BVA football coach
Breaking News, Sports
By Jeremy Sellew 
February 20, 2025
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com One of the mantra’s the Belle Vernon Area football team follows under Matt Humbert’s leadership is “rejecting comfort.” Humbert embraced it Thursday. The longtime ...
No. 1 Leps outlast rival Warriors
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
February 20, 2025
Despite only scoring 6 points in the fourth quarter, BVA dominated the boards and held off No. 8-seed Elizabeth Forward. Ahead of their WPIAL Class 4A Quarterfinal matchup Wednesday against Mon Valley...
Late run lifts Eagles over Summit Academy
High school, Sports
By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
February 20, 2025
No. 2 Serra Catholic used a late 21-1 run to push their way into WPIAL semifinals. Serra Catholic used a dominant second-half run to pull away from Summit Academy and secure an 80-61 victory in the fi...
More to the recipe of destroying a program
Sports, Sports Columns
I’M JUST SAYIN’
February 20, 2025
Here we go again with more parent drama plaguing a successful athletic program in the Mon Valley. And while the Frazier wrestling program has seen a lot of success since it’s creation in 2015, it’s se...
Penguins’ legendary broadcaster Lange dies
NHL, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
February 20, 2025
Mike Lange didn’t think he would make it in Pittsburgh. Beyond the first week. After arriving in Western Pennsylvania to begin his new job as the play-by-play voice of the Penguins, Lange took up temp...
Jaguars knock off unbeaten Penn-Trafford to advance
High school, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
February 20, 2025
A nine-point fourth quarter lead was gone. One of their star players fouled out in the closing minute of regulation. And their undefeated and higher-seeded opponent went on a sudden heater. Essentiall...
Heated debate surrounds hiring of new BVA soccer coach
High school, Sports
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 20, 2025
Former Charleroi coach Jon Ducoli said he was offered the position originally before the school board changed course. The Belle Vernon Area School Board approved hiring a new varsity boys head soccer ...
Pirates believe Cruz’s ceiling is ‘cathedral’ in nature
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
February 20, 2025
Oneil Cruz said he’s accepted his move to center field for the team. BRADENTON, Fla. — Oneil Cruz comes from a family of shortstops, so his switch to center field late last season came with concerns a...
Monster Jam will make Acrisure Stadium debut
Sports
By By MIKE PALM TribLive 
February 20, 2025
Fresh on the heels of a weekend of shows at PPG Paints Arena, Monster Jam announced Tuesday it will be back in Pittsburgh, but in a much larger venue. The monster trucks — weighing in at 12,000 pounds...
Reynolds receptive to RF, wants to dispel myths
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
February 20, 2025
BRADENTON, Fla. — Playing right field at PNC Park can be an adventure. Not only is Bryan Reynolds ready for the ride, but the two-time All-Star outfielder is motivated to dispel defensive doubts and p...
Researchers confirm Bobby Hull at CTE
NHL, Sports
February 20, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Bobby Hull, the Hall of Fame forward and twotime NHL MVP who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy when he died two years ago, ...
Kansas’ struggles reach low point with 34-point loss to BYU
NCAA, Sports
February 20, 2025
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Kansas has reached a low point with its uncharacteristic struggles in Big 12 play. The No. 23 Jayhawks lost 91-57 to BYU on Tuesday night, matching their largest margin of defeat in...
Imbalance in competition may hinder college baseball
NCAA, Sports
By By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer 
February 20, 2025
The Division I baseball season is less than a week old, and coaches already are planning for 2026 when it’s all but certain scholarship limits will be removed, rosters downsized and players will have ...
Learn some laundry secrets from the pros
MLB, Sports
February 20, 2025
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — From the pinstripes of New York all the way to the Dodger blues of Los Angeles, there is a strong connection among the clubhouse staffers who wash the dirtcaked, hard-worn uni...
PLAYOFF SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
February 20, 2025
Sports
February 20, 2025
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) 6:30 p.m. - FS1 — Northwestern at Ohio St. 7 p.m. - CBSSN — Monmouth at Hofstra 7 p.m. - ESPNU — UNC-Asheville at Radford 8:30 p.m. - FS1 — Southern Cal at Maryland 9 p.m. - C...