Rod Steele will not return as West Mifflin football coach
Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
February 14, 2025
West Mifflin AD Lance Maha said he plans on hiring a new coach at Thursday’s board meeting. West Mifflin intends to hire a football coach next week, but it won’t be incumbent Rod Steele. Steele was or...
Buchanan’s buzzer-beater caps Vulcans’ comeback
Sports
February 14, 2025
For the Mon Valley Independent In a nail-biting clash worthy of the PSAC West, the California (Pa.) men’s basketball team continued their roll in division play, winning a thriller 73-71 over host Clar...
Bonded by injury, Oviedo, Rodriguez share bullpen
Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
February 14, 2025
BRADENTON, Fla. — Endy Rodriguez wore Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses under his mask while catching Johan Oviedo’s bullpen, giving a backstop view of the imposing Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander. It was the f...
Baseball welcomes another season as pitchers and catchers report
Sports
By By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer 
February 14, 2025
There’s a new No. 2 in the New York Yankees’ rotation behind Gerrit Cole. A familiar face is getting a fresh start leading the Cincinnati Reds. Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani & Co. are preparing a title def...
Bringing LIV players into the fold is top priority for golf
Sports
February 14, 2025
SAN DIEGO (AP) — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said his meeting with President Donald Trump moved the tour “one step closer” to a deal with the Saudi- backers of rival LIV Golf. He said Wednesday ...
Bregman agrees to 3-year, $120M deal with Red Sox
Sports
By By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer 
February 14, 2025
Alex Bregman and the Boston Red Sox agreed to a $120 million, three-year contract, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday night. The person spoke to the AP on condition...
Marner’s goal gives Canada 4-3 win over Sweden
Sports
February 14, 2025
MONTREAL (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored on the power play 56 seconds in off a no-look pass from Sidney Crosby, Mitch Marner got the overtime winner after Sweden rallied to tie it and Canada opened the...
Briscoe gives Toyota its first Daytona 500 pole
Sports
February 14, 2025
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Chase Briscoe led a banner night for Toyota in qualifying for the Daytona 500 by winning the pole for NASCAR’s “Great American Race.” It is the first Daytona 500 pole for Br...
Sports
February 14, 2025
3X3 BASKETBALL (WOMEN) 7:30 p.m. - TNT — Unrivaled Basketball League: One on One Tournament - Semifinals and Finals, Medley, Fla. 7:30 p.m. - TRUTV — Unrivaled Basketball League: One on One Tournament...
Sports
February 14, 2025
2005 • Sunday – no paper. 1995 • Ringgold’s boys basketball team will enter the WPIAL Quad-A playoffs without its tallest weapon. Tyrone Leonard, the Rams’ 250-pound center, has transferred to Perry o...
Sports
February 14, 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...
G-Force fighters ready for Golden Gloves
Sports
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
February 13, 2025
The tournament begins Friday in Wexford with four local fighters taking part. The Pennsylvania Golden Gloves Tournament begins this weekend and several local fighters from G-Force Boxing in Charleroi ...
Bearcats set for playoff opener
Sports
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
February 13, 2025
Bentworth head coach Bob Kennedy said his team is playing its best as they prepare for South Side. Going into the season, veteran Bentworth coach Bob Kennedy wasn’t sure what kind of team he would hav...
For the most part, the WPIAL got the brackets right
High school, Sports, Sports Columns
I’M JUST SAYIN’
February 13, 2025
There’s a lot to process when looking through the WPIAL playoff brackets when it comes to our local teams. Needless to say, it was a pretty good season for our Valley teams. Out of the 30 in the Mon V...
Wrestlers set for individual tournaments
Sports
By By PAUL SCHOFIELD Trib Total Media 
February 13, 2025
So close High school wrestling across the commonwealth makes a big with switch this weekend with the start of the individual tournaments. Instead of wrestling for their team and teammates, which they’...
In midst of 4-game losing streak, Pitt confronts injuries, offensive issues
Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
February 13, 2025
The hard truth Pitt’s players and coaches must face after six days of travel — from Pittsburgh to North Carolina to Texas and back home — is that they are a beaten team in more ways than one. The Pant...
With Horwitz out, Pirates will look internally at first base
Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
February 13, 2025
The answer could be Jared Triolo or rookie Billy Cook. It will not be Bryan Reynolds. BRADENTON, Fla. — The Pittsburgh Pirates suffered a serious setback before spring training started, as newly acqui...
Hayes says he’s nearly pain free after back injury cost him 2024
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
February 13, 2025
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Ke’Bryan Hayes is not entirely pain free. The Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman knows he may never be. Yet the doubt that crept into the former Gold Glove winner last fall as he ...
Samuel’s agent will reportedly reach out to Steelers
Sports
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
February 13, 2025
According to a report from SI.com, Deebo Samuel’s agent will reach out to the Pittsburgh Steelers to discuss a trade. The San Francisco 49ers wide receiver has received permission to seek a trade with...
Fields, not Wilson, is greatest source of intrigue from Steelers QB reports
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
February 13, 2025
When Fox’s Jay Glazer threw a log on the fire of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offseason quarterback conversation last week, I got the impression a lot of us were talking about the wrong part of what he sa...