Warriors fall on walk-off homer in 11th
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 28, 2025
Elizabeth Forward left 18 runners on base; Charlie Manzi wins it for Indiana with two-run blast. Under a steady rainfall at the Washington Wild Things’ EQT Park with the WPIAL Class 4A baseball champi...
Baserunning, bad inning doom Leopards
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 28, 2025
BVA was thrown out on the basepaths numerous times in Tuesday’s 7-3 consolation loss. The Belle Vernon Area baseball team’s season has come to an end after the Leopards failed in their quest to reach ...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
May 28, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mason Rudolph has been in the NFL for more than half a decade now. And like any quarterback that has figured out a way to stick around, he’s gotten pretty good at guessing where the ...
Steelers gearing up for familiar issues at OTAs
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
May 28, 2025
Since making another all-too-familiar early playoff exit, the Pittsburgh Steelers have waited for a chance to get back on the field and turn the page toward a new season. That wait ends on Tuesday wit...
Ashcraft shines in major-league debut
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 28, 2025
Braxton Ashcraft appeared as a reliever only twice in 71 career minor-league appearances. But upon being called up to the Pittsburgh Pirates from Triple-A Indianapolis on Monday, manager Don Kelly ind...
Enright completes journey to make MLB debut
MLB, Sports
May 28, 2025
CLEVELAND (AP) — Nic Enright thought he would be caught up in the emotions of finally making it to the majors this past weekend. Compared to everything he has dealt with the past three years since bei...
Things to know as NCAA baseball tournament begins
NCAA, Sports
May 28, 2025
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The NCAA baseball tournament opens Friday with play in 16 double-elimination regionals. Regional winners advance to bestof- three super regionals next week, and the final eight go t...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
May 28, 2025
ELIZABETH FORWARD VS. DERRY –– MIKE DARNAY / MVI SPORTS
Sports
May 28, 2025
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN) 5:30 a.m. (Thursday) - FS2 — AFL: Essendon at Brisbane COLLEGE GOLF (MEN) 6 p.m. - GOLF — NCAA Tournament: Team Match Play National Championship, Omni La Costa Resort, ...
Haliburton’s triple-double sets up potential close-out game
NBA, Sports
May 28, 2025
The Pacers can reach the NBA Finals with a win Thursday in New York City. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton had 32 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds without a turnover in a sensational postseason...
Bentworth’s softball roadblock sparks Monessen memories
High school, Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
May 27, 2025
Ayear ago, Bentworth’s softball team was denied a WPIAL title when the Bearcats lost in the 2A championship game to powerhouse Neshannock, 4-1. This season, the Lancers, who have won 47 straight games...
Pirates’ Heaney allows 5 runs in loss at Arizona
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 27, 2025
Reliever Braxton Ashcraft pitched three scoreless innings in his major league debut. Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly recently received a compliment from his Milwaukee Brewers counterpart, Pat Mur...
Carolina wins Game 4 to avoid sweep
Sports
May 27, 2025
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Frederik Andersen returned to the net and stopped 20 shots for his fifth career playoff shutout, Logan Stankoven got the only goal Carolina needed and the Hurricanes won their fir...
Henson adds PIAA title to medals collection
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 27, 2025
Belle Vernon’s tennis ace dominated the field in cruising to 4 straight wins. Belle Vernon tennis player Max Henson has a saying. “I like medals.” In his first year of high school tennis as a junior, ...
Sports
May 27, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — There’s a long list of racing greats who have passed through Chip Ganassi Racing over its 35 years in existence — but not so lengthy that Ganassi can’t rattle them off the top of h...
Warriors facing Indiana in WPIAL title game
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 27, 2025
The top seed features one of the best pitchers in the WPIAL. On the back of strong defense, potent pitching and timely hitting, Elizabeth Forward is back in the WPIAL championship game for the fourth ...
Vanderbilt top-seed in NCAA Tournament starting Friday
Sports
May 27, 2025
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Vanderbilt, which gave up just three runs over three games in the SEC Tournament, was awarded the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament on Monday and was among a record 13 teams...
Indy 500 and Pacers sparked buzz in Indianapolis
Sports
May 27, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dean Heaviland has attended more than three dozen Indianapolis 500s and has been working gamedays with the NBA’s Indiana Pacers for three decades. So in Heaviland’s world it doesn’...
Dallas needs more production from stars to come back
NHL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP 
May 27, 2025
Mikko Rantanen and Mikael Granlund scored seven of the Dallas Stars’ 13 goals in the second round to move on to the Western Conference final against the Edmonton Oilers, yet that lopsided production w...
Runner Yared Nuguse has Olympic bronze and unique goals
Olympics, Sports
May 27, 2025
A middle-distance runner nicknamed “The Goose” has a pet tortoise named Tyro who hangs out in a terrarium. That seems almost like a whimsical scene from the pages of a Dr. Seuss book. Yared Nuguse emb...