NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer 
December 12, 2025
The game will be played on a brisk 20-degree night on Monday. Mike Tomlin is only sort of joking when the Pittsburgh Steelers coach says he feels like he’s been on the hot seat during the entirety of ...
Watt hospitalized after discomfort in lungs
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 12, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers star outside linebacker T.J. Watt is in the hospital after experiencing discomfort in his lungs. Coach Mike Tomlin said the seven-time All-Pro and 2021 NFL Defens...
Clark, Bueckers bring youth movement to USA camp
Olympics, Other Sports, Sports
December 12, 2025
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — There’s a youth movement at USA Basketball camp this weekend with young WNBA players Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese making their debuts with the national team. They’...
NCAA, Sports
By By MAURA CAREY AP Sports Writer 
December 12, 2025
The quest to fill all 35 bowl games outside the playoff expanded to teams with losing records this year, but the searching didn’t get much easier. At least 10 teams reportedly declined invitations, ra...
Steelers down to 4th-string left tackle
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 12, 2025
It’s conventional wisdom that left tackle is the secondor third-most important position in football. So how, then, has it largely flown under the radar that the Pittsburgh Steelers blew through four l...
NCAA, Sports
December 12, 2025
TribLive The Duquesne Dukes had no answer for Boise State. The surging Broncos, of the Mountain West Conference, had their way Wednesday night with the outclassed Dukes. Duquesne struggled to approach...
Campbell: ‘We have a process’ for recruiting
NCAA, Sports
December 12, 2025
PennLive.com Penn State fans got used to a few set-in-stone slogans and philosophies on the recruiting trail under James Franklin. Whether it was “The best in PA, stay in PA,” “We’re a developmental p...
Moore’s arraignment set after he was fired and jailed
NCAA, Sports
December 12, 2025
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Sherrone Moore is scheduled for arraignment Thursday afternoon, less than 24 hours after he was fired as Michigan’s football coach for what the university said was an inappropr...
NASCAR settles federal antitrust case
Other Sports, Sports
December 12, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A federal antitrust case accusing NASCAR of being a monopolistic bully was settled Thursday after the stock car racing series agreed to make the charters at the heart of its bus...
MLB, Sports
December 12, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Nimmo went first. Then it was Edwin Díaz and Pete Alonso on back-to-back days at baseball’s winter meetings. Three fan favorites headed out the door in 2 1/2 weeks — a powerful...
Sports
December 12, 2025
AHL HOCKEY 9 p.m. - NHLN — Ontario at Colorado COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) 7 p.m. - TRUTV — Missouri St. at Xavier 8 p.m. - FOX — Texas vs. UConn, Hartford, Conn. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 p.m. - ESPN — The Hom...
Sports
December 12, 2025
Cyclones rally to stun Iowa AMES, Iowa (AP) — Joshua Jefferson scored 24 points and No. 4 Iowa State overcame a 13-point deficit to stay unbeaten with a 66-62 win over Iowa on Thursday night. The Cycl...
For Memphis, two Macs are better than one
NCAA, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 11, 2025
Charleroi grad Arlo McIntyre will join brother Eben playing Division I soccer for the Tigers. When the transfer portal became a prominent fixture in college athletics, it changed the landscape of spor...
Cougars bounce back, roll over Mikes
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
December 11, 2025
Three players hit double figures as Charleroi gets 31-point win in Greene County. After suffering a 90-78 loss to Beth-Center on Tuesday night, the Charleroi boys’ basketball team needed a quick bounc...
Leps pin down McKeesport
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 11, 2025
Belle Vernon earned a 64–12 victory over McKeesport on Wednesday, collecting multiple bonus-point wins throughout the lineup. The Leopards opened the dual with a forfeit at 106, then added consecutive...
Champions dominate Fab 15 soccer awards
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 11, 2025
The Mon Valley Independent and BeeGraphix are proud to announce this year’s Fab 15 Soccer All-Stars and award winners. It was a grueling year for local teams, but golden for Bentworth’s boys and girls...
High school, Sports
December 11, 2025
Boys First Team Ryan Moessner - Bentworth Adam Moessner - Bentworth Dylan Klinger - Charleroi Luca Valerio - Elizabeth Forward Sam Wessel - T. Jefferson Owen Householder - T. Jefferson Izaiah Wilson -...
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
December 11, 2025
It’s not lost on Pitt volleyball coach Dan Fisher that being one of 16 remaining teams competing for a national championship is a dream scenario for most programs. However, Fisher and the Panthers hav...
Pirates ‘casting wide net’ after missing on Schwarber
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
December 11, 2025
When MLB Network showed a potential Pittsburgh Pirates starting lineup based on the current 40-man roster, it gave a glimpse into why the front office plans to be aggressive in free agency and through...
PSU’s Terry Smith: ‘I wanted to be a part of it’
NCAA, Sports
December 11, 2025
Centre Daily Times Penn State will be turning over most of its coaching staff over the next few weeks for the first time in over a decade as new head coach Matt Campbell builds the program in his imag...