Sanders’ draft slide leads to double dip by the Browns
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NFL BY THE NUMBERS
By By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer 
April 30, 2025
Shedeur Sanders’ slide down the NFL draft was the dominant story of the weekend with one of college football’s most high-profile players lasting until the fifth round. The fact Sanders was taken by th...
Prank calls to others not related to the one Sanders received
Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
April 30, 2025
The prank call to Shedeur Sanders during the NFL draft wasn’t related to the ones other players received, a person familiar with the league’s investigation told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The pe...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
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April 30, 2025
WASHINGTON AT FRAZIER –– MIKE DARNAY / MVI SPORTS
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April 30, 2025
COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m. - SECN — Kennesaw St. at Georgia COLLEGE SOFTBALL 6 p.m. - ACCN — Liberty at Virginia 8 p.m. - ACCN — Clemson at Georgia Tech GOLF 3 p.m. - GOLF — PGA Professional Championship...
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April 30, 2025
Last week for Steel City Summer Basketball signups Registration for the Steel City Girls Summer Basketball League is in its last week. Registrations will end Friday at noon. Any rising freshmen throug...
Penguins split with head coach Mike Sullivan
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
April 29, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Sullivan’s nearly decade-long tenure running the Pittsburgh Penguins is over. The team announced Monday that it was parting ways with the two-time Stanley Cup-winning coach just...
Jaguars top Falcons
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By By JASON BLACK For MVI Sports 
April 29, 2025
One big inning proved to be the difference in Monday’s Section 4-5A showdown between the Connellsville and Thomas Jefferson softball teams. After surrendering a late tworun lead, the Jaguars put toget...
’Dores take possession of first place
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By By JEREMY SELLEW & LIAM BELAN jsellew@yourmvi.com, lbelan@yourmvi.com 
April 29, 2025
West Mifflin baseball tops EF; Monessen gets first win with Rapsky at the helm. The Frazier softball team claimed sole possession of first place in Section 4-2A Monday with a 7-3 win on the road at Wa...
Eagles inch closer to section title with 4-1 win
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
April 29, 2025
In a battle between two of the best teams in Class 1A baseball Monday, it was Serra Catholic that held Bishop Canevin in check offensively for a 4-1 home victory. Starting pitching was the name of the...
Horwitz singles in first rehab game at Altoona
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 29, 2025
Spencer Horwitz was one of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ prime acquisitions this offseason, but right wrist surgery has sidelined the 27-year-old first baseman since the week before the start of spring trai...
Pirates boast best batting average in last 2 series
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 29, 2025
Before the Pittsburgh Pirates left for a six-game swing in Los Angeles, Andrew Mc-Cutchen voiced to TribLive his concerns about how they needed to find consistency in their lineup instead of the const...
Commanders get deal for stadium at RFK site
Sports
April 29, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s NFL franchise is set to return to the nation’s capital as part of an agreement between the organization and the District of Columbia government to build on the site of t...
Lillard leaves with torn Achilles tendon
Sports
April 29, 2025
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Damian Lillard worked tirelessly to make an extraordinarily rapid return from deep vein thrombosis in his calf and join his Milwaukee Bucks teammates for the playoffs. In just his thi...
Sports
April 29, 2025
MONTREAL (AP) — Montreal head coach Martin St. Louis was at a loss for words in describing the message he wants to convey to the Canadiens after their 5-2 loss in Game 4 of their firstround playoff se...
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April 29, 2025
COLLEGE BASEBALL 5 p.m. - CBSSN — Rutgers at UConn 7 p.m. - BTN — Kansas St. at Nebraska 7 p.m. - SECN — Kennesaw St. at Georgia 8 p.m. - ACCN — VCU at Virginia COLLEGE SOFTBALL 6 p.m. - ACCN — Robert...
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By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
April 29, 2025
Now, Mt. Pleasant can celebrate. Having already clinched the Section 1-3A softball title, the Vikings still had business to tend to in the section finale Monday at Yough. Momentum and positive juju we...
Sports
April 29, 2025
Last week for Steel City Summer Basketball signups Registration for the Steel City Girls Summer Basketball League is in its last week. Registrations will end Friday at noon. Any rising freshmen throug...
Valley athletes among meet’s top performers
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FAYETTE COUNTY COACHES ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP
By By JIM DOWNEY The Daily Courier 
April 28, 2025
Belle Vernon’s Ryan Kent was awarded Field MVP honors. Ryan Kent had an event remaining on his schedule as the annual Fayette County Coaches Association Championship wound down to a close Saturday, so...
Epps has long-term plans to build SA girls basketball
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
April 28, 2025
He wants to set up a development system just like the boys have. The South Allegheny girls basketball program recently went in a new direction with the announcement of a familiar name as its head coac...
No WPIAL players in NFL Draft for first time since 1993
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By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
April 28, 2025
The league’s highest-rated player, Donovan McMillon, signed with the Browns Saturday as a free agent. A WPIAL streak that started more than three decades ago ended quietly Saturday. For the first time...