OLSH cruises past Hounds in Miller tournament
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 30, 2025
The Greyhounds will look to rebound today against California to close out the tournament. After a valiant early effort, Monessen simply couldn’t keep pace with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in a 59-25 ...
49ers, Seahawks to battle for top seed
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
December 30, 2025
The Patriots became the fourth team to clinch a division title, the Browns kept the Ravens alive and the 49ers moved closer toward a No. 1 seed. There’s plenty left to be settled before the NFL’s play...
Madden: Steelers’ loss littered with ineptitude
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By MARK MADDEN TribLive 
December 30, 2025
If the Steelers blow the AFC North championship and the playoffs by losing at home to Baltimore on Sunday, Mike Tomlin should be fired before he gets off the field. But it’s more likely that Tomlin wi...
Erratic Steelers blew their best chance in Cleveland
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 30, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — It was always going to end up like this for the Pittsburgh Steelers, wasn’t it? Week 18. At home. Their biggest rival on the other sideline. A playoff spot on the line. It’s a propos...
Defending champ Ohio State staring down Miami
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2025
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Cotton Bowl has certainly gotten much more significant for Ohio State during three trips in a row to the game. This time, the second-seeded Buckeyes (12-1) are defending na...
Cotton Bowl QBs Beck and Sayin have rings as backups, now seek one as starter
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2025
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Heisman Trophy finalist Julian Sayin and Carson Beck have already been part of national championship teams. Both quarterbacks are now trying to win a title of their own as a st...
Freeman returning to South Bend
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2025
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame has restructured coach Marcus Freeman’s contract and he will coach the Fighting Irish next season, the school confirmed on Monday. SI.com first reported Freeman’s ne...
What Cleveland thinks of the Browns’ win
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By QUINCEY REESE TribLive 
December 30, 2025
The Pittsburgh Steelers fumbled an opportunity to clinch a playoff spot in their second faceoff against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday at Huntingdon Bank Field. The 13-6 final score fell in stark cont...
Garrett fails to break sack record, but Steelers still lost
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 30, 2025
CLEVELAND — The Pittsburgh Steelers won the proverbial battle Sunday in regards to preventing Myles Garrett from setting the NFL single-season sacks record against them. They, of course, lost the war ...
Receivers total just 60 yards without DK Metcalf
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 30, 2025
CLEVELAND — After a week in which those throughout the Pittsburgh Steelers’ locker room steadfastly said all the right things in insisting the offense could withstand the loss of DK Metcalf, the numbe...
Reid plans to return to Chiefs next season
NFL, Sports
December 30, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday that he plans to return next season, batting away any thought of an impending retirement by making a tonguein- cheek joke about h...
Tiger Woods turns 50
Sports
By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer 
December 30, 2025
Talk to any golfer who played against Tiger Woods and there is sure to be at least one story about one shot so sublime they were certain it could not be hit by them or anyone else. He was just differe...
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
December 30, 2025
One day after the NHL’s holiday roster freeze was lifted, the Pittsburgh Penguins broke the ice in a major way on Monday. They acquired forward Yegor Chinakhov from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchan...
NFL, Sports
December 30, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — Bijan Robinson rushed for 195 yards, including a 93-yard touchdown, Zane Gonzalez kicked a 51-yard field goal with 21 seconds remaining and the Atlanta Falcons recovered after blowing t...
BVA drops close battle with Bethel Park
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 29, 2025
The Leopards got 11 points from Isis Almyty and 10 from Aubrey Brown in the 39-36 loss. It was a back-and-forth contest between Bethel Park and Belle Vernon Sunday in California (Pa.)’s Holiday Hoopfe...
Steelers going from ‘Super Bowl run’ to missing playoffs?
NCAA, NFL, Sports, ...
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
December 29, 2025
Last week, when the Steelers beat Detroit and then the Ravens lost to New England, sports talk airwaves were filled with people talking about the Steelers making a deep playoff run, even a run at the ...
Loss to Browns puts Steelers in must-win situation
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 29, 2025
The AFC North title and a playoff spot will be on the line Sunday when they host the Ravens. CLEVELAND (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have had multiple chances to clinch the AFC North. They’re down to...
Rams blitz Brownsville in holiday tournament
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 29, 2025
Takeo Tolliver led the way for Ringgold with 17 points. Ringgold improved to 7-2 with a 79-37 victory over Brownsville (0-7) in play at the Charleroi Holiday Tournament. The Rams set the tone early, b...
Panthers squander chance at division, have to beat Tampa Bay
NFL, Sports
December 29, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina guard Austin Corbett didn’t realize just how big of an opportunity the Panthers had squandered until coach Dave Canales spoke to the team in the locker room following S...
Chargers could consider sitting Herbert to preserve his health
NFL, Sports
December 29, 2025
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers have little to play for in Week 18, which raises the question of whether quarterback Justin Herbert should take the field in the regular-season final...