MAC-tion goes all in on weeknight games
NCAA, Sports
November 23, 2024
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — On a damp Wednesday night with temperatures dipping into the 30s, fans in sparsely filled stands bundled up to watch Buffalo beat Eastern Michigan 37-30 on gray turf. The lopsi...
BYU quarterback Retzlaff brings TDs and Jewish culture
NCAA, Sports
November 23, 2024
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Shortly after sunset on Saturday, Rabbi Chaim Zippel clasped an overflowing cup of wine and a tin of smelling spices as he marked the end of the Sabbath with a small Jewish congrega...
Sports
November 23, 2024
2012 • Sunday – no paper. 2004 • Charleroi’s Jeff Dumm is now down to his last college game as Waynesburg’s record-breaking quarterback. Dumm will suit up one last time for Waynesburg in the fourth an...
Sports
November 23, 2024
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chase Elliott was named NASCAR’s most popular driver for the seventh consecutive year at the sport’s season-ending awards ceremony Friday night. The only major NASCAR award dete...
Serra Catholic’s Regus announces retirement
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 22, 2024
The now former head coach led the Eagles to a WPIAL title and PIAA runner-up finish in 2021. After eight seasons at the helm of the Serra Catholic football program, head coach Jose Regus announced his...
Commodores enter season under new leadership
High school, Sports
By By JASON BLACK For MVI Sports 
November 22, 2024
Senior Ryan Celaschi and juniors Jonah Erdely and Jackson Angelo return for Frazier wrestling. In recent seasons, the Frazier wrestling team has established itself as one of the most solid programs in...
Panthers’ Holstein cleared to play against Louisville
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
November 22, 2024
If he chooses to use them, Pat Narduzzi will have both quarterbacks available Saturday when Pitt visits Louisville. Narduzzi said Thursday that Eli Holstein, who left the Syracuse and Virginia games w...
Steelers fall on late Browns touchdown
NFL, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
November 22, 2024
CLEVELAND – This was everything the Pittsburgh Steelers expected of a Thursday night game in late November against the Cleveland Browns: sub-freezing temperatures, a snow-covered field and a deflating...
MLB, Sports
November 22, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani keeps setting records, even after the season is over. The Los Angeles Dodgers star added his third Most Valuable Player award to his collection and first in the National ...
New hitting coach Hague eager to help Pirates
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
November 22, 2024
Once the opening became official that the Pittsburgh Pirates were searching for a new hitting coach, Matt Hague didn’t just express interest. He wanted to beat them to the punch. A former Pirates farm...
Pitt’s competition ramps up starting with LSU
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
November 22, 2024
After only five games — all victories by an average margin of 28.6 points against mid-major competition — Pitt coach Jeff Capel doesn’t have enough information to have a definite idea of what to expec...
Penn State wins trademark case against retailer
NCAA, Sports
November 22, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Penn State has won a closely watched trademark fight over an online retailer’s use of its vintage sports logos and images. A Pennsylvania jury awarded Penn State $28,000 in damages...
Jets’ Super Bowl dreams have fizzled into a mess
NFL, Sports
By By DENNIS WASZAK JR. AP Pro Football Writer 
November 22, 2024
Aaron Rodgers sat in front of a packed auditorium at the New York Jets’ facility and shared an observation a few generations of frustrated fans knew all too well. “I noticed walking in this morning,” ...
NFL, Sports
November 22, 2024
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — When Dan Quinn left the Dallas Cowboys after three years as their defensive coordinator to coach the Washington Commanders, it looked as if he was leaving a perennial playoff conte...
Drama surrounds final F1 races of the season
Other Sports, Sports
November 22, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) — There are three races remaining in the Formula 1 season and Max Verstappen of Red Bull is close to a fourth consecutive world championship, which can wrap up Saturday night at the Las...
Sports
November 22, 2024
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN) 11 p.m. - FS2 — AFL Playoffs: Port Adelaide at North Melbourne, Preliminary Final 3:30 a.m. (Saturday) - FS2 — AFL Playoffs: Adelaide at Brisbane, Preliminary Final A...
Sports
November 22, 2024
2012 • Monessen’s Sammy Vasquez is hoping to maintain his unbeaten record as he steps into the ring at Rostraver Ice Garden with George Sosa. The last time the welterweight fought at the Garden, he de...
All-Big 6 teams filled with local players
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 21, 2024
Five local players were All-Big 6 First Team performers on offense and defense. Winning a WPIAL championship leads to post-season honors, just ask Thomas Jefferson’s Jaguars. The Jaguars dominated the...
SPLIT DECISION AGAINST NAVY FIGHTER
Local Sports, Sports
November 21, 2024
Last week, the PGH Boxing Team faced off with members of the U.S. Naval Academy Boxing Team at the Omni William Penn in Pittsburgh. G-Force fighter Xoren Radusewicz (right) faced off with Pape Traore ...
COUGARS’ BARCUS TO UPG
High school, Sports
November 21, 2024
Charleroi soccer’s Landon Barcus (center) signed his national letter of intent to continue his soccer and academic career at the University of Pittsburgh’s Greensburg campus. Barcus was joined by his ...