Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
February 7, 2025
Coming into their Section 3-4A finale Thursday night, the Elizabeth Forward girls’ basketball squad was looking to go 14-0 in section play. The Warriors got off to a good start, a 14-0 run to open the...
Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
February 7, 2025
Baldwin played the role of spoiler on Thomas Jefferson’s senior night as they pulled off a 62-59 win over the Jaguars in a Section 4-5A finale Thursday. Thomas Jefferson (17-4, 9-3) trailed 15-8 after...
Dixon gets 500th win by beating WVU
Sports
February 7, 2025
By the Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Vasean Allette scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and TCU beat West Virginia, 65-60, on Wednesday night to give coach Jamie Dixon his 500th career wi...
Butler heading to Warriors, Wiggins to Heat
Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer 
February 7, 2025
Jimmy Butler got what he wanted. He’s being traded out of Miami and got a new contract in the process. The Heat and the Golden State Warriors have agreed on a deal that sends Butler to the Bay Area, a...
OKC’s Gilgeous-Alexander joins elite list of players
Sports
February 7, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander isn’t just putting up MVP numbers — he’s posting historic ones. The Canadian guard scored 50 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Phoenix Suns 140-...
‘Puppy Bowl’ pup Parsnip gets coach
NFL, Sports, Super Bowl
February 7, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Before the Kansas City Chiefs made it to their thirdstraight Super Bowl berth, one player took to coaching a puppy for a different big game. Chiefs defensive tackle Derrick Nn...
Brady reflects on ‘learning curve’
NFL, Sports, Super Bowl
By By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer 
February 7, 2025
Even though the scoreboard won’t measure Tom Brady’s performance in the Fox Sports booth during Sunday’s Super Bowl, he is trying to take the same approach that he did in his previous 10 appearances i...
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February 7, 2025
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February 7, 2025
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February 7, 2025
Allen coming to Pitt Monessen native and Notre Dame women’s basketball assistant coach Charel Allen will be joining Notre Dame as they travel to the Petersen Events Center. The No. 3 Fighting Irish wi...
BVA’s Salvino announces retirement
High school, Latest News, Sports
The second-winningest coach all-time in the WPIAL says his 41st season will be his last.
By Jeremy Sellew 
February 6, 2025
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When it’s time, you just know. For Belle Vernon Area boys basketball coach Joe Salvino, now is the time. The second-winningest coach in WPIAL history with 741 vict...
Leps run over Ringgold
Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
February 6, 2025
After punching their ticket to the WPIAL playoffs after Monday’s win at Mt. Pleasant, the Belle Vernon Area girls basketball team returned home and punched their rivals from across the river in the mo...
Vulcan men down Griffins
Sports
By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
February 6, 2025
The California (Pa.) men’s basketball team kept its momentum going with a commanding 74-53 victory over Seton Hill Wednesday night, fueled by a stifling defensive effort and another standout performan...
Gladiators’ Lewis signs to play at Mercyhurst
Sports
By By LIAM BELAN MVI Sports 
February 6, 2025
Camden Lewis was the Allegheny Conference Defensive Player of the Year this season. When former West Greene football coach Brian Hanson was deciding on his next job two years ago, he pored over film f...
Sports
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
February 6, 2025
Ihave a feeling that most of you will not enjoy reading what I have to say about Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup between Kansas City and Philadelphia. That’s because I’m telling you the Chiefs will win th...
Kiner-Falefa set to take over at shortstop for Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
February 6, 2025
With the Pirates committed to Oneil Cruz in CF, the spot is opened for the former Gold Glove winner. When the Pittsburgh Pirates moved Oneil Cruz to center field late last August, it solved a problem ...
Crosby being evaluated for upper-body injury
Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
February 6, 2025
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby is being evaluated for an undisclosed injury, according to coach Mike Sullivan. Crosby did not participate in practice Wednesday in Cranberry. Sullivan announ...
Sports
February 6, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Vic Fangio’s coaching career started in the 1970s as a high school assistant in Pennsylvania and has taken him across the country in various stops as he grew into one of the most in...
Players’ union boss: No one wants an 18th game
Sports
February 6, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An 18-game NFL regular season isn’t a slam dunk. NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell pushed back on it Wednesday even though NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has openly talked about...
Blitzing with ‘Spags’: The mad scientist of the pass rush
Sports
February 6, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Every once in a while, when an unsuspecting offense is least expecting it, Kansas City Chiefs safety Justin Reid will inch his way toward the line of scrimmage, then take off like a...