Tomlin: No time for ‘pouting’ for Steelers
NFL, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
January 7, 2025
Pittsburgh will face AFC North rival Baltimore Saturday night in a wild-card game. Mike Tomlin doesn’t want his Pittsburgh Steelers looking too far back – or too far ahead – as the NFL playoffs approa...
NFL, Sports
January 7, 2025
Packers’ Watson out for season with ACL tear Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson has torn his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and he won’t be available for any of the postsea...
Arthur Smith to Jets, Bears?
NFL, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
January 7, 2025
Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith is a candidate for vacant head coach job of the New York Jets, several national outlets reported Monday, and the Jets have formally requested an ...
MLB, Sports
January 7, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — An affiliate of the Major League Baseball Players Association withdrew its lawsuit against the parent company of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the convenience store chain Sheetz Inc. th...
Steelers have ‘choice to respond the right way’
NFL, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
January 7, 2025
Despite backpedaling into the AFC playoffs on a fourgame losing streak, the Pittsburgh Steelers late Saturday night sounded more like a team ready to wear their white jerseys than wave a white towel. ...
USA wins 2nd straight world junior title
Sports
January 7, 2025
Boston College’s Teddy Stiga scored on a breakaway in OT for the United States. OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Teddy Stiga scored on a breakaway at 8:04 of 3-on-3 overtime to give the United States a 4-3 vict...
Lions secure No. 1 seed in NFC, playoffs set
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
January 7, 2025
The road to the Super Bowl in the NFC will go through Motown. The Detroit Lions secured a No. 1 seed with a 31-9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night. Jahmyr Gibbs scored four touchdowns...
Jaguars fire coach Doug Pederson, keep GM
NFL, Sports
January 7, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Doug Pederson is out as Jacksonville’s head coach after the franchise’s “best team assembled” won just four games. Jaguars owner Shad Khan fired Pederson on Monday, a day aft...
Rodgers proved he can still play at high level
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
January 7, 2025
Aaron Rodgers showed the rest of the NFL in Week 18 that he can still play at a high level in case he wants to return for a 21st season. The four-time NFL MVP threw four touchdown passes against a tea...
Sports Snapshots
High school, Sports
January 7, 2025
ELIZABETH FORWARD AT BELLE VERNON
Sports
January 7, 2025
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) 6:30 p.m. - FS1 — St. John’s at Xavier 7 p.m. - ACCN — Georgia Tech at Syracuse 7 p.m. - ESPN — Pittsburgh at Duke 7 p.m. - ESPN2 — Tennessee at Florida 7 p.m. - ESPNU — Clems...
Sports
January 7, 2025
2005 • The Ringgold girls basketball team continues to struggle after a 41-29 loss to Canon-McMillian. Ringgold coach Skip Koskoski was angry for his team and the lack of enthusiasm they showed on the...
4 Mon Valley teams among the best in the district
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
January 6, 2025
The SA and Serra Catholic boys and the TJ and Clairton girls all look like legitimate title contenders. The WPIAL basketball season is fully entering section play now that the new year is upon us, and...
Ringgold wrestlers fourth at TRICADA Tournament
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
January 6, 2025
Ringgold’s wrestling team posted a fourth-place finish over the weekend in the TRICADA Tournament at West Greene. The Rams had three firstplace finishers, including Jake Conroy (215), who was named th...
Steelers to open playoffs Saturday in Baltimore
NFL, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
January 6, 2025
They wound up as the sixth seed in the AFC after closing the season with four straight losses. Failing to get the help they needed Sunday to secure a higher playoff seed, the Pittsburgh Steelers will ...
Penguins fall to Hurricanes in overtime
NHL, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
January 6, 2025
Sebastian Aho scored the gamewinner at 1:30 of the OT period. The Pittsburgh Penguins completed the first half of the 2024-25 season in a fashion that has been far too quotidian in their first 41 game...
NFL, Sports
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
January 6, 2025
If I hadn’t seen it, I would have never believed it. What in the world happened to the Steelers over the last month? Four weeks ago (which now seems like an eternity), the Steelers were 10-3 and comfo...
Patriots fire Mayo as head coach after just one season
NFL, Sports
January 6, 2025
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots fired coach Jerod Mayo on Sunday after one season, beginning another reboot for the franchise just a year after it parted with longtime coach Bill Bel...
Penn State optimistic Abdul Carter can play against ND
NCAA, Sports
January 6, 2025
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — It’s still too early to determine if Penn State defensive end Abdul Carter will be available when the sixth-seeded Nittany Lions (13-2) play seventh-seeded Notre Dame (13-1) ...
ND’s Jeremiyah Love expected to play in Orange Bowl
NCAA, Sports
By By MICHAEL MAROT AP 
January 6, 2025
Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love is expected to start Thursday in the Orange Bowl against sixth-seeded Penn State, enabling the seventh-seeded Fighting Irish and their trademark ground game to o...