Steelers add tackle depth, Highsmith out
NFL, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
September 26, 2024
To replace rookie firstround pick Troy Fautanu’s spot on the 53-man roster, the Pittsburgh Steelers added a tackle with four years of NFL experience. Calvin Anderson, who had 14 starts and appeared in...
ACC’s front-office style is the new norm
NCAA, Sports
By By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer 
September 26, 2024
New Boston College coach Bill O’Brien wanted to build a pro-style approach to handle the growing demands of recruiting in the transfer- portal era. North Carolina State’s Dave Doeren saw the same need...
Daniels leads Commanders to record performance
NFL, Sports
By By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer 
September 26, 2024
Jayden Daniels did far more than just deliver the first breakthrough performance from this year’s heralded class of rookie quarterbacks. He put up the type of performance that few quarterbacks of any ...
Sports
September 26, 2024
2013 • Two Charleroi golfers went head to head in playoff golf with both advancing to the PIAA Western Regional at Toms Run. Gunnar Riley and Mike Kondratik both picked up their tickets as a result of...
Sports
September 26, 2024
Vulcans fall at Pitt-Johnstown For the third time this season the Cal (Pa.) women’s soccer team dropped a one-goal decision. The Mountain Cats’ Sophia Lamesta scored the lone goal in a 1-0 contest in ...
Eagles fall to GCC in non-section play
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
September 25, 2024
The Centurions move on to a revenge game against Frazier by knocking off defending Class 1A champions. The Serra Catholic volleyball team learned a lot about itself in a 3-1 loss to Greensburg Central...
Four advance to WPIAL final round at Oakmont
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 25, 2024
Three Belle Vernon Area golfers and one from Thomas Jefferson made the cut at the WPIAL Class 3A championship first round Tuesday and will advance to play in the final round next week at Oakmont Count...
Local Sports, Sports
BVA MS boys shut out Yough
September 25, 2024
The Belle Vernon Area Middle School girls soccer team dominated play throughout a 4-0 win Tuesday over visiting Elizabeth Forward as the Leopards’ eighth-graders celebrated their final home game. Whil...
Panthers reach No. 1
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
September 25, 2024
When Pitt’s men’s soccer team travels to Blacksburg, Va., on Friday to meet Virginia Tech, it will carry a designation as the No. 1 team in the nation. In the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 released Tue...
Warriors tune up for showdown, TJ wins and loses
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 25, 2024
Belle Vernon 7, Uniontown 1 Laurel Highlands 3, T. Jefferson 2 (OT) T. Jefferson 5, Laurel Highlands 0 The Elizabeth Forward boys soccer team tuned up for its firstplace showdown Thursday with a lopsi...
MLB, Sports
September 25, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Willy Adames secured his first 30-20 season in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 7-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Adames stole second after an infield single, his first of ...
Status quo: Fields will remain at QB for Steelers
MLB, Sports
September 25, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin is in no hurry to announce Justin Fields as the starting quarterback in Pittsburgh. While Fields will again get the nod on Sunday in place of the injured Russell Wilson w...
Retired QB Favre reveals Parkinson’s diagnosis
NFL, Sports
September 25, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he told a congressional committee Tuesday. Favre made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a...
Penguins fall to Sabres in preseason home opener
NHL, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
September 25, 2024
The Pittsburgh Penguins dropped their second game of the preseason, falling to the Buffalo Sabres, 3-2, on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena. Penguins defenseman Jack St. Ivany opened the scoring 2 minutes,...
Steelers playing effective football
NFL, Sports
September 25, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin has spent the past few years almost gleefully leaning into an old-school approach that at times has seemed out of step with the modern NFL. Part of this has been out of n...
NFL, Sports
September 25, 2024
Panthers’ Thielen to miss four weeks with hamstring injury CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers will be without wide receiver Adam Thielen for at least four weeks after the veteran was placed ...
Aubrey falls 1 yard shy of record
NFL, Sports
September 25, 2024
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Brandon Aubrey is getting his kicks with the Dallas Cowboys. He extended his NFL record to 15 consecutive made field goals of at least 50 yards without a miss at the start of a...
Graves: ‘I know that I’m still a good player’
NHL, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
September 25, 2024
Ryan Graves harbors a resolutely positive attitude. With long hair and a habit of talking about good vibes, he has an appearance and presence more akin to a professional surfer than NHL defenseman. An...
Gateway’s Davis finds a home in Pitt backfield
NCAA, Sports
By By MICHAEL LOVE Trib Total Media 
September 25, 2024
When Derrick Davis Jr. was in the huddle before what turned out to be Pitt’s game-winning touchdown in the 107th Backyard Brawl between Pitt and West Virginia on Sept. 14 at Acrisure Stadium, he had o...
Yorke ready to check another box of list of major league firsts
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
September 25, 2024
Nick Yorke had checked off multiple boxes in his first week in the major leagues, from getting his first hit, RBI and run scored to starting at several positions in the infield and outfield for the Pi...