Carter says he’s the best player in 2025 draft class
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NFL ROUNDUP
February 27, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Penn State star Abdul Carter made one thing clear Wednesday: He should be the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s NFL draft. Carter was in the first group of players to speak ...
Penguins’ Blomqvist ‘looked really small in goal’
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By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
February 27, 2025
He gave up four goals on 15 shots in Sunday’s loss to the Rangers. Since returning from the 4 Nations Face-Off, the Pittsburgh Penguins are 0-3 and have allowed 19 goals. Alex Nedeljkovic has given up...
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By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
February 27, 2025
Alex Nedeljkovic took the blame for the loss after surrendering six goals. Coming out of the nearly two-week break for the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off exhibition tournament, the Pittsburgh Penguins had n...
Ovechkin sets record with 19th 30-goal season
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NHL ROUNDUP
February 27, 2025
He became the third player 39 or older in NHL history to reach that mark. WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin reached 30 goals in a season for the 19th time in his 20-year NHL career, adding to the league...
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February 27, 2025
2005 • Sunday—no paper 1996 • During his nine years as girls basketball coach at Serra Catholic, Bill Cleary has seen his share of success. The Eagles won the WPIAL Class AA crown in 1992 and finished...
TJ CAPTURES THIRD PLACE
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February 26, 2025
Three Valley players selected for Big 33 game
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
February 26, 2025
Thomas Jefferson’s Shep Turk and Justin Schmidt will join EF’’s Chris Climes on the Pa. roster. The prestigious Big 33 Football Classic between the premier highschool football talent in Pennsylvania a...
SA cruises past Mohawk to reach WPIAL finals
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
February 26, 2025
Drew Cook and Cam Epps had 52 combined points in the Gladiators’ 75-53 victory. The South Allegheny boys’ basketball team had one goal at the start of the season — make it to the Pete. The Gladiators ...
Hostetler reflected on playing days at Clemson and Charleroi
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SPORTS STEW
February 26, 2025
He was a charter member of the Football Hall of Fame at his high school. John “Hoss” Hostetler was featured in a 2021 MVI story, but his story is so rich, there’s more to be said. He starred for Charl...
Air power: Skenes finds flexibility key to developing a pair of new pitch offerings
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By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
February 26, 2025
He’s eager to try out the cutter and the running two-seam fastball in a spring training game. BRADENTON, Fla. — Paul Skenes never even boarded the bus. The Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander was warned M...
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February 26, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Howie Roseman’s forehead has healed from the beer can that left him bloodied at the Philadelphia Eagles’ victory parade, and the general manager is working on getting the team in p...
Mercury’s Taurasi retires after 20 WNBA seasons
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February 26, 2025
PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi is retiring after 20 seasons, ending one of the greatest careers in women’s basketball history. The WNBA’s career scoring leader and a three-time league champion, Taurasi ...
Paul George: 76ers ‘Showing no signs of a team that will compete’
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February 26, 2025
Philadelphia dropped its eighth straight game Monday night. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Yes, the Philadelphia 76ers played without two-time NBA scoring champion and the always-injured Joel Embiid. Yes, they h...
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Scherzer strikes out 4 in Blue Jays debut
February 26, 2025
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Twotime Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell pitched a scoreless inning in his spring training debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. Snell, who agreed to a $182 million, f...
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By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer 
February 26, 2025
The NBA is on the cusp of accomplishing something that it hasn’t seen before. The jury’s still out on whether it’s a good thing. With about seven weeks left in the season, 2-point shots are accounting...
Eagles coach Nick Sirianni pushes back against proposal to ban the tush push
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February 26, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni pushed back against the Green Bay Packers’ proposal to ban the tush push. “I’ve seen some of the stuff that it’s an automatic play,” Siriann...