Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
February 26, 2025
Omar Khan has talked to agents for Russell Wilson and Justin Fields. INDIANAPOLIS — Two weeks before the start of NFL free agency’s legal tampering period, the Pittsburgh Steelers don’t have any of th...
Sports
February 26, 2025
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 6:30 p.m. - BTN — Michigan St. at Maryland 6:30 p.m. - FS1 — Georgetown at UConn 7 p.m. - ACCN — Notre Dame at Clemson 7 p.m. - CBSSN — Dayton at Rhode Island 7 p.m. - ESPN2...
Sports
February 26, 2025
2005 • Yough’s Ben McCauley may be the best player in the WPIAL Class AAA, but he’s no match for the best team in the class. Moon successfully defended its WPIAL title with a convincing 69-42 romp ove...
Slow start dooms Warriors in semifinal loss
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
February 25, 2025
Elizabeth Forward will face No.3 North Catholic Wednesday in a consolation game. It was always going to be difficult for the Elizabeth Forward girls basketball team to knock off Blackhawk in the WPIAL...
Bears dominate No. 2 Gators
High school, Sports
By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
February 25, 2025
No. 3 Clairton will face No. 1 Union Friday at 3 p.m. in the WPIAL 1A championship game. No. 3 Clairton punched its ticket to the WPIAL Class 1A championship in dominant fashion, rolling past second- ...
Will Salvino be forced to return to Leopards’ bench?
High school, Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
February 25, 2025
a little food for thought to help Here’s start your week: • Over the many years of his legendary coaching career, Joe Salvino and I had this little moment we used to enjoy. Often times, when I was int...
Storylines to follow for Steelers at NFL Combine
NFL, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
February 25, 2025
With the Super Bowl, college playoffs and all-star showcases in the rearview mirror, the NFL ramps up its focus this week for the upcoming season. The annual Scouting Combine will be held at Lucas Oil...
High school, Sports
February 25, 2025
Eagles, Warriors see seasons end The Serra Catholic girls saw thier season come to an end with a loss to visiting Bishop Canevin in a WPIAL Class 1A consolation game. Bella Dumbroski did score a game-...
Rainy Monday leads to spring cancellations
MLB, Sports
February 25, 2025
All games, except one, were rained out in Grapefruit League play. By the Associated Press A rainy day in Florida resulted in all but one Grapefruit League game being canceled Monday, including the Det...
Season not over for some WPIAL boys teams
High school, Sports
By By DON REBEL TribLive 
February 25, 2025
The Path to the Pete is heating up with eight more boys basketball semifinals games in Class 6A, 5A, 3A and 2A on Monday and Tuesday before the six WPIAL championship games are set for later this week...
Girls teams still have plenty to play for in consolations
High school, Sports
By By DON REBEL TribLive 
February 25, 2025
The Path to the Pete is heating up with eight more girls basketball semifinals games in Class 6A, 4A, 2A and A on Monday and Tuesday before the six WPIAL championship games are set for later this week...
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
February 25, 2025
BRADENTON, Fla. — It never dawned on Mitch Keller that he took the mound for their Grapefruit League home opener a year to the day after he signed a five-year, $77 million contract extension with the ...
Konnor Griffin flashing his skills in spring training
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
February 25, 2025
BRADENTON, Fla. — Konnor Griffin is quick to say how cool it is to be an 18-year-old in big league camp at spring training, especially when reminded that he’s less than a year removed from high school...
PLAYOFF SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
The WPIAL playoffs return to Ringgold
February 25, 2025
PHOTOS BY LORI PADILLA / FOR MVI SPORTS
Sports
February 25, 2025
BASEBALL 6 a.m. - MLBN — 2025 World Baseball Classic Qualifier: TBD, Taipei, China COLLEGE BASEBALL 2 p.m. - BTN+ – St. Joseph at Rutgers 3 p.m. - ACCNX – Bucknell at Pittsburgh COLLEGE BASKETBALL (ME...
Sports
February 25, 2025
2005 • It’s been a long time since Yough coach Brian Znavor has been to Duquesne University’s A.J. Palumbo Center. “I was there as a player for Norwin in 1994 when we lost to Upper St. Clair in the se...
Championship bound
High school, Sports
Belle Vernon, Serra Catholic boys headed to the Pete
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
February 24, 2025
The Leps overcame an 8-point deficit in the second half to reach the WPIAL championship game. The Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team faced an eight-point halftime deficit and had several of their ...
Dumbroski leads Serra Catholic into 1A championship
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
February 24, 2025
Serra Catholic’s Owen Dumbroski was made for championship moments. The senior guard collected 26 points in the Eagles’ 57-45 victory over Nazareth Prep Saturday in the Class 1A Semifinal at Peters Tow...
BVA’s Brown, TJ trio win 3A titles
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
February 24, 2025
There were a number of storylines at this year’s Class 3A wrestling championship at Canon-McMillan High School. Among those were special ones for the Mon Valley contingent. Belle Vernon Area’s Elijah ...
EF’s Bubash, Boyer; Frazier’s Angelo and Bentworth’s Ivcic win WPIAL championships
High school, Sports
By By JEREMY SELLEW & TED SARNESO jsellew@yourmvi.com, 
February 24, 2025
TribLive Four local wrestlers claimed WPIAL championships with a number of others ending up on the podium at the Class 2A championships Saturday at Chartiers Valley High School. One of the surprises o...