Without Crosby, Pens rally together for win in New York
Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
February 8, 2025
The Pittsburgh Penguins aren’t necessarily deviating from how they go about their business sans the services of superstar center Sidney Crosby. But in their first regular- season game without Crosby s...
McMillion hopes passion for football shows in interviews
Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
February 8, 2025
Questions ranged from girlfriends to youth wrestling, but Donovan McMillon answered them all with his ultimate goal in mind: to one day cash an NFL paycheck. McMillon, a Peters Township graduate and f...
With Crosby’s status uncertain, Pens considering their options at center
Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
February 8, 2025
For a few minutes, at least, fears were allayed. Sidney Crosby, who means as much to a professional sports franchise as any athlete on this planet, stepped onto the ice as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ pra...
NYU women run winning streak to 49
Sports
February 8, 2025
Former MVI Summer League MVP Eden Williamson is a member of the NYU team. NEW YORK (AP) — The NYU women’s basketball team is on a run few teams have ever seen. The No. 1 ranked Violets have won 49 con...
Revamped Superdome ready to host 8th Super Bowl
Sports
February 8, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NFL coach Sean Payton remains a fan of the nearly 50-year-old Superdome, where he paced the home sideline for 15 seasons. “I challenge any venue to age like this one has,” Payton, n...
Sports
February 8, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dublin will host Ireland’s first NFL regular-season game when the Pittsburgh Steelers play at historic Croke Park in 2025, the league announced Friday, two days before the Chiefs an...
Sports
February 8, 2025
Charel 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 I...
BVA’s Salvino announces plan to retire
Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
February 7, 2025
Joe Salvino’s coaching career has spanned 41 years as a head coach. When it’s time, you just know. For Belle Vernon Area boys basketball coach Joe Salvino, now is the time. The second-winningest coach...
PIAA will comply with Trump’s transgender ban
Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
February 7, 2025
The PIAA, which has allowed transgender high school athletes to compete in its state championships, will heed a presidential executive order barring them from women’s and girls sports. “We are trackin...
Wade’s 44 leads Bears over Greyhounds
Sports
By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
February 7, 2025
In a battle of high scorers Clairton’s Iyanna Wade stole the show, leading the Bears to a commanding 72-48 victory over Monessen in a Section 2-1A matchup Thursday. With 44 points, seven rebounds, sev...
Geibel clinches section title with win over Eagles
Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
February 7, 2025
The section crown is the Gators’ first since 2007. Emma Larkin scored 33 points for Geibel. Knowing that a win at Serra Catholic Thursday night would give it a section championship for the first time ...
Pirates sign OF Tommy Pham
Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
February 7, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates addressed a glaring need but did so by adding a 36-year-old outfielder who has played for nine teams in 11 seasons, including five trips to the postseason. A source confirmed to...
Competition arises for corner spot in OF with Cruz, Reynolds
Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
February 7, 2025
Jack Suwinski, Josh Palacios, Billy Cook and newly acquired Tommy Pham will battle for the RF spot. Now that the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a seismic shift by moving Oneil Cruz from shortstop to cen...
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...
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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...