Polak, Whitehead potent combination for Cal men
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By By ADAM BREWER jsellew@yourmvi.com 
January 16, 2025
Some will say these are the dog days of the PSAC West basketball schedule. But for the California (Pa.) men’s basketball team, this is a critical stretch of games after battling some early injuries an...
Pirates sign pair of top international shortstops
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By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
January 16, 2025
Johan De Los Santos, 16, and Darrell Morel, 17, are both ranked in the top 20 international prospects. The Pittsburgh Pirates signed a pair of shortstops from the Dominican Republic who are both ranke...
Penguins press on without Tristan Jarry
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By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
January 16, 2025
The Pittsburgh Penguins opened practice Wednesday in Cranberry in a different fashion. They talked. To be clear, only Mike Sullivan spoke as his players gathered around him near the home bench at UPMC...
Bears interview McCarthy, Smith for head coaching job
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January 16, 2025
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears interviewed former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy and Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith for their head coachin...
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January 16, 2025
Michigan St. beats Penn State to run streak to 10 EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Frankie Fidler had a season-high 18 points and Jaden Akins scored 16, leading No. 12 Michigan State to a 90-85 victory over...
Steelers sign QB, but not Fields or Wilson
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By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
January 16, 2025
As they head into the offseason with all three of their quarterbacks on the 53-man roster set to hit free agency, the Pittsburgh Steelers made a contingency plan for the 2025 season. Skylar Thompson, ...
Pens’ presence still felt in Jagr’s last season
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By By RENATTA SIGNORINI Trib Total Media 
January 16, 2025
A few Jaromir Jagr Penguins jerseys were in the crowd during a December game of the Kladno Knights, the team he owns and still plays for, in the Czech Republic, according to an article in the Philadel...
Tomlin’s answers on Pickens raise even more questions
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By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
January 16, 2025
During Tuesday’s season- ending press conference, I asked Steelers coach Mike Tomlin if it was a priority for the franchise to get wide receiver George Pickens a contract extension in the offseason. H...
As fires rage, Woods unsure of Riviera tournament
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January 16, 2025
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods isn’t sure what’s going to happen with next month’s Genesis Invitational, the PGA Tour event that he hosts in the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhoo...
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By By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer 
January 16, 2025
Being a private person from a small town, Kim Caldwell keeps her business to herself. That’s why she ducked and dodged questions for months about her first pregnancy. Then the woman who announced with...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
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January 16, 2025
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January 16, 2025
BVA Youth Sports holding spring registration The Belle Vernon Area Youth Sports Association will hold two in-person baseball and softbnall signups beginning Feb. 4 for boys and girls ages 4 to 17. The...
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January 16, 2025
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) 7 p.m. - CBSSN — Hofstra at Towson 7 p.m. - ESPN2 — Memphis at Temple 7 p.m. - ESPNU — High Point at Longwood 7 p.m. - FS1 — Michigan at Minnesota 9 p.m. - BTN — Maryland at N...
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January 16, 2025
2005 • Sunday – no paper. 1995 • The Cal U men’s and women’s basketball team goes to Shippensburg after sweeping Edinboro University at home. The Vulcans upped their PSAC West Division record to 2-0 a...
EF tops Derry to create standings logjam
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
January 15, 2025
Tyler Basic scored 25 points to help the Warriors jump right back into the section title hunt. With the logjam at the top of Section 3-4A boys basketball, Elizabeth Forward head coach Nolan Larry said...
Combing through the ‘Stew’ notes
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January 15, 2025
Baseball had its ultimate sad tale of a career cut short in the Lou Gehrig story. Football had a similar story about running back Brian Piccolo as was chronicled in Brian’s Song. Locally, a fine baske...
All options on table for Tomlin, Steelers
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January 15, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — There is a sameness to the way the Pittsburgh Steelers keep ending their seasons. Yet Mike Tomlin shrugged on Tuesday when asked if it feels as if the Steelers are “stuck” after thei...
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
January 15, 2025
The Monessen boys basketball team picked up an important win Tuesday to stay within a game of second-place Serra Catholic in Section 2-1A. The Greyhounds (8-4, 3-2) broke open a close game in the four...
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By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
January 15, 2025
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-2 loss against the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena was a fitting conclusion to a dreadful five-game homestand that saw them go 1-3-1. This sequence of games on...
WPIAL wraps up Imani Christian hearing
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By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
January 15, 2025
The WPIAL has wrapped up an investigation into possible recruiting violations by the Imani Christian basketball program with a decision pending. The WPIAL, which launched the inquiry in October, held ...