Dusi reaches state tennis finals
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 9, 2024
The BVA standout fell to a three-time PIAA champion after a dominant run through the tournament. Belle Vernon Area’s Gabby Dusi has long been a tennis standout in the Mon Valley, and over the weekend,...
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By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
November 9, 2024
Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender Joel Blomqvist doesn’t have an overly elaborate approach to what is arguably the most demanding position in all of sports. “I felt pretty good in these games that...
Sports
November 9, 2024
Class 2A Quarterfinal Ellwood City 13, South Allegheny 12 No. 6 South Allegheny came up just short in its Class 2A quarterfinal matchup as a missed extra point came back to haunt them. The Gladiators ...
Ravens stop 2-point conversion to beat Bengals
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THURSDAY’S LATE GAME
November 9, 2024
BALTIMORE (AP) — Facing his largest deficit in three years, Lamar Jackson led Baltimore back with another dazzling display. He danced along the sideline on one scramble, turning a potential 20-yard lo...
McCaffrey set to return for 49ers this weekend
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November 9, 2024
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey has looked good in his first week back at practice after being sidelined by Achilles tendinitis and is on track ...
Bengals let another big lead slip away
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November 9, 2024
BALTIMORE (AP) — Another tight game, another loss for the Cincinnati Bengals. It’s a frustrating pattern that has put the struggling team in danger of missing the playoffs despite the outstanding play...
76ers All-Star Maxey out with hamstring injury
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November 9, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The trio of 76ers stars looked majestic on opening night as their images covered the arena’s 4K kinetic scoreboard. Joel Embiid palmed a basketball. Tyrese Maxey in the middle appe...
NCAA lifts eligibility ban for CHL players
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By By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer 
November 9, 2024
The NCAA Division I Council approved a rule Thursday allowing players with Canadian Hockey League experience to compete at U.S. colleges starting next season, a landmark decision that has the potentia...
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November 9, 2024
AUTO RACING 4 p.m. - USA — NASCAR Xfinity Series: Qualifying, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ariz. 5 p.m. - USA — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ariz. 7:30 p.m. - CW — NASCAR Xf...
Unbeaten Ellwood City next for South Allegheny
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 8, 2024
The South Allegheny football team picked up its first playoff win since 1986 last week, but it has no intention of stopping there as it prepares for a WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinal matchup at Ellwood Ci...
Vulcans set for opener against West Liberty
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 8, 2024
California (Pa.) will go by committee to replace the scoring of All-American Dejah Terrell. While the California (Pa.) women’s basketball team will have to replace All-American Dejah Terrell, the expe...
Warriors host Trojans in WPIAL quarterfinal
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 8, 2024
North Catholic is seeded 11th in the 3A bracket and defeated No. 6 Deer Lakes in the first round. On paper, the Elizabeth Forward football team is excited to be facing the overall No. 11 seed in the W...
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FRIDAY NIGHT PICKS
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 8, 2024
The pickins’ are getting slimmer as we’re down to the nitty gritty of the WPIAL football season. While there are fewer games involving local teams, the importance of those games grows as we get closer...
Jaguars, Quips face off in 4A showdown
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By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
November 8, 2024
Go back in time four years to when Thomas Jefferson and Aliquippa met in the 2020 WPIAL finals. It seemed then that a new rivalry was blossoming with the Quips’ arrival in Class 4A. Yet, they haven’t ...
Steelers face Commanders in a clash of teams on unexpected playoff track
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November 8, 2024
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The odds were against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Commanders making the playoffs before the season started, for various reasons on either side. They meet up just past th...
Diaz Graham embraces leader role – in Spanish or English
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By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
November 8, 2024
Guillermo Diaz Graham is 21 years old now, no longer a newcomer to the rigors of ACC basketball like he was in 2022. He’s a Pitt junior, entrusted by coach Jeff Capel to shoot 3s, rebound and launch h...
New receiver Williams ‘moving everywhere’
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By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
November 8, 2024
Mike Williams was asleep Tuesday when his trade from the New York Jets to the Pittsburgh Steelers was finalized. But the man whose playing time Williams is most likely to siphon isn’t sleeping on what...
Smith excited to play in Steelers’ 3-4 defense
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By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
November 8, 2024
When Preston Smith received the phone call that his trade request was granted by the Green Bay Packers, he admitted that he checked the AFC North standings to look up the record of the Pittsburgh Stee...
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AP PRO PICKS
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
November 8, 2024
Six teams are road favorites and two more are slight underdogs in Week 10. The 49ers, Bills, Vikings, Falcons, Eagles and Lions each are favorites on the road. The Jets and Dolphins both are only 1-po...