Jackson, former teammates embrace Johnson’s move
Sports
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
November 5, 2024
Former Pittsburgh Steeler Diontae Johnson saw only 13 snaps in his Baltimore Ravens debut and wasn’t targeted on the day. That was the plan heading into Baltimore’s Week 9 game against the Denver Bron...
Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
November 5, 2024
When Rodney Williams saw that Calvin Austin III had only one man to beat to get to the sideline, he used his left shoulder to nudge New York Giants long snapper Casey Kreiter and clear some space. The...
Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
November 5, 2024
Ben Cherington declared there was no part of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ roster he won’t examine and aim to improve upon a last-place team that has won 76 games in successive seasons. Following his team’s...
SMU’s start is best ever for first-year Power 4 team
Sports
By By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer 
November 5, 2024
This move from a Group of Five conference to the Power Four is working out all right for SMU. Better than all right, actually. The Mustangs (8-1) were No. 13 in The Associated Press college football p...
Barkley amazes with backward hurdle
Sports
November 5, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Saquon Barkley had little choice after a nasty spin move left him slightly sideways, forcing him to jump — make it, leapfrog backward. Barkley’s rear end sailed over Jaguars corner...
Raiders fire Luke Getsy, other offensive assistants
Sports
November 5, 2024
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The slumping Raiders fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy as part of an offensive coaching staff shakeup Sunday night, less than a year after Las Vegas hired him. Quarterbacks...
College athletes getting paid, fans getting the bill
Sports
By By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer 
November 5, 2024
At Tennessee, they are adding a ‘talent fee’ to the price of sports tickets. At Arkansas, they will charge 3% more at the concessions stands. At Michigan and Michigan State, athletic directors sent le...
Sports
November 5, 2024
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) 5:30 p.m. - Sacred Heart at Temple — ESPN+ 6 p.m. - Georgian Court at Drexel — FloSports 6:30 p.m. - Bucknell at University of Delaware — Flo-Sports 7 p.m. - Radford at Pittsb...
Sports
November 5, 2024
2012 • The most storied season in Belle Vernon Area soccer continues, both the boys and girls teams are advancing to the PIAA playoffs. Three days after making their first WPIAL playoff appearance, th...
Sports
November 5, 2024
BVA MS Girls continue dominance The Belle Vernon Area Middle School girls basketball team rolled to a pair of wins over visiting Yough Monday. The 8th-grade team (7-1) won 47-3 with Isis Almyty leadin...
Dusi reaches state tennis finals
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 4, 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,...
GCC sweeps Frazier in WPIAL title match
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 4, 2024
The Commodores will move on to the PIAA tournament, starting Tuesday with Saegertown. Coming into Saturday’s WPIAL Class 1A volleyball championship game, No. 3 Greensburg Central Catholic had no lack ...
South Allegheny returns to the playoff party
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
November 4, 2024
5 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM FIRST ROUND OF WPIAL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS The Gladiators announced their presence with an emphatic 53-14 win over Waynesburg. The last time South Allegheny won a WPIAL playoff ga...
Being good isn’t enough for Tomlin or Steelers
NFL, Sports
November 4, 2024
There’s no danger that the team will become complacent after a 6-2 start. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin could have played it safe. Could have stuck with Justin Fields. Could have settled for the weekl...
Triolo wins NL Gold Glove Award
MLB, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
November 4, 2024
He was recognized as a utility player. The Pittsburgh Pirates value versatility, and Jared Triolo was honored for his ability to play multiple positions at a high level by winning his first NL Gold Gl...
College basketball forced to adjust to football realignment
MLB, Sports
By By AARON BEARD AP 
November 4, 2024
Pittsburgh coach Jeff Capel recalls coaching in the Big 12 when Texas flirted with heading to what was then the Pac-10, a move that threatened to tear the Big 12 apart and potentially leave Kansas hom...
NFL, Sports
November 4, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs general manager Brett Veach is not averse to making moves that he thinks will help his team win. Especially ones that are low risk, high reward. Even though the two-time...
Perfect passer rating for Jackson as Ravens win again
NFL, Sports
NFL ROUNDUP
November 4, 2024
The reigning MVP showed no ill effects from missing two practices this week. BALTIMORE (AP) — It takes more than a couple missed practices to slow down Lamar Jackson. And the much-anticipated matchup ...
NFL, Sports
November 4, 2024
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Saints wide receiver Chris Olave was discharged from Carolinas Medical Center and allowed to return to New Orleans on Sunday night with his teammates after taking a hard hit on ...
Oregon unanimous choice atop AP poll; movement throughout
NCAA, Sports
By By ERIC OLSON AP 
November 4, 2024
Oregon was the unanimous choice for No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, strengthening its bid for the top spot in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s first ra...