NFL, Sports
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
December 16, 2024
We might not have a Steelers win to talk about in this space today, but we do have the next best thing … some “food for thought.” • Make that 11 consecutive losses for the Steelers against the Eagles ...
Sports
December 16, 2024
2013 • The Belle Vernon Area wrestling team won four out of five matches at the North Hills Dual Tournament. The BVA grapplers defeated North Hills, 41-20, Mars, 60-3, Avonworth, 61-12, and Jefferson-...
NCAA, Sports
By By JOSH RIZZO For TribLive 
December 16, 2024
Pitt outside hitter Valeria Vazquez Gomez’s raising her arms with the NCAA regional championship trophy was mirrored by many of the 9,525 spectators in the crowd Saturday at Petersen Events Center. Th...
Leps win shootout against Titans
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 14, 2024
Zion Moore scored 40 as BVA outlasted West Mifflin for a 92-82 win Friday to open section play. Zion Moore and Daven Reynolds put on a show Friday night at West Mifflin High School as it was Moore’s L...
Greyhounds dominate Charleroi
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
December 14, 2024
Monessen showed patience and their ability to attack in Friday’s rivalry win. Fast or slow, the Monessen boys’ basketball can attack and win in any fashion. The Greyhounds showed their patience Friday...
Hamer’s legacy will be everlasting throughout the game
Sports
December 14, 2024
The Fairhope native died Nov. 29 with a list of accomplishments. Murrysville resident Dale Hamer passed away Nov. 29, but he lived a rich and fulfilling life, one which included a list of accomplishme...
Rich Rod gets talk started for Brawl
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
December 14, 2024
Rich Rodriguez opened his second tenure as West Virginia football coach with a volley that went thundering north on I-79. Hired Thursday to return to coach his alma mater — a team he led to four Big E...
Bullpen coach Perez brings familiarity with staff
MLB, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media, By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
December 14, 2024
A surplus of familiar faces is set to greet Miguel Perez when he joins the Pittsburgh Pirates for spring training in a few months. Perez, whom the Pirates named big-league bullpen coach Friday afterno...
Belichick’s hire at UNC a sign of rising pro influence in college
NCAA, Sports
December 14, 2024
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Bill Belichick spent time after his NFL exit talking with college coaches wanting his thoughts on managing new wrinkles at their level that looked a lot like the pros. The two...
Sports
December 14, 2024
2014 • Sunday – no paper. 2004 • The Charleroi girls basketball team defeated Brownsville in a classic buzzer beater. With just six seconds remaining on the clock and the score tied at 44, Jenn Crabb ...
Panthers outlast Oregon, Kentucky next
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
December 14, 2024
The No. 1 Panthers will face No. 3-seed Kentucky today in the regional final. Pitt sophomore Olivia Babcock stands 6-foot-4, with a right arm that can be intimidating when she moves purposely from the...
Eagles try to cast aside issues ahead of showdown
NFL, Sports
December 14, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The guy on the Philly sports talk radio station had something to say, and he started to vent about the perceived strained relationship between star quarterback Jalen Hurts and stan...
Rams win sloppy game against 49ers
NFL, Sports
THURSDAY’S LATE GAME
December 14, 2024
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Four nights after winning the highest-scoring game of the NFL season, the Los Angeles Rams won the only game this year that didn’t have a touchdown. Joshua Karty kicked four...
UNLV hires Dan Mullen
NCAA, Sports
December 14, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) — UNLV is reaching into the Southeastern Conference to keep momentum going for its 24th-ranked football team, hiring former Florida and Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen on Thursday. H...
Sunseri officially hired at UCLA
NCAA, Sports
December 14, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA officially announced Tino Sunseri’s hiring as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Thursday. Sunseri replaces Eric Bieniemy, who was fired on Dec. 5 after fielding o...
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 14, 2024
The McKeesport boys basketball team overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to stun visiting Laurel Highlands Friday at Neenie Campbell Gymnasium. After chipping away in the third quarter, the Tigers (2-...
Hunter, Jeanty give Heisman ceremony a different vibe
NCAA, Sports
December 14, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Same iconic statue, very different race. With two-way star Travis Hunter of Colorado and Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty leading the field, these certainly aren’t your typical H...
Sports
December 14, 2024
The Belle Vernon Area Middle School boys basketball team split their matchup with Greensburg Salem Friday. The Leopards’ 8th-grade team remained unbeaten with another blowout win. BVA (5-0) led 32-1 a...
Sports
December 14, 2024
The Titans took a 50-48 advantage, but the Leopards then went on a 10-0 run to retake a lead that it wouldn’t relinquish as Moore hit two three-pointers and Wade and Ghilani added two each. Going up 5...
BVA girls beat Ringgold to open section play
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 13, 2024
Section basketball is upon us in the WPIAL calendar, and two local squads went at it Thursday night when Belle Vernon made the trip to Ringgold and left with a 41-27 victory. The Leopards (3-3, 1-0) w...