Wake up the ghosts! A&M, Texas rivalry is reborn
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November 27, 2024
The rivalry between the Aggies and Longhorns dates back to 1894. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Any Texas or Texas A&M player has heard the lore of the rivalry between the two schools, a grudge match that dates...
Players Era brings new look to tournament lineup
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By By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer 
November 27, 2024
Eight of the nation’s premier basketball programs are descending on Las Vegas during the traditional Thanksgiving tournament week for a unique event where real money for their school’s name, image and...
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November 27, 2024
CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE 7 p.m. - NHLN — CHL/USA Prospects Challenge: From Oshawa, Ontario COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) Noon - ESPN — Battle 4 Atlantis: Louisville vs. Indiana, Quarterfinal, Nassau, Bahamas...
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November 27, 2024
2012 • Columnist Jeff Oliver expressed his admiration for the Clairton Bears for winning five consecutive WPIAL championships and even more so for their record breaking 60 consecutive wins. He wrote, ...
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November 27, 2024
Vulcans drop second straight All 11 players on the roster scored for Daemen as it dealt the 10th-ranked California (Pa.) men’s basketball team its second straight loss with a 111-77 win Tuesday. Benja...
Shootout Classic adjusted due to PIAA game
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November 26, 2024
Friday’s games will start at 3 p.m. with TJ vs. Belle Vernon being moved to a 7:30 p.m. start. By the Mon Valley Independent With the Thomas Jefferson football team playing Friday afternoon, the slate...
Good offseason led to ‘monumental’ season for Glads
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 26, 2024
The South Allegheny football team waited 38 seasons to host a home playoff game, and it treated the home fans to an emphatic 53-14 victory in what turned out to be one of the team’s best seasons ever....
Penn State looks to close out regular season
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By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
November 26, 2024
James Franklin is under no illusions as to what his alternate reality would have looked like had Penn State dropped Saturday’s road game at Minnesota. That’s because Franklin would be shouldering a li...
Pitt’s Dunn to miss 6 weeks after thumb surgery
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By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
November 26, 2024
Off to an encouraging start this season, Pitt men’s basketball received some bad news Monday when transfer guard Damian Dunn underwent surgery to repair a right thumb injury and will miss at least six...
Washington, Austin becoming bigger threats
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By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
November 26, 2024
If they aren’t the respective biggest and smallest offensive skill-position players in the NFL, each is close to it. The long and the short of it is Darnell Washington and Calvin Austin III are evolvi...
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By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
November 26, 2024
Everything came down to a one-on-one confrontation Monday in Cranberry. Forward Matt Nieto vs. goaltender Tristan Jarry. Nieto attacked. Jarry reacted. Nieto scored. As Nieto skated toward the left-wi...
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November 26, 2024
CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE 7 p.m. - NHLN — CHL/USA Prospects Challenge: From London, Ontario COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) 1:30 p.m. - CBSSN — Sunshine Slam Beach Bracket: TBD, Third-Place Game, Daytona Beach,...
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November 26, 2024
2012 • For once in his life, Monessen boxer Sammy Vasquez Jr. was not disappointed to knock out his opponent in the first round. In fact, he was downright ecstatic. Vasquez capped an entertaining Doub...
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November 26, 2024
Chargers’ Dobbins leaves with injury INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers running back J.K. Dobbins suffered a knee injury during the second quarter of Monday night’s game against his former ...
Capel: Panthers learned ‘great lesson’ in loss
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By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
November 26, 2024
The consolation game went into triple overtime and the shot clock wasn’t working at the outset. So, the start of the Greenbrier Tipoff championship game in White Sulpher Springs, W.Va., was delayed 75...
‘Hard Knocks’ ready to capture AFC North race
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By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
November 26, 2024
The Pittsburgh Steelers are the only team in the AFC North that had never been featured on “Hard Knocks,” so their loss to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night served as a proper introduction to the...
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November 26, 2024
By Trib Total Media Duquesne’s season-opening streak without a victory in men’s basketball under first-year coach Dru Joyce III reached five Sunday with a 71-60 loss to South Dakota State in the first...
NFL’s week 12 filled with sloppy play
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By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
November 26, 2024
Missed kicks. Poor tackling. Costly penalties. Week 12 was filled with sloppy play around the NFL, leading to some upsets and surprising outcomes. Jayden Daniels nearly led Washington to an improbable...
Rams fall flat in prime time once again
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November 26, 2024
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — For the second time in three weeks, the Los Angeles Rams went into a game knowing a win would move them into a tie for the NFC West lead, only to struggle mightily on the prim...
Thanksgiving tournaments a beloved part of the sport
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By By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer 
November 26, 2024
Lea Miller-Tooley hopped off a call to welcome the Baylor women’s basketball team to the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas, where 80-degree temperatures made it easy for the Bears to settle in on Paradis...