Nate Herbig out to claim starting center job
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
July 30, 2024
Most believe second-round pick Zach Frazier will eventually be the starter. Spend any time in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room, and you quickly will find out one of the most gregarious players apt ...
Mon Valley team reaches Pony World Series
Local Sports, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 29, 2024
They clinched Host Area honors with a dramatic rally in a 4-3 victory over Youngstown. With a 4-3 comeback win over Youngstown Sunday, the Mon Valley Pony baseball team booked a spot in the upcoming P...
BV Legion team stays alive in state tournament
High school, Local Sports, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 29, 2024
They’ll face Northeastern today after defeating Murrysville on Sunday. After allowing eight runs in the seventh inning and suffering an 8-2 loss Saturday, the Belle Vernon Senior Legion baseball team ...
Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
July 29, 2024
More and more this baseball season, the Pirates have made me think of a dear friend of mine. Woody Carroto. Woody was an old poker and golf buddy of mine. And he was an “occasional” drinking partner. ...
NFL, Sports
July 29, 2024
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dallas Cowboys defensive end Sam Williams suffered torn ligaments in his left knee while taking part in special teams drills Sunday, and will need season-ending surgery. Williams...
Pirates rally for 6-5 win at Arizona
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
July 29, 2024
Derek Shelton used a couple of players out of position in the wild 10-inning game. The Pittsburgh Pirates played 104 games before the final game of the three-game series Sunday against the Arizona Dia...
Nadal wins in France, prepares for Djokovic
Olympics, Sports
July 29, 2024
PARIS (AP) — The fans’ first standing ovation for Rafael Nadal occurred when he wasn’t even in their presence, merely an image shown on a video screen as he waited in a stadium hallway to walk out on ...
Olympics, Sports
July 29, 2024
PARIS (AP) — The similarities were striking. Maybe fitting in the birthplace of déjà vu. Simone Biles sitting off to the side at the Olympics. USA Gymnastics team doctor Marcia Faustin by her side. A ...
Olympics, Sports
July 29, 2024
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Torri Huske touched the wall and turned to teammate Gretchen Walsh knowing they each had won an Olympic medal. Both Americans quickly spun their heads around to see the scorebo...
U.S. women defeat Germany, advance to quarters
Olympics, Sports
July 29, 2024
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Coach Emma Hayes tempered expectations as the United States cruised to a 4-1 win over Germany on Sunday night for a spot in the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics. Sophia Smi...
France’s Marchand breaks Olympic record in 400m IM
Olympics, Sports
July 29, 2024
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Leon Marchand carried the comparisons to Michael Phelps and the hopes of a nation on his broad shoulders. The 22-year-old Frenchman handled it all with ease, setting himself up...
Full-time engineer Nic Fink earns first Olympic medal
Olympics, Sports
July 29, 2024
AP NANTERRE, France (AP) — For Nic Fink, this was a long time coming. Which only made it sweeter. The 31-year-old swimmer, who splits time at the pool with a full-time engineering job, claimed the fir...
Gauff eager to bring medals home to U.S.
Olympics, Sports
July 29, 2024
PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff is 2-0 so far at the Paris Olympics after adding a 6-3, 6-0 singles victory over Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic on Sunday to a win a day earlier in doubles alongside Jessica Pegu...
USA women’s basketball looks for 8th straight gold
Olympics, Sports
TODAY’S SCHEDULE
July 29, 2024
Today’s slate for the Paris Olympics includes a blockbuster tennis match, a handful of the world’s biggest basketball stars, a couple of compelling swimming finals and a gymnastics showdown. Here’s a ...
U.S. men rout Serbia in Olympics opener
Olympics, Sports
July 29, 2024
LeBron James and Kevin Durant combined to score 44 points and hit 18 of 22 shots from the field. VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — LeBron James was feeling some nervousness, some butterflies, maybe eve...
Donte Jackson accepts challenge in matchup with George Pickens
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
STEELERS TRAINING CAMP
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
July 29, 2024
After a season in which the Pittsburgh Steelers finished eighth in the NFL in takeaways and tied for No. 11 in interceptions, the number of picks registered by the defense remained at zero after the f...
Sports, Sports Columns
July 29, 2024
2012 • For the first time in the four-year history of the J. Budd Grebb Memorial Summer Basketball League, the league’s championship team went undefeated for the season. Bee Graphix capped off a 10-0 ...
WPIAL announces 2024 fall sports championship schedule
Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
July 27, 2024
Eight months before the world’s top golfers converge on Oakmont Country Club for the U.S. Open, some of the WPIAL’s best players will try to tame the historic course. The WPIAL will hold its Class 3A ...
BV to face Hughesville in state tournament opener
Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 27, 2024
JB Crovak will be on the mound for Belle Vernon, which will only have 11 players this weekend. Fresh off a Region 6 title, the Belle Vernon Senior Legion baseball team will be back in action today aga...
Wilson not pushing back on his delayed training camp debut
Sports
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
July 27, 2024
Mike Tomlin said the injury is a “minor thing,” but there’s no word on when he’ll begin practicing. The Pittsburgh Steelers changing the way they conduct their annual conditioning test is what contrib...