Clark, Reese provide highlights – soon it may be for U.S.
Other Sports, Sports
July 22, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) — Caitlin Clark delivered the pinpoint passes. Angel Reese supplied the hustle and rebounding. The two WNBA rookies made life difficult for the U.S. Olympic team on Saturday night. Someda...
Wake-up call for U.S. men has arrived
Olympics, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer 
July 22, 2024
Just days from the Olympics, the U.S. men survived South Sudan by a point while being a 43-point favorite. South Sudan is the 33rdranked team in the FIBA world rankings, by far the lowest of any of th...
Belle Vernon advances to regional championship
Local Sports, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 22, 2024
Belle Vernon will face Connellsville in today’s regional title game. To win title, Connellsville will have to beat BV twice. The regional run for the Belle Vernon Senior Legion team will continue Mond...
Schauffele surges to British Open crown
Other Sports, Sports
July 22, 2024
For the first time since 1982, the U.S. claimed all four majors. For Schauffele, it’s his second of the year. TROON, Scotland (AP) — Xander Schauffele went from the most nerve-wracking putt of his car...
Phillips throws six scoreless as Pirates’ bats go silent in 6-0 loss
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
July 22, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rookie Tyler Phillips gave up four hits in six innings, and the Philadelphia Phillies avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. Phillips (2...
Five players to watch during Steelers’ camp
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
July 22, 2024
Pittsburgh players are scheduled to report Wednesday to St. Vincent for training camp. With the Pittsburgh Steelers trickling into Unity Township in advance of Wednesday’s mandatory reporting day to S...
Former Pirates skipper Leyland inducted into HOF
MLB, Sports
July 22, 2024
By Trib Total Media COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Jim Leyland said there was something special about all four of the organizations he managed during his Hall of Fame career — the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Mar...
Capel’s ‘family-type’ culture attracted transfers to Pitt
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
July 20, 2024
Damian Dunn didn’t transfer to Pitt from Houston, one of the top college basketball schools in the nation, because his hometown of Kinston, N.C., is less than 100 miles from where Jeff Capel grew up i...
Sports
July 20, 2024
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN) 5:30 a.m. - FS2 — AFL: Western at Geelong 1 a.m. (Sunday) - FS2 — AFL: Melbourne at Fremantle AUTO RACING 6:25 a.m. - ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyoród...
Sports
July 20, 2024
2014 • Sunday – no paper 2004 • Ramont Small is returning to the football sidelines after taking a year off to watch his son play flag football in Monessen. Small will serve as Angelo Dippolitto’s off...
Sports
July 20, 2024
BVA Youth Sports holding fall-ball registration The Belle Vernon Area Youth Sports Association will hold fall baseball and softball registration Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. under the pavilion at the Washi...
Aliquippa will remain in Class 4A after ruling
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
July 20, 2024
The injunction keeping Aliquippa in Class 4A football remains in place after a Commonwealth Court judge denied a PIAA request for a stay. Appellate Judge Patricia McCullough issued her decision Thursd...
PIAA board supports 6 classes for girls volleyball
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
July 20, 2024
The PIAA wants to increase girls volleyball to six classifications, but a request to expand track and field to three was rejected by the board. Girls volleyball has four classifications currently, but...
Durant returns to practice with U.S. basketball team
Olympics, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer 
July 20, 2024
Kevin Durant practiced with the U.S. Olympic basketball team on Friday, a major step toward getting him back on track for the Paris Games that open next week. It was Durant’s first time on the floor w...
Tiger Woods misses cut at British Open
Other Sports, Sports
July 20, 2024
TROON, Scotland (AP) — Tiger Woods tied a personal record in the British Open on Friday, one he could have done without but perhaps should come to expect. Woods matched his highest 36-hole score as a ...
Olympic success can hinge on the snap of a finger
Olympics, Sports
By By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer 
July 20, 2024
(Editor’s note: Fractions of a second or a slight misstep during the Olympics can alter the career, the legacy and the earning potential of athletes. The Associated Press spoke with athletes about how...
Chiefs rookies looking to make impact at camp
NFL, Sports
July 20, 2024
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs know exactly what they have returning from last season. They know what Patrick Mahomes, the two-time league MVP, can do under center. They are quite famil...
EA Sports releases College Football 25
Sports
By By RYAN KRYSKA AP Sports Writer 
July 20, 2024
EA Sports College Football 25, among the most highly anticipated sports video games of all time, has flooded the market as gamers who waited more than a decade for the franchise’s next installment rus...
Sports
July 20, 2024
Alabama renaming field Alabama football teams will soon be playing on Saban Field. University trustees approved a resolution naming the field at Bryant-Denny Stadium after former coach Nick Saban on F...
Connellsville rally stuns Charleroi
Sports
REGION 6 LEGION TOURNAMENT
By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 20, 2024
Charleroi carried a 4-0 lead into the sixth before Connellsville plated seven runs. The Charleroi Senior Legion baseball team fell into the losers bracket of the Region 6 Tournament after being stunne...