High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
May 23, 2024
Aliquippa will remain in Class 4A football next season, a Beaver County judge ruled Thursday. The school district won the first battle in its lawsuit against the PIAA when Common Pleas Judge James Ros...
Warriors return to WPIAL championship
High school, Sports
May 22, 2024
Carlee Soukup and Addy Nigut combined for 5 RBIs as EF scored five runs in its final two at-bats. LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com After a one-year hiatus from the WPIAL championship, Elizabeth Forward k...
Jaguars continue Cinderella run to 5A championship
High school, Sports
By By DAVE MACKALL Trib Total Media 
May 22, 2024
The game started nearly 90 minutes after it’s scheduled start time of 7 p.m. but the delay didn’t bother the Jaguars. Editor’s note: Due to the first two games of Wednesday’s tripleheader going extra ...
Stenhouse fined $75K for post All-Star brawl
News, Other Sports, Sports
May 22, 2024
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was fined $75,000 by NASCAR on Wednesday for fighting with Kyle Busch after the All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Stenhouse’s father, who joined the ...
Clutch shot forces OT, Celtics top Pacers
NBA
May 22, 2024
BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics entered the playoffs expecting to get everyone’s best shot. The East’s top seed barely survived a tough one to open the Eastern Conference finals. Jayson Tatum scored 36 poin...
Bonds, Leyland, Sanguillen named to Pirates HOF
MLB, Pittsburgh
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
May 22, 2024
On Feb. 18, Jaromir Jagr and the Pittsburgh Penguins came together for what had long been considered an unfathomable rapprochement, when Jagr’s No. 68 sweater was retired and hung from the rafters at ...
Steelers ‘open to adding’ to WR room
NFL, Pittsburgh
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
May 22, 2024
What I heard from the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday regarding their wide receiver position was encouraging. Well, unless you’re one of the fans who is buying into the preemptive excuse-making as to w...
Cruz channels frustration into high exit velocities
Pittsburgh
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
May 22, 2024
After an early error, Oneil Cruz slugged the two hardest hits in the Statcast Era at 120 and 121.5 mph. Oneil Cruz was ticked off about a fielding error on a fly ball that allowed two runs to score in...
Pittsburgh will host 2026 NFL Draft
Pittsburgh, Sports
SPORTS
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
May 22, 2024
The National Football League announced Wednesday that the NFL Draft will be held in Pittsburgh in 2026. The Pittsburgh Steelers submitted a formal bid to host the league’s marquee offseason event in F...
Sports Columns
May 22, 2024
2014 • It took a pair of nailbiting one-run games to lift 11th-seeded Mars to the WPIAL Class AAA semifinals. No. 7 Elizabeth Forward made the Planets endure a lot of stress with a four-run sixth inni...
Pirates bullpen blows 5-run lead, falls to Giants in 10th
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
May 22, 2024
When Bryan Reynolds hit a grand slam for a five-run lead in the fourth inning, the Pittsburgh Pirates had the comfort of a cushion only one night after requiring a four-run rally in the ninth to win i...
Local Sports, Sports
May 22, 2024
California MS tops Charleroi Brandon Meier went 4 for 4 with a home run and three runs scored as the California Middle School baseball team claimed a 6-4 win over Charleroi Tuesday. Caleb Ross finishe...
Cal finishes ninth in Dixon Trophy standings
Cal (Pa.), Sports
May 22, 2024
For the Mon Valley Independent California (Pa.) placed ninth in the final 2023-24 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Dixon Trophy standings, announced by the league office Wednesday. The Di...
Gaussa’s walk-off hit sends ’Cats to 1st WPIAL title game
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
May 21, 2024
Bentworth broke through with two runs on Sofia Gaussa’s single to top Laurel in the semifinals. The Bentworth softball team waited till the very last out to make history in its WPIAL Class 2A semifina...
Nesbit takes over BVA girls program
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 21, 2024
Cornelious Nesbit was the head coach at Shaler for the last nine seasons and also coached at Gateway. Confident, motivated and excited. Those are just a few words that could describe new Belle Vernon ...
Eagles’ revenge tour continues
High school, Sports
Serra Catholic heading back to the WPIAL championship game
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 21, 2024
The Eagles will face Seton LaSalle, who beat them in last year’s title matchup 8-1. For the third straight season, Serra Catholic will make the trip to Wild Things Park for a chance at the WPIAL Champ...
Participation in NHL’s assistance program rising
NHL
By By STEPHEN WHYNO & PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers 
May 21, 2024
It was untreated anxiety and depression that Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard blamed for his alcohol abuse, a problem that reached the point where he needed to step away from hockey. He mad...
Streaky Twins hold players-only meeting after loss
MLB
May 21, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight days ago, the Minnesota Twins were baseball’s hottest team and winners of 17 of 20 games. After Monday night’s 12-3 loss at the Washington Nationals, the same club was mired in...
Oilers beat Canucks, 3-2, in Game 7
NHL
May 21, 2024
SPORTS VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers are showing they have more scoring options than just Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist as Ed...
Clark overcomes injury, Fever remain winless after loss to Sun
NBA
May 21, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark showed her persistence Monday night. She fought through an injured left ankle, foul trouble, even the frustration that led to an uncharacteristic l...