Schauffele wins thriller to claim first major
Sports
May 19, 2024
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Xander Schauffele faced yet another major champion down the stretch and this time delivered some magic of his own. He swirled in a 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday to...
Winning culture evident in Steelers’ 2024 draft class
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
May 19, 2024
Roman Wilson played on Michigan teams that went to the college football national playoffs in three consecutive years and won a championship after the 2023 season. Troy Fautanu’s teams at Washington we...
Assistant GM gives minor league update
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
May 19, 2024
Pittsburgh Pirates assistant general manager Steve Sanders, filling in for Ben Cherington Sunday on 93.7 FM, provided updates on a number of the club’s minor-league players. Notably, catcher Henry Dav...
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
May 19, 2024
There’s no shortage of unfortunate health-related situations that can land an MLB player on the injured list. While the spectrum of ailments that puts players on the mend is vast, those in recovery mo...
Sports, Sports Columns
May 19, 2024
2014 • California’s offense rebounded in a big way to roll over Sewickley Academy, 16-5, in the Class 1A baseball semifinals to advance to the WPIAL Class 1A title game. First-year California coach Ni...
Pacers set NBA shooting mark, take Game 7 over Knicks
NBA
May 19, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — When the Indiana Pacers compiled one of the best offensive seasons in NBA history, they were just getting warmed up. For Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, they delivered som...
Pirates take 3 of 4 from Cubs behind Keller
Pittsburgh, Sports
May 19, 2024
CHICAGO (AP) — Mitch Keller pitched six effective innings, Nick Gonzales hit a key two-run single and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Sunday. Jack Suwinski connected for another ho...
NHL
May 19, 2024
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Here’s the list of Aleksander Barkov’s top highlights from the Florida-Boston series: the go-ahead goal that sparked a Game 2 victory, scoring a spectacular game-winning goal to c...
The Hisiro family: Charleroi stars (part 2)
Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTS STEW
By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
May 17, 2024
Several generations were successful in a variety of athletic endeavors. In part one of this story, the Charleroi High School football career of Tom Hisiro was explored. A two-way star, he was named to...
Serra ready for next playoff challenge
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 17, 2024
The Eagles will face No. 8 seed Laurel Monday afternoon at North Allegheny High School. No. 8 Laurel’s 7-2 victory Tuesday over No. 9 Charleroi to advance to the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals set up a ...
Why Butker’s speech was embraced at Benedictine College
NFL, Sports
By By PETER SMITH & HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press 
May 17, 2024
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker may have stirred controversy in some quarters for his proclamations of conservative politics and Catholicism on Saturday, but he received a standing ovation f...
NHL, Sports
May 17, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Chris Kreider had just helped the New York Rangers finally finish off the Carolina Hurricanes with a huge third-period performance when he was asked what it meant to him consideri...
Fury, Usyk to meet for the undisputed heavyweight title
Sports
By By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer 
May 17, 2024
After Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk finally meet in the ring this weekend, boxing should have its first undisputed heavyweight champion in nearly a quarter-century. These are the two best fighters fro...
Grandal helps fuel Jared Jones’ success
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
May 17, 2024
Before he was called up to the big leagues, Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes worked with catcher Yasmani Grandal just one time at Triple-A Indianapolis but came away impressed by the 35-y...
Sports, Sports Columns
May 17, 2024
2014 • Sunday—no paper 2004 • The baseball season didn’t end well for Yough. Eight errors and some poor base running added up to an 11-1 loss to Washington in five innings at California University’s R...
Pacers extend series with N.Y. to Game 7
NBA, Sports
May 17, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pascal Siakam had 25 points and seven rebounds, Myles Turner added 17 points and eight rebounds, and the Indiana Pacers turned the tables on the New York Knicks with a 116-103 vict...
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
May 17, 2024
Amsal Delalic made his commitment via Instagram. Jeff Capel added a third member to Pitt’s 2024 freshman recruiting class Friday when 6-foot-8 wing player Amsal Delalic of Bosnia and Herzegovina annou...
NHL, Sports
May 17, 2024
Gustav Forsling’s goal gave Florida a thrilling 2-1 victory in Game 6. BOSTON (AP) — Gustav Forsling scored the tiebreaking goal on a rebound with 1:33 left, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 22 shots for ...
Scheffler arrested, released and stays in mix on memorable day
Sports
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
May 17, 2024
The world’s top-ranked player calls an earlymorning incident with Louisville police “a big misunderstanding” LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler was in handcuffs before dawn in the back of a poli...
Skenes dominates with 6 no-hit innings
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
May 17, 2024
He struck out 11 Cubs batters in his second major league start. Paul Skenes’ four-inning MLB debut last week against the Chicago Cubs was promising but ultimately left something to be desired. In big-...