Stafford ready to play against Bears Sunday
NFL, Sports
January 13, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quarterback Matthew Stafford is expected to play for the Los Angeles Rams this weekend after tests revealed only a mild sprain of the index finger on his throwing hand. Stafford inj...
Olympics, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP 
January 13, 2026
A pair of Russian luge athletes were confirmed Monday as qualifiers for next month’s Milan Cortina Olympics, meaning they will compete against Ukrainian sliders on the sport’s biggest stage. The Inter...
NHL to host June draft in Buffalo; McKenna could go first
NHL, Sports
January 13, 2026
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — With highly prized prospect Gavin McKenna as the centerpiece, the NHL has selected the Buffalo Sabres to host its annual draft in June, a person with knowledge of the decision tol...
LSU’s Mulkey turns to Louisiana cooking to break skid
NCAA, Sports
January 13, 2026
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Kim Mulkey tapped into her Louisiana roots — and specifically, her home state’s cooking culture — to tighten up the Tigers’ form after their two-game skid to open Sou...
Herbert dejected after third playoff loss of career
NFL, Sports
January 13, 2026
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh still believes he can take his team all the way. Quarterback Justin Herbert isn’t so sure. After a 16-3 loss to New England in the wild-card round ...
Sports
January 13, 2026
BVA Middle School boys remain unbeaten The Belle Vernon Area Middle School boys basketball teams upped their record to 12-0 Monday with a pair of dominating wins at Yough. For the 8th-grade Leopards (...
Sports
January 13, 2026
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) 6:30 p.m. - FS1 — Villanova at Providence 6:30 p.m. - PEACOCK — Marquette vs. St. John’s, New York 7 p.m. - ACCN — Boston College at Clemson 7 p.m. - BTN — Wisconsin at Minnes...
Titans let lead slip away, but recover to beat BC
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
January 12, 2026
Kendall Lee led the way for West Mifflin with 22 points. West Mifflin saw a big early lead evaporate against Bishop Canevin Saturday at the Mon Valley Independent Girls Shootout Classic. But the Titan...
Leopards withstand Serra’s upset bid
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
MVI GIRLS SHOOTOUT CLASSIC
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
January 12, 2026
BVA’s size and experience eventually made the difference in a 52-46 win. From the outside, it was a classic David vs. Goliath tale in the final game of the MVI Shootout Classic Saturday afternoon as u...
Brown wins battle of Pa.’s top 215-pounders
High school, Sports
By By PAUL SCHOFIELD TribLive 
January 12, 2026
The BVA wrestler posted a 10-0 victory in a rematch of last year’s state finals. The marquee matchup of the night lived up to its billing at the 73rd Westmoreland County Coaches Association wrestling ...
Rams post convincing victory over Commodores
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
January 12, 2026
Ringgold got 22 points from Jada Gernot in the 29-point win. When Ringgold and Frazier took the court at Belle Vernon for the Mon Valley Independent Girls Shootout Classic on Saturday, both sides earn...
Pens blanked in Boston; Rust still sidelined
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
January 12, 2026
Bryan Rust isn’t the Pittsburgh Penguins’ most valuable player. Chances are, his regular linemate, Sidney Crosby, will command that designation for as long as he wears the franchise’s logo on his ches...
Watt: No ‘extra incentive’ needed to end run of playoff failures
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
January 12, 2026
The Steelers’ star outside linebacker is 0-4 in his playoff career. For the first time since 2017, the Pittsburgh Steelers will be playing a playoff game in front of fans at Acrisure Stadium. Based on...
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
January 12, 2026
By the MVI Bishop Canevin pulled away early and never looked back in a 63-35 win over West Mifflin. The Crusaders led 36-19 at halftime and continued to extend the margin behind a balanced offensive e...
Niners knock off defending champion Eagles, 23-19
NFL, Sports
January 12, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Brock Purdy threw a goahead 6-yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey late in the fourth quarter, San Francisco used a trick play on a TD toss from wide receiver Jauan Jennings,...
LaFleur’s future hangs in balance after Packers’ loss
NFL, Sports
January 12, 2026
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur was more interested in talking about his team’s future than his own a day after the biggest playoff collapse in the franchise’s storied hist...
Josh Allen stars, wins another playoff thriller over Jags
NFL, Sports
January 12, 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Josh Allen took a pounding and doled out punishment — looking every bit like the reigning MVP. He carried Buffalo to its first road playoff win in more than three decades, 27...
Mendoza, Indiana could make history against Miami
NCAA, Sports
January 12, 2026
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza originally planned on going to Yale, which pulled out all the stops during his recruiting visit five years ago. Among the ploys the Bull...
Olympians hoping to savor the moment this February
Olympics, Sports
By By STEPHEN WADE AP 
January 12, 2026
If winning gold medals were the only standard, almost all Olympic athletes would be considered failures. A clinical psychologist with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Emily Clark’s ...
Houston’s Anderson and Al-Shaair lead tenacious defense
NFL, Sports
January 12, 2026
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr. and linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair were brought together by football, but it is a relationship forged by faith. Anderson, a Christian, and Al-...