Other Sports
June 9, 2024
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — The Indianapolis 500 is over and the worried wait to see if Kyle Larson’s participation in that event would cost him a shot at winning a NASCAR championship has been resolved. So...
Gladiators’ season comes to wet end
Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 7, 2024
South Allegheny fell victim to wet weather Thursday as it lost a rain-shortened PIAA quarterfinal game. Hampered by unfortunate weather and some untimely mistakes, the South Allegheny baseball team’s ...
Asmonga, Perrotta outings continue to raise funds for their foundations
Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 7, 2024
Anyone that is a fan of charitable golf outings should make sure they’re free in just over a month. Two golf outings will be held on back-to-back days the weekend of July 12 and 13. The Don Asmonga Go...
Sports
LEGION BALL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 7, 2024
Kole Doppelheuer finished with three hits and drove in a pair of runs for Belle Vernon as it picked up a 6-3 win over host Waynesburg in a Senior Legion matchup Friday. Cole Matusik picked up the win ...
Celtics rout Mavs to take Game 1
NBA
June 7, 2024
BOSTON (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis didn’t want to make predictions about how his body would respond heading into the NBA Finals after he spent more than a month on the sideline with a calf injury. Just ...
Pittsburgh
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
June 7, 2024
Good morning, Sunshine — and welcome to training camp. In a break from longstanding practice, many Pittsburgh Steelers open practices at training camp from Saint Vincent College will start at 10:30 a....
Love of hitting paying off for Bucs’ Gonzales
Pittsburgh
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
June 7, 2024
With muscles rippling on his back and a quiet determination in his eyes, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ second baseman has the look of a running back unafraid of contact, despite a 5-foot-9, 190-pound physiq...
Patterson brings versatility to Steelers’ offense
Pittsburgh
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
June 7, 2024
He entered the NFL as a wide receiver. Eight seasons later, he carried the label of a running back. As for his build, he dwarfs the 6-foot-2, 232-pound measurements listed on the roster, making him lo...
Vols top Aces, Tar Heels beat WVU in Super Regional action
NCAA
By By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer 
June 7, 2024
No. 1-seed Tennessee shook off upstart Evansville in the middle innings Friday and moved within a win of a third College World Series appearance in four years. But Atlantic Coast Conference mates Nort...
Bearcats’ state run ends in rematch with Laurel
Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 6, 2024
No one expected Bentworth to be playing in the state quarterfinals, coming off of a WPIAL championship appearance a week before, but the Bearcats found themselves in that exact predicament Thursday in...
Warriors’ Shelby & Co. headed to Final 4
Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 6, 2024
Shelby Telegdy went 4 for 5 with two doubles, a homer, single and 6 RBIs as EF rolled over CV. If there was any question if there were advantages or disadvantages for each team when familiar foes Eliz...
Sports Columns
June 5, 2024
2014 • Mark Sever, 22, of West Newton is just beginning his second year of premier late model racing but he is having a big impact on some of the veteran drivers. The young driver is currently second ...
Gladiators look to keep rolling against Chucks
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 5, 2024
SA head coach received some words of encouragement from Serra Catholic coach Brian Dzurenda. South Allegheny coach Gib Pohodich wanted another shot at Riverside in the state tournament after losing to...
Warriors run into Chartiers Valley again
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 5, 2024
With a spot in the final four on the line, EF will spar with the Colts at 2 p.m. at Gateway. For the third time in three seasons, Elizabeth Forward will face off against Chartiers Valley in a softball...
NBC bets on pop culture for Paris Olympics
Olympics, Sports
June 5, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC is inserting some pop culture flavor into the world’s biggest sports spectacle: From Megan Thee Stallion dancing with dressage horses at the Palace of Versailles to Peyton Manni...
Teen Yohannes scores as U.S. shuts out S. Korea
Other Sports, Sports
June 5, 2024
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Sixteen-year-old Lily Yohannes scored in her national team debut and the United States defeated South Korea 3-0 in an exhibition on Tuesday night. Crystal Dunn and Sophia Smith ...
NHL to broadcast Finals in American Sign Language
NHL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
June 5, 2024
Interpreting the annual pre-Stanley Cup Final state of the NHL address into American Sign Language for the first time in 2022, the worry gnawed at Brice Christianson that it was a one-time thing, his ...
Yankees’ ace Cole gets closer to return after rehab start
MLB, Sports
June 5, 2024
NEWYORK (AP) — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole pitched 3 1/3 shutout innings Tuesday night for Double-A Somerset in his first minor league rehab start since being sidelined in spring training by a right elbow...
Jefferson confident he can be WR2 for Steelers
Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
June 5, 2024
Van Jefferson revealed Tuesday that, despite an admiration for his new head coach from afar, upon joining the Steelers he might have been the only person in Pittsburgh unaware of an oft-recited factoi...