Bearcats win 5th straight
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
December 23, 2025
The Bentworth girls’ basketball team started the season with three straight losses under first-year coach Shannon Squire. The Bearcats could have hit the panic button — but they didn’t. Behind a stifl...
Size too much for EF in Leopards’ ‘big’ win
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 23, 2025
BVA’s 6-1 freshman Isis Almyty scored 24 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in a dominant effort. There’s nothing like a rivalry game to get the blood flowing before heading into Christmas break, and roun...
What Detroit is saying about the Steelers’ win
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TAWNYA PANIZZI TribLive 
December 23, 2025
The Pittsburgh Steelers eked out a win Sunday against the Detroit Lions in a wild fashion that capped a chaotic game in the Motor City. The Steelers held the lead most of the game, but when it looked ...
Another coin toss flub, only this one didn’t hurt
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 23, 2025
DETROIT — Twenty-seven years after the most infamous coin-toss incident in NFL history, in the same city and against the same team, the Pittsburgh Steelers once again were involved in a miscommunicati...
Steelers closer to securing AFC North title
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
December 23, 2025
DETROIT — Thanks to a controversial and favorable conclusion Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers will take a 9-6 record and three-game winning streak into Christmas. Their 29-24 victory against the Detroi...
NFL, Sports
December 23, 2025
Jackson forced out with back injury BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson’s injury-plagued season has thrust Baltimore’s star quarterback to the sideline again. And there’s no guarantee the two-time NFL MVP ...
On Football: Jaguars can’t be overlooked anymore
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
December 23, 2025
Maybe the Jacksonville Jaguars and coach Liam Coen will get the credit they deserve now. Trevor Lawrence and the Jags went to Denver and scored 34 points against one of the NFL’s best defenses, extend...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 23, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The NFL is not designed to work like this. If anything, the league is designed to prevent what the Pittsburgh Steelers have done for the past 22 years and counting. In a league that ...
Tomlin’s streak hits 19
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 23, 2025
DETROIT — Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers victory was notable for reasons that go beyond beating a quality opponent on the road or keeping sole possession of first place. The 29-24 triumph against the De...
Goff, Campbell refuse to blame refs
NFL, Sports
December 23, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff and Dan Campbell refused to blame the officials after the Detroit Lions were penalized two times in the final 22 seconds of a 29-24 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday ...
Sports
December 23, 2025
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) 2 p.m. - BTN — Grambling St. at Ohio St. 4 p.m. - BTN — UC-Riverside at UCLA 6 p.m. - FS1 — Harvard at St. John’s 7 p.m. - PEACOCK — Villanova at Seton Hall COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2...
Sports
December 23, 2025
Metcalf suspended two games by the NFL for interaction with fan PITTSBURGH (AP) — The NFL has suspended Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf for two games following an in-game altercation betw...
Vulcan men close year with crossover sweep
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 22, 2025
Antonie Arnett hit a shot before the buzzer to lead Cal men over Lock Haven Saturday before crushing Mansfield Sunday. LOCK HAVEN, Pa. — Redshirt sophomore Antoine Arnett knocked down a stepback jumpe...
Warriors, Jaguars get impressive exhibition wins
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 22, 2025
Elizabeth Forward closed strong to earn a 50–45 nonsection victory over Kennedy Catholic on Saturday. After trailing 28–21 at halftime, the Warriors (6–2) held Kennedy Catholic to just nine points in ...
Pittsburgh, Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
December 22, 2025
‘Twas four days before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except Santa Sportlight, that louse. As we anxiously await the big guy coming down the chimney later this week,...
Metcalf takes swipe at fan along Steelers’ sideline
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 22, 2025
DETROIT — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf extended his arm harshly in a punch-like manner toward the face of a fan he was speaking to during the first half of Sunday’s game at the Detroit...
Chambliss, Ole Miss crush Tulane in CFP
NCAA, Sports
December 22, 2025
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — New Mississippi coach Pete Golding spent the last minutes of his high-stakes debut taking in the smiling faces of his players on the sideline. “To know what they’ve been through, ...
Fierce defense dominates Texas A&M to advance
NCAA, Sports
December 22, 2025
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Miami brought a nasty defense into Texas A&M on Saturday to down the seventh-seeded Aggies in the College Football Playoff. The No. 10 seed Hurricanes forced Marcel Reed ...
No. 1 Indiana looks to defy painful past against Alabama
NCAA, Sports
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK
By By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer 
December 22, 2025
Alabama and Indiana couldn’t have more different football histories. This Indiana team couldn’t be more unlike the program’s painful past. Alabama will play No. 1 Indiana in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 in...