Cougars roll over Falcons; TJ baseball tops EF
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 1, 2026
Yough used a fast start and a big second inning to roll past Brownsville, 10-0, in five innings in nonsection play. Jaidyn Vay led the way both at the plate and in the circle. Vay drove in four runs o...
Skenes allows two homers as Cards sweep Pirates
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 1, 2026
The Pittsburgh Pirates were counting on Paul Skenes to be the stopper to their losing streak and prevent a series sweep, even though the St. Louis Cardinals are the one team that have had his number. ...
Jones, Triolo receive rave reviews after rehab stints
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 1, 2026
A pair of Pittsburgh Pirates made the first starts of their rehabilitation assignments to rave reviews, as Jared Jones was untouchable at Low-A Bradenton, and Jared Triolo was a big hit for Double-A A...
Gonzales hopes hitting streak keeps him in lineup
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 1, 2026
Now that Nick Gonzales has played second base, shortstop and third base for the Pittsburgh Pirates this season, he’s come to expect a persistent question about his preferences. “People always ask me w...
Lightning on the brink of elimination after home loss
NHL, Sports
May 1, 2026
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Another home loss in the playoffs has the Tampa Bay Lightning on the brink of an early vacation once again. Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed a fluke goal on the day he was nominated for t...
Yasir Al-Rumayyan leaving board of LIV Golf
Sports
By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer 
May 1, 2026
Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund who was behind the creation of LIV Golf, is resigning as LIV chairman as the league seeks a new strategy without Saudi funding,...
Yankees get first look at 22-year-old Rodriguez
MLB, Sports
May 1, 2026
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Elmer Rodriguez got his first big league strikeout on what became a strange double play and the right-hander escaped the first bases-loaded jam in his debut for the New York Ya...
Av’s Wedgewood goes from backup to stud
NHL, Sports
May 1, 2026
DENVER (AP) — Scott Wedgewood tends to notice just about everything happening around him, no matter the task. That traffic pattern five lights ahead while driving? He’s already planned for it. The peo...
Phillies’ Mattingly thought he was done with baseball
MLB, Sports
May 1, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Don Mattingly thew in the towel on his managerial career and had all but retired from baseball after he left his bench coach job with Toronto following the World Series. Prodded by...
Sports
May 1, 2026
Registration deadline today for Steel City SBL Any girls players in the region entering grades 9 to 12 next school year are eligible to play in the area’s top summer basketball league. The Steel City ...
Sports
May 1, 2026
AUTO RACING 12:30 p.m. - APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Miami International Autodrome, Miami 2:30 p.m. - FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Practice, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas 3:35 p....
’Dores rally past C-H to keep playoff hopes alive
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
April 30, 2026
Frazier scored 10 combined runs in the 6th and 7th innings for a 1612 win. The Frazier baseball team’s playoff hopes are alive for at least one more night after a wild showing at Wild Things Park on W...
Looking back with Speer Ruey
Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTS STEW
By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
April 30, 2026
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on Donora legend Speer Ruey, who died just over a week ago. Among Speer Ruey’s famous friends was Jack Zduriencik, the former general manager of ...
Different Derby vibe after death of D. Wayne Lukas
Sports
April 30, 2026
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — D. Wayne Lukas always talked up his latest crop of 2-year-old horses with an eye toward the next Kentucky Derby, telling his wife to get her dress for Oaks day. “This was what h...
Bill passes House, opening door to separate state playoffs
High school, Sports
By By DON REBEL TribLive 
April 30, 2026
The state House on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of a proposal that would clear the way for the PIAA to hold separate postseason tournaments for traditional public high schools and private, ...
York scores in overtime to eliminate Penguins
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
April 30, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cam York buried the winner 17:32 into overtime and chucked his stick into the crowd in a wild celebration to send the Philadelphia Flyers into the second round for the first time i...
Steelers again turn to Iowa program for players
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
April 30, 2026
Growing up in Pittsburgh’s South Hills and starring in football at Upper St. Clair High School in the 1970s, it was only natural that Kirk Ferentz would be a fan of the Steelers. “I mean, how could yo...
By the numbers: Looking at the NFL Draft
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer 
April 30, 2026
The SEC’s reign as the king of the first round of the NFL draft was toppled by the Big Ten. But the conference that coined the mantra “It Just Means More” for its dominance of college football in the ...
Gonzales robbed of HR for final out of loss to Cardinals
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 30, 2026
The Pittsburgh Pirates had a runner on base and their hottest hitter at the plate while trailing the St. Louis Cardinals by one. Nick Gonzales showed why he lives for such moments. Gonzales sent Riley...
Duquesne play-by-play man Goss dies at 89
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By DAVE MACKALL TribLive 
April 30, 2026
Ray Goss, whose 58 seasons at Duquesne represented college basketball’s longest stretch as a play-byplay announcer and who, just weeks ago, following a near-fatal vehicle accident in Indiana County, v...