Tulane’s Sumrall going to finish season before move to Florida
NCAA, Sports
December 1, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tulane Athletic Director David Harris said he always appreciated coach Jon Sumrall’s “transparency” about the Green Wave’s football program and the coach’s own career goals during t...
Alabama, Georgia to face off for SEC championship
NCAA, Sports
December 1, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — Kalen DeBoer spoke with pride Sunday about his No. 10 Alabama team returning to the Southeastern Conference title game after missing it last year. That appreciation of having another op...
Northern Ireland kicker Smyth hits 56-yarder in NFL debut
NCAA, Sports
December 1, 2025
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Charlie Smyth had never kicked in an NFL regular- season game. He only started playing American football two years ago. So Sunday was quite the day for the Northern Ireland ...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 1, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills came to Pittsburgh looking for something — anything, really — to snap themselves out of a midseason lull that had robbed them of their swagger, not t...
Seahawks force 5 takeaways in win over Vikings
NFL, Sports
NFL ROUNDUP
December 1, 2025
The 26-0 victory was Seattle’s first shutout since 2015. SEATTLE (AP) — Ahead of the season, Ernest Jones IV set a goal of finishing the year with six interceptions. With six games left, the Seahawks ...
Frostburg St.’s late field goal eliminates Vulcans
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
December 1, 2025
California wasn’t able to answer on its final drive. By the MVI CALIFORNIA, Pa. — A late fourth-quarter field goal ended California (Pa.)’s postseason run Saturday afternoon, as Frostburg State rallie...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 1, 2025
He wore a cast for most of Sunday’s game and will undergo surgery today. INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert will have surgery today to repair a broken bone in his...
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 1, 2025
The Belle Vernon girls basketball team knocked off the spiderwebs after a tough loss Saturday to pick up its first win of the season Sunday, edging Imhotep Charter, 53-51, at the annual Play 4 Mae Cla...
Hunters find success in woods on opening day of rifle season
News, Sports
By By JAMES ENGEL TribLive 
December 1, 2025
The event is an annual tradition for many Western Pa. residents. Just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Don Henry heard branches cracking near his hunting blinds in the woods near New Alexandria. Henry, 46, ...
Sports
December 1, 2025
Georgia up to No. 3 in Top 25 shuffle as Oregon, Texas Tech also climb Texas A&M fell out of the top five of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two months Sunday, Texas T...
BVA’s Wade buries Rams with late 3-pointer
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
MVI Shootout Classic
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 29, 2025
The Leopards’ Curty Wade hit a 3-pointer with less than three seconds remaining to give Coach Ricky Tyburski his first win as head coach. There’s nothing like an old-fashioned rivalry game to start th...
SA batters Shootout host West Mifflin in opener
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
Mon Valley Independent Shootout Classic
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
November 29, 2025
The Gladiators’ defense shut down the Titans in a 70-30 win. The South Allegheny boys basketball team rode a stifling defense to the Class 3A championship last winter. Despite some graduation losses, ...
Tyree, Crusaders top EF
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
Mon Valley Independent Shootout Classic
November 29, 2025
Bishop Canevin doubled up the Warriors, 24-12, in the second quarter and led by 15 at the half. A 24-point second quarter proved to be the difference for Bishop Canevin, as the Crusaders opened the se...
Speed sends Clairton to PIAA championship game
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
November 29, 2025
Thanks to its stunning speed, Clairton is sprinting to the state finals for the first time in nearly a decade. Sophomore Brandon Murphy returned a punt 81 yards to the end zone Friday night, one of si...
G-FORCE’S RADUSEWICZ GETS PAYBACK
Other Sports, Sports
November 29, 2025
G-Force Athletic Club’s Xoren Radusewicz picked up a big decision victory over Northside AC’s Adrian Pierce Nov. 13 in the ballroom of the Westin William Penn in Pittsburgh. The pair met in May, which...
TJ girls rout Quaker Valley
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
November 29, 2025
The Jaguars had four players reach double figures in the 64-29 win. By the Mon Valley Independent Thomas Jefferson’s girls opened their season with a strong statement Friday night, rolling to a 64–29 ...
TJ pulls away from Serra in second half
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 29, 2025
Justin Fry, Kane Eggerton and Noah Sear combined for 68 points in the victory. Serra Catholic battled hard in its opening contest of the 2025 basketball season against Class 5A opponent Thomas Jeffers...
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
November 29, 2025
It’s a rematch of a Nov. 1 game that saw California pull out a 31-26 victory. By the Mon Valley Independent California (Pa.) will try to extend its postseason run today when it hosts No. 24 Frostburg ...
Longhorns spoil A&M’s perfect season
NCAA, Sports
November 29, 2025
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Arch Manning threw a touchdown pass and ran for the clinching score late in the fourth quarter and No. 16 Texas beat No. 3 Texas A&M 27-17 on Friday night to spoil the Aggies’ und...
Georgia holds off Ga. Tech, reaches SEC Championship
NCAA, News, Sports
November 29, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — There was an added edge to No. 4 Georgia’s postgame celebration after the Bulldogs’ latest win in the state rivalry known as “Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate.” Nate Frazier ran for 108 yards,...