Sports
July 26, 2025
AUTO RACING 5:55 a.m. - ESPN — Formula 1: Sprint Race, Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 9:55 a.m. - ESPN2 — Formula 1: Qualifying, Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 11:30 ...
DNL final series gets underway Saturday
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 25, 2025
The series kicks off Saturday at Boyce Mayview Park at 8 p.m. The schedule is set for the Daily News League championship series. Allegheny Vision and Quinn Construction will meet in Game 1 Saturday. T...
Smith bonds with Freiermuth, plans to be best TE combo
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
July 25, 2025
First, it was coach Mike Tomlin who downplayed the idea that newest Pittsburgh Steelers offensive acquisition Jonnu Smith was entering a “two dogs, one bone” situation for TE1 duties against incumbent...
Rodgers glad to get 1st pick ‘out of the way’
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
July 25, 2025
Aaron Rodgers’ first pass of training camp was intercepted by linebacker Patrick Queen. Ben Roethlisberger once bragged he went an entire training camp without throwing an interception. Aaron Rodgers ...
Pirates will wear patch to honor ‘Cobra’ Dave Parker
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By MATT PURUCKER TribLive 
July 25, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced plans Thursday to honor former outfielder Dave Parker throughout the rest of the season. The Pirates revealed a jersey patch depicting a gold silhouette of Parker with...
Pirates’ Griffin ranked as the No. 1 prospect in baseball
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 25, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates have the top prospect in baseball, as MLB Pipeline elevated shortstop/ outfielder Konnor Griffin to No. 1 in its top 100 rankings on Thursday. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound shortstop/...
NFL, Sports
TRAINING CAMP NOTES
July 25, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Desmond Watson’s quest to make the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will get a late start. Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said the heaviest player in NFL history is day to day after starting camp...
Penix brings more confidence into starting role
NFL, Sports
July 25, 2025
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons may be better positioned for a winning season with second-year coach Raheem Morris because the offense will be led by a quarterback, Michael Penix Jr., w...
Judge acquits 5 junior hockey players
NHL, Sports
July 25, 2025
AP LONDON, Ontario (AP) — An Ontario judge acquitted five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team on Thursday in their sexual assault case, saying the complainant’s allegations lacked the ...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
July 25, 2025
When Spencer Horwitz saw the ball clear the center-field fence for his first career grand slam, he turned toward Pittsburgh Pirates first-base coach Tarrik Brock as he rounded the bag and let out a pr...
MLB, Sports
July 25, 2025
Two-time Gold Glover Ahmed announces retirement Two-time Gold Glove shortstop Nick Ahmed announced his retirement Thursday on social media. “I got to live out my childhood dream and play for a very lo...
MLB, Sports
July 25, 2025
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields was carted from the practice field Thursday morning with a toe injury. Fields threw an incomplete pass to Jeremy Ruckert on his fifth ...
McAfee issues on-air apology to Ole Miss student
Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
July 25, 2025
ESPN’s Pat McAfee apologized to a University of Mississippi student Wednesday after he advanced a viral story about the woman’s sex life during an episode of his show in February The rumor turned out ...
Which team has the best chance to go from worst to first?
NFL, Sports
By By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer 
July 25, 2025
The NFL often sees last-A team going from worst to first in the division is nearly an annual occurrence in the NFL. With last-place teams getting advantages like favorable schedules and higher draft p...
First-time coaches face distinct challenges
NFL, Sports
July 25, 2025
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Glenn has been mapping out exactly how he wants to lead an NFL team for a few years. Before he was hired as the New York Jets’ head coach in January, Glenn spent four s...
Penn State blocking out the noise of big-game losses
NCAA, Sports
BIG TEN NOTEBOOK
July 25, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — New year, new slate, no outside noise. That’s the mantra in Happy Valley, despite James Franklin being saddled with a 4-20 mark as coach at Penn State against teams ranked in the AP T...
STEEL CITY SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
July 25, 2025
TRAILSIDE VS. MONESSEN FLORIST –– JEFF HELSEL / MVI SPORTS
Sports
July 25, 2025
MVI Sports looking for help The Mon Valley Independent sports department is looking for freelance writers and photographers for the upcoming high school sports seasons. Reliable transportation is requ...
Sports
July 25, 2025
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN) 5:05 a.m. - FS2 — AFL: Western at Essendon 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) - FS2 — AFL: Geelong at North Melbourne AUTO RACING 6:25 a.m. - ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit of ...
Vipers move on to DNL final series
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 24, 2025
Allegheny Vision and Quinn Construction will face off for the Daily News League championship. It came down to the final play of the game, but Ethan Tinker and Allegheny Vision Associates had just enou...