No. 6 Blue Devils favorite to win ACC
NCAA, Sports
By By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer 
October 30, 2025
Jon Scheyer inherited a seemingly impossible task at Duke in following retired Hall of Fame coaching great Mike Krzyzewski. Yet the sixthranked Blue Devils have kept on winning. They’re starting this ...
Pitt’s true freshmen providing needed boost
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
October 30, 2025
When the dust settled around Pitt’s 2025 recruiting class and 22 true freshmen prepared to join the Panthers’ program, coach Pat Narduzzi had reason to be pleased with the reinforcements he was bringi...
Penn State gets ready for Ohio State challenge
NCAA, Sports
October 30, 2025
USA Today Penn State is in the middle of a four-game losing streak, its worst since 2020, and things won’t get any easier this weekend against No. 1 Ohio State. Interim coach Terry Smith said the Nitt...
High school, Sports
October 30, 2025
WPIAL CLASS 1A GIRLS SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 1-Sewickley Academy (18-1) vs. 2-Bentworth (18-1-1) 6 p.m. Thursday, Highmark Stadium Coaches: Gary Weber, Sewickley Academy; Tyler Hamstra, Bentworth Players ...
Florentino headlines Pirates’ rookie-level award winners
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
October 30, 2025
Where Konnor Griffin developed into baseball’s top prospect and the consensus minor league player of the year this season, another teenage Pittsburgh Pirates prospect made a powerful impression. Edwar...
Duke’s Cameron Boozer headlines top freshmen group
NCAA, Sports
By By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer 
October 30, 2025
Cameron Boozer’s extraordinary potential is evident from the way Tennessee coach Rick Barnes described him before the Duke freshman forward even played a college game that counts. “One of the best pla...
Jays’ Yesavage uses high arm angle to his advantage
MLB, Sports
October 30, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trey Yesavage rocks back to deliver a pitch and his arm whips down from behind his head as his body tilts to the left, the highest arm slot of any right-handed pitcher this postseas...
Pacquiao hints at Mayweather rematch
Sports
October 30, 2025
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Manny Pacquiao has hinted a rematch of his 2015 blockbuster with Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be on the cards next year. “Right now we have a lot of negotiations about my next...
Sports
October 30, 2025
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN) 4 a.m. (Friday) - FS2 — AFL: North Melbourne at Hawthorn 6 a.m. (Friday) - FS2 — AFL: Carlton at West Coast COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 p.m. - ESPNU — Norfolk St. at Delaware ...
Sports
October 30, 2025
BVA girls rout Jayhawks The Belle Vernon Area Middle School girls basketball team shut out visiting Jeannette Wednesday, rolling to a 44-0 win over the Jayhawks. The Leps (5-3) were led by Deaulla Lig...
Bentworth girls reach WPIAL finals
Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
October 29, 2025
Bella Moyer scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Waynesburg. Bentworth’s Bella Moyer has scored several important goals over the past three years. But perhaps the biggest of her career came Tuesday ...
Frazier ready for first playoff game in 8 years
Sports
By By JASON BLACK For MVI Sports 
October 29, 2025
The No. 11 Commodores will face sixth-seeded California Friday night. When Tony Battaglini took over the head coaching duties of the Frazier football team prior to the start of this season, he talked ...
Rostraver’s Alayna Stawovy places sixth at states
Sports
October 29, 2025
Stawovy, who attends Greensburg Central Catholic, wrapped up a stellar campaign with a 79 and a 73 at the state tournament to tie for sixth after placing sixth in the WPIAL as well. “I just had a mind...
EF golfers make impact at state competition
Sports
By By LIAM BELAN TribLive 
October 29, 2025
Warriors coach Matt Ritchie sees a bright future for the program. Elizabeth Forward golf coach Matt Ritchie was confident before the season started that his Warriors could be special, and they made sc...
Making money, not making plays
Sports
October 29, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin’s very public (and very calculated) shot at Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry for trading Joe Flacco to Cincinnati earlier this month was out of character for...
IPP program shines world-wide spotlight
Sports
October 29, 2025
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Leander Wiegand knew very little about the NFL — or American football, for that matter — when his best friend urged him to check out something he saw on TV. It was the day af...
Pens fall to Flyers in shootout after wild ending to overtime
Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
October 29, 2025
Several players were unable to participate in the shootout due to misconduct penalties. The Pittsburgh Penguins’ rivalry with the Philadelphia Flyers is rarely boring. And the latest edition of the cr...
Guerrero homers off Ohtani as Jays win Game 4
Sports
October 29, 2025
The win ensures that the World Series will return to Toronto. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run homer off Shohei Ohtani, Shane Bieber pitched four-hit ball into the sixth inning, ...