Sports, Sports Columns
July 18, 2024
2013 • Ladies night in the Grebb League was moved indoors but the action, like the conditions inside California Middle School gym was very hot. Lagerheads was the story of the night as they knocked of...
Sports, Sports Columns
July 17, 2024
2013 • Bob Tyburski of Monessen was looking for the manual for his lawnmower when he found a piece of sports history in an old desk. Tyburski found two vintage “Green Weenies” dating from the 1960s. T...
Sports, Sports Columns
July 16, 2024
2013 • Former Monessen gridiron standout Chavas Rawlins announced on Facebook that he is transferring from West Virginia University to Duquesne. Rawlins was an all-state quarterback for the Greyhounds...
Pirates reach .500, but need more offense
Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
July 15, 2024
It’s not very often this statement can be made: In light of the fact that just about the only thing hotter than the weather is the Pittsburgh Pirates, here’s some food for thought … • Last week in thi...
Sports, Sports Columns
July 15, 2024
2014 • Two local athletes were on their way to play in a national soccer tournament. Belle Vernon Area’s Ashly Gagliardi and Donora native Malea Fabean, who attends Greensburg Catholic High School, bo...
Sports, Sports Columns
July 13, 2024
2014 • Sunday – no paper. 2004 • The Charleroi Magicians stayed alive in the American Legion Playoffs by defeating Colonial, 9-5, in Fayette County league action. It was a major turn-around after the ...
Pirates need to do ‘just enough’ at the trade deadline
MLB, Sports, Sports Columns
I’M JUST SAYIN’
July 11, 2024
Last week in an opinion piece, I said it was time for the powers that be on the North Shore to pretty much put up or shut up when it comes to the Pirates being competitive. It may have been a bit hars...
Sports, Sports Columns
July 11, 2024
2013 • Defending Grebb League champions BeeGraphix lost for the first time in two years in a 73-58 rout to Farmers Insurance. But Farmers coach Naz Victoria said there should be an asterisk next to th...
Hall of Famer or not, Dad still knows best
Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTS STEW
By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
July 10, 2024
Born in Donora in 1969, on the same date as native son Stan Musial, Ken Griffey Jr. set diamonds on fire. He hit 630 homers, No. 7 alltime, drove in 1,836 runs, 17th all-time. But there’s more to his ...
Don’t be duped, Nutting won’t pay
Pittsburgh, Sports, Sports Columns
THE SUPER GENIUS
By By MARK MADDEN Trib Total Media 
July 10, 2024
Pirates owner Bob Nutting said that GM Ben Cherington would have the flexibility to add players (and payroll) before the July 30 MLB trade deadline if the situation dictated. The situation dictates, h...
Sports, Sports Columns
July 10, 2024
2013 • Fredericktown Butcher Shop is now at the top of the Grebb League Girls Division. The Butcher Shop Team scored a 39-23 win over Bitonti’s Barristers in a battle of 1-0 teams. Fredericktown is no...
Sports, Sports Columns
July 9, 2024
2013 • Farmers Insurance fought off Dairy Queen in J. Budd Grebb Summer Basketball League action. The 74-65 win means that the Farmers Insurance team is hot on the heels of the league-leading BeeGraph...
Sports, Sports Columns
July 8, 2024
2013 • Monday was a memorable night at California’s Mechanic Street Playground. The playground hosted the first women’s contest in the J. Budd Grebb Memorial Summer Basketball League. This is the firs...
Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
July 7, 2024
Have you ever had a recurring dream that bothered you even after you woke up from it? It’s a dream that seemed so real in your sleep that once you were awake, you gave pause and then offered a sigh of...
Sports, Sports Columns
July 7, 2024
2013 • It was time for the girls to get in on the J. Budd Grebb Basketball League action as the inaugural games of the women’s division prepared for tipoff. Bitonti’s Barristers will face off against ...
It’s time for Pirates’ brass to put up or shut up
Sports, Sports Columns
I’M JUST SAYIN’
July 1, 2024
Pirates brass have been giving a master class in jibberish when it comes to discussing the successes and failures of the 2024 edition of the Pittsburgh Baseball Club. But when are we going to see the ...
Sports, Sports Columns
July 1, 2024
2013 • It was an uphill climb in the Grebb League for Union Cleaners. The winless squad was only able to field five players for their game against Dairy Queen but made a gallant attempt to claim the w...
Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
June 30, 2024
I’ll start by saying I was not in attendance at Thursday’s Belle Vernon-Charleroi Fayette County American Legion League game at Vets Field. But I did see the video. C’mon, man. How is that call missed...
Sports Columns, Sports Scoreboard
June 30, 2024
2004 • Tim Kelly gazed skyward at an ominous blanket of gray in anticipation of yet another disappointment for his Belle Vernon American Legion team. The skies opened up right after the Sidewinders to...
Sports, Sports Columns, Sports Scoreboard
June 27, 2024
2014 • There is some Magic coming to Rostraver Township this fall. The Southwest Pennsylvania Magic, an “A-Minor” hockey team in the Federal Hockey League will make its home at the Rostraver Ice Garde...