The New Balance Outdoor National Championships were held at the University of Pennsylvania last weekend. A pair of local athletes had the privilege of participating in a prestigious track and field ev...

When the Seattle Mariners opened the game with three consecutive hits, it gave no indication that Braxton Ashcraft would pitch one of his best performances for the Pittsburgh Pirates. After allowing a...

Thomas Jefferson put together a complete performance Wednesday night, combining timely hitting and solid defense in an 11-4 Senior Legion victory over Charleroi Post 22. The win was the third straight...

Former Belle Vernon and Chatham hurler Matt Bamford fired a four-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts, and Noah Mildred drove in six runs as the Carmichaels Copperheads rolled past the Charleroi Magicians, ...

To say Marcell Ozuna has been a major disappointment as designated hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates is an understatement, as the threetime All-Star slugger has struggled mightily to find his swing th...

For all of the immense success Jim Rutherford guided the Pittsburgh Penguins to a decade ago as the club’s general manager, he didn’t exactly achieve it through sound drafting. And he made no secret a...

NEW YORK (AP) — After his team got rained out two days in a row, Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell sounded a little miffed about the second one. Hours later Tuesday, he was criticizing a major leagu...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Daniel Muñoz helped Colombia break through Congo’s stingy defense and advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup with a 1-0 win on Tuesday night. Muñoz scored in the 76t...

Jeff Capel has been a basketball coach for a quarter century. A former player and son of a head coach, Capel has been around the game for the vast majority of his life. So Capel knows his industry is ...

Cameron Boozer sees himself as a perfect addition to the Memphis Grizzlies’ latest rebuilding project. The Grizzlies selected the Duke forward with the third pick in the NBA draft Tuesday night, addin...

GOLF 7 a.m. - GOLF — DP World Tour: DS Automobiles 83° Open d’Italia, First Round, Circolo Golf Torino, Fiano, Torino, Italy 11 a.m. - GOLF — LPGA Tour: KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, First Round, Haz...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark left the Indiana Fever’s 111-109 loss to Phoenix with a back injury in the third quarter Wednesday night. The All-Star guard has been dealing with a back issue this s...

Host Post 484 scored seven runs in the bottom of the 6th to push past Post 22 in Senior Legion play. Belle Vernon Post 484 Senior Legion was six outs away from suffering a home loss to Charleroi Post ...

By the Mon Valley Independent Second-seeded Cedarbrook outlasted Trailside, 65-61, in overtime Tuesday night to advance to the Steel City Summer Basketball League championship game. The semifinal matc...

Thomas Jefferson maintained its winning tradition in softball in 2026. After taking the Section 4-5A title with an 11-1 record, the Jaguars advanced to the semifinal round of both the WPIAL and PIAA p...

The current homestand is a crucial stretch for sputtering Bucs. Shortstop Konnor Griffin is only a rookie. So maybe we underrate what his absence from the lineup and the infield has truly meant to the...

Pittsburgh Pirates pitching phenom Paul Skenes turned pitchman on Tuesday morning at the Sheetz station in Shaler. Skenes made a surprise visit to the station to unveil Pirates jersey-patch sponsor Sh...

onight the McKeesport TSchool Board will meet to discuss “Personnel and anything else that comes before the School Board.” According to emails I’ve received — maybe from a burner account, maybe not — ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin began a rehab assignment Tuesday night with Double-A Altoona, the club said. Griffin has been sidelined since May 31 with a right f...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers hired Mike Babcock on Tuesday, clearing the way for the polarizing taskmaster to coach his first NHL game in more than six years after the NHL cleared him following...