BVA Middle School boys continue their streak The Belle Vernon Area Middle School boys basketball teams picked up a sweep over host Derry Thursday to remain unbeaten for the season. The 8th-grade Leopa...

Former BVA and Monessen boys basketball coach Joe Salvino will be inducted June 5. Last year, the WPIAL Hall of Fame welcomed in a number of athletes with ties to the Mid-Mon Valley. This year, anothe...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin, as always, got right to the point. “When you don’t get it done, words are cheap,” a subdued Tomlin said Monday night after the Pittsburgh Steelers were quickly ushered o...

A state championship event is coming to Southwestern Pennsylvania for the rest of the decade. The PIAA board of directors approved Wednesday sites for the fall sports championships, bringing the state...

Both Bentworth and Charleroi entered Wednesday night coming off key section wins and looking to carry that momentum into a non-section matchup before the second half of their section schedules begins....

A slow start led to a slow game Wednesday, too slow for Belle Vernon boys head coach Ricky Tyburski. The Leopards failed to score in the opening five minutes of their non-section game against Gateway,...

The NFL has never experienced a playoff weekend quite like this. The first four games of the 2025 postseason featured a combined 12 lead changes in the fourth quarter, topping the record for the most ...

Rather than merely a coaching tree, one early candidate to become the Pittsburgh Steelers’ coach comes from an impressive family tree, too. The Steelers reportedly asked to interview Los Angeles Rams ...

Bentworth rolled to a 47-24 victory over Brownsville, using a combination of forfeits and quick falls to secure the team win on the mat Wednesday. The Bearcats opened strong as Brian Mathews collected...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The next coach of the Baltimore Ravens will have a couple of tough acts to follow, given how quickly the previous two won a Super Bowl. “It took (Brian) Billick two years, Joh...

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Matt Ryan said he is motivated to take care of unfinished business in his new role as the Atlanta Falcons president of football. Ryan was named the 2016 NFL MVP after leadin...

Pitt arrived at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta on Wednesday night a desperate squad, winless inACC league play and sitting in 16th place in the conference. Whether that desperation was channeled into a ...

The New England Patriots and Chicago Bears both went from worst to first in their divisions in 2025, proving anew to NFL fans already looking ahead to next season that a quick fix to that fixer-upper ...

The Cal (Pa.) men suffered their first PSAC loss, but the Vulcan women were dominant in a West win. By the Mon Valley Independent Clarion built an early lead and answered every late push by California...

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) 6 p.m. - CBSSN — New Mexico St. at Liberty 7 p.m. - ESPNU — Oakland at Milwaukee 8 p.m. - CBSSN — Coll. of Charleston at Towson 9 p.m. - ESPN2 — Wichita St. at FAU 9 p.m. - ES...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin was an unknown when the Pittsburgh Steelers plucked him from obscurity in 2007 and handed the young and charismatic Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator one of the mos...

The Section 2-1A game Tuesday night at Geibel Catholic between visiting Monessen and the Gators was a game of spurts, and the Greyhounds put together the last surge for a 61-48 road victory. “We separ...

Charleroi held off a second-quarter surge from Ligonier Valley and finished with a 74-70 win in Section 4-3A play. Charleroi opened with 26 points in the first quarter, but Ligonier Valley responded w...

Clairton may hold the edge over Jeannette on the gridiron, but when it comes to basketball, advantage Jeannette. The top two teams in Section 1-2A collided for supremacy, and it was Jeannette that pre...

The Pittsburgh Steelers will undertake their first coaching search in 19 years and their third in almost 60 after Mike Tomlin stepped down Tuesday. There’s an abundance of former head coaches and curr...