Never have we seen so much coaching pedigree concentrated in one division as the AFC West features now that former Seattle head coach Pete Carroll has returned to the sideline. Carroll is leading the ...

Dan Campbell has two new top lieutenants in Detroit a_er the Lions became the third team in the last 15 years to lose both coordinators to NFL head coaching jobs in the same oseason. _e Lions have end...

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN) 5:30 a.m. - FS2 — AFL Qualifier: Collingwood at Adelaide 5:30 a.m. (Friday) - FS2 — AFL Qualifier: Brisbane at Geelong COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN) 6 p.m. - ACCN — Penn St. a...

NFL season kicks off tonight PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Sirianni is the son of a high school football coach, using what he learned from his dad into his own successful coaching career, first in college,...

The NFL regular season opens on Thursday night when the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles host the Dallas Cowboys. It’s the beginning of a 272-game slate — 17 contests for all 32 teams...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin isn’t worried about All-Pro defensive tackle Cam Heyward’s “hold in” being a factor when the Pittsburgh Steelers open the season on Sunday at the New York Jets. Heyward i...

The Belle Vernon Area boys’ soccer team got back to its winning ways Tuesday night with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over non-section foe Mount Pleasant at James Weir Stadium. The Leopards (3-2-1) were c...

Jared Triolo got the Pittsburgh Pirates started by belting a book-rule double over the North Side Notch off Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw to spark a four-run first inning. Triolo gav...

In a battle of Mon Valley adversaries Tuesday night, Ringgold defended its home court and grabbed a 3-0 win over Elizabeth Forward in Section 3-3A action. The Rams (2-0, 1-0) won sets by scores of 25-...

Bentworth kept its unbeaten run alive with a 4–0 non-section shutout of Elizabeth Forward. The Bearcats controlled play from the start, scoring twice in each half to secure the win. Ryan Moessner had ...

Cam Devanney was at a loss to explain what it meant to finally make his major-league debut Sunday afternoon against the Boston Red Sox in the ballpark that was essentially in his backyard. For the nat...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers sits in the corner of a largely empty Pittsburgh Steelers locker room on a random afternoon late in training camp. The day might be over, but the NFL’s oldest active pl...

I didn’t attend either of the Savannah Bananas events at PNC Park over Labor Day weekend. However, I know quite a few folks who did, and the reviews were all positive. If you are coming here looking f...

All Dwight Howard urges his doubters to do is this: look at the numbers. They tell the story, he insists. He averaged 15.7 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. Only 13 other players in the history of th...

A new NFL season is set to begin with last year’s experiment on the new kickoff becoming permanent with a new tweak and several other changes in rules and officiating. The league also will implement c...

BVA MS boys stomp out G’burg Salem The Belle Vernon Area Middle School boys soccer team picked up a 4-1 win over Greensburg Salem Tuesday. Jacob Coffee had a pair of goals to lead the Leps (2-0). Cade...

(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Belle Vernon Area star cager Tom Parks). In 1969, the rock opera Tommy introduced the world to a “pinball wizard.” Not long after, Belle Verno...

Labor Day weekend was a hotbed for local soccer teams, who participated in a number of tournaments around the region. They all started early Saturday morning with the Bentworth girls playing a pair of...

With as many as six, maybe seven quarterbacks expected to be drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh next year, there will be tons of eyes on the nation’s top signal callers this sea...