In his playoff-clinching victory at Richmond Raceway, Austin Dillon shared some NASCAR history on the venerable short track with the most famous driver of the No. 3 Chevrolet. Dale Earnhardt, the late...

It would be technically inaccurate to call Saturday’s preseason home opener the first time the Pittsburgh Steelers will play a game at Acrisure Stadium in 2025. The 2024 regular-season finale was Jan....

After losing several seniors to graduation, the Ringgold boys soccer team will rely on a whole team effort to make up for those losses and have success. Gone are Sam Alvarez, Nico Bove, Jack Brodak, D...

After winning their second straight WPIAL title, the Bentworth boys are looking for more than a state runner-up finish. If once is an occurrence and twice a trend, who knows what three will be for the...

It was a moment Jack Suwinski could only dream about. Playing in his hometown and in front of his family at Wrigley Field, he knew one swing could change the outcome. Chicago Cubs closer Daniel Palenc...

Kaleb Johnson wanted to make a good first impression for his new team. It didn’t quite work out that way for the former Iowa running back in his Pittsburgh Steelers preseason debut. Held to 20 yards o...

By the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon remained perfect in section play Thursday, turning in a balanced effort to hold off Laurel Highlands, 205213, in a Section 2-3A match at Cedarbrook Golf Cour...

At 6-foot-4 and 240 pounds, Pitt tight end Malachi Thomas has the kind of frame that sets him up well one-on-one against opposing defensive backs. But so far through the Panthers’ fall camp, Thomas ha...

You could see the attempt at diplomacy oozing through Larry Foote’s wry smile when he was posed with the question in the visitors’ tunnel at Acrisure Stadium: Could the 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers defens...

AP HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The 49ers bottled up Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty for the most part Thursday, similar to what Seattle did in a preseason game a week earlier in holding him to minus-1 y...

CINCINNATI (AP) — After the Cincinnati Bengals secondary struggled in the preseason opener, starting safety Geno Stone learned that he has a soft tissue injury that has him out on a “weekto- week” bas...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — On the first field, Broncos quarterback Bo Nix had his best day of training camp, throwing darts to Courtland Sutton and Devaughn Vele while catching a break from having to fac...

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The Belle Vernon Area girls soccer team suffered big losses to graduation this past year. Grace West, the team’s on-field leader, leading assist disher and second-leading scorer is gone. Ava Scalise w...

In Kurt Olinger’s first year as golf coach at Thomas Jefferson in 2024, the Jaguars finished fourth in the rugged Section 5-3A. He has high hopes for a much better result this season, and so far the J...

Elizabeth Forward quarterback Ryan Messina takes time to hydrate during practice. Mike Darnay / MVI Sports McKeesport assistant soccer coach Milton Campos hangs out with the team’s unofficial mascot “...

The two teams will meet Saturday in the second preseason game for Pittsburgh. Thursday was the first — and, almost certainly, only — time the entirety of the first-team Pittsburgh Steelers defense too...

NFL will again stencil messages on back of end zones The NFL is continuing its on-field social justice messaging for a sixth straight season. All 32 teams will feature an end zone message of their cho...

The coach said he’ll decide about next week’s game “next week.” The venue is different as is the opponent, but Mike Tomlin is treating the Pittsburgh Steelers’ second preseason game much like the firs...