AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN) 11 p.m. - FS2 — AFL: Gold Coast at Greater Western Sydney AUTO RACING 8:55 a.m. - FS1 — FIM MotoGP: The Brembo Grand Prix of Italy - Sprint Race, Tuscany, Italy 10 a.m....

Bill Keenist will receive the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Award of Excellence next week. They say that everything happens for a reason, and Elizabeth’s Bill Keenist is a firm believer in that. Like ma...

This Hall of Fame biography originally ran in Thursday’s e-edition. We are running it again for those who don’t have access. For the Mon Valley Independent Before the bright lights of Seattle’s Kingdo...

BeeGraphix defeated Trailside 70–36 on Thursday in Steel City Summer Basketball League play. Canon-McMillan senior guard Lauren Borella led all scorers with 26 points, scoring 20 of them in the first ...

For the Mon Valley Independent Could a kid from Belle Vernon, bullied through childhood, really grow into one of Western Pennsylvania’s most accomplished boxers and a 2025 Mid Mon Valley All Sports Ha...

DETROIT (AP) — Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a two-run single in a four-run 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers 8-4 for a split of a doubleheader Thursday. The Tigers won the firs...

The Charleroi Magicians strung together multi-run innings in four of the first five frames to pull away from Brownsville in a 9-4 Fayette County League victory Thursday. After falling behind 2-0 in th...

Coastal Carolina and LSU will meet in College World Series final beginning Saturday. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Considering the run Coastal Carolina’s baseball team is on — 26 straight wins on the way to the ...

Inclement weather Wednesday evening in Detroit deprived the Pittsburgh Pirates a chance at facing one of baseball’s best pitchers on a day that the club has consistently performed very well. The Pirat...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Andy Reid expects to have wide receiver Rashee Rice and first-round draft pick Josh Simmons fully available when the Kansas City Chiefs report to training camp at Missouri West...

The 4 Nations Face-Off in February was meant to provide a taste of international competition a year before the Winter Olympics because it had been nearly a decade since the NHL’s top players were able...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Brad Marchand sure made himself at home in Florida. Now he’s a two-time Stanley Cup champion. Getting Marchand at the trade deadline from Boston for what ended up being a single f...

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AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN) 5:35 a.m. - FS2 — AFL: Brisbane at Geelong 2 a.m. (Saturday) - FS1 — AFL: Sydney at Port Adelaide AUTO RACING 12:35 p.m. - FS2 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Practice...

Pacers force deciding Game 7 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Obi Toppin scored 20 points, Andrew Nembhard added 17 and the resilient Indiana Pacers sent the NBA Finals to a winner-take-all Game 7 by rolling past ...

Tony Watson said AD Matt Humbert called him Tuesday and told him the school board was opening his position. The spinning carousel of coaches continues to go round and round at Belle Vernon Area High S...

WPIAL COO Vince Sortino said he sees “it happening in the very near future.” For some, the debate about adding shot clocks to Pennsylvania high school basketball is more about “when” rather than “if.”...

BV scored five runs to take the lead and hold off Charleroi in an 11-8 win. The matchup between the Belle Vernon Senior Legion and Charleroi Post 22 squads Wednesday evening represented a bit of a mic...

For the Mon Valley Independent Before the bright lights of Seattle’s Kingdome or the crack of the bat in the Pioneer League, Dennis Stitch’s athletic journey began on the streets of Lock View. Raised ...

The wide-screen spectacle of Formula One gets a gleaming, rip-roaring workout in Joseph Kosinski’s “F1,” a fine-tuned machine of a movie that, in its most riveting racing scenes, approaches a kind of ...