Neshannock and Bentworth will face off in a rematch of last year’s WPIAL championship at 7 p.m. at North Allegheny. There is good news and bad news for the Bentworth softball team and its fans. The go...

No. 1 Serra Catholic takes on No. 5 Greensburg Central Catholic today at 4 p.m. at Gateway. For the last 11 years, Serra Catholic’s baseball team has appeared in the WPIAL semifinals. Season after sea...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates are reeling, and just about everything is on the table for a lastplace team that has already fired its manager and packed a half-decade’s worth of public- rela...

This story originally ran in Monday’s electronic edition. We’re running it again for those that don’t have access. Donora lost a local legend recently with the passing of Art “Skins” Coleman. Coleman,...

Just when it appeared that neither Mother Nature nor the baseball gods could prevent the Pittsburgh Pirates from setting a major-league record of dubious distinction Thursday night, they caught a brea...

HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Nick Olesen scored with 49 seconds left and Denmark stunned Canada 2-1 at the ice hockey world championship Thursday to advance to the semifinals. “I have no words, it’s unbeli...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Some of Harvard’s sports teams would be virtually wiped out by a Trump administration decision announced on Thursday that would make the Ivy League school with the nation’s lar...

Tennessee athletic director Danny White said the only solution to the real problem in college sports right now is collective bargaining with athletes. “It’s a real issue,” White said an interview with...

The Quips were WPIAL runner-up and a state semifinalist this past season. Aliquippa boys basketball coach Nick Lackovich was holding an open gym Wednesday, unaware that the school board gathered nearb...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are mired in an historic offensive slump, one that saw them match a major league record Wednesday for most games without scoring more than four runs. At 26 games and counting, t...

The case for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was simple. He’s the best player on an Oklahoma City Thunder team that had the best record this season and set a league mark for margin of victory. If that wasn’t ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Roger Penske personally told Will Power about the firings of Team Penske’s top three executives — a decision Power said his boss made after a sleepless night contemplating how to h...

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars aren’t getting shut out on the power play in the Western Conference final against Edmonton this time. They took full advantage of their opportunities in the third period...

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AMD Industries beats Monessen Florist AMD Industries picked up their second win in the Steel City Summer Basketball season with an 80-62 win over Monessen Florist. West Allegheny’s Leila Marchinsky sc...

An unfortunate streak for the Pittsburgh Pirates refuses to die. Not in 26 games, dating to April 22, has the team managed to score more than four runs, making it the longest such stretch in franchise...

AMD races past Monessen Florist with strong first half; Marie Slagus Howard Hanna tops Trailside in nightcap. The second night of the young Steel City Summer Basketball League season was kicked off wi...

It’s not like the Belle Vernon Area School Board hasn’t made good hires in the past. But I will say that I commend it on making the right choice whne it comes to the boys basketball job. I know who th...

Stewart will write about the 1960 Pirates and their stunning win in the World Series. By the Mon Valley Independent The Library of Congress recently requested Mon Valley Independent contributor Wayne ...