The Leopards will begin the postseason today with sixth-seeded Beaver. In Tom Rodriguez’s 24 seasons as Belle Vernon Area’s softball coach, he has certainly been no stranger to the WPIAL playoffs. The...

Carmen Mlodzinski turned in his best start in the 4-3 victory. Carmen Mlodzinski pounded his fist into his glove as he walked off the mound with two outs in the sixth inning, an auto-response to his b...

The team added Big Ten players with its first six picks in last month’s draft. When Pittsburgh Steelers management set out to make the defense more physical this season, it probably wasn’t a coinciden...

The veteran quarterback has “significant degenerative changes” to his right shoulder. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints veteran starting quarterback Derek Carr is retiring because of a labral tear...

FLOURTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Sepp Straka knew early on that precision at Philadelphia Cricket Club was the key to the Truist Championship. Now, the Austrian and the oldest country club in the United States a...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Without Steph: Those words keep coming up for the Golden State Warriors. They will have to try again to find a way to win without Stephen Curry, who has missed the past two playof...

DALLAS (AP) — Mikko Rantanen’s NHL playoffs-record streak of consecutive goals involved in ended at 13 for the Dallas Stars, a run he had extended Sunday before they scored another goal when he was on...

The Pirates’ GM also provided medical updates on a few injured players. Finding Derek Shelton’s replacement was an easy call for Ben Cherington, as Don Kelly made such a strong impression that the gen...

DENVER (AP) — It’s no longer Bud Black’s job to steer the Colorado Rockies away from baseball infamy. The team fired Black, the winningest manager in franchise history, after a 7-33 start that’s one o...

The WPIAL announced the playoff seedings for nine Mon Valley baseball teams on Friday as area teams will hope to add to a long list of champions on the diamond. In all, local squads account for one to...

When South Allegheny’s Cam Epps was working through his college recruiting process, many of the talks revolved around his talents on the football field. However, as Epps helped lead the Gladiators’ ba...

Derrick Harmon hasn’t gotten around to taking the customary tour of Pittsburgh that the Steelers’ first-round draft pick typically enjoys. He hasn’t eaten at Primanti Bros., taken the incline to the t...

Well, the brackets have been released and the WPIAL baseball and softball playoffs are ready to get underway. Not to be used for any shady or non-official betting purposes, here are the ways I think t...

Elizabeth Forward’s Rylie Peterson (right) and Kenadie Finney take part in the second night of Steel City Summer Basketball League tryouts. The league will hold its annual draft Tuesday. Steel City Su...

Four years after entering the NFL as a high-profile college player, Trey Sermon was among those invited to the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp this weekend on a mere tryout basis. Sermon was a thi...

To say the last 24-plus hours have been a whirlwind for Don Kelly is a massive understatement. Kelly, 45, was elevated to manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon after Derek Shelton’s ...

BVA High School Volleyball hosting clinic The Belle Vernon Area girls volleyball team will host a clinic for girls interested in playing volleyball in grades 5, 6, 7 and 8. There will be two sessions ...

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN) 5:30 a.m. - FS2 — AFL: Western at Gold Coast 1:05 a.m. (Sunday) - FS2 — AFL: Greater Western Sydney at Geelong AUTO RACING 8:55 a.m. - FS2 — FIM MotoGP: The France Gran...

Leadership, commitment, dedication, concern for fellow teammates — those were among the several dozen categories Mark Jackson used to annually evaluate his baseball players at Point Park. It was a str...

Bryan Rust was far from satisfied. But he could laugh. The season was over. Nothing was going to change the fact that the Pittsburgh Penguins missed the playoffs. So, the industrious winger was glib w...