Only the coordinators who interviewed for head coaching jobs before playoff games know if those conversations with other teams were a distraction. It won’t stop people from speculating about it. The N...

Ben Johnson made a quick decision. Aaron Glenn could be next. With Johnson heading to Chicago and Mike Vrabel already in New England, five head coaching vacancies remain. The Jets, Saints, Jaguars, Ra...

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) 5 p.m. - CBSSN — Hampton at William & Mary 7 p.m. - CBSSN — W. Kentucky at Louisiana Tech 7 p.m. - ESPN2 — Wichita St. at Memphis 7 p.m. - ESPNU — Samford at Chattanoo- ga 9 p...

BVA 8th grade moves to 13-0 The Belle Vernon Area Middle School boys basketball team split a road game at East Allegheny Wednesday. The 8th-grade team stayed unbeaten on the season with a 51-15 win ov...

2005 • Sunday – no paper. 1995 • Winners of the 1995 Knights of Columbus free throw contest in Perryopolis have been announced by Council 447. They include 10-year-olds: Taylor Sivak and Chris Maust; ...

Thomas Jefferson’s girls ran out to an 11-point lead at the half and extended it even further in the second half as they raced past the Hillers, 70-43, in Section 4-5A action. TJ outscored Trinity by ...

Demetri Lowe scored 35 points as Ringgold picked up a much-needed win against Southmoreland. The Ringgold boys’ basketball team overcame a onepoint deficit at halftime with a 14-6 scoring edge in the ...

Tyler Basic scored a game-high 26 points to lead Elizabeth Forward to a win over East Allegheny. Elizabeth Forward’s boys basketball team made a resounding statement Tuesday night, dominating East All...

The Thomas Jefferson boys basketball team is young, so while there have been some growing pains over the course of this season, Tuesday’s 64-60 section victory over visiting Trinity stands out as anot...

NEW YORK (AP) — Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when he had to wait. Considered a no-doubt pick for baseball’s Hall of Fame and possibly the second unanimous selection, he waited by the p...

Back in mid-December, Marcus Pettersson landing on injured reserve forced the Pittsburgh Penguins to do some tinkering on the blue line. Pettersson had been part of a defensive pairing with Erik Karls...

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves on 26 shots in a 5-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto. com Arena in Los Angeles on Monday. The result boosted Nedeljkovic’s rec...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki could become the first Japanese player in baseball’s Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected Tuesday when results of the writ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Will Howard transferred to Ohio State to win a national championship, and he reached that goal by playing the best football of his career throughout the Buckeyes’ four games in the Coll...

ATLANTA (AP) — Any adjustments to the College Football Playoff for next season, including a potential tweak in the way byes are awarded, would have to take place later this year, probably in the sprin...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic refused to let anything stop his pursuit of a record 25th Grand Slam trophy in the Australian Open quarterfinals. Not a problem with his left leg. Not an ear...

NFL officials were heavily scrutinized for some of the flags they threw in the four divisional round games that saw the Chiefs, Bills, Eagles and Commanders advance to next weekend’s conference champi...

2005 • With 6-8 center Ben McCauley, one wouldn’t expect the Yough boys basketball team to rely on long-distance shots. But with Laurel Highlands shooting with uncanny accuracy from 3-point range, You...

BVA Youth Sports Association holding spring registration The Belle Vernon Area Youth Sports Association will hold two in-person baseball and softball signups beginning Feb. 4 for boys and girls ages 4...