With four games remaining in the regular season, the Pens sit in 2nd place in the Metro. Sidney Crosby was satisfied reaching one more career milestone. And Rickard Rakell was content in continuing to...

PHOENIX (AP) — It’s mission accomplished for UCLA. Gabriela Jaquez, Lauren Betts and the rest of the UCLA seniors secured the first NCAA women’s basketball national championship in school history — a ...

Registration open for Steel City hoops Any players interested in playing in the premier girls summer basketball league can still register for the Steel City SBL until May 1. The league is open to play...

Maddox Ceccarelli tossed a three-hit shutout to lead Belle Vernon to a 10-0 win over California. When Taylor Andrisko was coaching the California baseball team, there would be a group of students in t...

Yough used a six-run fifth inning to break open a scoreless game and roll past Ligonier Valley, 7-2, in Section 1-3A play Friday. The Lady Cougars (7-2, 2-0) were quiet through the first four innings ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — All of the emotions were there, from joy to jitters and everything in between. Well, almost everything. The one thing Konnor Griffin didn’t feel when the Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop...

PHOENIX (AP) — UConn’s Geno Auriemma was not a happy man. With the officiating. With his team’s performance. With South Carolina coach Dawn Staley. The Huskies coach ripped into the officiating crew d...

Registration open for Steel City hoops Any players interested in playing in the premier girls summer basketball league can still register for the Steel City SBL until May 1. The league is open to play...

By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive The Pittsburgh Steelers begin voluntary offseason workouts in less than a week, according to a schedule released Friday by the NFL. Each team can hold a nineweek program focus...

Despite already possessing a reputation for maturity and calmness, Konnor Griffin must have felt an indescribable amount of pressure on his shoulders Friday. Griffin, 19, who’s ranked as the top overa...

The Pittsburgh Steelers will select a record-breaking player in the first round of this year’s NFL Draft if Mike McCarthy can repeat what he did in Green Bay and Dallas. Sure, that’s a lot to ask. But...

Pitt wide receiver Blue Hicks is quickly running out of room on his helmet. The shell of Hicks’ helmet, from the top of his head down to the facemask, is plastered with white stickers spelling out “Bl...

It was supposed to be a time to celebrate as the top finishers in the NCAA Division III 5,000-meter title race lined up on the eight-tiered podium to receive their trophies. Instead, when winner Seth ...

Charlotte’s surge to at least the play-in tournament and possibly the playoffs in the Eastern Conference has been fueled in large part by the 3-point shot. And by season’s end, it’s well within reach ...

Elizabeth Forward’s Hannah Evans hit a pair of homers and drove in three runs in a 10-0 win. In a battle of local rivals, Elizabeth Forward had no problem picking up a lopsided 10-0 win over Belle Ver...

Yough overcame an 11-1 deficit in the third inning to stun Elizabeth Forward, 14-13, and hand the Warriors their first loss of the season in a wild nonsection game Thursday. Trailing 13-9 entering the...

By the Mon Valley Independent Editor’s note: Due to a production error, this story was scheduled to run in Thursday’s edition but was inadvertently omitted. California’s boys and girls teams picked up...

The Mon Valley lost a sports legend and a genuinely great man 14 months ago with the passing of Carl Crawley. It’s only fitting to honor a man who gave so much to local sports and the people who playe...

The first time Brandon Lowe visited PNC Park, he made a point to step onto the field and see the city skyline so that he could appreciate the view of one of baseball’s most beautiful ballparks. After ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins don’t necessarily have a starting goaltender. But they have one who has been getting a few more starts than the other as of late. Such was the case Thursday as Stuart Skinner w...