The Pittsburgh Pirates showed Friday night what can happen when the baseball lands where it’s supposed to go — in the fielders’ gloves. After two passed balls, an error and a fly ball that should have...

Some time ago, a column in the Mon Valley Independent featured letters Stan Musial wrote back home, mainly from 1939-1946, to Joe Barbao. During that span, Musial was making sure to keep in touch with...

Head coach Tony DiCenzo knows his team faces “big challenge” against D-12’s West Catholic. The final game of the season has arrived for the South Allegheny boys basketball team and the Gladiators have...

The California and Monessen softball teams were looking to dodge some raindrops and get their non-section contest in at Coal Center, but Mother Nature had other plans. Persistent rains and an unplayab...

The Pittsburgh Pirates placed second baseman Nick Gonzales on the 10-day injured list Friday with a non-displaced fracture in his left ankle. Gonzales, who hit a home run Thursday in the loss to the M...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Zakai Zeigler had 18 points and 10 assists, and Tennessee outhustled and outplayed Kentucky on both ends of the court in a 78-65 victory Friday night that sent the Volunteers to a ...

Oneil Cruz has a history of heroics on Opening Day for the Pittsburgh Pirates, serving as the difference maker in one-run wins at the Cincinnati Reds in 2023 and at the Miami Marlins last year. But Cr...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Duke stud Cooper Flagg’s highlight reel included a 3-pointer from just in front of the logo at the halftime buzzer, one no-look pass for an alley- oop and another for a 3, and a hu...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Dawn Staley sent JuJu Watkins a text as soon as she saw the star Southern California sophomore suffer a season-ending knee injury on Monday night. It was “really tough” to see ...

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Paul Skenes allowed three hits and struck out seven in 5 1/3 innings in a no decision. Paul Skenes made history by becoming the fastest No. 1 overall draft pick to make an Opening Day start. Then the ...

The Scotties had 14 hits, including back-to-back homers twice, in a 10-3 win over the Leps. The Southmoreland softball team belted out 14 hits, including backto- back home runs twice, for a 10-3 non-s...

After tying the game on an error, Baldwin’s Dylan Hartman roped a single to left to score Gavin Sakely with the game-winning run to give the Highlanders (1-2) their first win of the season in walk-off...

It is often said that opinions are like backsides. Everyone has one. And, of course, I have mine. If I were making the first pick for the Steelers in next month’s draft, I would take Mississippi quart...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Alabama broke the 35-year-old March Madness record for 3-pointers with 25 and Mark Sears scored 30 of his 34 points on 3s, a relentless long-range spree that ushered the second-see...

With just about most milestones he reaches, Sidney Crosby will usually deflect to team-wide results instead ruminating on individual accomplishments. Be it a legitimate record or a mark in which the s...

Cameron Heyward sure sounds like he is walking back his comments about potential new teammate Aaron Rodgers. During his “Not Just Football” podcast last week, Heyward was asked about the drawn-out dis...

Former Pitt safety P.J. O’Brien started playing football at the age of 3 in a league called Super Pee Wee in Pompano Beach, Fla. And there he was Wednesday — 19 years later — still chasing footballs, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Todd Golden knows he might need to leave NCAA Tournament tickets for a couple of VIPs, his special longtime mentors and former coaches at nearby Saint Mary’s College. That’s just ...