2013 • Yough coach Wayne Greiser started the 2013 basketball season with a big problem to overcome. The core of the Cougar’s successful 2012-2013 team picked up their diplomas last spring. Particularl...

Frazier was outscored 19-5 in a pivotal third quarter as it couldn’t quite keep up with Waynesburg Central. Allie Yauch had 14 points for the Commodores (0-2) while Clea Bozek added 10 for the home sq...

Drew Cook scored 16 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter for South Allegheny. The South Allegheny boys basketball team has faced off with three schools in larger classifications early in the season....

Jackson Keranko’s 19 points and pressure defense helped Charleroi get the win. Charleroi picked up their first win of the season under first-year coach Joe Dunn with a 55-43 victory over Burgettstown ...

By the Mon Valley Independent Wayne Stewart, whose column “Sports Stew” appears weekly in the Mon Valley Independent, has a new book out now entitled “I Love Baseball.” The book explores the many reas...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Squint your eyes a little bit, and it could have been 2014, not 2024. Russell Wilson drifting to his right. The Cincinnati pass rush closing in. Time running out. Then a quick flick ...

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Myles Garrett didn’t know he had joined a prestigious list of defensive stars last week until one of his biggest fans pointed it out to him. “My dad was hyped about it,” he said. Fo...

By the Mon Valley Independent The Bentworth girls basketball team started off the season with a win, knocking off neighborhood rival Charleroi by a score of 54-22. The game took a turn in the second a...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Rust scored 1:31 into overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins avoided another late collapse by beating the Florida Panthers 5-4 on Tuesday night. The Penguins let a threegoal thir...

The prospect of having a full complement of outside linebackers — an injury-plagued position for the Pittsburgh Steelers this season — made Mike Tomlin flash a smile during his weekly news conference....

Barely a week into his tenure with the Pittsburgh Penguins, forward Philip Tomasino already has made history. By getting game-winning goals in a 2-1 road victory against the Boston Bruins on Friday an...

Last year, Rickard Rakell offered a simple but profound tenet on those in his vocation. “I mean, I’m a hockey player,” Rakell said Oct. 27, 2023. “I love to score goals.” That affection went unfulfill...

WASHINGTON (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders controlling owner Josh Harris met with congressional lawmakers Monday on Capitol Hill as efforts push forward to secure acces...

The NHL’s collective bargaining agreement does not expire until Sept. 15, 2026. That discussions are set to begin on a new deal in early 2025 is already one step ahead of where hockey has been in labo...

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s Azeez Al-Shaair was suspended by the NFL without pay for three games Tuesday for repeated violations of player safety rules following his violent hit to the head of Jacksonvil...

DENVER (AP) — The boos only brought out the best in Jerry Jeudy as he returned to Denver. “They only boo you,” Jeudy reasoned, “when they know there’s something great in you.” The explosive Cleveland ...

Make more 3-pointers than your opponent in this NBA era, and you’re likely to win. Make a lot more 3s than your opponent, and you’re almost certain to win. The Boston Celtics are clearly banking on th...

2013 1994 • Former Monessen women’s basketball star, Mariah Ward, is making quite a mark on the Westmoreland County Community College squad. WCCC had an edge when recruiting Ward to join its team; coa...

Monessen hires baseball coach The Monessen School Board Tuesday hired Frank Rapsky as the new head coach of the Greyhound baseball program. Rapsky has been involved in Monessen’s youth baseball progra...

Saylor Lee scored 19 points and Aubrey Brown finished with a double-double in Belle Vernon’s win over Rochester. A big second-quarter run allowed Belle Vernon’s girls basketball team to put just enoug...