Bella Williams added an early grand slam for the Leopards in a thrilling 1211 win Friday. When Belle Vernon and Waynesburg Central opened their softball regular seasons against each other Friday eveni...

Drew Cook (2) and South Allegheny travel to Altoona Area High School to face off against District 3 champion Trinity (22-6) in a PIAA quarterfinal game looking to advance to the PIAA semifinals. The G...

WPYFL president Bill Spencer tendered his resignation March 11. The largest youth football league in Pennsylvania is part of a police probe as officers investigate accusations of financial impropriety...

The Belle Vernon Area 3rd/4th grade girls basketball team won the league championship after finishing in first place during the regular season. In the top row, from left, are head coach Chad Skibo, as...

The Yough softball team opened its season with a 4-3 win over Florida Class 5A opponent Lake Gibson Friday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Jaidyn Vay picked up the first of many varsity wins...

The McKeesport boys basketball team hasn’t won a WPIAL title in a few decades, but the Tigers hired a new coach with one already on his resume. Dan DeRose, who led Penn Hills to a WPIAL title, was hir...

Predicting how players will perform in the regular season based on spring training statistics can be tricky. Jared Triolo, for example, batted .310 last spring but went on to hit only .216 in the regu...

7X7 FOOTBALL 7 p.m. - NFLN — OT7: Week 1 Game 1, Dallas 8 p.m. - NFLN — OT7: Week 1 Game 2, Dallas 9 p.m. - NFLN — OT7: Week 1 Game 3, Dallas AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN) 4:30 a.m. - FS2 — AFL: Por...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kon Knueppel scored 17 points and No. 1 Duke held off a furious second half rally by North Carolina to beat its rival for the third time this season, 74-71 on Friday night to re...

Nick Gonzales showed up to spring training with a handlebar mustache and an announcement: “It’s here to stay.” There’s a method to his mustache: When Gonzales grew it for “Mustache May,” it coincided ...

Just like fathers and sons often form a bond tied together by baseball, Clint Hurdle started loving the game the day his dad, Big Clint, asked him, “Do you want to go outside and play catch?” The form...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry’s shooting range and accuracy from way back have long stood alone — whether with a defender or two in his face or when letting it fly from the logo. Now, the NBA’s c...

TOKYO (AP) — It’s only two games to start the Major League Baseball season — the World Series-champion Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome. For the record, the ...

TOKYO (AP) — The spotlight will be on slugger Shohei Ohtani this week when the superstar returns to Japan and leads the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs in ...

2005 • Former California High School basketball coach and area softball standout Marvin “Bucky” Bolyard will be inducted into the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. A resident of Rostraver Township, d...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Min Woo Lee and Akshay Bhatia shared the lead at The Players Championship going into a weekend with strong wind in the forecast and the potential for a wide-open chase. ...

The weather is turning towards spring as St. Patrick’s Day and March Madness loom, turning our attention to an exciting season where we can get back outside and enjoy the sun. All but one Mon Valley b...

California is in 2A now and in a section with local rivals including Bentworth and Frazier. (Editor’s note: Due to a production error, the California softball preview was not included in Thursday’s ed...

Jared Jones had kept the Minnesota Twins off the scoreboard for four innings, before the Pittsburgh Pirates pulled the right-hander after he allowed back-to-back singles to start the fifth. Then the b...