NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Aaron Rai shifted into high gear Sunday and pulled away from a world-class field with one amazing shot after another until he became the first English-born player in more th...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — He’s the best player on the best team. And the voters say he’s the best player in the league, too. Again. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunde...

Charleroi’s Braedin Lunger takes second in 110m hurdles; EF’s Lafontant third in 400m. Belle Vernon senior Ryan Kent put together one of the most dominant performances of the day Thursday at the WPIAL...

The Pittsburgh Steelers signed offensive tackle Max Iheanachor, the team’s first-round draft pick out of Arizona State. The team on Friday announced a four-year contract with Iheanachor, but financial...

The WPIAL postseason typically sets up new matchups between teams that haven’t played during the season, but two of the best baseball teams in the Mon Valley are set for round three of their season se...

The Pittsburgh Pirates had celebrated too early, first when reliever Yohan Ramirez used an upside- down orange traffic cone to catch a Marcell Ozuna home run in the bullpen and then after two blasts b...

Washington has hit 24 homers in season’s first eight games. For the Mon Valley Independent In front of a sellout crowd of 3,226 fans at EQT Park for the 2026 home opener, Washington rode a dominant ou...

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Not many players imagined Aronimink Golf Club and its wild, wavy greens would be so tough on scoring at the PGA Championship. Even fewer would have predicted Alex Smalley an...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Before Paul Skenes. Before Konnor Griffin. Before Bubba Chandler. Before Henry Davis, there was Endy Rodriguez. An athlete behind the plate who hit 25 homers as a 22-year-old in the ...

The Pittsburgh Steelers won’t have much time to rest after this year’s transatlantic journey, unlike the last two times they played in Europe. Both a year ago and in 2013, the Steelers received a bye ...

The NFL schedule traditionally gets plenty of attention. However, there has been more scrutiny as the league has carved out games for streaming services. Of the 272 regular-season games next season, 2...

Television networks have long agreed that the Pittsburgh Steelers draw eyeballs. During a post-bye stretch this fall, the Steelers will have quite the audience week after week. The Steelers will play ...

Emma Essington and Emme Travalena homered as Frazier advanced after ‘chippy’ win. In the WPIAL, this is the time of year when baseball and softball teams want to be playing their best ball. For the Fr...

Sydney Gonglik homered and doubled twice and struck out 19 in a perfect game in the circle. You can’t spell Sydney Gonglik without a “K.” The junior phenom and LSU recruit dominated in the circle for ...

South Allegheny, the No. 4 seed, failed to get out of the first round for the second straight season. No. 13 Brownsville used a five-run fourth inning and a complete-game performance from Ava Clark to...

A pair of seventh-inning “snow cone” catches by Burrell infielders Sophia Gregg and Addy Wojtczak helped seal a 6-3 victory over Charleroi in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 3A softball playoffs ...

Belle Vernon’s Ryan Kent won the WPIAL 3A championship in the discus Thursday with a school record and personal best toss measuring 180-feet, 1-inch. Kent also is the WPIAL 3A champion in the shot put...

The Yough softball team had plenty of experience in close games entering the playoffs, having played six one-run contests during the regular season. Unfortunately for the Cougars, another tight battle...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers fired coach Kris Knoblauch on Thursday, dismissing him after a first-round exit followed him guiding the team to consecutive trips to the Stanley Cup Final...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager is going through a slump like none he has ever had to endure in the big leagues. The two-time World Series MVP shortstop is hitless in his last seven games for the...