In a back-and-forth WPIAL Class 5A preliminary- round game Thursday night, it all came down to one possession. Trailing 53-52, the host McKeesport Tigers had just forced a Montour turnover to give the...

Bentworth senior captain Brina Orsatti was presented her plaque for being named the Mon Valley Independent-BeeGraphix “Moe” Rosensteel Leadership Award winner. Orsatti helped lead the Bearcats to the ...

Bentworth will play at No. 2 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Monday in the first round. The first four minutes of Bentworth’s WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball preliminary round game against West Greene did...

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Chloe Kim fell short in her bid to become the first Olympic snowboarder to win three consecutive gold medals, finishing second to Choi Gaon of South Korea in the women’s halfpipe...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Downhill champion Breezy Johnson didn’t add to her Olympic medal haul during the women’s super-G on Thursday. The American star left Tofane with something precious anyw...

MILAN (AP) — Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych pushed at the limits of the International Olympic Committee’s rules on freedom of expression, and the global sports body pushed back. That c...

MILAN (AP) — Not getting to show iconic moments such as Sidney Crosby’s golden goal for Canada in Vancouver in 2010 or T.J. Oshie’s shootout heroics for the U.S. against Russia in Sochi in 2014 has be...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Move over, “ Pommel Horse Guy.” The Americans just might have another bespectacled breakout star at the Olympics. Indeed, throw in his mop of dark hair and American cur...

LONDON (AP) — The billionaire co-owner of the Manchester United soccer team apologized Thursday after he triggered a storm of criticism by saying that Britain had been “colonized” by immigrants. The o...

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris said he’s “coming around and starting to feel like myself again” after suffering a concussion and pelvic injuries during a nasty fall in traini...

AUTO RACING 3 p.m. - FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Qualifying, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla. 5:35 p.m. - FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice, Daytona International Speedway,...

McKeesport holding youth baseball registration The McKeesport Baseball Association will hold signups for children age 4 to 12 on the remaining Saturdays this month (Feb. 14, 21 and 28) at the concessi...

No. 8 Belle Vernon (13-9) will host No. 9 Burrell (1012) Friday at 7 p.m. in a first-round game. jsellew@yourmvi.com Defending Class 4A champion Belle Vernon will open the WPIAL boys basketball playof...

Throughout a high school basketball season, you can expect some lulls and missteps. The key is that when you face those obstacles, you must have a short memory and be able to shift things back in your...

The Spartans feature 7-1 forward Loci Kalau, making the Tigers rethink their offensive strategy. After a few years out of the postseason, the McKeesport boys basketball team is geared up for tonight’s...

BRADENTON, Fla. — Whether Paul Skenes was straight-faced serious or acting intentionally ignorant to protect a new pitch before its unveiling in a game, only the Pittsburgh Pirates ace knows. But Sken...

It’s the first in his bid to win four gold medals at this year’s event. MILAN (AP) — Jordan Stolz pictured this moment most of his life, ever since he was 5 and learning to skate on a frozen pond in h...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn had a “successful” third surgery on her broken left leg following her downhill crash at the Olympics, the American skier said Wednesday Vonn posted an upda...

Ben Roethlisberger was not a good teammate or a good person, said former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joey Porter, who criticized the quarterback during a podcast appearance published Wednesday. Por...

A few minutes into Tuesday’s game between Pitt and No. 4 Duke, the Panthers were reacquainted with an advantage unseen for quite some time at Petersen Events Center: energetic cheering from a large cr...