Section champions Frazier and Thomas Jefferson are the highestseeded local teams. The WPIAL announced the brackets for the annual volleyball playoffs and nine local teams will begin making their run t...

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN) 4 a.m. - FS2 — AFL: Fremantle at West Coast Midnight - FS2 — AFL: North Melbourne at Essendon 2 a.m. (Sunday) - FS2 — AFL: Port Adelaide at Collingwood AUTO RACING 1:...

Starting Russell Wilson makes sense for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Sure, Justin Fields has played well enough to keep his job. He has made steady progress, used his athletic ability to compensate for th...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sean Payton made a point of getting to the Superdome long before he normally would for a game — six hours before kickoff — so he could ease into his emotional return to a place wher...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals aren’t going to start talking about mustwin games in mid-October. Even so, the prospect of a third straight lost season makes Monday night...

LONDON (AP) — They’ll toil and sweat but hopefully without the blood and tears. A London game is more than just a typical road trip for NFL teams. It’s a chance to learn about local history, too. In f...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Todd Bowles could barely contain his laughter when asked to share his thoughts on Baker Mayfield’s mobility and ability to run. The usually stoic coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers c...

By his own admission, Oregon coach Dan Lanning and the rest of his staff — currently at 30 and counting — spend “an inordinate amount of time” exploring all kinds of potential situations that may pop ...

Turnovers hurt the Cougars in the 37-8 conference loss. Cole Savage was in the mood for a big-man touchdown. His team is in the mood to make the WPIAL playoffs. Savage had a scoop-andscore, one of fou...

BVA girls sweep G’burg Salem The Belle Vernon Area Middle School girls basketball team swept its way to victory Friday over the visiting Golden Lions. The 8th-grade team (2-1) got a dominant 20-point ...

It took 104 minutes to decide a winner at “The Beach” at James Weir Stadium in Thursday night’s WPIAL Class 3A playoff qualifier between No. 16 Belle Vernon and No. 17 West Mifflin, but after a hard f...

GAME OF THE WEEK - SOUTHMORELAND AT ELIZABETH FORWARD Two of the conference’s best quarterbacks will face off in the Scotties’ Anthony Smith and EF’s Ryan Messina. We’re getting to the end of the regu...

It’s going to be one of the top games of the season, but when Southmoreland comes to Warriors Stadium tonight are they a favorite in EF’s house? Undoubtedly this should be one of the top games I’ve ha...

Greensburg Central’s Riley Kerr scored five goals in the Centurions’ 10-0 win at Trojans Stadium. Four soccer players, four cheerleaders, two cross-country runners and two basketball players are movin...

Belle Vernon’s Bill Contz went from the Mon Valley to Happy Valley. He then ascended to the summit of football’s Mt. Everest, playing at the peak of the sport in the NFL. When asked for a career highl...

By the Mon Valley Independent South Allegheny tuned up for the WPIAL playoffs by sweeping rival East Allegheny in both teams’ section finale Thursday. Game scores were 25-7, 25-15 and 25-9. Ally Chizm...

2013 • After facing a string of tough foes, Cal U will be playing winless Seton Hill Saturday. It’s the first-ever conference matchup between the two teams. The Vulcans are in a three-way tie for seco...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers have been at this for a long time. The prime-time lights aren’t new. The stakes for their teams aren’t, either. The stakes for themselves personally?...

Outside linebacker Alex Highsmith took a step toward returning to game activity for the Pittsburgh Steelers following a three-game absence when he practiced fully Thursday. It was Highsmith’s first fu...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers have been at this for a long time. The prime-time lights aren’t new. The stakes for their teams aren’t, either. The stakes for themselves personally?...