The Pittsburgh Penguins opened their preseason with a 4-1 win against the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena on Monday. The result was largely overshadowed by forward Ben Kindel leaving the game prema...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson called Caleb Williams’ right hamstring injury a “week-toweek” situation while offering a largely positive update a day after the quarterback was helped o...

Improvement in run differential shows promise for the future. The Pittsburgh Pirates are having a September to remember. They have won 12 of 18 games this month and are riding a four-game win streak t...

Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer were together on some memorable Detroit teams before moving on and winning championships elsewhere. Will they eventually enter the Hall of Fame as part of the same cl...

BVA MS boys shut out Gladiators The Belle Vernon Area Middle School boys soccer team scored six times in the first half to blank South Allegheny Monday, 6-0. Crew Cameron and Miloh Ortolona each score...

The Rams scored 21 unanswered points to give California (Pa.) its first loss of the season. By the Mon Valley Independent California (Pa.) struck first and went into halftime tied with unbeaten Shephe...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots have yet to find much of the offensive rhythm that propelled their Super Bowl run last season. The defense was there to pick up the pieces against the...

In dishonor of the awful performance by the Steelers Sunday against New England, today’s column will be a Steelerless Monday food for thought: • In last week’s ‘stock up, stock down’ piece for area hi...

If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve surely seen your fair share of girls kicking field goals and extra points for local high school football teams in recent years. You might have also heard of Sou...

Rafael Flores Jr. has long maintained that when Brandon Lowe hits a home run, it motivates the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher to smash one of his own. A day after Lowe hit a two-run homer in the eighth in...

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Lane Kiffin’s new team at LSU couldn’t deny Trinidad Chambliss — the quarterback Kiffin helped transform into a star after recruiting him from a Division II program to Mississippi...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A year ago, Aaron Rodgers engineered a drive at Gillette Stadium that helped the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the team that went on to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. That ve...

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Joey Logano won the Cup Series race Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway, while the driver he passed for the win stole the show with oldschool NASCAR feuding and fisticuffs. Carson...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott threw four touchdown passes to break Tony Romo’s career franchise record, and the Dallas Cowboys beat Washington 37-20 on Sunday after the Commanders’ Jayden Danie...

Titans top Obama Academy Josh Lazar and Branis Kinzi supplied the offense as West Mifflin picked up a 2-1 nonsection victory over Obama Academy. The Titans (3-4) received a goal apiece from Lazar and ...

The Warriors survived as the teams combined for 31 points in the game’s final 12 minutes. The early-season matchup between unbeatens in Class 3A’s Interstate Conference lived up to its top billing Fri...

He threw for four TDs and ran for three more in the Commodores’ 46-7 win. The start of Friday night’s game between Jefferson- Morgan and host Frazier was delayed nearly half an hour because of the lat...

Monessen topped the traditional Class 1A power in its Black Hills Conference opener. When Wade Brown took over Monessen six years ago, he wanted to revive a winning tradition and put the Greyhounds ba...

They gave up just 68 yards on the ground to one of the WPIAL’s best rushing teams. Entering Friday night’s battle with Burrell, the Belle Vernon defense knew it would have to deal with a lethal rushin...

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