By Trib Total Media COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Jim Leyland said there was something special about all four of the organizations he managed during his Hall of Fame career — the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Mar...

Damian Dunn didn’t transfer to Pitt from Houston, one of the top college basketball schools in the nation, because his hometown of Kinston, N.C., is less than 100 miles from where Jeff Capel grew up i...

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN) 5:30 a.m. - FS2 — AFL: Western at Geelong 1 a.m. (Sunday) - FS2 — AFL: Melbourne at Fremantle AUTO RACING 6:25 a.m. - ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyoród...

2014 • Sunday – no paper 2004 • Ramont Small is returning to the football sidelines after taking a year off to watch his son play flag football in Monessen. Small will serve as Angelo Dippolitto’s off...

BVA Youth Sports holding fall-ball registration The Belle Vernon Area Youth Sports Association will hold fall baseball and softball registration Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. under the pavilion at the Washi...

The injunction keeping Aliquippa in Class 4A football remains in place after a Commonwealth Court judge denied a PIAA request for a stay. Appellate Judge Patricia McCullough issued her decision Thursd...

The PIAA wants to increase girls volleyball to six classifications, but a request to expand track and field to three was rejected by the board. Girls volleyball has four classifications currently, but...

Kevin Durant practiced with the U.S. Olympic basketball team on Friday, a major step toward getting him back on track for the Paris Games that open next week. It was Durant’s first time on the floor w...

TROON, Scotland (AP) — Tiger Woods tied a personal record in the British Open on Friday, one he could have done without but perhaps should come to expect. Woods matched his highest 36-hole score as a ...

(Editor’s note: Fractions of a second or a slight misstep during the Olympics can alter the career, the legacy and the earning potential of athletes. The Associated Press spoke with athletes about how...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs know exactly what they have returning from last season. They know what Patrick Mahomes, the two-time league MVP, can do under center. They are quite famil...

EA Sports College Football 25, among the most highly anticipated sports video games of all time, has flooded the market as gamers who waited more than a decade for the franchise’s next installment rus...

Alabama renaming field Alabama football teams will soon be playing on Saban Field. University trustees approved a resolution naming the field at Bryant-Denny Stadium after former coach Nick Saban on F...

Charleroi carried a 4-0 lead into the sixth before Connellsville plated seven runs. The Charleroi Senior Legion baseball team fell into the losers bracket of the Region 6 Tournament after being stunne...

Elijah Brown entered the U.S. Marine Corps and USA Wrestling national championships as the No. 13 seed. The Mon Valley has long known about the prowess of Belle Vernon wrestler Elijah Brown, but the r...

Nick Gonzales drives in the game-winning run with a 1-out single in the Pirates’ two-run ninth inning. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nick Gonzales hit the winning RBI single in the ninth inning and the Pittsburgh...

For the Mon Valley Independent The Donald Asmonga Foundation announced Belle Vernon Area softball coach Tom Rodriguez as the recipient of its 2024 Leadership Award at the foundation’s annual golf outi...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have set a deadline of six months from now to decide on a plan for the future of Arrowhead Stadium, whether that means renovating their iconic home or building an ent...

AMD Industries and BeeGraphix each picked up wins to remain two games behind Marie Slagus Howard Hanna Simon. It was an even contest early, but Marie Slagus Howard Hanna Simon overcame a slow start to...

Since the last Musial article in a Sports Stew column, some new – yet very old – material about Donora’s hero cropped up. One source was a DVD entitled “The Legend of Stan ‘The Man’ Musial.” When a ro...