In the NBA, it’s already next season. The offseason, technically, might have lasted for only about an hour. The Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals on Monday night, and when the clock rolled over to Tue...

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The Paris Olympics are getting into the groove for the historic opening ceremony on the River Seine. Dancers who’ll jazz up the July 26 show under the artistic direction of ...

BOSTON (AP) — Short jumpers rolled off the rim and 3-pointers went in and out. Even free throws were a challenge for Luka Doncic in the clinching game of the NBA Finals. Dallas needed Doncic and Kyrie...

Local schools will have new alignments and opponents over the next two years. The WPIAL officially released its new winter sports classifications for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons Tuesday, shuffling...

These are two of six stories highlighting the Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame’s induction Class of 2024. The annual induction banquet will be held Friday at St. Spyridon’s Hellenic Center in Mo...

With a passion for history, local sports and his beloved Belle Vernon Area School District, the Mon Valley and the region recently lost one of its biggest ambassadors. Stephen Russell, a longtime educ...

The Bucs’ bats were quiet, with Ke’Bryan Hayes’ homer providing their only run. If the Pittsburgh Pirates thought beating the Cincinnati Reds was going to be as easy as 5-4-3, they were wrong. The Pir...

2014 • Belle Vernon American Legion team picked up its second win in as many days, knocking off visiting Waynesburg 5-2 at Cedar Creek Park. It wasn’t a pretty victory, but Belle Vernon coach Bill Fra...

Belle Vernon Senior Legion dismantled Colonial No. 3 to grab a 17-5 win and reach double digit wins on the season Tuesday. Belle Vernon (10-0) remained undefeated despite facing a 5-1 deficit after on...

Makayla Canty sank a pair of 3-pointers in overtime as the defending champions overcame a 14-point halftime deficit. AMD Industries has long been the team to beat in the Steel City Summer Basketball L...

Jake Wessel had three hits and Colton Lee drove in four runs in the 17-7 win. Belle Vernon Senior Legion remained unbeaten on the season with a mercy-rule win over visiting Charleroi Monday in a battl...

The Pittsburgh Steelers are going Hollywood. Sort of. HBO and the NFL announced Monday that the acclaimed football documentary series “Hard Knocks” will feature the AFC North during a late-season run....

Jaylen Brown was named MVP of the series. BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum put his hands behind his head, with TD Garden fans standing on their feet cheering around him, and took it all in. Walking to the b...

There is one thing that has never changed about Spencer Lee since he began wrestling when he was 8. Lee strived to be the best. And during the past 17 years, it’s hard to argue he hasn’t been one of t...

When he was 16 more than a decade ago, Julius Welschof headed for a visit to the United States for the purpose of learning the American culture, American education, maybe even about American business....

PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — It was late on Saturday night at the U.S. Open when Bryson DeChambeau, having hit a few last balls on the practice range in preparation for one of the biggest rounds of his life...

When the Florida Panthers’ first flight of the Stanley Cup Final was delayed, it meant extra time on the tarmac before the nearly six-hour trek across North America. As forward Anton Lundell joked upo...

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Ryan Blaney had his concerns heading into the final laps Sunday night in the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway. The problem was he didn’t hear his crew chief’s reas...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gretchen Walsh followed up a world record in the 100-meter butterfly with something that felt just as good. Her first trip to the Olympics. Walsh didn’t go quite as fast as a night...

He struck out seven batters in six innings. When Paul Skenes attacked the Cincinnati Reds with his four-seam fastball by flirting with triple digits on four of his first five pitches, he found that th...