An assistant last year, Tim Laskey takes over as the head coach for the Cougars this season. After losing two straight WPIAL Class 1A title matches by a 3-2 scoreline and falling short in last year’s ...

PARIS (AP) — The U.S. made a change in its starting lineup, inserting Jackie Young for Diana Taurasi, to try to get off to a better start. It paid immediate dividends as the Americans started strong a...

This coverage is from Tuesday night’s game, which was delayed by rain and not completed by press time. The Pittsburgh Pirates were slated to take on MLB’s stikeouts leader, Dylan Cease of the San Dieg...

PARIS (AP) — Israel’s Olympic team said some athletes have received threats as they compete in Paris amid larger tensions over Palestinian deaths during the war in Gaza and the threat of a wider regio...

While a rumor about Justin Fields returning kickoffs dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers social-media news cycle for a time this spring, when training camp opened, it wasn’t Fields back for kickoffs but...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens returned from Paris full of pride in what his wife, Simone Biles, accomplished and showing off her Olympic pin. Owens is back practicing at...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson might be ready to play. The Browns aren’t ready to let him. Watson will sit out Cleveland’s exhibition opener on Saturday against the Green Bay Packers as the team cont...

By the Associated Press Raiders coach Antonio Pierce hopes to finally take a major step forward Saturday in picking the starting quarterback when Las Vegas opens its preseason at Minnesota. Pierce sai...

PARIS (AP) — From the City of Love to the City of Angels, planning for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is well underway and organizers are paying close attention to what’s worked, and what hasn’t, so fa...

PARIS (AP) — Moments before match point of the Olympic quarterfinals, Jordyn Poulter punched herself in the outer thigh. It wasn’t a motivational tactic — she’s plenty good at getting herself fired up...

PARIS (AP) — It didn’t matter to 51-year-old Andy Macdonald that he was among the lower-ranked finishers in the men’s park skateboarding competition at the Paris Olympics. He still considers himself a...

The NFL’s reduction from four to three preseason games in 2021 naturally led to reduced playing time for veteran players. For Russell Wilson, that meant getting zero snaps in the 2021-22 preseasons, h...

Be it the influence of new coordinator Arthur Smith, the culmination of two full years of the Omar Khan-Andy Weidl regime or just where the pendulum is swinging with these Pittsburgh Steelers, it’s be...

2013 • The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce successfully defended their claim to the “Chamber Pot” trophy by defeating the Greater Rostraver Chamber of Commerce, 22-14, in a softball contest. T...

BVA softball hosting youth softball clinic The Belle Vernon Area High School softball coaching staff will hold a free fast-pitch softball clinic for all BVA players in grades 1-6 on Aug. 21 and 28 fro...

What transpired Tuesday could be a watershed moment in Troy Fautanu’s first NFL training camp. Or it could mean little in the grand scheme of his development. Fautanu wasn’t trying to read anything in...

Ben Roethlisberger once left Saint Vincent College proud of himself for accomplishing his self-dictated goal for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2017 training camp. “Didn’t throw an interception all camp,” B...

PARIS (AP) — As she processed winning an Olympic gold medal, American wrestler Amit Elor still felt like that little girl just starting out in the sport. Perhaps it’s because she’s not so far removed ...

Pirates GM Ben Cherington and skipper Derek Shelton were guests of Mike Tomlin Tuesday. Derek Shelton got his first taste of a Pittsburgh Steelers training camp at Saint Vincent College on Tuesday, an...

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Damar Hamlin flashed a wide grin and waved hello while zipping by on a scooter, before accelerating to make a sharp, effortless turn up a hill toward the Buffalo Bills dorm room...