The Vikings clinched a playoff spot and knocked the Rams out of the playoff race. Although the Mt. Pleasant girls basketball team had already clinched a Class 4A playoff spot prior to Thursday’s Secti...

By the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon closed out section play in dominant fashion Wednesday night, rolling past Southmoreland 64-17 to clinch the program’s first section title in 27 years. The Le...

The Elizabeth Forward wrestling team will turn its attention to the individual tournament season after dropping a non-section dual against Chartiers Valley Wednesday at home. The section championship ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ starting lineup included Endy Rodriguez on Opening Day and Rafael Flores in the season finale, but the 25-yearolds will start spring training wondering where they fit into the ...

Cameron Heyward was stunned when Mike Tomlin resigned as the Pittsburgh Steelers coach, a decision that leaves him navigating the first coaching change of his 15-year career. The 36-year-old defensive...

More so than the exact moment he was informed by coach Pat Narduzzi that he’d be Pitt’s new defensive coordinator, Cory Sanders recalled the feeling. Sanders, who coached in Pitt’s secondary for eight...

AP SPORTS EXTRA What the Winter Olympics could really use is a reboot. Who better to provide it than a downhill ski racer with millions of fans and a gold-medal resume that dates to the good ol’ days....

Former Vulcans’ coaches face off in Super Bowl Two former California (Pa.) assistant football coaches will be on opposing sidelines Sunday when the Seattle Seahawks meet the New England Patriots in Su...

A number of local basketball teams have clinched playoff berths. The brackets will be announced Monday. As the last days of the regular season arrive, a number of local basketball teams are set to hun...

Super Bowl week is here ... and for my next trick, I will tell you who is going to win – and why. Of course, this is the part when I tell you to NOT take my opinion in this column as gospel, and don’t...

Mark Thomas graduated from Elizabeth Forward as a member of the Class of 1972, and his athletic talent was so evident that Penn State came knocking early. His scholastic sports career began in eighth ...

G-Force A.C. fighter Dragan Radusewicz has his arms raised in victory during the Punch Out Parkinson’s amateur boxing event at the Shriner Center in Cheswick. Radusewicz won a unanimous decision over ...

By the Mon Valley Independent In a game featuring teams with a combined 40 losses, it was California getting the monkey off their backs and picking up their first win of the season. Three players scor...

Brian Angelichio was the passing game coordinator in Minnesota before coming to Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Steelers hired Brian Angelichio as offensive coordinator, choosing a candidate who spent the ...

PennLive.com via TribLive Penn State hockey superstar Gavin McKenna is facing a first-degree felony charge as well as three other charges following an alleged incident this past Saturday. A Pennsylvan...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jarran Reed can’t quite remember if the nickname surfaced during OTA’s or training camp, but the Seattle Seahawks lineman recalls a group chat forming among the defensive leade...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Artemi Panarin needed a new home after 6 1/2 seasons with the New York Rangers. The Los Angeles Kings have needed a scorer of Panarin’s stature for a whole lot longer than that. And...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Photographer John Biever has shot every Super Bowl, yet the only football picture he has prominently displayed in his San Diego home is the one he took of Bart Starr scoring on a quar...

SeattleSeahawksvs. NewEnglandPatriots KICKOFF: SUNDAY, FEB. 8, AT 6:30 P.M. EST Mike Vrabel and Sam Darnold are bringing the unlikeliest of Super Bowl matchups to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Califo...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —Anyone watching Caleb Williams’ desperation fourth-down touchdown pass in the divisional round knew how improbable a play it was. Quantifying that was a different story. That’s whe...