Local soccer coaches offer mixed reactions to removing overtime from regular-season games. When the PIAA announced its fall sports championship sites last week, there was a big change to the soccer sc...

The Tigers have already surpassed their win total from last season and find themselves in the playoff hunt. It’s been a battle for the teams in Section 1-5A so far this season, and a resurgent McKeesp...

The Belle Vernon girls basketball team opened the game with a strong first quarter and never let up Monday night, rolling to a 68-19 victory over Yough in Section 3-4A girls basketball action. The Leo...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza bulldozed his way into the end zone and Indiana bullied its way into the history books Monday night, toppling Miami 27-21 to put the finishing touch on a ra...

HONOLULU (AP) — Chris Gotterup opened the new PGA Tour season with three big birdies on the back nine that carried him to a 6-under 64 and a two-shot victory in the Sony Open, his third straight seaso...

Hey, NFL: What’s a catch? Once again, many football fans, coaches and commentators are questioning the definition of a catch after a disputed interception helped eliminate the Buffalo Bills from the p...

The Pittsburgh Penguins opened a four-game tour of the western reaches of North America on Monday with a 6-3 victory against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. With nine of his tea...

HOUSTON (AP) — Kevin Durant knew Sunday exactly how close he was to surpassing his idol, Dirk Nowitzki, on the NBA’s career scoring list. Durant needed the 17 points to move past Nowitzki into sixth p...

Dolphins hire Packers’ DC Hafley as new head coach MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins hired former Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley as their coach on Monday, ending a swift search ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Third-seeded Coco Gauff had some familiar struggles on serve but had still enough class and power to defeat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-3 on Monday in a firstround match at th...

DENVER (AP) — Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton is convinced that backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham can double his career win total when he takes Bo Nix’s place under center in the AFC championship ga...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Though he didn’t score a goal, Sadio Mané has emerged as the hero for Senegal’s unlikely triumph over host Morocco in the Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday. “We knew that tod...

CHAMPIONS HOCKEY LEAGUE 1 p.m. - NHLN — CHL Playoffs: Brynäs IF at Frölunda Gothenburg, Semifinal - Leg 2 3:30 p.m. - NHLN — CHL Playoffs: EV Zug at Luleå Hockey, Semifinal - Leg 2 COLLEGE BASKETBALL ...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Sean McDermott arrived in Buffalo in 2017, envisioning the day of looking out his office window and seeing a throng of fans celebrating a Super Bowl victory. That possibility...

By the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon was led by a major performance from Elijah Brown at the Escape the Rock tournament on Jan. 17, as the 215-pounder went 5-0 to win first place. Brown also rec...

The former Tiger scored 20 points in the Fighting Scots’ 69-45 win over the Vulcans. Rachael Manfredo delivered a team-high 20 points in a return to the area Saturday, helping Edinboro pull away for a...

So the search is on for a new Steelers coach for the first time in 19 years. In my opinion, it’s a search that should have taken place about five or six years ago when it became obvious to me that und...

The Greenfield native is the latest candidate to meet with the team. The Pittsburgh Steelers coaching search is adding a candidate with Steel City roots. Greenfield native Mike McCarthy, a Super Bowl ...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Once the legal wrangling over paying players finally got settled last summer, there was hope that college football might finally stumble into something resembling stability. O...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Malachi Toney was just 17 years old when he introduced himself to the college football world by hauling in a 28-yard touchdown pass in Miami’s season-opening win against Notre...