AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyle Larson knew he wasn’t going to catch Denny Hamlin in the final laps on Sunday, not without the sort of help that only a caution flag can bring. Larson got his lucky break. ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Daiyan Henley started and played Sunday because football is his escape, and he needed that more than ever after the shooting death of his older ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Shortstop Bo Bichette, designated hitter Kyle Schwarber and outfielder Kyle Tucker were among 137 players who became free agents Sunday as baseball’s business season started on the day...

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He connected from 68 yards at the end of the first half, then sent the game to OT with 16 seconds left. LAS VEGAS (AP) — Trevor Lawrence scored on a quarterback sneak in overtime for his second rushin...

EF will host North Catholic, while other area schools will travel to neutral sites. Four of the five remaining high school football teams found out where they’ll be heading Friday for the WPIAL quarte...

Local runners shine at PIAA cross country championships The PIAA cross country championships were run over the weekend in Hershey with some local athletes recording strong finishes. Highlighting them ...

Clairton dominated all aspects of the game in a 50-0 playoff victory. Clairton hasn’t allowed a single point since August — and that scoreless streak carried over into the WPIAL Class 1A playoffs. The...

California was hurt by the absence of star running back Malachi Peak in the 27-12 loss. Frazier’s late-season surge continued into the playoffs Friday night, as the Commodores upset host California, 2...

The Jayhawks had 21 fourth quarter points in the 38-24 playoff win. It has been quite a week for the Bentworth athletic program. The boys and girls soccer teams celebrated WPIAL championships Thursday...

A week after losing for the first time this season, SA began the playoffs with a 61-13 blowout. South Allegheny coach Brian Hanson said Thursday his team was eager to get back on the field and punish ...

Kemon Spell scored four TDs in the 44-7 victory. It might have taken top-seeded McKeesport a bit to get on track in its WPIAL Class 4A firstround contest Friday at Weigle-Schaeffer Stadium, but once t...

He scored two on offense and one on defense despite battling turf toe. Thomas Jefferson’s Kane Eggerton used a three-touchdown night to remind everyone — including himself — that a turf-toe injury had...

Belle Vernon Area’s Gabby Dusi advanced to the PIAA state tennis semifinals after cruising through the first round and quarterfinals Friday. Dusi, the three-time WPIAL champion, knocked of the No. 3 s...

TORONTO (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto beat Toronto for the second time in a week, slumping Mookie Betts hit a two-run single in a threerun third inning and the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers held ...

Kyle Dugger, of course, speaks fluent English. So does the entirety of the Pittsburgh Steelers coaching staff and defensive unit. Dugger, though, needed to learn what in some ways sounds like a new “l...

It was 18 months to the day since he’d become a Pittsburgh Steeler when Roman Wilson had his breakout performance. During this past Sunday’s loss to the Green Bay Packers, Wilson had the Steelers’ lon...

As a captain of the Pittsburgh Steelers defense, a title he has held for 11 consecutive seasons, Cameron Heyward isn’t afraid to speak his mind when his group underperforms. Such dissatisfaction was o...

Christian McCaffrey, Roquan Smith and Von Miller were the best trade deadline acquisitions over the past four years. NFL teams looking to bolster their playoff hopes for a run at the Super Bowl have u...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Lamar Jackson returned for the Baltimore Ravens, and so did the chants of “M-V-P!” — on the road. Jackson threw for 204 yards and four touchdowns, showing little rust in his...