CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — The expanded College Football Playoff brings something new for coaches who are used to planning for one game, maybe two: Rust vs. rest. The 12-team bracket released Sunday feature...

Dillon Gabriel was faced with a quandary when he arrived at Oregon this year. Gabriel had worn No. 8 at Oklahoma before transferring for his sixth season of eligibility. But in Eugene, that number had...

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) 7 p.m. - ACCN — Bethune-Cookman at Virginia 7:30 p.m. - FS1 — Iowa St. at Iowa COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN) 7 p.m. - ESPN — UConn at Notre Dame COLLEGE FOOTBALL 9 p.m. - ESPN — ...

2013 • The Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team has given new coach Kyle DeGregorio his first win. The BVA boys jumped out to a 16-point halftime lead on their way to a 52-41 victory over Mt. Pleasa...

BVA MS boys swarm GCC The Belle Vernon Area Middle School boys basketball team remained unbeaten with a pair of lopsided wins at Greensburg Central Catholic Wednesday. The 8th-grade Leopards (4-0) pic...

Defense helped BVA outscore McKeesport, 24-12, in the final period of Tuesday’s win. The Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team upped its winning streak to three Monday with a non-section win over vis...

Charleroi put on a defensive clinic Tuesday, cruising to a 65-30 victory over Carmichaels behind a relentless press, balanced scoring, and contributions from the bench. The Cougars jumped out to an ea...

Noah Kaszer hit five 3-pointers and scored 23 points for Thomas Jefferson. WPIAL basketball teams across the area are preparing for section play with tough matchups, and West Mifflin was no different ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Preseason’s over. Now the real work begins for the Pittsburgh Steelers. While the past three months have been promising and productive for the first-place Steelers (10-3), it has com...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Micah Parsons rocked back and forth on the bench in agony after Cincinnati’s winning touchdown that followed a botched blocked punt from his Dallas Cowboys. The star pass rushe...

Three players hit double figures as Frazier outlasted the Eagles in non-section play. After facing some stiff competition to start the 2024-25 season, the Frazier girls’ basketball squad has ‘ridden t...

By the Mon Valley Independent Drew Cook and Cameron Epps each scored in the twenties to lead the South Allegheny boys over visiting Obama Academy Tuesday in a non-section contest. Cook scored a game-h...

In his 600th game, Mikko Rantanen scored a hat trick to help Colorado beat Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mikko Rantanen collected his 10th career hat trick and added two assists as the Colorado Avalan...

Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton told MLB Network he believes they can win the National League Central Division if they can add offense to complement their starting pitching. During a guest ap...

For the second straight Major League Baseball offseason, a norm-shattering contract has been the talk of the winter, with Juan Soto agreeing with the New York Mets on a $765 million, 15-year deal that...

While she was being recruited by Pitt volleyball coach Dan Fisher four years ago, Rachel Fairbanks informed him she was able to jump and touch as high as 10 feet. Fisher admitted he was skeptical. Bes...

Brent Strom openly admits retirement is a thought that’s surfaced and resurfaced repeatedly over the last several years. At age 76, that’s hardly unnatural. But Strom, officially named Thursday as ass...

West Virginia’s football program made headlines this week after coach Neal Brown was dismissed Sunday after the Mountaineers finished 6-6, ending his sixyear tenure with a 37-35 record. That coaching ...

Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel is The Associated Press Big Ten offensive player of the year, Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter is defensive player of the year and Indiana’s Curt Cignetti is coach...

DALLAS (AP) — Clay Holmes and the New York Mets finalized a $38 million, three-year contract on Monday, with plans to convert the All-Star reliever into a starting pitcher. Holmes gets a $13 million s...