ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lance Lynn threw six strong innings in his 100th appearance at Busch Stadium, Jordan Walker homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 on Tuesday night. Lynn ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Justin Fields doesn’t want to get involved in any sort of quarterback controversy. One might be coming anyway. The Pittsburgh Steelers are 2-0 after a 13-6 win over Denver on Sunday....

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers had hoped that Bryce Young would put an end to their ever-churning quarterback carousel when they selected him No. 1 overall last year. But two games into ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates had nothing to lose when they brought righty reliever Dennis Santana aboard in mid-June. Santana had just been jettisoned by the New York Yankees after posting a 6.26 ERA in 23 ...

Pitt senior safety P.J. O’Brien had a request for Pat Narduzzi the day after the thrilling comeback victory against West Virginia. After the weekly team meeting Sunday night when Pitt’s coach had much...

With Sidney Crosby’s contract extension now known, the Pittsburgh Penguins have clarity. General manager Kyle Dubas knows he has at least this season and two more after it to make one more run at a St...

Sidney Crosby and Leon Draisaitl have their contract extensions, Paul Maurice and the Florida Panthers have the Stanley Cup and a brief but busy summer of moving and shaking is over. Now, back to hock...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Oh, so this was what Atlanta expected out of $180 million lavished on Kirk Cousins. Certainly not a shaky effort like the 36-year-old veteran had in the opener, raising concerns in...

2013 • The longest winning streak at the beginning of the season for the Monessen boys soccer team has ended at seven. The Greyhounds dropped their first game of the season Tuesday at Beth-Center 3-0 ...

Addison Schultz (15) and Allie Monack (9) combine for 24 kills in Frazier wins battle of neighboring districts. Separated by only 8 miles, it was only a matter of time before Frazier and Belle Vernon ...

Another Belle Vernon Area baseball player has made a commitment to play at the next level. Senior pitcher Parker Lind announced last month that he will continue his athletic and academic career at Ken...

By the Mon Valley Independent A number of local golfers out of Section 8-2A will take part in the WPIAL Class 2A Championships first round Monday at Youghigheny Country Club. The sectional tournament ...

South Allegheny’s Ella Lotz had a hat trick and Jaz Farnan had two goals and an assist in a 7-3 win over visiting Serra Catholic. The South Allegheny girls soccer team managed its first Section 3-1A w...

Mark Mizerak Jr. was the quintessential big fish in a small pond. To his Class A opponents, Mizerak, at 6-foot-4 and near 300 pounds, must have looked like an eclipse in shoulder pads. Regardless of w...

BOWLING 7 p.m. - FS1 — PBA Playoffs: Final, Portland, Maine COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN) 6 p.m. - BTN — Ohio St. at Penn St. 7 p.m. - ACCN — Elon at Wake Forest COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN) 7 p.m. - ESPN — Flor...

2013 • Six different Leopards scored goals in their easy 9-0 Section 4 victory over McGuffey. Belle Vernon Area coach Paul Sasko was pleased with his team’s effort especially since they have been off ...

Thomas Jefferson, South Allegheny, Monessen and Clairton have been the elites of Mon Valley football so far. We’re officially through Week 3 of the WPIAL football season, and the Mon Valley still has ...

Davis Black ran for three touchdowns and threw for another in a 38-28 win at West Chester. The California (Pa.) football team picked up its first win of the season Saturday with a 38-28 victory at Wes...

As I was sitting among friends watching the Monessen- Serra Catholic football game Friday night, someone checking their cell phone said Belle Vernon Area was losing to then-winless McKeesport, 28-0 (t...

MVI Sports Charleroi’s boys soccer team continued its undefeated start over the weekend with a 5-0 win over Waynesburg Central on Saturday. Dylan Klinger bagged a hat trick and assisted the other two ...