A few months after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest during an NFL game, his alma mater – the University of Pittsburgh – trained its roughly 400 athletes in CPR and how to use...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins want Mike McDaniel to be around for a while. The head coach who was just the third Dolphins coach to make the playoffs in each of his first two seasons at...

Drake Maye is the quarterback of the future for the New England Patriots. Jacoby Brissett is the team’s present. Credit coach Jerod Mayo for not giving in to public pressure. The Patriots are a rebuil...

ATLANTA (AP) — Suddenly, Georgia Tech seems relevant again in college football. The Yellow Jackets opened the season with a stunning upset of No. 10 Florida State in Dublin, Ireland, and are poised to...

The Nittany Lions’ quarterback is 10 pounds lighter than last season. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Quarterback Drew Allar was great in his Penn State starting debut a year ago against West Virginia. The r...

No explanation was given for the change in Rodney Hammond Jr.’s status. Pitt’s depth at running back suffered a significant blow Friday — the day before the opener against Kent State — when senior Rod...

The Buffaloes narrowly defeated North Dakota State, 31-26, in their season opener. BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — This latest, transfer portal- infused version of the Colorado Buffaloes looks an awful lot like...

2013 • Sunday—no paper. 2004 • As the new high school football season kicks off, Yough freshman Craig Sedunov has been chosen as the Valley Independent’s Player of the Week. Last year as a freshman, S...

The Steelers had been rumored as a potential landing spot for the star wide receiver in a trade. SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Aiyuk’s long contract dispute with San Francisco came to an end Thur...

Coach Pat Narduzzi said Nate Yarnell will also see game action. Redshirt freshman Eli Holstein will be the starting quarterback for the first snaps of Pitt’s football season when the Panthers meet Ken...

He added one more year to his deal and is now under contract through the 2026-27 season. Stephen Curry has signed a one-year extension with the Golden State Warriors for the 2026-27 season, one in whi...

Y’all ain’t played nobody! It might as well be college football’s slogan. Debates about strength of schedule are part of the fabric of the sport, like marching bands, cheerleaders and tailgating. With...

Even a few days in oppressive heat can’t stop me from having my attention turned to Friday night football in southwestern Pennsylvania. There are some great games this week, a lot of games actually, f...

A prominent advocacy group for college athletes announced Thursday it opposes the $2.8 billion settlement agreement of antitrust litigation facing the NCAA and major college conferences, saying a plan...

Bentworth did all its scoring by halftime while improving to 3-0. Fresh off a WPIAL championship and deep run into the state playoffs last season, Bentworth’s boys soccer team has looked the part agai...

MVI Sports Boys Soccer Section 2-3A Thomas Jefferson 2, Bethel Park 0 The Jaguars got their first win in a big way Thursday night against a top team in Section 2-3A in Bethel Park (1-2, 1-1). Brayden ...

MVI SPORTS GAME OF THE WEEK - BELLE VERNON AT ALIQUIPPA Curty Wade faces a huge test in his debut as the Leopards’ quarterback. The saga involving whether Aliquippa’s dominant football team would be f...

The schools are meeting for the first time in 25 years. Elizabeth Forward and Highlands will get together Friday night at Golden Rams Stadium, each seeking its first win of the season after close, hea...

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 3 a.m. (Saturday) - FS2 — AFL: St. Kilda at Gold Coast 5 a.m. (Saturday) - FS2 — AFL: Melbourne at Geelong AUTO RACING 7:25 a.m. - ESPNU — Formula 1: Practice, Auto...

2013 • Six new members of the Belle Vernon Area Football Hall of Fame will be inducted during tonight’s Big Nine Conference opener against Uniontown at James Weir Stadium. The Class of 2013 is made up...