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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Daniel “Danny” Chew with Robert “Rob” Zelmore at the 2024 Dirty Dozen.

Pittsburgh’s Dirty Dozen connects and challenges cyclists from all over the country

By Grace McNally, Staff Writer January 27, 2025

Pittsburgh residents love to poke fun at the city's infamous hilly terrain, but this is precisely what inspired the Dirty Dozen, an annual bike race featuring the 13 worst hills around the city.  Daniel...

‘The team behind the team’: Inside the ‘highly advantageous’ internship supporting Pitt Athletics

‘The team behind the team’: Inside the ‘highly advantageous’ internship supporting Pitt Athletics

By Ella Cool and Grace McNally January 20, 2025

Barring national championships, 2024 was a year of major improvement within Pitt athletics.  Pitt volleyball and men’s soccer spent weeks sitting at No. 1 in the country, while Pitt football had...

Record-breaking Pitt Johnstown ultramarathon runner gears up for 2025

Record-breaking Pitt Johnstown ultramarathon runner gears up for 2025

By Camille de Jesus, Staff Writer January 13, 2025

Most days, Pitt Johnstown sophomore Kaylee Frederick’s routine looks like any other college student’s, managing school, a job, homework, health and a social life.  But Frederick has one more thing...

The Pitt men’s soccer team celebrates after a goal during Pitt men’s soccer’s game against Louisville at Ambrose Urbanic Field on Friday, Sept. 12.

Down to their last strike, Pitt men’s soccer’s No. 2 seeding provides new hope in the NCAA tournament

By Alex Porter, Senior Staff Writer November 21, 2024

Now down to their last strike, the time has come for 2024 Pitt men’s soccer to find their identity. Are they the group that ran opponents off the pitch and won the first 10 of their 11 games? Or are...

Pitt Band salutes graduate student outside hitter Cat Flood (3) as she prepares to serve the ball during the game against UMBC in the Fitzgerald Field House on Wednesday, Sept. 25.

The Pitt VolleyBand: The seventh player

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor November 13, 2024

Wisconsin volleyball fans walked into their “armory bunker,” also known as UW Field House to unusual music before the team’s 2022 Elite Eight match against Pitt.  “Hail to Pitt, Hail to Pitt,...

Sam Clancy averaged a double-double in all four years as a Panther from 1977-1981.

Sam Clancy: A guarantee on Pittsburgh’s Mount Rushmore

By Conor Hutchison, Senior Staff Writer November 8, 2024

Pittsburgh is home to some of the most important figures in sports history –– so many the Steel City should have its own Mount Rushmore. Why isn’t there one? Mount Washington has plenty of room where...

The Oakland Zoo is a spirited student section at Pitt sporting events such as Men’s Basketball game.

Local stars ready to power Pitt basketball

By Conor Hutchison, Senior Staff Writer November 4, 2024

College athletics is a wide and wild world. Coaches travel across the globe to recruit the best of the best. But in Pittsburgh, all men’s basketball head coach Jeff Capel has to do is look around —...

Senior midfielder Guilherme Feitosa (10) celebrates after scoring the first goal during a match at the Petersen Sports Complex.

‘Leaving the badge in a better place’: Senior leaders of No. 3 Pitt men’s soccer

By Alex Porter, Senior Staff Writer November 1, 2024

The seniors of No. 3 Pitt men’s soccer know from experience that the job is far from finished. Three of the players, midfielder Guilherme Feitosa, forward Luis Sahmkow and midfielder Michael Sullivan,...

The Pitt Football team does the shark celebration at the football game against Syracuse in Acrisure Stadium on Thursday, Oct. 24.

‘You better learn how to swim’: Pitt football “sharks” take ‘Cuse for a dip

By Camille de Jesus, Staff Writer October 28, 2024

Last Thursday, Pitt took on Syracuse in a highly anticipated matchup, and the Panthers lived up to the hype. Pitt put up 41 points against the Orange, shutting down top 10 senior quarterback Kyle McCord...

Pitt football prepares to enter the field with head coach Pat Narduzzi.

‘Pitt can compete with anybody’: Student sections flooded and attendance records broken in reaction to fall sports success

By Camille de Jesus, Staff Writer October 28, 2024

This fall, fans of Pitt athletics have a lot to talk about. With an undefeated football program, a nationally ranked men’s soccer team and a women’s volleyball team ranked No. 1 in the nation, the...

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