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Star senior Dickenson makes mark off the field

By Mark Powell / Staff Writer • October 29, 2014

With the Pitt men’s soccer team at the end of its ACC schedule, most fans are fixated on the product on the field. However, it’s what one player is doing in the classroom and off the field that has...

Very superstitious: Pitt athletes share individual rituals

By Logan Hitchcock / For The Pitt News • October 23, 2014

Two hours before the rest of her team came, Samantha Winkelmann entered the doors to Trees Pool. Surrounded by empty bleachers that would fill later that day, she began her day in solitude, careful not...

Pitt in the NFL: McCoy, Fitzgerald win with star performances

By Chris Puzia / Sports Editor • October 13, 2014

Sunday was part of a week of bounce-backs for former Pitt players in the NFL: LeSean McCoy and Larry Fitzgerald, at times considered among the best at their positions, have had mostly weak showings so...

Back in business

By Photo courtesy of Pitt Athletics • October 1, 2014

Monica Wignot working hard with head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio at practice.

After four years away, Wignot returns to basketball

By Dan Sostek / Assistant Sports Editor • October 1, 2014

Last fall, Suzie McConnell-Serio was browsing Pitt’s athletic website and found an article about the Panthers volleyball team. While reading the article, something caught the then first-year Pitt women’s...

Kiesel recounts summer teaching and coaching

By Dan Sostek / Staff Writer • August 28, 2014

Upon her return to the United States from Vietnam this summer, Brianna Kiesel came away with a newfound sense of appreciation.“One of my main takeaways was that we should be grateful for everything...

Welcome Back: Pitt alum chasing pro basketball dream in Pittsburgh

By Mark Powell / Staff Writer • August 19, 2014

Pittsburgh basketball fans probably haven’t heard of Jared Culbreath, and you can’t really blame them.Culbreath didn’t play for Pitt. He didn’t even play for his high school team in Augusta, Ga.,...

Feature: Recent graduates experience the beautiful game in Brazil

By Jasper Wilson / Sports Editor • July 1, 2014

As he watched ESPN’s coverage of the World Cup last week from home, John Bates recalled what his life was like only a short time ago. The network’s aerial coverage of Rio de Janeiro showed Copacabana...

Feature: Three recent graduates take part in The Basketball Tournament

By Jasper Wilson / Sports Editor • June 3, 2014

When Pat Fisher found Matt Krmpotich, it was a coincidence. The Pitt senior had been looking for Krmpotich for two weeks. They had crossed paths often before at Trees Hall playing pickup basketball. Now...

New-look PBC Pro-Am looks to improve, uphold tradition

By Ryan Bertonaschi / Senior Staff Writer • May 28, 2014

They say the best things in life are free. Some are free because they’re products of nature, whereas others are free, well, because they’re NCAA-regulated.Pittsburgh Basketball Club’s summer Pro-Am ...