The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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

Terry Tan | Senior Staff Illustrator

Panthers fans want more at Heinz

As a Panthers football game begins, Pitt’s marching band ushers the team onto the field through a tunnel backdropped by a Pitt script banner. Some of the players meet atop the Pitt logo at the 50-yard...

Jeff Ahearn | Staff Photographer

12 Panthers set to honor James Conner at race on Saturday

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor February 26, 2016

Nearly three months after Pitt running back James Conner announced his diagnosis of Hodgkin Lymphoma, a group of his teammates have found a way to honor their star teammate. The University announced on...

Will Miller | Staff Illustrator

Football is so gay: Forced masculinity in pro sports halts social progress

John Kichi thinks football players are kidding themselves. That’s an understatement — the Sewickley, Pennsylvania, author and illustrator actually thinks the entire sport is really, really gay. Kichi’s...

Girls’ game: Women making advances in coaching field

By Jessie Wallace / Staff Writer February 12, 2016

I’ve been an athlete my entire life. As “one of the boys” in grade school, I worked out as often as I attended classes. As a track athlete in college, I’ve been more apt to hurl a shotput than...

The ACC awarded three Panthers postgraduate scholarships | Photos courtesy of Jeff Ahearn and Nikki Moriello

ACC awards three Panthers postgraduate scholarships

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor February 10, 2016

Despite their Pitt athletic careers coming to an end, three Panthers earned a final victory Wednesday morning. The ACC awarded football offensive lineman Artie Rowell, gymnast Lindsay Offutt and volleyball...

Panthers DB Jordan Whitehead earned his fourth award watch list selection Friday. | Meghan Sunners / Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt football places five on ACC All-Academic team

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor February 10, 2016

While Pat Narduzzi’s team put together a successful 2015 campaign on the field, a group of football players thrived off the gridiron as well. The ACC announced that five Pitt football players — redshirt...

Carolina Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart (28) scores a touchdown as he leaps over Denver Broncos linebacker Danny Trevathan (59) in Super Bowl 50. (TNS)

Super Bowl 50 a disappointing product from start to finish

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor February 8, 2016

As I sat sprawled in a chair, watching Cam Newton get slaughtered by a vicious Denver defense and a lifeless Peyton Manning loft the ball in the air with less velocity than a granny-style free throw, one...

Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi received the 18th verbal commitment to his second full recruiting class as head coach Friday night.

Pitt football wraps up 2016 recruiting class on National Signing Day

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor February 3, 2016

After some drama, surprises and countless “Pitt is It” tweets, Pitt finalized its 2016 recruiting class during National Signing Day. The Panthers class includes 24 players — as well as transfer...

Head coach Pat Narduzzi will be at Peters Pub Feb. 25th, raising money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Narduzzi to drink for pink

Students will get their chance to drink and snap selfies with Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi this month — just don’t ask him about his game strategy. On Feb. 25, the Oakland Business Improvement...

Pitt football recruits sit with Coach Narduzzi at a recent basketball game.  Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Narduzzi providing results in first full recruiting offseason

By Chad Cameron / For The Pitt News February 2, 2016

In the final stretch of the courting process, Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi fed his recruits to the Zoo. Pitt invited a group of football recruits to watch the Virginia Tech game Sunday as members...

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