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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Coach Dixon chose not to start Michael Young for the first time in his career | Photo courtesy of The Daily Tar Heel

Despite Dixon’s switch, Tar Heels dominate, 85-64

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor February 14, 2016

At this point, Pitt men’s basketball head coach Jamie Dixon will try anything. One game after implementing a 3-2 zone in a loss to Miami, Pitt’s head coach shook up his starting lineup, choosing not...

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...

John Hamilton | Staff Photographer

Women’s basketball loses ninth conference game at hands of No. 12 Louisville

By Logan Hitchcock / Staff Writer February 12, 2016

The Pitt women’s basketball team won a battle, but not the war. Despite winning the first quarter, Pitt (10-14, 2-9 ACC) could not hold off the No. 12 Louisville Cardinals (19-6, 11-1 ACC), losing the...

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...

Created by Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor (Photos:  TNS)

Players and politicians: Dynamic duos in the stretch

By Chris Puzia / Contributing Editor February 10, 2016

While basketball teams are jockeying for positions in the NBA playoffs, an entirely different race to knock off competition is unfolding across the country. Few have ventured to link the two competitions,...

Michael Young drives against a Virignia defender in this past Saturdays game.  Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Miami cinches a last second win against Pitt, 65-63

By Chris Puzia / Contributing Editor February 10, 2016

Hitting one last-second shot in a game is uncommon enough — on Tuesday night, Miami hit two. Angel Rodriguez’s game-winning tip-in with 1.4 seconds left in regulation downed Pitt against No. 12 Miami...

Sheldon Jeter coaches the basketball managers team. (Courtesy of Caleb Gilbride)

Sheldon on the sideline: Jeter enjoying stint as managers’ head coach

By Jeremy Tepper / Senior Staff Writer February 8, 2016

Although he would soon get revenge against Georgia Tech, Sheldon Jeter left the Petersen Events Center defeated by the Yellow Jackets Monday night in January. Jeter, a forward on the men’s basketball...

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...

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