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The Pitt News

Pitt has announced the spring baseball schedule.  Heather Tennant | Staff Photographer

Pitt baseball releases 2016 schedule

By Chris Puzia / Assistant Sports Editor December 8, 2015

Pitt announced its 2016 baseball schedule Monday, unveiling another series of steep challenges in the competitive ACC. The regular season starts on Feb. 19, with the Historic Dodgertown Classic in Vero...

James Conner receives his Good Works Team trophy in September from AllState and the University of Pittsburgh.  Anh Vu | Staff Photographer

Conner strong: James Conner begins own fight after history of helping others

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor December 6, 2015

Mike Gallagher, a close family friend of James Conner, arrived at the star’s recovery room just as his anesthesia began to wear off. Conner, a Pitt football running back, underwent a biopsy last Tuesday...

Kalista Walters goes for the jump shot.  Wenhao Wu | Staff Photographer

Pitt pulls away late to top Holy Cross, 56-50

By Logan Hitchcock / Staff Writer December 6, 2015

Pitt’s women’s basketball team returned home from Michigan to a better end result — but it couldn’t leave its familiar turnover issues behind. After dropping three of their last four games away...

Pitt to play No. 21 Navy in Military Bowl

By Chris Puzia / Assistant Sports Editor December 6, 2015

The Pitt football team will play No. 21 U.S. Naval Academy in the Military Bowl in Annapolis, Maryland, on Dec. 28. The Panthers (8-4, 6-2 ACC) will compete in a bowl game for the eighth straight year...

Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Wilson leads scorers as Pitt topples Central Arkansas, 100-47

By Jeremy Tepper / Senior Staff Writer December 6, 2015

After watching his team lose by 53 points, Central Arkansas coach Russ Pennell was blunt about their performance. “We just ran into a buzzsaw today,” Pennell said. “Everything they did was good,...

Junior Michael Young earns his third double-double of the season against Duquesne University with 20 points and 11 assists.  Wenhao Wu | Staff Photographer

Pitt cruises in City Game rout of Duquesne

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor December 4, 2015

In the annual battle between Pittsburgh’s two Division I basketball teams, the Panthers feasted. Despite trailing before the opening tip even occurred the Pitt men’s basketball rolled in the annual...

Social media reactions to Conner's cancer diagnosis

Social media reactions to Conner’s cancer diagnosis

By Harrison Kaminsky / Managing Editor December 4, 2015

[View the story "Pitt running back James Conner announces Hodgkin's Lymphoma diagnosis" on Storify]

James Conner at a press conference Friday. Dan Sostek | Sports Editor

James Conner diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor December 4, 2015

Pitt star running back James Conner announced that he has been diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a form of cancer, at a press conference Friday afternoon. Conner, who missed the season with...

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