Pitt sports venues, ranked
By Griffin Floyd, Staff Writer
July 21, 2020
Pitt hosts 19 varsity sports teams, with eight different home fields between them. When you’re on campus for the first time, it can be overwhelming to decide where to go or what teams to see, so here are the definitive rankings for which facility to see first.
Language should bolster Black athletes in sports
By Stephen Thompson, Sports Editor
July 7, 2020
A 15-1 record, more than 4,500 total yards and 45 touchdowns, each one capped with a spirited end zone dance and football gifted to a child in the stands. But inevitably, Newton became the target of people who just don't like all the darn “showboating” and celebrations.
Baseball’s greed is killing it from within
By Joe Mellio, Staff Writer
June 24, 2020
While both sides can be blamed for their lack of good-faith negotiation and compromise, the recent dispute exposes a disturbing trend that poses a real threat to America’s pastime — the insatiable greed of MLB owners.
White athletes cannot just stick to sports
By Stephen Thompson, Sports Editor
June 2, 2020
But the killing of George Floyd last week forced Lawrence — and other quarterbacks who fit his mold — to take a bolder push into uncomfortable conversations about race relations, a topic that has been put to task in Lawrence’s sport for more than a century.
Point-Counterpoint | The case for NCAA modernization
By Ben Bobeck, Senior Staff Writer
May 19, 2020
News flash — College basketball isn’t going anywhere. Even before a pandemic-induced shutdown and subsequent cancellation of the annual championship tournament, questions about the sport’s future bubbled below the surface as both federal authorities and NCAA leadership conducted investigations into top programs and coaches. These questions boiled over when three top recruits were lured away from the traditional road to the NBA by lucrative offers to spend a year of professional development with a startup team in the G League, the NBA’s minor league, before becoming eligible for the draft next year.
Point-Counterpoint | The case for the G League
By Camryn Simons, Staff Writer
May 19, 2020
Top high school basketball players, like five-star prospects Jalen Green, Isaiah Todd and Daishen Nix, shocked basketball fans this commitment season by foregoing the traditional college route to play in the NBA’s G League. It’s a smart move, especially for players with serious dreams of lengthy NBA careers.
Sports editor Trent Leonard revisits predictive hits and misses
By Trent Leonard, Sports Editor
April 20, 2020
Sports editor Trent Leonard revisits some of his past takes that we can now look back on with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight.
Senior staff writer Dominic Campbell reflects on TPN tenure
By Dominic Campbell, Senior Staff Writer
April 20, 2020
Dominic Campbell has always dreamed of being a sports writer, and for the last four years, he’s been able to live out that dream.
10 sports video games to keep you sane in self-quarantine
By Ben Bobeck, Senior Staff Writer
April 6, 2020
With nothing but time on your hands and zero motivation for anything school-related, now is the time to unearth that ancient, dust-covered collection of sports video games buried somewhere in your basement. Left behind since you upgraded to that last new console or replaced them with slightly newer but also slightly worse versions, these are some of the best from both today and yesteryear.
What are the Odds: Scouring a barren gambling landscape
By Ben Bobeck, Senior Staff Writer
April 3, 2020
If you find yourself desperately looking to scratch the itch, here are a few options that might satisfy your gambling urges.