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The Los Angeles Lakers’ Lonzo Ball (2) trips up the New York Knicks’ Kristaps Porzingis at Madison Square Garden in New York Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. The Knicks won, 113-109, in overtime. (Howard Simmons/New York Daily News/TNS)

The NBA’s injury problem is overblown

By Cale Berger | For the Pitt News February 15, 2018

Celtics forward Gordon Hayward was set to make his team debut opening night of the 2017-18 NBA season. He had just signed a four-year, $128 million contract during the off-season, joining forces with Kyrie...

Comedian Colin Jost performs a stand-up routine at Pitt Program Council’s “An Evening with Colin Jost” Thursday evening. (Photo by Kyleen Considine | Senior Staff Videographer)

Colin Jost jokes about Pitt, pot and primates

By Briana Canady | For The Pitt News February 9, 2018

Colin Jost was both surprised and delighted to find an article about an infected lab monkey that allegedly escaped from its cage in a campus research lab as the first result on Google when he searched...

Pitt Alum James Craig (center) spoke about his plan to run for the District 46 Pennsylvania State Senate seat at the University Club Thursday evening.  (Photo by Christian Snyder | Online Visual Editor)

Pitt alum campaigns for state senate seat

By Christian Snyder, Multimedia Editor February 2, 2018

When James Craig’s father was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2014, his mother, an opioid addict, overdosed on prescription pills and died. Opioids weren’t new for the family — his aunt overdosed...

Pitt hires Archie Collins as 10th assistant coach

Pitt hires Archie Collins as 10th assistant coach

By Grant Burgman | Sports Editor January 31, 2018

The Pitt football team announced on its website on Wednesday that former Central Michigan secondary coach Archie Collins will be joining next year’s coaching staff. The NCAA allows football programs...

The Pittsburgh Steelers will take on the Oakland Raiders this Sunday. (Sam Riche/TNS)

NFL: heighten safety or hamper the game

By Will Schulman | Columnist January 31, 2018

Getting into formation with teammates, you stare across the field at the quarterback's eyes and hear him shout “Green 18” and “54’s the mike,” signaling players to move around the field. A few...

Rui Tanimura, a senior nutrition major and founding member of Pitt's club powerlifting team, trains for the deadlift. (Photo by Christian Snyder | Multimedia Editor)

Photos: Pitt powerlifting club looks to bulk up

By Christian Snyder | Multimedia Editor January 19, 2018

The Pitt club powerlifting team won The Pitt News’ “Best Of” poll in the club category this year. The club was founded 2016, and many of the founding members have graduated. And as the final founders...

Pitt hires Randy Waldrum as new women’s soccer head coach

Pitt hires Randy Waldrum as new women’s soccer head coach

By The Pitt News Sports Desk December 19, 2017

Pitt's Athletic Director Heather Luke announced Tuesday that Randy Waldrum will be the new women's soccer coach for the Panthers. "Coach Waldrum's proven experience of developing elite players and building...

Chancellor Patrick Gallagher and other top Pitt administrators received a 2.5 percent raise. (TPN File Photo)

Board of trustees approves salary increase for university leaders

By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor December 18, 2017

The Board of Trustees’ Compensation Committee approved an increase in salary of 2.25 percent for the 2018 calendar year for eight of Pitt’s senior leaders. This is the first adjustment made in three...

(Illustration by Liam McFadden | Staff Illustrator)

GOP tax plan threatens grad students the most

By Maggie Durwald | Columnist December 7, 2017

The Republican Party has once again proven itself to be an enemy of science and higher education — this time in the form of its new tax plan, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. With a vote of 51-49 during...

U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., looks over his notes prior to hearing Alex M. Azar II testify before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on his nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. A series of Senate Democratic women issued calls for Franken to resign Wednesday morning. (Ron Sachs/CNP/Zuma Press/TNS)

Editorial: Franken shows need to unite against sexual assault, regardless of party

By The Pitt News Editorial Board December 7, 2017

Twitter’s time stamps proved just how planned politics can be yesterday. Over the course of an hour, 11 female Democratic senators made coordinated statements calling for Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota...

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