Alabama, Georgia brace for bruising national-title battle
By David Wharton | Los Angeles Times
January 8, 2018
Filed under National News
This is the type of football game that Alabama wants. "Grimy, hard," linebacker Rashaan Evans says. "Physical, violent." This is the type of football game the Crimson Tide defense feels it was built for. "We always try to out-physical our opponents," defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick said. "Get...
Editorial: GOP establishment enables Moore’s misconduct
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 13, 2017
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
The party of “family values” spent the weekend in a peculiar position — defending a man accused of child molestation. The Washington Post reported last week that four women had accused Roy Moore of making sexual advances on them while they were in their teens. Moore is the Republican nominee for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ old seat in the U.S. Senate. At the time of the alleged advances, Moore was in his early thirties. One...
GOP’s Roy Moore pushed to quit Senate race after accusation he molested 14-year-old girl
By Michael Finnegan | Los Angeles Times (TNS)
November 10, 2017
Filed under National News
Republicans' lock on an Alabama seat in the U.S. Senate was thrown into doubt Thursday when the party's religious-right candidate was accused of initiating a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl when he was 32. The explosive allegation, in a Washington Post report, led Senate GOP leader Mitch...
Editorial: Trump’s revisionist history leaves everyone behind
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 28, 2017
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Presidential endorsements of Senate hopefuls can often make the difference between a candidate winning and losing the election — though that wasn’t the case in Alabama this week. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence publicly supported Republican Sen. Luther Strange in Alabama’s...
Football: Pitt ends with losing season after bowl game defeat against Ole Miss
By Pete Madia / Pitt Athletics
January 7, 2013
Filed under Archives
Senior wide receiver Mike Shanahan catches a fourth quarter touchdown in Pitt's bowl defeat against Ole Miss. (Photo Courtesy Pete Madia / Pitt Athletics)