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Former Panther basketball players continuing careers in various countries

By Dan Sostek and Chris Puzia / The Pitt News Staff • February 6, 2015

When Travon Woodall finished his Pitt basketball career in 2013, he may not have known where his professional aspirations would take him.The answer, apparently, is Estonia.Woodall, who graduated from Pitt...

Former Pitt receiver Shanahan returns as graduate assistant

By Chris Puzia / Sports Editor • February 6, 2015

Former Pitt wide receiver Mike Shanahan has had an active several years since graduating from Pitt in 2013. He went undrafted in the 2013 NFL Draft, worked out for several NFL teams and was eventually...

Linebacker flips commitment to Penn State on eve of signing day

By Chris Puzia / Sports Editor • February 3, 2015

Linebacker Kevin Givens will be sending in his National Letter of Intent today, as all high school football recruits will. But instead of sending it to Pitt as he’d planned for almost a year, Givens...

ACC announces 2015 football schedules

By Chris Puzia / Sports Editor • January 29, 2015

With the ACC’s reveal of football schedules for 2015, one thing appears clear: The Pitt Panthers will have to get used to hotels and hostile crowds early on next season.Five of the Panthers’ first...

Pitt suffers setback in overtime loss at Virginia Tech

By Chris Puzia / Sports Editor • January 27, 2015

A late 17-7 run by Virginia Tech over the final two minutes of the game gave the Hokies their first conference win over the Pitt men's basketball team on Tuesday night.The Panthers (13-8, 3-5 ACC) surrendered...

Panthers lose first-ever ACC match at No. 14 Virginia

By Chris Puzia / Sports Editor • January 25, 2015

The Pitt wrestling team faced a blow on Sunday that it had yet to meet in its program: an ACC loss.The team’s first-ever ACC conference loss came against No. 14 Virginia, 17-16, on the road Sunday.The...

Storify: Students camp out for Louisville game

By Chris Puzia / Sports Editor • January 24, 2015

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Panthers fall at home to rival Orange 68-60

By Chris Puzia / Sports Editor • January 22, 2015

Having played three out of its last four games against ranked teams, the Pitt women’s basketball team might have been used to facing top-tier competition on Thursday night.But that experience did not...

Storify: New Pitt coaches active on social media

By Chris Puzia / Sports Editor • January 22, 2015

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The new regime: Narduzzi announces new assistant coaches

By Chris Puzia / Sports Editor • January 20, 2015

When Pitt introduced Pat Narduzzi as its next head football coach Dec. 26, the next question many people asked was whether he would bring in his own assistant coaches or keep the current ones.During his...