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Column: With season approaching, a few Pitt football storylines to track

By Dan Sostek / Staff Writer • August 25, 2014

A football coach’s worst enemy is turnovers, both on the field and off. This offseason, Pitt head football coach Paul Chryst faced the latter type often, losing a large number of key players to graduation. Heading...

Column: FIBA World Cup needs to change in order to truly matter

By Jasper Wilson / Sports Editor • August 24, 2014

When Indiana Pacers star Paul George broke his right leg during a USA Basketball scrimmage in Las Vegas at the beginning of the month, one of the most popular reactions by sports fans was that it’s too...

Welcome Back: Summer proves to be anything but dull for sports fans

By Alex Wise / For The Pitt News • August 19, 2014

To the average sports fan, summer is typically a boring period of the year. Baseball is the only “big four” sport in season and, though it’s America’s pastime and the sport of summer, we can pay...

Summer Guide: Pirates navigate unexpected issues in season’s first half

By Nate Barnes / Senior Staff Writer • July 15, 2014

One of Clint Hurdle’s often-repeated mantras is to do “the best you can with what you’ve got at the time.” He’s had to follow it himself this year — he will likely need a hip replacement at...

Freshmen, don’t neglect exercise while on campus

By Alex Wise / For The Pitt News • May 28, 2014

You’d never guess it if you looked at me now, but I used to be semi-athletic. I could dunk with ease and I contributed a respectable amount to a few district championship-caliber basketball teams. I...

Column: Students can pursue passions through media outlets

By Kevin Wheeler / For The Pitt News • May 28, 2014

I walked into the Petersen Events Center to attend my first Activities Fair in August 2012 as a new Pitt student. A budding psychology major, I was hoping to find my niche in such a big school with so...

Column: Recent big-profile hires by Penn State now worrisome

By Ryan Bertonaschi / Senior Staff Writer • May 6, 2014

James Franklin is the anti-Paul Chryst.This is the exact phrase that went through my mind when Franklin took the podium at Penn State after being announced as the university’s 17th football coach in...

Column: Sterling’s comments require unprecedented action

By Nate Barnes / Senior Staff Writer • April 27, 2014

From the day I was born until I graduated high school, I lived in six different places. The longest stop was a stint from August 2000 to January 2007 in Orange County, Calif., which lies about halfway...

Column: Instant replay in baseball a good thing

By Dan Sostek / Staff Writer • April 2, 2014

When it was announced on Jan. 16 that Major League Baseball unanimously decided to expand instant replay, allowing managers to challenge at least one play during the span of each game, many, including...

Maintenance, visibility the keys to safe winter biking

By Vincent Smith / Staff Writer • January 13, 2014

If you plan on riding a bike to commute this winter, be prepared for a plethora of remarkably annoying obstacles.Icy turns, snow-encrusted bike lanes and the creepy way that cars refuse to pass you during...