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The Pitt News

Pitt stifles Gardner-Webb in defensive showcase

Pitt stifles Gardner-Webb in defensive showcase

By Conor Hutchison and Alex Kiger November 11, 2024

Pitt men’s basketball moves to 3-0 on the season after an 83-64 defensive win against Gardner-Webb. Pitt held the Runnin’ Bulldogs to 39.7% shooting from the field and forced 17 turnovers. “It...

Pitt men’s basketball out-run Murray State late in close Friday night win

Pitt men’s basketball out-run Murray State late in close Friday night win

By Conor Hutchison, Senior Staff Writer November 10, 2024

Pitt men’s basketball outran Murray State on Friday night in a nail-biting 83-68 win that ended with a statement 12-3 run. After a season-opening 40-point win against Radford, the Panthers needed to...

Bhaskar Chakrabarti | Staff Photographer

Costly mistakes cap Pitt football’s season-altering loss to Virginia

By Conor Hutchison, Senior Staff Writer November 10, 2024

After starting 7-0, No. 18 Pitt suffered its second straight loss on Saturday night, falling 24-19 to Virginia at home. The Panthers had expectations as high as the College Football Playoff and a possible...

The Oakland Zoo is a spirited student section at Pitt sporting events such as Men’s Basketball game.

Local stars ready to power Pitt basketball

By Conor Hutchison, Senior Staff Writer November 4, 2024

College athletics is a wide and wild world. Coaches travel across the globe to recruit the best of the best. But in Pittsburgh, all men’s basketball head coach Jeff Capel has to do is look around —...

Saddled: No. 20 Mustangs race past No. 18 Pitt for the Panther’s first loss of the season

Saddled: No. 20 Mustangs race past No. 18 Pitt for the Panther’s first loss of the season

By Conor Hutchison, Senior Staff Writer November 3, 2024

Pitt football is no longer flawless after a late-night road trip to SMU where the Panthers fell 48-25 — a final score much closer than the game felt. Not one Pitt unit performed up to par as SMU ran...

Pitt sophomore linebacker Rasheed Biles (31) runs with the ball at the football game against Syracuse in Acrisure Stadium on Thursday, Oct. 24.

Pitt football conquers all, undefeated campaign continues

By Conor Hutchison, Senior Staff Writer October 27, 2024

Football is war. Linemen battle in the trenches to make or take space for the field general to orchestrate a balanced attack on the ground and through the air. Every inch of territory gained and lost is...

Players tackle each other to the ground during Saturday night's game against UNC at Acrisure Stadium.

Record breakers and history makers, Pitt football takes down North Carolina

By Conor Hutchison, Senior Staff Writer October 5, 2024

Pitt (5-0, 1-0 ACC) left Chapel Hill victorious for the first time in school history with a 34-24 win over ACC opponent North Carolina (3-3, 0-2 ACC). The last time Pitt started 5-0 was 1991. Redshirt...

Column | The NIL Job-Market: College athletics mutated

Column | The NIL Job-Market: College athletics mutated

By Conor Hutchison, Senior Staff Writer September 26, 2024

The year is 2010. USC running back Reggie Bush has just forfeited his five-year-old Heisman Trophy after his school received sanctions for allowing their student-athletes to receive “gifts.” In Bush’s...

Pittsburgh's Steve Malinchak (7) and teammates celebrate their 13-9 upset win over No. 2 West Virginia Dec. 1, 2007, in Morgantown, W.Va.

Column | What does “13-9” really mean?

By Conor Hutchison and James Carter September 10, 2024

This Saturday marks the 107th edition of the Backyard Brawl. If bystanders do not know what this game means, they will find out.  Time stops when these two teams play one another. Few teams have played...

Redshirt junior running back Derrick Davis Jr. (34) runs on the field during Pitt football’s Blue-Gold Game on Saturday, April 13 at Acrisure Stadium.

Pitt football kicks off 2024-2025 against Kent State

By Conor Hutchison, Senior Staff Writer August 29, 2024

Every year fans are gifted a few signs that football is right around the corner. The temperature starts to drop, the sun tucks in for the night earlier than it once did and Pitt football head coach Pat...

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