Column: Pitt basketball’s rebuild is ahead of schedule
By Trent Leonard, Sports Editor
January 16, 2019
It was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Pitt basketball, but a nationally relevant defense and a couple star-caliber talents have the Panthers ahead of schedule.
No. 15 NC State narrowly escapes with 86-80 win over Pitt
By Trent Leonard, Sports Editor
January 12, 2019
Panthers played exceptionally for most of the game, but made a few little mistakes that cost them what would have been a monumental second straight ACC win.
UNC slams Pitt, 85-60, in ACC opener
By Stephen Thompson, Staff Writer
January 5, 2019
The Panthers battled briefly with the No. 15 team in the country before ultimately falling 85-60.
Mountaineers maul Pitt in Backyard Brawl, 69-59
By Trent Leonard, Sports Editor
December 8, 2018
Facing off against a team known for its suffocating defense, the young Panthers’ inexperience was on full display in a 69-59 loss to West Virginia Saturday afternoon in the 186th edition of the Backyard Brawl.
Panthers show promise in 69-68 loss to Iowa
By Michael Nitti, Staff Writer
November 28, 2018
Playing against the Iowa Hawkeyes as part of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, the upstart Panthers led by six at halftime and took their ranked opponent right down to the wire in a back-and-forth affair.
Thanksgiving Recap: Volleyball, basketball gobble up wins
By Kate Hall, Staff Writer
November 26, 2018
Pitt football fell to Miami, but three other Panther sports picked up the slack with a winning Thanksgiving weekend both home and away.
Panthers overcome UNA, 71-66, to win fifth straight
By Stephen Thompson, Staff Writer
November 18, 2018
Pitt men’s basketball is off to its best start in the three years after beating North Alabama 71-66 at the Petersen Events Center Saturday afternoon to improve to 5-0 in the young season.
Preview: Men’s team can only go up from 2017
By Trent Leonard, Sports Editor
November 5, 2018
Even if the new-look Panthers only win one ACC game this season, it will still be an improvement over 2017's disastrous campaign.
Men’s basketball pounces on Pitt-Johnstown, 78-59, in opening exhibition
By Trent Leonard and Andrew Kelly
November 2, 2018
The Pitt men’s basketball team kicked off its season in dominant fashion Thursday night, beating the branch-campus Pitt-Johnstown Mountain Cats 78-59 in an exhibition opener at the Petersen Events Center.
Narduzzi rounds out staff for 2018 season
By Trent Leonard | Staff Writer
February 28, 2018
Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi announced three coaching appointments Saturday, finalizing his 2018 staff. Narduzzi promoted defensive line coach Charlie Partridge to assistant head coach, hired Cory Sanders as safeties coach and brought in Paris Johnson Sr. as assistant director of player perso...
Column: NCAA transfer rules unfair to student athletes
By Dominic Campbell | Staff Writer
September 27, 2017
Nick Saban, head coach of Alabama football and four-time national championship winner, is poised to be paid an astounding $11 million this year and has an eight-year deal that will pay him $65 million through 2025. These lucrative contracts are highly desired by all college coaches, and you can’t b...
Two more Republican senators announce opposition to health care bill, dooming latest GOP plan
By Lisa Mascaro | Tribune Washington Bureau (TNS)
July 18, 2017
Republican efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act collapsed in the Senate on Monday evening as two more GOP senators announced they would oppose the latest plan backed by their party's leadership. The announcements by Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas brought to four the number...