The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

LeBron James won his third NBA championship and third NBA Finals MVP in historic fashion. (TNS)

Cavs’ improbable title win vindicates Coach Lue

By Steve Rotstein / Sports Editor June 20, 2016

The old saying goes, “There’s no crying in baseball,” but there sure is a lot of it in basketball –– at least when you pull off the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history. Led by an otherworldly...

The Warriors have blown out the Cavaliers in Games 1 and 2 without much help from NBA MVP Stephen Curry. (TNS)

Strength in Numbers: Warriors routing Cavaliers without usual star power

By Steve Rotstein / Sports Editor June 7, 2016

Last year’s NBA Finals was exciting. The rematch was supposed to be even better. Instead, the defending champion Golden State Warriors have blown the visiting Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers...

Finding faults in LeBron James an irritatingly off-base excercise

Finding faults in LeBron James an irritatingly off-base excercise

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor June 19, 2015

In the choose-your-own-adventure book that has been LeBron James’ basketball career, it appears that the final page is inevitable — polarization.The greatest basketball player in the world — a title...

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