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Wide receiver Quadree Henderson recorded 767 kick return yards in the 2017 season. He announced Monday he will not be returning for his final football season and will instead enter the 2018 NFL Draft. (Photo by Jordan Mondell / Contributing Editor)

Quadree Henderson to enter 2018 NFL Draft

By Mackenzie Rodrigues | Sports Editor December 4, 2017

Pitt junior wide receiver and return specialist Quadree Henderson announced in a statement on Twitter that he will be leaving Pitt’s football team to enter the 2018 NFL Draft. “My lifelong goal...

(Illustration by Raka Sarkar | Senior Staff Illustrator)

Trump’s NFL comments ignore players’ real concerns

By Will Schulman | For The Pitt News October 5, 2017

After taking the gold and bronze medals in the 200-meter dash at the 1968 Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos shocked the world — the two Olympians held up black gloved fists for the entire anthem....

The funeral procession stops outside Saint Paul's Cathedral before Dan Rooney's funeral service. John Hamilton | Contributing Editor

Gallery: Politicians, NFL players join family to remember Dan Rooney

Friends, family, politicians, NFL owners and players remembered the life of Dan Rooney, the former Steelers chairman and U.S. Ambassador to Ireland who passed away Thursday at 84. The funeral was held...

Oakland Raider fan Ray Perez, middle, cheers with other fans as Raiders owner Mark Davis speaks during a town hall meeting with NFL executives at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, Calif., on October 29, 2015. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Raiders relocate to plunder Vegas’ pockets

My dad became a Baltimore Colts fan when he was 5 years old because he liked the color blue. By the time he was in his 20s and living in Baltimore, he was a season ticket holder and a fanatic. But...

One of the most prolific receivers in school history, Tyler Boyd (23) will line up as a member of the Cincinnati Bengals next season. | Pitt News Archives

Bye bye, Boyd: Pitt receiver completes journey from Clairton to the NFL

There were 57 seconds left in the fourth quarter on September 19, 2015, in Iowa City, Iowa, and the whole stadium knew where the ball was going. Pitt had the ball on second-and-goal from the eight-yard...

Carolina Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart (28) scores a touchdown as he leaps over Denver Broncos linebacker Danny Trevathan (59) in Super Bowl 50. (TNS)

Super Bowl 50 a disappointing product from start to finish

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor February 8, 2016

As I sat sprawled in a chair, watching Cam Newton get slaughtered by a vicious Denver defense and a lifeless Peyton Manning loft the ball in the air with less velocity than a granny-style free throw, one...

A fan holds up a sign during a Pro Bowl at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Joe Rimkus Jr./Miami Herald/MCT)

Fixing the NFL’s Pro Bowl Problem

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor January 25, 2016

It’s that time of year again. That time when the biggest stars in the National Football League face off against one another, playing in one ultimate contest where pride and respect are on the line. Just...

Cincinnati Bengals linebacker, Vontaze Burfict (55) hit and concussed Pittsburgh Steelers' receiver Antonio Brown in Sunday's post-season game. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/MCT)

Burfict problematic, not the problem in NFL’s roughness epidemic

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor January 11, 2016

Vontaze Burfict and Adam “Pacman” Jones signed, sealed and delivered a playoff victory to the Pittsburgh Steelers Saturday. Thanks to the two Cincinnati Bengals’ defenders’ personal foul calls...

Former San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Tomsula looks up at the scoreboard at Levi's Stadium.  The 49ers fired Tomsula after Sunday's game.   (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

NFL coaches not given enough of a chance to succeed

By Chris Puzia / Assistant Sports Editor January 6, 2016

With a resumé that included “firewood cutter” and “doormat salesman” and peaked at “NFL defensive line coach,” Jim Tomsula didn’t seem like your prototypical head coaching candidate. Following...

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Pitt grads build big league careers in media relations

By Jessie Wallace / Staff Writer September 11, 2015

Over the years, the football world has recognized Pitt as a sure-fire producer of NFL talent, with stars like Dan Marino, Larry Fitzgerald and LeSean McCoy all making names for themselves in the league....

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