Cupid’s arrows strike Panthers
By Kate Hall, Staff Writer
February 13, 2019
Filed under Sports
Lexi Blum didn’t think she would have time for anything besides dance and school, then she met Pitt Baseball pitcher Dan Hammer. Blum and Hammer have now been dating for six months.
Panther Spotlight: Micky Phillippi, Cassidy Walsh, Kiley Robatin
By Tessa Sayers, Assistant Sports Editor
February 11, 2019
Filed under Sports
The men’s wrestling, women’s basketball and women’s gymnastics teams have all had their ups and downs this season, but they are each anchored by talented players who give them hope for the future of the season and the program.
Pro athletes recount journey to the top level
By Stephen Thompson, Staff Writer
February 6, 2019
Filed under Sports, Sports Features, Top Stories
For most athletes who actually make it to the professional level, like former Pitt tennis player and 2017 graduate Audrey Ann Blakely, the journey is mentally arduous and financially uncertain.
College students find big-league niches
By Nick Carlisano, Staff Writer
February 6, 2019
Filed under Sports, Sports Features
A vast majority of people don’t ever get the shot to pursue a sports-related job, yet alone their dream job –– but some do.
Weekend Recap: Swimming and Diving gets only team win of long week
By Tessa Sayers, assistant sports editor
January 21, 2019
Filed under Sports
Redshirt freshman Micky Phillippi was the lone bright spot of Pitt’s 36-9 loss to No. 3 Oklahoma State this weekend. Phillippi upset the No. 2 ranked 133 pound wrestler in the country, Daton Fix.
Pitt sports: A semester in review
By Kate Hall, Staff Writer
December 9, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports Columns
From playoff berths to championship games to championship titles, the Panthers have seen it all. Here is a recap of the biggest moments in Pitt sports this semester.
Weekend Sports: Volleyball clinches second straight ACC title
By Kate Hall, For the Pitt News
November 19, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports, Top Stories
Records were broken and ACC championships were clinched over the weekend, showing a promising future for the programs heading into the winter seasons.
Weekend Recap: Wrestling starts season and Daigneault continues to roll
By Jack Clay, Staff Writer
November 5, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
Valerie Daigneault is undefeated in her swimming events so far this season. The volleyball team improved to 25-1 on the season and the wrestling team only has one more week until their season begins. You can read about all of that and more in this week’s weekend sports recap.
Panther Spotlight: Edward Kizza, Amaia Pena, Kayla Lund
By Tessa Sayers, Staff Writer
October 10, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports, Top Stories
Panther athletes Edward Kizza, Amaia Pena and Kayla Lund are all having standout seasons on the field and on the court, leading their respective teams.
Weekend Sports: Homecoming brings mixed results
By Griffin Floyd, Staff Writer
October 8, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
In addition to the football team's big win Saturday, several other Pitt sports teams contributed quality performances over the weekend, most notably the volleyball and soccer teams.
The life and times of ROC the mascot
By Ben Zimmer, Staff Writer
October 3, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports Features
ROC, a human-sized bipedal Panther, has been at the center of Pitt athletics for more than a century now, bouncing around the field, waving his arms and entertaining fans with his goofy antics and unassailable school spirit.
Volleyball picks up the slack for Pitt sports over weekend
By Tessa Sayers, Staff Writer
September 23, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
While Pitt's soccer teams didn’t fare so well, volleyball picked up the slack by sweeping Virginia Tech for the Panthers' 13th straight win.
Behind the scenes of Pitt SID’s
By Stephen Thompson, For the Pitt News
September 12, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports Features
Student information directors, or SIDs, at Pitt act as team-specific media liaisons, statistics managers, beat writers and team promoters.
Weekend Recap: Volleyball stays unbeaten, men’s soccer falls in nail-biter
By Stephen Thompson, For the Pitt News
September 9, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
Panther teams faced off against a stacked lineup of nationally ranked teams in volleyball, soccer and cross country over the weekend, achieving mixed results.
Take 5: Bell, Beadle and Basketball
By The Pitt News Staff
August 29, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports Columns
From catsuits to contract holdouts, The Pitt News staff takes a look at the spiciest storylines from the past week.
Panther Spotlight: Kayla Lund, Edward Kizza, Anna Rico
By Trent Leonard, Sports Editor
August 28, 2018
Filed under 2. Featured, Soccer, Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
Although the fall sports season is barely a week old, several Panthers have already begun to establish themselves as playmakers on their respective teams.
Panther sports stay active during summer break
By Nick Carlisano, Staff Writer
August 26, 2018
Filed under Sports
The summer season was far from uneventful, as both the softball and baseball teams capped off postseason runs in May while the men’s basketball and football teams stayed hot on the recruiting trail.
Softball coach Holly Aprile resigns
By Hannah Schneider, Sports Editor
July 13, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports, Top Stories
– Aprile coached the Panthers softball team for 10 years. She will coach at Louisville, who the Panthers beat this year to win their first division championship.
Weekend sports: Panthers split across the states
By Grant Burgman | Sports Editor
April 1, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
The Panthers’ track and field team found both faltered and found success from coast to coast during the weekend while Pitt baseball, softball and tennis stayed home for conference matchups. Track and Field The Pitt track and field team had a jam-packed weekend, with athletes competing in fou...
Stevenson, Wilson-Frame plan to stay at Pitt
By Jordan Mondell | Assistant Sports Editor
March 27, 2018
Filed under Men's Basketball, Sports, Top Stories
Two Pitt men’s basketball players who requested release from the program upon the firing of head coach Kevin Stallings are staying with program after Pitt hired Duke’s Jeff Capel Tuesday. According to a post on Instagram, first-year guard Shamiel Stevenson has no plans to leave the program, s...
Weekend sports: Panthers provide weak performances
By Jon Shaiken | Staff Writer
March 26, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
Basketball season may be officially over for Pitt, but it was still a packed weekend for athletics, as four teams took the stage with varied results. Gymnastics saw strong individual performances once again and softball swept their series. Baseball had a mixed bag against a ranked Duke, and tenn...
Column: When it comes to Stallings’ firing, the blame should be shared
By Brandon Glass | Staff Writer
March 13, 2018
Filed under Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Columns
In a time of uncertainty for Pitt basketball, one thing is for sure — former head coach Kevin Stallings’ tenure will go down in Panther history as an unmitigated disaster. In two years, the widely criticized coach managed to win just four conference games, go winless in the ACC during the 20...
Interactive graphic: Sexual assault and college sports
By Jordan Mondell | Assistant Sports Editor
February 14, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports Features, Visual
Weekend sports: Panthers experience strong starts, struggling streaks
By Stephen Cuddy | For The Pitt News
February 11, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
While some Panthers started off seasons strong this weekend, others continued painful bouts of loss. The softball team dominated their opening weekend in sunny California, and wrestling saw the clouds part on a four-game losing streak, the men’s basketball got drenched in another record-setting ...
esports make natural addition to Olympics
By Thomas Wick | Columnist
February 11, 2018
It’s the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Two combatants pick up pieces of plastic laced with electrical current and various input chambers. They do not face each other directly, but they fight on a screen — as Pikachu and Mario, respectively. This fight will decide who wins the 2026 Olympic Winter Ga...
Take five: Trades, tanks and take-backs
By The Pitt News Staff
February 7, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports Columns
Remember in elementary school when you would beg your friends to trade what with was in your lunchbox? We can all identify, and apparently so can every coach, owner and player in professional sports this week. Between hour-long hires and trading between sports, The Pitt News has you covered in thi...
NFL: heighten safety or hamper the game
By Will Schulman | Columnist
January 31, 2018
Filed under Columns, Opinions, Uncategorized
Getting into formation with teammates, you stare across the field at the quarterback's eyes and hear him shout “Green 18” and “54’s the mike,” signaling players to move around the field. A few seconds later, a crisp “set...hike!” cuts through the noise — the game has begun. Now you...
Column: Hating on the Super Bowl is so last year
By Jordan Mondell | Assistant Sports Editor
January 30, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports Columns
The biggest mistake I continually make, over and over, is logging onto Facebook during a huge sporting event. This year, I’ll probably slip up again with the 2018 Super Bowl. It isn’t memes about Tom Brady’s bizarre-looking — but also somehow handsome — face or general trash talk from eith...
Photos: Pitt powerlifting club looks to bulk up
By Christian Snyder | Multimedia Editor
January 19, 2018
Filed under Sports, Top Stories, Uncategorized, Visual
The Pitt club powerlifting team won The Pitt News’ “Best Of” poll in the club category this year. The club was founded 2016, and many of the founding members have graduated. And as the final founders graduate this year, the club looks to strengthen its roster, sometimes hitting the gym twice a day to ...
Staff picks: Making the most of winter weather
By The Pitt News Staff
January 9, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports, Top Stories
Everyone knows how depressing winter can feel in Pittsburgh. Low temperatures, gray skies and unpredictable precipitation force many to retreat indoors and suffer through long periods of inactivity while waiting for spring. The winter doesn’t need to be all bad, though. The Pitt News sports staf...
Gallery: The Weekend in Sports
By TPN Staff
November 12, 2017
Filed under Football, Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports, Visual, Women's Basketball
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Change the system to avoid pay-for-play scandals
By Will Schulman | For The Pitt News
November 1, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinions, Uncategorized
The Federal Bureau of Investigation made headlines in the sports world when it arrested 10 people Sept. 26 for a pay-for-play scandal, in which coaches, agents and shoe company employees sent and received bribes involving college basketball recruits. Among the arrested were multiple college basket...
Weekend sports: volleyball, men’s soccer grab ACC wins
By Kait French | Staff Writer
October 15, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
Though it was the celebration of homecoming, many Panthers were on the road this weekend. Taking on teams from Boston to Louisville, many of Pitt’s teams fared well over the weekend — topping ranked teams and continuing streaks — though some struggled against top opponents. Men’s Soccer ...
Pitt mens soccer edges out PSU in overtime, 3-2
By Trent Leonard / For The Pitt News
October 10, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
Coming off of a tough loss against No. 16 Duke last Friday, Pitt men’s soccer was looking for a revival. In a tense matchup against in-state rival Penn State Tuesday at Ambrose Urbanic Field, they found just that. Pitt (7-6-0, 1-4 ACC) edged out Penn State (2-8-2, 0-5 Big 10) in a heart-pounding ...
Column: Watching sports forges connections, unites in history
By Abbot Zuk | For The Pitt News
September 19, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports Columns
Whether it was my mother or father taking me to a ball game, or everyone in Catholic grade school sporting Steelers jerseys on Fridays before pivotal games — sports have been ingrained in me since the start. Like most decisions made at a young age, my sports-rooting interests were predetermined by...
TPN Panther spotlight: Nika Markovic, Qadree Ollison, Javi Perez
By Jordan Mondell and David Leftwich | TPN Staff
September 12, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
Fall sports are just starting to get exciting, and there has already been a fair share of pitfalls and triumphs across the board. But regardless of the games outcomes, here are some Panthers who have stepped into their roles and proven their worth on the court, field and pitch. Nika Markovic Mar...
DiNucci deserves starting slot over Browne
By Kevin Bertha | Staff Writer
September 10, 2017
Filed under Football, Sports, Top Stories
Max Browne has started two games for the Pitt Panthers in his career, and he shouldn’t start a third. Unfortunately, head coach Pat Narduzzi doesn’t share this sentiment — yet. When asked if Browne was still the starter after Saturday’s performance against Penn State, Narduzzi responded with a...
Don’t punt on LGBTQ+ inclusion in sports
By Henry Glitz | Opinions Editor
September 7, 2017
Filed under Columns, GameDay, Opinions
When Pitt’s football team faces off against Penn State tomorrow at Beaver Stadium, both teams will continue a tradition which began in the 19th century — but in a vastly different culture. At the teams’ first meeting in 1893, Pitt had yet to integrate, and Penn State had never admitted a black s...
Party in the parking lot: students talk tailgating
By Janine Faust and Caroline Bourque | Assistant News Editor
September 7, 2017
Filed under Campus, GameDay, Top Stories
For Keith Miller, the best part of tailgating is giving out food to strangers and listening to “dad music.” “I’ve got a huge grill that barely fits in my SUV that I bring to games, and I always share the hot dogs and hamburgers that I make with people passing by,” Miller said. “And I like the ...
GALLERY: Penguins Stanley Cup Victory Parade 2017
By Matt Hawley
June 14, 2017
An estimated crowd of 650,000 people gathered downtown on Wednesday morning to celebrate the Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup victory for the second year in a row. The Penguins secured the cup with a score of 2-0 against the Nashville Predators on Sunday night. ...
Editorial: Pitt listens, but only when it’s easy
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 9, 2017
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
It was a sunny day in April, the grand opening of the University of Pittsburgh’s new sports dome. Pitt is rightly proud of this achievement that addresses a pressing need for a game and practice facility for club sports teams on campus. At the grand opening — and publicized in videos shown d...
GALLERY: Pitt Women’s Soccer vs. Kent State
By John Hamilton | Staff Photographer
September 11, 2016
Filed under Multimedia, Visual
2016 US Open at Oakmont Country Club practice rounds
By Jeff Ahearn | Senior Staff Photographer
June 16, 2016
Gallery: Men’s Basketball vs. Boston College 1/16
By Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor
January 16, 2016
Filed under Visual
Gallery: Men’s Basketball vs. Georgia Tech
By Nikki Moriello | Visual Editor
January 6, 2016
Filed under Visual
Men’s Basketball vs. Detroit 11/20/15
By Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor
November 20, 2015
Filed under 2. Featured, This Week In Photos, Visual
Beer of utmost importance to the gameday experience
By Alex Wise / Staff Writer
April 9, 2015
Filed under Sports, Sports Columns
In America, we like sports. Sports are fun. Sports are gripping. Sports are heartbreaking. Most importantly, sports are the ultimate excuse to drink beer. But some beers are more fitted for watching sports than others. Here’s your guide to drinking beer like a sports-loving American.As a general stateme...