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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

Jared Wilson-Frame will be staying with Pitt, according to reports. (Thomas Yang | Visual Editor)

Stevenson, Wilson-Frame plan to stay at Pitt

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...

Junior catcher Cole Maclaren (43) puts the ball in play at Sunday afternoon’s 6-5 loss to Duke. (Photo by Chiara Rigaud | Staff Photographer)

Weekend sports: Panthers provide weak performances

By Jon Shaiken | Staff Writer March 26, 2018

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...

Former men’s basketball head coach Kevin Stallings gestures from the sidelines at Pitt’s 59-45 loss to Syracuse Nov. 16, 2017. (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Senior Staff Photographer)

Column: When it comes to Stallings’ firing, the blame should be shared

By Brandon Glass | Staff Writer March 14, 2018

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...

Senior Dom Forys used seven takedowns to secure a 16-6 major decision victory. (TPN file photo)

Weekend sports: Panthers experience strong starts, struggling streaks

By Stephen Cuddy | For The Pitt News February 11, 2018

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...

(Illustration by Elise Lavallee | Contributing Editor)

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...

The Los Angeles Clippers DeAndre Jordan (6) fights for a loose ball against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first half at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Take five: Trades, tanks and take-backs

By The Pitt News Staff February 8, 2018

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...

The Pittsburgh Steelers will take on the Oakland Raiders this Sunday. (Sam Riche/TNS)

NFL: heighten safety or hamper the game

By Will Schulman | Columnist January 31, 2018

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...

(Raka Sarkar | Senior Staff Illustrator)

Column: Hating on the Super Bowl is so last year

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...

Rui Tanimura, a senior nutrition major and founding member of Pitts club powerlifting team, trains for the deadlift. (Photo by Christian Snyder | Multimedia Editor)

Photos: Pitt powerlifting club looks to bulk up

By Christian Snyder | Multimedia Editor January 19, 2018

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...

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