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The Pitt News Sports Desk predicts Super Bowl winner

By The Pitt News Staff • January 12, 2024

With the NFL Playoffs starting this Saturday, The Pitt News Sports Desk is here to offer hot takes and predict the winner of Super Bowl LVIII. Never bet against Patrick Mahomes // Brian Sherry, Sports...

Staff Picks | Pitt men’s basketball season predictions

By The Pitt News Staff • October 31, 2023

Following a breakout 2022-23 campaign, Pitt men’s basketball hopes to build on last season’s success. The Pitt News Sports Desk gives its picks for how the Panthers will fare this season. Pitt puts...

The Pitt News Sports Desk lists their favorite restaurants to eat at when watching Pitt football games

By The Pitt News Staff • October 18, 2023

Whether chowing down on a hotdog at PNC Park or enjoying a burger in the parking lot outside Acrisure Stadium, there is no better duo than food and sports. Some fans enjoy simple, greasy food before games,...

Staff Picks | Summertime Flicks

By The Pitt News Staff • April 20, 2022

It snows one day and then it's 80 degrees the next, but the impending doom of climate change aside, it is supposed to be spring, and then summer. What better way to encourage the warm weather than to indulge in a “summertime flick?”

Staff Picks | Women’s basketball national championship

By The Pitt News Staff • March 15, 2022

As the women’s NCAA basketball tournament rapidly approaches, The Pitt News sports desk gives its predictions for who will be crowned as national champion.

Staff Picks | Men’s basketball national championship

By The Pitt News Staff • March 15, 2022

With the men’s NCAA basketball tournament set to begin in earnest on Thursday, The Pitt News sports staff predicts who will cut down the nets in New Orleans on April 4.

Staff Picks | TV Workplaces

By The Pitt News Staff • March 2, 2022

Whether you’re watching a work-themed comedy like “Parks and Recreation” or the dramas of a multi-billion work empire like “Succession,” you can take comfort in the fact that your workplace is probably not so dramatic — at least we hope so.

Staff Picks | Wine night movies

By The Pitt News Staff • February 23, 2022

What’s better than date night? Sitting in a blanket fort with your friends, passing a bottle of wine back and forth while you sob or cheer over a late-night movie. Here are some recommendations from our staff:

Staff Picks: TV shows we’re looking forward to in 2022

By The Pitt News Staff • January 12, 2022

There’s no better way to cope with the horrors of the COVID-19 pandemic than to hunker down in your room for three days and watch a show. These are our most anticipated TV shows coming up in 2022 — here’s to hoping we get to watch them.

Staff Picks: House ‘Party’ Movies

By The Pitt News Staff • November 10, 2021

These movies will get you pumped up in the comfort of your own home — pumped for love, that sweet two-day weekend and the obscene amount of popcorn you’ll make to watch them.