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
Stephen Caruso | Contributing Editor

Gallery: Sand-Sculpting Competition

By Stephen Caruso | Contributing Editor • July 12, 2016

Stephen Caruso | Contributing Editor

Gallery: Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival

By Stephen Caruso and Margot Smith • June 28, 2016

Jasmine Cho owns Yummyholic, a bakery she runs from her Squirrel Hill home. Stephen Caruso | Contributing Editor

Gallery: Squirrel Hill Night Market

By Stephen Caruso | Contributing Editor • June 21, 2016

Kate Koenig | Visual Editor

Gallery: Pittsburgh Pride Parade 2016

By Photo Staff • June 13, 2016

Stephen Caruso | Contributing Editor

Gallery: Trump rallies at Pittsburgh International Airport

By Stephen Caruso | Contributing Editor • June 11, 2016

Team Captain and Senior Forward Dave Zimmerman has helped lead Pitt rugby to its undefeated record. Courtesy Pitt Rugby.

Rugby team takes undefeated record into weekend matchup

By Stephen Caruso / Staff Writer • November 5, 2015

Looking at Pitt’s ranked rugby team,  beards are cropping up everywhere — and it’s not just from No-Shave November. “I feel like I can’t shave it until we lose,” Pitt junior and forward Matt...

Hail to Script: The life, death and rebirth of a font

Hail to Script: The life, death and rebirth of a font

By Stephen Caruso / Staff Writer • October 9, 2015
Tony Dorsett smashes through the Notre Dame defensive line. Courtesy of ULS ArchivesThe University of Pittsburgh’s second most recognizable symbol — after the Cathedral of Learning — is a font.But describe Pitt script’s curves to any alum, and you realize a font can mean a whole lot.The famous script represented Pitt football in every battle, every bowl, every brawl from 1973 until 1996. And starting next year for all Pitt sports teams, it will follow Pitt into the future.The story of Pitt scrip
Patrick Kane is seen at a press conference before the start of the Chicago Blackhawks training camp on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, at the University of Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Center in South Bend, Ind. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Guilty or not guilty, do not hold star athletes above reproach

By Stephen Caruso / Assistant Sports Editor • September 25, 2015

One year ago, ex-NFL running back Ray Rice was all over the news. Now, another league’s star is embroiled in an equally ugly case, with little to no media backlash. Rice was a star athlete in the NFL,...

Yogi Berra, left, and Whitey Ford are seen during the New York Yankees 65th Old Timers Day ceremony. The New York Yankees defeated the Colorado Rockies, 6-4, at Yankee Stadium in New York on Sunday, June 26, 2011.

Berra leaves off-field legacy of words

By Stephen Caruso / Assistant Sports Editor • September 23, 2015

As a Yankees fan, I’m not going to miss the departed Lawrence “Yogi” Berra most for his baseball career. His No. 8 will hang forever in Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park — no player will wear it...

RB James Conner is one of three Panthers on the Wuerffel Trophy watch list. Meghan Sunners | Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt football needs to find its running game again to win

By Stephen Caruso / Assistant Sports Editor • September 20, 2015

Losing on a 57-yard field goal is tough. Head coach Pat Narduzzi thinks the team can handle it. “We talked about being a tough-ass team, and that’s what our kids were today,” Narduzzi said. Toughness,...

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