QBs don’t need to be elite
By Colin Martin | Staff Writer
February 7, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports Columns
Baltimore Ravens long-snapper Morgan Cox ordered a bundle of 15 shirts for Ravens players to wear in August of 2016. On each shirt was the face of their quarterback, Joe Flacco, and a single word — “elite.” The shirts were a half-serious answer to the ongoing question of whether Flacco is an ...
Cry me a river: Timberlake’s controversial Super Bowl homage to Prince
By Darren Campuzano | Staff Writer
February 6, 2018
Prince once told an audience in Los Angeles, “Instead of hate, celebrate.” Apparently, that memo never reached this year’s Super Bowl — as mutual hatred for all things Patriots stretched from Minneapolis all the way to Forbes Avenue. But for those that had no stake in the game, outrage wa...
Editorial: Cynical Super Bowl ad shows superficial concern for civil rights
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 6, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
When he first delivered his “Drum Major Instinct” sermon Feb. 4, 1968, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Martin Luther King Jr. had little way of knowing how his speech would come across in the moment — let alone 50 years in the future. The civil rights icon likely never foresaw a sound bite of the s...
Pitt professor’s model miscalculates Super Bowl prediction
By Michael Nitti | For the Pitt News
February 6, 2018
Filed under Sports
Pitt associate professor Konstantinos Pelechrinis predicted the Patriots would win the Super Bowl last week. Or, more accurately, his model did. Pelechrinis has been teaching at the School of Computing and Information at Pitt since 2010. He developed a model two years ago that’s meant to predi...
Photos and videos: Pitt Students celebrate Eagles Super Bowl win
By The Pitt News Staff
February 4, 2018
Filed under 2. Featured, Campus, News, Sports
The last time a Philadelphia sports team won a major championship, the United States was in a recession, former President George W. Bush signed a $700 billion bailout bill and O.J. Simpson was found guilty of charges of kidnapping and armed robbery. Now, more than 10 years later, hundreds of Pitt students took to...
Take Five: Fuller, Federer, Free agents
By The Pitt News Staff
February 1, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports Columns
The Super Bowl may be the biggest event happening in sports this week, but it’s not the only thing going on. The Pitt News sports staff is back with a weekly roundup of this week’s sports headlines … OK, and one Super Bowl take. Click here for last week's takes. Show Me the Money Pitchers and catchers report for spring training in two weeks, and ther...
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...
Prediction: Patriots to pin 6th Super Bowl Win
By Jon Shaiken | For The Pitt News
January 30, 2018
With their offensive and defensive coordinators in line for head coaching jobs elsewhere and quarterback Tom Brady on the wrong side of 40, this weekend may be the New England Patriots’ last legitimate shot at a championship for the foreseeable future. New England will be going for their second S...
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...
Eagles blow out Vikings to earn franchise’s third trip to Super Bowl
By Sam Farmer | Los Angeles Times
January 21, 2018
Filed under National News
The Philadelphia Eagles secured a Super Bowl rematch Sunday, and denied the Minnesota Vikings in their bid to make history. Led by quarterback Nick Foles and a smothering defense, the Eagles posted a 38-7 victory over Minnesota before a towel-swirling crowd so raucous at Lincoln Financial Field that...
COLUMN: Like it or not, nobody beats Brady
By Bayard Miller | Assistant Sports Editor
January 27, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports Columns
Hating Tom Brady and the New England Patriots has become a national sport. Since 2001, Brady and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick have been rewriting the record books. The duo has won 14 division titles, seven AFC championships and four Super Bowls. Brady has won the league’s Most Valuable Playe...
Super Bowl 50 a disappointing product from start to finish
By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor
February 8, 2016
Filed under Football, Sports, Sports Columns
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 thought constantly pervaded my mind. Man, this is so boring. The 2016 Super Bowl was an old-fashioned defens...
Beat the lines with these revamped Super Bowl recipes
By Grace Kelly / Staff Writer
January 29, 2015
Filed under Culture, Food & Drink
The Super Bowl is not just about the game, the commercials or how much air is in the footballs. It’s also about the delectable spread you lay before your amigos and the carnal pleasure of licking your fingers after consuming way too many Buffalo wings. But all too often we sit back after the game...