Jerry DiPaola stories, Page 134

Center Jimmy Morrissey, defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman and strong safety Paris Ford lead a group of seven Pitt players — plus two honorable-mention selections — named Tuesday to the All-ACC Team. Overall, Pitt landed eight selections, including senior Maurice Ffrench, who was named to the third team as a wide...

Basketball is foremost on Jeff Capel’s mind this week while he prepares Pitt for Rutgers (6-1) on Tuesday and a trip to play Louisville, the No. 1 team in the nation, Friday. But in one way, he was just like you Sunday. He spent part of the day preparing for...

Pitt’s ACC champion women’s volleyball team, ranked second in the nation by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, settled for a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament but will host first-round games Friday and Saturday at Petersen Events Center. This is the second consecutive season Pitt will be a host...

Boston College found a way to diffuse Pitt’s pass rush, the element that made its defense special through most of the season. The Eagles didn’t rely too heavily on their passing game while recording a 26-19 victory at Heinz Field. Quarterback Dennis Grosel completed only 9 of 19 pass attempts...

Pitt committed a variety of mistakes Saturday at Heinz Field during its 26-19 loss to Boston College. Almost everything imaginable. An announced crowd of 40,889 was witness to an unfortunate and badly timed mix of three lost fumbles, dropped passes, four false starts, missed opportunities, an interception in the red...

No one argued with Pat Narduzzi when he said the difference between eight and seven is one. “Eight is one more than seven, and seven is one less than eight,” he said, smiling, when presented with the question of how important beating Boston College would be for the Panthers (7-4)....

When strong safety Paris Ford was forced to sit out the first half of the Syracuse game last month, Pitt won anyway, 27-20. In an odd twist, the Orange managed only two field goals without Ford on the field, but scored both of its touchdowns after he returned in the...

Chris Beatty wants you to know what missing two games with a broken jaw has meant to Pitt senior wide receiver Maurice Ffrench. He’ll even take you inside a Pitt team meeting to shed some light. “The general public doesn’t see all the things that happen behind the scenes,” said...

With two games left this season — Boston College on Saturday at Heinz Field and a bowl game — Pitt (7-4, 4-3) has an opportunity to win nine games for the first time in 10 years. That would represent progress not only for Pat Narduzzi’s five-year tenure but for the...

You can’t put makeup on Pitt’s shutout loss to Virginia Tech and make it look like anything but what it is: A disappointing performance that included 10 penalties, something you might think would not happen to any team after four months of practice and 10 games. Especially a team that...

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Pat Narduzzi called it “a great tackle.” But game officials Saturday at Lane Stadium said Pitt safety Paris Ford was guilty of a helmet-to-helmet hit on Virginia Tech wide receiver Tre Turner in the fourth quarter of the 28-0 loss. Per rule, Ford was ejected from the...

Alex Galchenyuk is the only Pittsburgh Penguins forward without a goal, but Mike Sullivan said it has nothing to do with his shot. “He can really shoot,” the coach said before Friday’s game against the New Jersey Devils. Galchenyuk has only five shots on goal in the past five games,...

Virginia Tech has Metallica’s high-intensity “Enter Sandman.” Pitt has the Neil Diamond ballad, “Sweet Caroline.” Before you make a rush to judgment, their music choices at games is no comment on the two football programs that clash Saturday in Blacksburg, Va. Both teams are among the best in the ACC...

If Pitt wide receiver Maurice Ffrench plays Saturday at Virginia Tech, he’ll do it with a steel plate stabilizing his broken jaw. Ffrench had the plate inserted after he injured his jaw in the Georgia Tech game. He did not play against North Carolina, and coach Pat Narduzzi said his...

Pitt basketball coach Jeff Capel received signed letters of intent Tuesday from three high school prospects who are due to enroll next year. The common thread among Max Amadasun, Noah Collier and John Hugley is no one is shorter than 6-foot-8. “We are adding three high-level talents with a great...