Justin Guerriero stories, Page 6

The Preseason All-ACC Team was announced Thursday, and Pitt placed second league-wide with three selections: tailback/punt returner Desmond Reid, who was chosen to the offensive and specialist teams, plus linebacker Kyle Louis, who made the defensive squad. Clemson led the ACC with 11 selections. Additionally, Reid, Louis and quarterback Eli...

The Pittsburgh Pirates rode a bit of momentum into the second of three games at Oracle Park on Tuesday, having won six of their last seven. Conversely, the San Francisco Giants had dropped 11 of their past 14 games when they sent Justin Verlander to the hill looking to even...

Confidence can sometimes be misleading or misplaced. In the case of Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi, his confidence in the 2023 team was of the latter variety, as it finished 3-9. Fast forward two years, and Narduzzi is confident once again heading into Year 11 in Oakland, with his Panthers...

Less than three full days until the trade deadline, the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Mitch Keller to the hill against the Giants in what potentially could be his final start with the club. Keller, a 2014 draft pick by Pittsburgh and the most tenured member of the Pirates, has certainly performed...

Edward Florentino Position: OF Height: 6-foot-4 Weight: 200 pounds Level: Low-A Bradenton Notable: The Pirates’ Edward Florentino, an 18-year-old outfield prospect, jumped to No. 6 in MLB Pipeline’s most recent organizational rankings. In late June, Florentino was promoted to the Bradenton Marauders after a strong rookie ball debut in the...

Here’s a look at next week’s Pittsburgh Pirates schedule: at Giants 9:45 p.m. Monday (SN PIT) 9:45 p.m. Tuesday (SN PIT) 3:45 p.m. Wednesday (SN PIT) • Justin Verlander, who turned 42 ahead of the 2025 season, is in his first campaign with San Francisco and was winless through 15...

Following a rough pre-All-Star break start July 12 in Minnesota, Mike Burrows was determined to learn from it and be better. Burrows was better July 19, giving him some momentum for his Friday night start at PNC Park as the Pittsburgh Pirates opened a three-game series against Arizona. While Burrows...

Surprising news surfaced Thursday when Pirates second-round draft pick Angel Cervantes, a 17-year-old right-handed pitcher, announced he’d put his professional baseball career on hold in order to play collegiately at UCLA. But Friday night, the Pirates experienced the inverse of that scenario, as a pair of draft picks committed to...

The Pittsburgh Pirates announced eight more signings from their 2025 draft class Wednesday, all of whom were assigned to the rookie Florida Complex League in Bradenton. Shortstop Gustavo Melendez (fourth round, Colegio la Merced, Puerto Rico), catcher Adonys Guzman (fifth, Arizona), outfielder Josh Tate (eighth, Georgia Southern), second baseman Dylan...

Pat Narduzzi is far from alone among his college football coaching peers in stressing that his No. 1 priority at work every day is to, as his job title suggests, coach. But the times have changed rapidly as a result of a highly fluid college athletics landscape that’s seen players...

Pitt’s 2024 campaign was one few Panthers fans will likely forget because of its extreme peaks and valleys. After compiling a 7-0 record through the end of October — the best start in program history since 1982 — five straight losses followed to conclude the regular season. Then came the...

It’s a tumultuous time to be in a college sports leadership position. That’s largely the result of seismic alterations to the student-athlete experience centered around NIL, following lengthy discussion and legal jousting. ACC commissioner Jim Phillips, like his peers at the helm of the other three power conferences, has had...

If Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes has felt individual frustration because of his club rarely offering him run support this season, he’s kept those sentiments close to the vest. After a lopsided post-All-Star break sweep at home to the woeful Chicago White Sox, Skenes, winless for nearly two months, looked...

Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Johan Oviedo continues to navigate what’s turned into an extra lengthy recovery after undergoing Tommy John surgery in mid-February 2024. Oviedo, 27, began this past spring training as a candidate to earn a starting rotation spot, but a lat strain paused his return. However, Oviedo is about...

Jhonny Severino Position: Infielder Height: 6-foot-2 Weight: 185 pounds Level: Low-A Bradenton Notable: In late July 2023, it was perfectly reasonable for Pittsburgh Pirates fans to wonder what the club was getting in teenage infield prospect Jhonny Severino, acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for first baseman Carlos Santana....

Here’s a look at next week’s Pittsburgh Pirates schedule: vs. Tigers 6:40 p.m. Monday (SN PIT) 6:40 p.m. Tuesday (SN PIT) 12:35 p.m. Wednesday (SN PIT) • After wrapping their first post-All-Star break action over the weekend vs. the White Sox, the Pirates continue a nine-game homestand starting Monday with...

Jimmy Joe Robinson, the first Black varsity football player at Pitt, died Monday at the age of 97, the university announced Wednesday afternoon. Robinson was born in Connellsville and debuted with the Panthers in 1945, when Pitt finished 3-7 under coach Clark Shaughnessy. He lettered at Pitt for two additional...

The Pittsburgh Pirates made their first significant midseason trade with implications to the big-league roster Wednesday, shipping infielder/outfielder Adam Frazier to Kansas City for Royals prospect Cam Devanney. The Pirates said Devanney has been optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis. The team will make a corresponding move on the 26-man active roster...

Before their heavyweight showdown in last year’s All-Star Game, Paul Skenes dubbed his matchup with Aaron Judge “big on big.” When the two towering stars of the game squared off Tuesday night in Atlanta, Skenes again got the best of Judge, same as their previous two encounters. The Pirates’ 6-foot-6,...