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‘Burgh’s best to wear it, No. 22: Andrew McCutchen taught Pirates how to win
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 22: Andrew McCutchen Andrew McCutchen will be remembered for many achievements in his nine seasons in Pittsburgh: swinging a reliable bat, stealing bases, running...
Duquesne hopes to play football but remains cautious
In the wake of the Northeast Conference postponing the start of its fall sports seasons amidst the covid-19 pandemic, Duquesne is taking a patient and cautious approach in regards to its football and women’s bowling teams, associate members of the conference. “We are continuing to monitor all the health data...
Atlantic 10 makes slight alteration to Duquesne’s men’s basketball schedule
For the first time in five years, there will be a new school among the Duquesne men’s basketball team’s Atlantic 10 home-and-home opponents. The Atlantic 10, which will celebrate its 45th anniversary, released its 2020-21 schedule pairings Thursday, with Davidson replacing Saint Louis as one of the Dukes’ five two-time...
Northeast Conference postpones fall sports, including Duquesne, St. Francis football
The Northeast Conference, which counts Duquesne and St. Francis among its football members, has postponed fall sports. The league, which had previously announced a delay for fall sports until Sept. 10, made the announcement Wednesday evening. The NEC said it would meet by Oct. 1 to “evaluate the public health...
Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot ‘having a difficult time’ finishing schedule, swallowing loss of City Game
Pro sports and college football coaches are dealing with the pitfalls of trying to launch a season during the coronavirus outbreak. So are college basketball coaches. But they are also doing so while still coping with the premature ending to their previous seasons as a result of the same pandemic....
Atlantic 10 postponement of fall sports affects 9 Duquesne teams
When she was the 23-year-old women’s basketball coach at Georgia Tech, Bernie McGlade’s concerns were simple: • Zone over man-to-man defense? • Who will be the point guard? • What time does the bus leave? Today, in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, Bernadette V. McGlade is entering her 13th...
Center James Ellis leaves Duquesne for Tallahassee CC
James Ellis, who came to Duquesne from Westinghouse in 2018 as a promising 6-foot-11 prospect, transferred to Tallahassee (Fla.) Community College. Tallahassee coach Zach Settembre welcomed Ellis to his new school Friday on Twitter. Welcome to the @TCCEagles family, James Ellis! @JamesEllis_1 comes to @TCCeaglesMBB from @DuqMBB and Pittsburgh, PA....
Duquesne’s Baylee Steele signs pro contract with Polish team
Baylee Steele’s basketball career that has taken him to four states and four schools, including Duquesne, will journey overseas next season after signing a professional contract with PGE Spojnia Stargard of the Polish Basketball League. In his lone season at Duquesne in 2019-20, the 6-foot-11 Steele averaged 8.9 points, 4.7...
Trailblazing Duquesne star Jim Tucker dies at 87Video
If not for the Jim Crow laws in Kentucky in the 1950s, Jim Tucker might have been the first black basketball player at Kentucky. Instead, legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp recommended Tucker to his friend, Duquesne coach Chick Davies. And a year after Duquesne’s Chuck Cooper became the first African-American...
Pitt, Penn State, Duquesne athletes beat national averages in classroom progress
Student-athletes from Penn State, Pitt and Duquesne surpassed national averages in academic progress over the past four years, according to data released Tuesday by the NCAA. At Penn State, a school-record 20 teams earned perfect APR scores of 1,000 during the 2018-19 academic year, an increase of seven from the...
Controversy, intensity, sharp elbows marked previous chapters of Pitt/Duquesne rivalry
The Pitt/Duquesne basketball rivalry has cooled over the years. In 2020, for the second consecutive season, it won’t appear on the Pittsburgh sports calendar. Yet there are several moments that made it the most intense rivalry in the city’s history. Duquesne’s Andy Sisinni played in nine of the 87 games...
Mark Madden: Pitt basketball should stick to its word, play Duquesne
Pitt should play Duquesne in men’s basketball for any number of reasons. But the main reason is because Pitt said it would. In March 2019, a statement released by Pitt quoted athletic director Heather Lyke thusly: “The City Game is a time-honored basketball tradition in Pittsburgh. Unfortunately, our scheduling dynamics...
Dukes AD, Keith Dambrot sound off as City Game between Pitt, Duquesne not on schedule
The City Game, which used to be an annual grudge match between Pitt and Duquesne, has been kicked off the area sports calendar again. Pitt coach Jeff Capel said Thursday the Dukes won’t be on his nonconference schedule for the second year in a row. When asked if Pitt will...
Penn State, Duquesne, WVU and Pitt teams recognized for academic progress
A total of 16 collegiate athletic teams from four local universities earned NCAA Public Recognition Awards for their Academic Progress Rates (APR). The awards are presented annually by the NCAA to teams finishing among the top 10 percent in their sport over four academic years (2015/16-2018/19). APR is determined by...
Duquesne’s UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse won’t be ready in time for start of winter sports seasonsVideo
After sitting through a nearly two-month construction delay on Duquesne University’s UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, athletic director Dave Harper said Monday that the $45 million facility won’t be ready for at least the first part volleyball season nor the start of the basketball season in November. “That’s not going to happen,”...
Former Duquesne and WPIAL Olympic hopeful now a front-line nurse battling covid-19
Softball and baseball aren’t on the list of athletic accomplishments for former Duquesne and WPIAL athlete Anna Simone. Track is. After a stellar stint with the Dukes track team, Simone made a push for the 2016 Olympics. She also played soccer and basketball at Mt. Lebanon. But in trying to...
New Jersey center verbally commits to Duquesne
Duquesne received a verbal commitment Friday from 6-foot-11 center Mounir Hima of St. Benedict’s Prepatory School in Newark, N.J. After he signs a letter of intent, Hima will be the only center in Duquesne’s 2020 recruiting class. The Dukes have signed six players — all guards and forwards. Hima, a...
Pitt, Duquesne, Robert Morris coaches band together in attempt to bounce covid-19
Keith Dambrot is serious when he says people need to practice social distancing as one of the best ways to fight covid-19. “Our daughter (Alysse) works in a physical therapy facility,” Duquesne’s men’s basketball coach said, “and we told her, ‘Don’t come (to visit).’ “We love our daughter, but we...
A-10 commissioner discusses trimming basketball tournamentsVideo
Atlantic 10 commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade can’t say for sure how, when or if fall sports will be contested in her conference this year. But she told reporters Monday she has been in talks with conference schools, including Duquesne, about a variety of plans that also could involve winter sports...
Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot will welcome 6-man freshman classVideo
Through his three seasons at Duquesne, Keith Dambrot has shown a willingness to change the immediate face of the program when he thought it was necessary. This offseason, however, the 61-year-old coach focused on the future, signing six players who may improve depth initially and could form a solid foundation...
Ex-Duquesne corner Harrison-Ducros might hear name called in NFL DraftVideo
Duquesne hasn’t had a player taken in the NFL Draft since 1951. Only one Duke has played in a regular-season NFL game since 1953: undrafted free agent defensive back Leigh Bodden, who played parts of eight seasons, the last with New England in 2011. History isn’t the only obstacle cornerback...
Duquesne plans challenging start to 2020-2021 basketball season
Duquesne will confront a tough gauntlet of opponents early next basketball season when the Dukes compete in the Maryland Showcase. They will play three games in seven days and face two opponents that won 20-plus games in 2019-2020. The series will be punctuated Nov. 22 when Duquesne meets Big Ten...
RMU’s Chris King on challenges athletic directors face because of covid-19
First-year Robert Morris athletic director Chris King had just gone through a full week of overseeing his teams barrel through playoff performances. The men’s basketball team had just won the NEC Tournament at the brand-new UPMC Events Center. His women’s team finished 17-1 in conference play. The men’s hockey team...
Duquesne lands three-star forward Toby Okani
Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot continued to build his class of 2020 on Friday when forward Toby Okani verbally committed to enroll. Okani made the announcement on his Twitter account. ???? Ramiir Dixon-Conover (@1neRDC) April 11, 2020 Okani, 6-foot-7, played at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass., last season. He is...
Duquesne gets commitments from Sincere Carry’s brother Mike Bekelja, forward Chad Baker
If you wanted to talk to Mike Bekelja on Tuesday to ask him about verbally committing to Duquesne, he had one request: “Can we talk later? I’m currently working out. I’m sorry.” Bekelja is one of two players who committed to Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot in the past two days....
