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One day after a year-old video showing Pat Narduzzi criticizing former offensive coordinator Matt Canada circulated on social media, Pitt’s coach was asked Tuesday to describe their relationship. Narduzzi said he hadn’t seen the video of his talk at a coaches’ clinic, but he received two text messages about it....

If you like college basketball as much as I do — especially memories of the Big East’s early days — then you know how bad of a week it has been. • Former Pitt standout Demetreus Gore died of an apparent heart attack over the weekend. He was 54. Gore...

Demetreus Gore, who played on Pitt’s first Big East regular-season championship teams in 1987 and ’88, died over the weekend. He was 54. Pitt coach Jeff Capel tweeted in tribute to Gore, “RIP to a Panther great. Another brother gone too soon!” RIP to a Panther great, Demetrius Gore. Another...

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. 0/00: Brian Shorter Compiling the best players ever to wear number 0 or 00 jerseys in a sports city typically is a short list....

For “First Call” on Monday, we try to wrap our minds around a brutal weekend in college basketball. The Flyers are on the brink. Marc-Andre Fleury went back in net and won. And two ex-Pirate pitchers square off for a third time this year. Can’t take anymore If you are...

The possibility he’d infect his granddad or any other family member with covid-19 was too much risk, said Central Catholic football star Elliot Donald, who decided to skip his senior season. The 6-foot-3, 255-pound defensive tackle is a Pitt commit, one of the WPIAL’s elite players and the nephew of...

When you look back at Larry Fitzgerald’s time at Pitt and in the NFL, much of it is difficult to believe. • In his second and final (sophomore) season at Pitt in 2003, he caught 92 passes for 1,672 yards and 22 touchdowns. • Equally amazing, he didn’t win the...

Amidst covid outbreaks, cancellations and reconfigurations, most of us wondered if there would be a college football season this year. But Pitt has been preparing almost without interruption most of the summer, and the scheduled opener is only 15 days away. The season will start one week late, but that’s...

If there are football games at Heinz Field next month, the seats will be empty. The worst fears of Pittsburgh Steelers and Pitt football fans became harsh reality Thursday when season-ticket holders were informed fans will not be permitted inside the stadium throughout September. The ban will include the first...

Bill Cherpak remembers Devin Danielson as such a nuisance he had to kick him off the field at practice. “He was so destructive,” Thomas Jefferson’s 25-year coach said of Pitt’s sophomore defensive tackle. “We really couldn’t practice if he was going full speed on defense because the offense would never...

Pitt finalized its reconfigured 2020 schedule Tuesday when director of athletics Heather Lyke announced the Panthers will open the season Sept. 12 at Heinz Field against Austin Peay, an FCS school located in Clarksville, Tenn. Austin Peay will replace Miami (Ohio) of the Mid-American Conference on Pitt’s schedule. The MAC...

Pitt received more bad news Tuesday when it was revealed senior cornerback Damarri Mathis will miss this season with a nonfootball related injury. Mathis is the second key contributor Pitt announced will miss this season since camp started. Preseason All-American defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman opted out to prepare for the...

Through the first 19 days of Pitt training camp, freshman wide receiver Jordan Addison has caught the attention of coach Pat Narduzzi. When Narduzzi was asked Tuesday to compare Addison to other pass catchers he’s come across over the years, Narduzzi made an interesting choice. “I’m pretty bad at that....

Jaylen Twyman continues to make news — even after opting out of the 2020 season. Twyman, who would have been a junior defensive tackle at Pitt this season, was named Tuesday to the Associated Press’ preseason All-America first team. Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons joins Twyman as two of 11...

When winter turned to spring on Pitt’s campus, Lucas Krull looked around and said, “Where’s the sun?” What would you expect? He spent the past two years at the University of Florida. “I’m not going to lie. I hated the weather,” Pitt’s tight end admitted of his first impression of...

The first question posed to Pat Narduzzi during his 30-minute Zoom call with reporters Friday had nothing to do with covid-19, masks or the tricky task of starting and finishing a season this year. It was the first of many about players blocking and tackling, running and throwing and how...

Pat Narduzzi didn’t say when and he didn’t say who, but he left no doubt what he said to a player who made the mistake of uttering these words at practice: “Yeah, that’s if we play, coach.” In Narduzzi’s mind, there are no “ifs” about starting Pitt’s season Sept. 12...

Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi said Friday giving fall athletes a free year of eligibility is “a no-brainer,” considering the questions hanging over college athletics. The NCAA Division I board of directors voted Friday to approve a proposal to ensure that all athletes, whether they play in the fall or...

The talk around the Pitt football team is the defense Pat Narduzzi has built could be his best in six seasons as coach of the Panthers. That’s a heavy load of expectations to carry around and probably too optimistic of a statement now that All-ACC defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman has...

Pitt incoming freshman guard Femi Odukale broke his arm and suffered other injuries recently when his scooter collided with a car, a Pitt Athletics spokesman said. The injuries are not life-threatening, and Odukale’s arm was repaired surgically. Odukale will miss practice time, but he may be available before the end...

Alex Kramer, whose love of Pitt football stretched from the coaching regimes of Jock Sutherland to Pat Narduzzi, died Tuesday. He was 91. Alex Kramer, a highly trusted and beloved Pitt Football administrator who served five different Panthers head coaches, has passed away at the age of 91. pic.twitter.com/SRmbepbZ9C— Pitt...

Pat Narduzzi grew up the son of a coach, waiting eagerly at the kitchen table in his Youngstown, Ohio, home to hear about his dad’s day. “I was the guy … in his back pocket all day,” Narduzzi once said. Talking football is one of Narduzzi’s great skills, and he...

For Tuesday’s “First Call,” we take a look at the new NFL “Monday Night Football” broadcast booth. And there’s some Pittsburgh representation. Former Pitt Panther Louis Riddick is going to be part of the crew. He’ll be one of the color-commentary analysts, along with former NFL quarterback Brian Griese. Steve...