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With a plan in place to conduct a football season in the ACC this year, next up for Heather Lyke is identifying a nonconference opponent to complete the schedule. Pitt’s athletic director said Thursday on 93.7 FM she likely will honor one of the contracts already in place with either...

If state and health officials allow, there will be football in the ACC this season. The conference released its reconfigured schedule Wednesday, trimming each team’s original 12-game slate by one, playing 10 ACC opponents and one outside the conference and welcoming Notre Dame as a member for the 2020 season....

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. 33: Tony Dorsett To simply say Tony Dorsett is the most decorated player in Pitt football history might be shortchanging him in the same...

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. 34: Billy Knight When Pitt’s Billy Knight scored a career-high 37 points against UCLA on Dec. 22, 1972, he shared top billing with the...

Jeff Capel’s quest to rebuild the Pitt basketball program hit what he hopes is a temporary roadblock Monday when four-star guard and Penn Hills native Jalen Hood-Schifino re-opened his recruitment. Hood-Schifino, 6-foot-4, verbally committed to Pitt last year as a sophomore. Schifino is ranked as the 33rd overall prospect by...

For “First Call” on Monday, former Steelers star Antonio Brown is a father again. A pro sports coaching peer is challenging Mike Ditka on his anthem-kneeling stance. Major League Baseball’s ghost runner rule has already ripped a hole in the space-time continuum. ‘Iron Mike’ is mad Pro Football Hall of...

The Atlantic Coast Conference and Notre Dame are considering whether the Fighting Irish will give up their treasured football independence to play as a member of the league for the 2020 season that has been thrown into question by the coronavirus pandemic. Two people involved in the ACC’s discussions about...

Surprising no one, Central Catholic defensive tackle Elliot Donald announced Friday he will enroll at Pitt next year, joining a program where his uncle Aaron was one of the most celebrated players in school history. In Due Time ?? | DIRECTED BY @prospectmedia_ ? pic.twitter.com/9xOPMVNACM— Elliot Donald (@ElliotDonald3) July 24,...

Pitt senior quarterback Kenny Pickett and Penn State running back Journey Brown and linebacker Micah Parsons were named Friday to the watch list for the Maxwell Award, presented annually to the best all-around player in college football. Pickett will be a three-year starter this season, but he also started one...

Friday’s “First Call” tackles three big topics before we hit the weekend. College sports gambling. Why the Toronto Blue Jays were snubbed in Pittsburgh. And Antonio Brown — for perhaps the first time in his life — may have a point. When Himmothy is right, Himmothy is right Here’s something...

Only in 2020 would you hear a top university official speak these words about the football season, two weeks before the start of training camp: “Right now, we are not in an ideal spot,” Pitt athletic director Heather Lyke said Wednesday morning. With each day ripped off the calendar, the...

The Wuerffel Trophy is known as “College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service.” Apparently, several area players have made their mark on their communities. Players from Pitt, Penn State and West Virginia were named to the Wuerffel Award watch list Thursday. Pitt senior defensive end Patrick Jones II, and Penn...

Heather Lyke is not on a crusade to shut down casinos, crush betting apps or eliminate sports gambling — now legal in 18 states and the District of Columbia. “I think we all recognize that gambling is omnipresent in our country,” Pitt’s athletic director said Thursday on a conference call...

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....

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. 40: Scott McKillop Scott McKillop had 344 career tackles as an inside linebacker at Pitt, none of them more famous — or critical —...

Eight players from Pitt, Penn State and West Virginia were named Tuesday to watch lists for the Nagurski Trophy and Outland Trophy, which are given to college football’s best defender and interior lineman. In addition, Pitt, PSU and WVU are three of 15 schools with multiple players on the watch...

Pitt safety Paris Ford’s reputation continued to grow in advance of the 2020 season when he was named Monday to the watch list for the Jim Thorpe Award. The award is handed out to the nation’s top defensive back. Ford, a junior from Steel Valley, previously earned selection to the...

The Colonial Athletic Association will cancel its fall sports seasons to avoid covid-19 issues, likely leaving Pitt without an early-season nonconference opponent, FOX Sports’ Bruce Feldman has reported. An official announcement is expected later Friday. SOURCES: The CAA conference is expected to announce tomorrow that the league will not be...

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. 45: DeJuan Blair DeJuan Blair stood 6-foot-4 in eighth grade when he was first spotted dunking a basketball. That feat occurred at the Ammons...

After the Virginia High School League canceled high school football in the fall, Pitt running back commit Malik Newton announced Thursday on Twitter his intention to skip his senior season and join the Panthers for the winter semester. With VHSL canceling all fall sports, and most likely to play football...

With the Atlantic Ocean at his back, Pat Narduzzi looked happy and relaxed Monday morning while sitting on the porch of his Rhode Island vacation home. “I feel good about everything this time of year,” Pitt’s coach told ACC Network hosts Mark Packer and Wes Durham during a live interview....

Only three Division I college football programs have three players on the 2020 Bednarik Award Watch List released Monday. Pitt is one of them, joining defending national champion LSU and USC. Selected to the list from the Panthers are safety Paris Ford, defensive end Patrick Jones II and defensive tackle...

With major decisions pending, including possible reconfiguration of the football schedule, the ACC has postponed until further notice its Media Days event originally scheduled to be held virtually July 21-23. JUST IN: @theACC virtual preseason football media day PPD until further notice. Oh boy. @Sports_Night pic.twitter.com/gxobtnQ1Li— Mike Solarte (@MikeSolarte) July...

If you listen to our “Madden Monday” podcasts weekly, then you know Mark Madden’s strong affection for Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. Obviously, Mark is JuJu’s biggest fan. So when Smith-Schuster celebrated subscriber No. 1,000,000 to his YouTube channel, you knew Mark would be the first one in line to...