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Sometimes, the preseason depth chart is barely worth the ink used to run it through the copy machine. It can change daily, and coaches, including those at Pitt, might be disappointed if it remains unchanged for too long. That means backups aren’t improving. Pat Narduzzi released his first two-deep (in...

Former All-Star catcher Devin Mesoraco joined the Pitt baseball coaching staff as a volunteer assistant. He will work primarily with catchers. Mesoraco, a native of Punxsutawney, played eight years in the major leagues after joining the Cincinnati Reds in 2011. He was drafted by the Reds with the 15th overall...

The practices, meetings and video sessions aimed at preparing Pitt for its opener Saturday against Austin Peay are underway. But that is only part of what players, coaches and staff need to do. Everyone will be tested for covid-19 three times a week during the season. It started Sunday. There...

Back in March, when sports stopped and we had no idea when they would resume, ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit offered these distressing words: “I’ll be shocked if we have NFL football this fall, if we have college football,” he said in a radio interview. This is not meant...

When he was a freshman quarterback just trying to figure things out, Kenny Pickett mostly watched as a bad Pitt team lost seven games. A year later, he was on an ACC Coastal Division champion that ended the season on a three-game losing streak. Then, a year ago, Pitt won...

In accordance with a design developed by the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Pitt women’s volleyball team will play eight matches this fall against four regional conference opponents. The three-time defending ACC champion Panthers released their schedule Friday morning. They will face Syracuse, Boston College, Notre Dame and Louisville. Play begins...

Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi was handed more motivational material Friday when the ACC released its preseason media poll and the Panthers were ranked eighth out of 15 teams. Nonetheless, the 134-member panel chose three Pitt players to its All-ACC team: Center Jimmy Morrissey, defensive end Patrick Jones II and safety...

Bill Hillgrove, the radio voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers since 1994, will return for the 2020 season but will serve a two-game suspension after being charged with DUI in June. Hillgrove, who also has been affiliated with Pitt since 1969, also will be suspended for the two games of the...

When he heard Pat Narduzzi compared him to Antonio Brown, Jordan Addison allowed himself to smile. Or, was it just a polite grin? “I think that’s great,” Pitt’s freshman wide receiver said, “but I just try to stay humble and focus on myself.” When he was asked if he likes...

Never let it be said Pat Narduzzi is satisfied with his roster. Less than two weeks before the first game, Pitt’s coach added graduate transfer wide receiver D.J. Turner to the team. Turner (5-foot-9, 206 pounds) has one season of eligibility remaining — two, if he chooses to take advantage...

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...