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5 questions surrounding Pitt football as training camp opens

Believe it or not, even Clemson and Alabama have questions at the outset of training camp. No team is immune. So, imagine what’s going through Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi’s head as he looks through the big window in his office at the football fields next to the South Side railroad...
Pitt basketball announces dates for first 12 games of 2019-2020 season

Pitt announced the first 12 games of its men’s basketball schedule Tuesday, including the opener Nov. 6 against ACC opponent Florida State at the Petersen Events Center. It’s the first time Pitt will start the season with a conference game. All but three of the 12 will be played at...
Pitt cross country teams to hold home meet at Carrie Blast Furnace

For the first time in more than 20 years, Pitt’s men’s and women’s cross country teams will be hosts for a home meet this season. The Pitt Panther Opener will be held Aug. 30 at the Carrie Blast Furnace in Swissvale. The historic Carrie Blast Furnace operated for nearly 100...
Pitt return ace Maurice Ffrench, 13 Clemson players named to preseason All-ACC team

Defending national champion Clemson placed 13 players on the 27-man preseason All-ACC team while Pitt, the team that lost to the Tigers in the conference championship game last year, settled for one. The team was chosen by a vote of 173 media members. Pitt is represented by senior return man...
Pitt picked to finish 4th in ACC Coastal; opening-night opponent Virginia ranks 1st

If a poll of 173 media members is to be believed, Pitt’s opener against Virginia on Aug. 31 at Heinz Field will be one of its most difficult games of the season. Virginia received 82 votes to win the ACC Coastal in a poll conducted last week at the ACC...
Pitt extends football, basketball broadcast deals with 93.7 FM

Pitt’s athletic department has entered into a multi-year broadcast partnership with Entercom, a media and entertainment company, that will keep the university’s football and basketball games on 93.7 FM for the 10th consecutive season. The station has provided play-by-play for both teams since the 2010-11 seasons, but for the first...
Aliquippa, Pitt great Darrelle Revis promotes healthy choices for children

Darrelle Revis doesn’t have to draw on the experience of others for helping lead the fight for kids to be active. The Aliquippa native has to nudge his 10-year-old son to stop playing video games and go outside. That’s why Revis, 34, hosted the second Hunger & Health Fun Fest...
Pitt adds walk-on guard K.J. Marshall to 2019-20 roster

K.J. Marshall, who played in three state high school championship games in North Carolina, has joined Pitt’s team as a freshman walk-on guard. Marshall, 5-foot-11, 160 pounds, was a high school teammate of Pitt sophomore Au’Diese Toney. Marshall averaged 9.5 and 9.4 points over the past two seasons, hit 84...
Tim Benz: A look at some great Pittsburgh-Philadelphia sports moments

With the Philadelphia Phillies coming into town for a weekend series, the nostalgia gears in my brain got going. I started flashing back to my favorite Pittsburgh-Philadelphia sports memories of years gone by. I figured I’d choose one from each of the three major professional sports to outline on “Breakfast...
New coaches in ACC Coastal adds to division’s unpredictabilityVideo

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi had a good idea what to expect over the past two seasons from every opponent in the ACC’s Coastal Division. Not this year. After two years with the same seven head coaches, nearly half of that group is gone with Georgia Tech, Miami...
Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi: No scholarship players sought to transfer this year

It’s July, and everyone is 0-0. So, of course, everyone has high hopes for the upcoming season. Pat Narduzzi is no different. But what makes Pitt’s coach most hopeful about the direction of his program is something that occured — or, actually, didn’t occur — in the offseason. “We were...
Pitt on stable ground in Pat Narduzzi’s 5th season, but with work to doVideo

Pat Narduzzi likes to approach every season in the same manner. Coaches, almost invariably, are creatures of habit. Change interrupts their thought process and their players’ focus. To the liking of Pitt’s administration and fans, Pitt’s football program is blessed with rare (at least, for this decade) stability at the...
‘Pawn Stars’ helps former Pitt star Mark May recover his Super Bowl rings

Former Pitt football star Mark May is getting his Super Bowl rings back. The Panthers Hall of Fame offensive lineman won the rings with the Washington Redskins during his NFL playing days. According to ABC 15 in Arizona, May was wearing the rings at a charity event in Scottsdale, Ariz....
Pitt releases first depth chart, but expect it to change

The first point to be made about Pitt’s first training camp depth chart is that it will change. Many times, and often for reasons only a coach could understand. Someone was late for breakfast. Someone else couldn’t answer a question during video study. Someone complained about the heat. But the...
Some Pitt football thoughts as the ACC gathers in Charlotte

Pat Narduzzi will open his fifth training camp as Pitt’s coach Aug. 2 on the South Side. The Panthers will have the place to themselves for a few weeks until the Pittsburgh Steelers return from Saint Vincent, creating that state of seclusion football coaches demand at camp. For three weeks,...
Wanna bet? It’s the season for college football over/unders

Nothing says the end of summer — even if it’s just begun — more than college football over/unders. We’re not halfway through July and baseball’s regular season still has 11 more weeks to run, but football is approaching. The Pittsburgh Steelers report to camp July 25, Pitt a week later....

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