Pitt to honor Shady Side Academy girls basketball coach Jonna Burke
Jonna (Huemrich) Burke was honored to pick up the phone and have Sam Clancy on the other end of line. Clancy, a Pitt graduate who had an 11-year football career in the USFL and NFL, was calling to tell Burke she will be honored Feb. 20 at Pitt’s 64th annual...
The Indiana model: Is Pitt football capable of becoming a national contender?
The magnitude surrounding Indiana’s national championship is still being absorbed by the college football universe. In the span of two years, coach Curt Cignetti transformed one of the most historically futile programs to the top of the sport, provoking coaches, pundits and fans to wonder: How? Programs such as Pitt...
Analysis: Picking out silver linings from bad losses an increasingly stale task for Pitt
Jeff Capel knows Pitt let a winnable game slip away because of self-inflicted wounds. “I think we missed eight layups,” Capel said. “So, you look at that and think if we just do these things and make half of the layups, make our free throws in the game, perhaps it’s...
Incoming snowstorm forces TV change for Pitt men’s basketball, tip-off change for Duquesne women
Plummeting temperatures and expected snow and ice will impact dozens of states over the weekend, meteorologists are warning. As a result of inclement and extreme weather warnings, the ACC announced several game time and television network changes for Saturday. Pitt’s noon tip-off at Petersen Events Center vs. N.C. State remains...
Missed free throws, layups doom Pitt as Boston College wins on late 3-pointer
Last weekend, Pitt suffered one type of humiliating loss in a 41-point beatdown against Louisville. On Wednesday at Boston College, the Panthers felt the sting of a different type of defeat. Pitt battled through a sluggish offensive start and the ejection of point guard Damarco Minor only to fall 65-62...
Pitt’s Olivia Babcock wins another national honor, capturing Honda Sport Award for 2nd straight year
Pitt volleyball right-side hitter Olivia Babcock will need to make a bit more room in her already overflowing trophy case, as Wednesday she was announced as the Honda Sport Award winner for the second straight year. Issued by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA), the Honda Sport Award recognizes the...
Joe Starkey’s Stick Route: Jeff Capel’s Pitt tenure running on empty
Commentary on day’s news in 300 words or less It’s not Kevin Stallings 2.0, but when you lose to Louisville at home by a million points, Stallings certainly springs to mind. Stallings lost to Louisville, 106-51, on Jan. 24, 2017. Jeff Capel lost to Louisville, 100-59, on Saturday, nearly the...
‘Flush it’: Pitt aims to quickly leave humiliating Louisville loss in the rearview mirrorVideo
Judging by his postgame remarks Saturday, Jeff Capel wouldn’t begrudge anyone for labeling Pitt’s 100-59 beatdown at the hands of Louisville as humiliating. After all, Capel described the loss as “embarrassing,” and there are few other ways to describe a result that ranks in the top five of largest margins...
‘I’m worried about it’: Pitt’s Jeff Capel weighs in amid college points-shaving gambling scandal
The recently revealed college basketball points-shaving scandal, one of a growing number of controversies surrounding gambling on games by both professional and collegiate athletes, featured ties to Pittsburgh. Former Robert Morris forward Markeese Hastings was among those federally indicted for intentionally underperforming during games as part of the scheme. In...
Pitt adds another kicker from transfer portal in Western Illinois’ Antonio Chadha
Pitt’s situation at kicker took more shape Sunday when Western Illinois transfer Antonio Chadha announced a commitment to the Panthers. He follows Samuel Hunsaker, a kicker from Northern Arizona (which, like Western Illinois, competes in the Football Championship Subdivision), who committed to Pitt on Jan. 11. While the transfer portal...
‘Embarrassing’: Pitt obliterated by No. 20 Louisville in most lopsided defeat of Jeff Capel era
Through Jeff Capel’s tenure at Pitt, now in its eighth season, fans have grown accustomed to more valleys than peaks as the Panthers have struggled to reach the NCAA Tournament or establish momentum as a program. Over that span, there’s been no shortage of lows in terms of overall results...
Pitt transfer portal rundown: Who did the Panthers bring in?Video
As the dust settles around the transfer portal window (Jan. 2-16), a stock can be taken of the players who departed Pitt’s program and those the Panthers acquired. In total, TribLive counted 22 departures. As for additions, the tally stands at 15. Thirteen players announced commitments to Pitt on social...
Pitt defensive lineman Joey Zelinsky declares for NFL Draft
Following one year with Pitt, defensive end Joey Zelinksy announced he’d be declaring for the 2026 NFL Draft on Friday. Zelinsky transferred to Pitt in January of 2025 following three seasons (2022-24) at Eastern Michigan and one (2021) at Hudson Valley Community College. In his lone year in a Panthers...
Pitt transfer portal rundown: Who left the Panthers?
Friday marks the final day that Division I football players may enter their names into the transfer portal. With the portal window closing (there no longer is a spring period), rosters are being finalized as teams across the country welcome early enrollees, conduct winter workouts and look ahead to spring...
Pitt, Pat Narduzzi officially introduce 4 new assistant coaches
Before Pitt even played in the Military Bowl on Dec. 27, coach Pat Narduzzi knew he had at least two vacancies to fill on his staff. That was due to defensive coordinator Randy Bates retiring and special teams coordinator/tight ends coach Jacob Bronowski taking a job at Auburn on Dec....
Pitt’s Nojus Indrusaitis shows potential with slump-busting performance vs. Georgia TechVideo
Much of Pitt’s men’s basketball season to date has featured individual players navigating inconsistent stretches of offensive production. Take, for example, sophomore guard Brandin Cummings, who lit up Petersen Events Center for 34 points (versus Hofstra on Dec. 7) and 29 points (versus Syracuse on Saturday) only to also be...
Pitt quarterback Mason Heintschel to return for 2026 season
Pitt’s most important player removed a major source of anxiety for coach Pat Narduzzi with an important announcement Thursday as quarterback Mason Heintschel intends to return to the Panthers for his sophomore year. Heintschel revealed he’ll be back at Pitt one day before the transfer portal window (Jan. 2-16) closes....
Behind team offensive effort, Pitt clobbers Georgia Tech to notch elusive 1st ACC victory
Pitt arrived at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta on Wednesday night a desperate squad, winless in ACC league play and sitting in 16th place in the conference. Whether that desperation was channeled into a much-needed victory would depend upon a full team effort by the Panthers. A team effort is exactly...
Pitt great Aaron Donald among 2026 College Football Hall of Fame inductees
After a decorated football career, Aaron Donald retired, with immortality in the sport all but assured. Those moments continue to arrive. Pitt, where Donald starred from 2010-13 before a dominant 10-year NFL career, inducted him into its hall of fame in September and retired his No. 97 jersey in mid-November....
Pitt adds more help at linebacker, bringing in Alex Sanford Jr. from Purdue
Kyle Louis declaring for the NFL Draft and Rasheem Biles transferring to Texas has created a major void at linebacker for Pitt as the transfer portal window (Jan. 2-16) continues. The Panthers began to plug that gap by bringing in DeMarco Ward, who joined Pitt from Memphis on Jan. 13....
Pitt heads to Georgia Tech with multiple players aiming to snap out of offensive funk
At some point — sooner rather than later — Pitt basketball coach Jeff Capel and his players know they will need to start producing actual victories as opposed to moral victories to build upon for their next game. Pitt (7-9, 0-3) had leads in its first two ACC games against...
Striving for excellence bonds generations of Julius Page’s family
Twenty-five years ago this month, Pitt’s Julius Page soared over Georgetown’s 7-foot center, Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje, and threw down a dunk that would become legendary, cementing a moment that still resonates in Pitt basketball history. It was the season that the Oakland Zoo came to life. Decked out in gold, Pitt...
Reports: Former Pitt linebacker Rasheem Biles transfers to Texas
The Rasheem Biles sweepstakes appear to have reached a conclusion. Multiple reports surfaced Saturday indicating that Biles, a two-time All-ACC linebacker at Pitt, has transferred to Texas. Biles, who entered the transfer portal when it officially opened Jan. 2, has reposted reports of his joining the Longhorns on social media....
Pitt lands commitment from Northern Arizona kicker Samuel Hunsaker
Continuity won’t be in the cards at kicker for Pitt heading into 2026. That’s a result of Trey Butkowski, a second-team All-ACC selection last year as a true freshman, transferring to Michigan. However, Pitt made a move geared toward replacing Butkowski on Saturday, bringing in Northern Arizona kicker Samuel Hunsaker....
Pitt lands commitment from Memphis linebacker DeMarco Ward
In many ways, 2026 is set to be a new era for Pitt at linebacker. That group will be minus All-American Kyle Louis, who declared for the NFL Draft, two-time All-ACC selection Rasheem Biles, who entered the transfer portal, and coordinator Randy Bates, who oversaw Pitt’s linebackers in addition to...
