Pitt women’s volleyball releases fall schedule
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...
ACC media poll ranks Pitt 8th in preseason rankings
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...
This college football season will be unlike any otherVideo
A most overused coaching cliche has never been so relevant as college football embarks on a season of covid-19: Take it one day at a time. With so much uncertainty, trying to figure how this will go is impossible. But there will be games, including a few this weekend, though...
Bill Hillgrove faces 2-game suspension from Steelers, Pitt broadcasts for DUI charge
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...
Pitt freshman WR Jordan Addison hopes chalk talk, not trash talk, sets him apart
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...
Pat Narduzzi tinkers with Pitt’s roster, adds veteran wide receiver D.J. Turner
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...
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi on Matt Canada: ‘The guy’s awesome’
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....
Mike DeCourcy remembers John Thompson, Cliff Robinson, Pitt’s Demetreus Gore, Big East glory days
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...
In coaching clinic video, Pat Narduzzi says former assistant was ‘stupid’ to leave PittVideo
When Pat Narduzzi spoke at a coach of the year clinic last year, his message to the crowd of coaches was “be patient” when thinking about other jobs. Good advice, especially for those who hold good jobs. To illustrate his point, Narduzzi told the story of an offensive coordinator who...
Former Pitt basketball great Demetreus Gore dies at age 54
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...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 0/00: Brian Shorter rebounded from Prop 48 to make impact at Pitt
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....
First Call: Pitt basketball great dies, Cole vs. Glasnow III, Flyers lose, Fleury back
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...
Central Catholic football star, Pitt recruit Elliot Donald skipping senior season
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...
‘Burgh’s best to wear it, No. 1: Larry Fitzgerald, 37, prepares for his 16th NFL season
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...
Pitt Take 5: Pondering the offensive line and key losses on defense
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...
Heinz Field closed to Steelers, Pitt fans through September
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...
‘Destructive’ Devin Danielson hopes to replace Jaylen Twyman on Pitt’s defensive line
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...
Unranked and rankled, Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi demands explanationVideo
Pat Narduzzi usually doesn’t listen to outside noise. He likes to duck into a foxhole with his players, ignore the rest of the world — especially when people express opinions about his team — and focus on preparing for the season. It’s a strategy coaches and managers in all sports...
Pitt schedules FCS member Austin Peay to start the season Sept. 12
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 senior cornerback Damarri Mathis will miss season with nonfootball related injury
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...
Antonio Brown, Pitt freshman Jordan Addison: Pat Narduzzi sees a resemblance
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....
After opt-outs, Pitt’s Jaylen Twyman, PSU’s Micah Parsons still named preseason All-American
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...
Grad transfer Lucas Krull hopes to make tight end a bright spot for Pitt
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...
With ‘crazy season’ looming, Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi eager to talk football
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 ‘not blowing smoke’ when he predicts Pitt will play Sept. 12
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...
