Five Takeaways from Pat Narduzzi’s Albany Press Conference
PITTSBURGH — As has been the case for each of the first three years of Pat Narduzzi’s tenure at Pitt, the Panthers will start the season with an opponent from the FCS ranks. This year, it’s Albany,...
View ArticleLocal Media Predicts 2018 Record for Pitt Football
Not many national media outlets have high expectations for the 2018 Pitt Panthers. What about the local media? Over the last two days, Pittsburgh Sports Now has reached out to various members of the...
View ArticlePitt Target, Norwin QB Jack Salopek Shines in Week Zero Win
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Pitt fans were introduced to Jack Salopek back in June when head coach Pat Narduzzi extended an offer to the Norwin quarterback. As a sophomore, Salopek threw for more than 1,800...
View ArticleVukovcan: Jeff Capel’s Impact Immediate and Obvious
Jeff Capel hasn’t coached a game yet for Pitt but the public perception is that Heather Lyke has earned an “A” for a homerun hire. Despite having a roster that will be filled with a majority of players...
View ArticleWeed Man USA/PSN Recruiting Notebook: August 28
The PSN Recruiting Notebook, your home for the latest recruiting news on Pitt, Duquesne, Robert Morris and the WPIAL, is sponsored by Weed Man USA Lawn Care. For more than 45 years, the team at Weed...
View ArticleSights and Sounds from Pitt Practice Aug. 28
PITTSBURGH — Perhaps the most surprising news of Monday was the status of Pitt’s depth chart at cornerback, where senior Phillipie Motley was listed as a co-starter at one corner along with incumbent...
View ArticleWPIAL’s Week 0 Top Performers and our Dunkin’ Donuts Player of the Week
Week 0 of the 2018 High School Football season is in the books and we had quite a few outstanding performers. Before we recognize a few of those players, we wanted to let you know that our PSN Game of...
View ArticleMack in Action? Pitt WR Says He’s Ready
PITTSBURGH — Pitt wide receiver Taysir Mack, who was not listed on the first depth chart of the season on Monday, insisted Tuesday that he’s ready to make his debut this Saturday against Albany. Mack,...
View ArticleDarrin ‘Pops’ Hall Humbled, Focused by Fatherhood
PITTSBURGH — When you think of “Pops” in Pittsburgh sports lore, the image that comes to mind is probably of former Pirates great Willie Stargell. Stargell gained the nickname later in his playing...
View ArticleWeed Man USA/PSN Recruiting Notebook: August 29
The PSN Recruiting Notebook, your home for the latest recruiting news on Pitt, Duquesne, Robert Morris and the WPIAL, is sponsored by Weed Man USA Lawn Care. For more than 45 years, the team at Weed...
View ArticleStrong Preseason Has Buffalo Bills Considering Starting Nathan Peterman
When the Buffalo Bills signed AJ McCarron and then drafted Wyoming’s Josh Allen with the seventh overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft, many assumed Nathan Peterman would be relegated to a backup role for...
View ArticleDuquesne Women Basketball Extends Offer to 2020 Forward Selma Kulo
Normally when a coach makes a player cry that isn’t a good thing. However that wasn’t the case this week when Duquesne women’s basketball coach Dan Burt spoke to 2020 forward Selma Kulo. After Burt and...
View ArticleSteigerwald: Larry Fitzgerald, American Role Model
Sports could use a few thousand more guys like Larry Fitzgerald. A few weeks ago, when he paid his dying friend John McCain a visit, he was asked to be one of the speakers at his memorial service....
View ArticleHealthy, Confident Damar Hamlin: Pitt Secondary Has ‘New Attitude’
PITTSBURGH — For the first three seasons of Pat Narduzzi’s tenure at Pitt, a perceived lack of talent in the defensive secondary has been one of the reasons that’s been given for Pitt’s defense under...
View ArticleConfirmed Visitors to the Pitt-Penn State Game
The Pitt vs. Penn State will be the biggest game played at Heinz Field this season. The game is already sold out and it will be played in prime time on national television. Today, Pittsburgh Sports Now...
View ArticleDambrot’s Dukes Get Defensive in First Team Workout
PITTSBURGH — The high temperature on Wednesday was near 90 degrees, but despite summer maintaining its grip on the region’s weather right through the end of August, it was the start of basketball...
View ArticleWeed Man USA/PSN Recruiting Notebook: August 30
The PSN Recruiting Notebook, your home for the latest recruiting news on Pitt, Duquesne, Robert Morris and the WPIAL, is sponsored by Weed Man USA Lawn Care. For more than 45 years, the team at Weed...
View ArticlePSN Goes 1-on-1 With Pitt’s E.J. Borghetti
He’s not a coach or a player, but the name E.J. Borghetti is a familiar one for most Pitt fans. Over the past 21 years, Borghetti has been the media relations director for Pitt athletics and in...
View ArticleSaunders: PSU Out of Excuses for Dodging Pitt
Pitt and Penn State will play for the 99th time next Saturday at Heinz Field. Chances are, it’ll be the last time. It doesn’t seem like the Nittany Lions are in any hurry to resume the rivalry, which...
View ArticleDukes Seeking Corrections for Home Opener
PITTSBURGH — Duquesne was out-manned and out-matched during their season-opening loss to UMass last Saturday. But while the result was lopsided, not everything head coach Jerry Schmitt saw on the film...
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