Duquesne freshman Kadri-Ann Lass has had a big season for the 24-3 Dukes. So big that she likely has all but sewn up Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Year honors when the season ending awards are announced. Lass was once again honored by the conference for being named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week on Monday. It was the sixth time this season that Lass has been named Rookie of the Week and that ties her for the most in Duquesne history with Korie Hlede and Wumi Agunbiade Lass ... Read More
Jamel Artis lifts Pitt to win over Syracuse
Often this season it has seemed that the Pitt Panthers go as Jamel Artis goes. On Saturday at Syracuse Artis was very good and so were the Panthers. Artis finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds as the Panthers defeated the Orange 66-52 Saturday afternoon at the Carrier Dome, keeping their NCAA Tournament hopes alive. That included a tie-breaking three-pointer with 6:55 left that gave Pitt a 48-45 lead. The Panthers outscored Syracuse 18-7 the rest of the way. James Robinson also finished in ... Read More
Duquesne Women sweep A-10 awards, move up in polls
The Duquesne women’s basketball team continued its tremendous start to the season over the past week and once again, they were noticed. For the third time this season, the Dukes have swept the Atlantic 10 weekly awards with Deva’Nyar Workman winning Player of the Week and Kadri-Ann Lass being named Rookie of the Week. Duquesne improved to 23-2 and 11-1 in the Atlantic 10 Conference by beating both Rhode Island and St. Joseph’s last week. Workman averaged a 14.5 points per game and 7.5 ... Read More
Pitt desperate for win as tournament in jeopardy
Rewind the calendar just a couple of weeks and the Pitt Panthers were in a pretty solid spot. Despite not having a real good win on the season, Pitt sat 17-4 overall and more importantly 6-3 in a very tough ACC. That left them in a solid spot for the NCAA Tournament as three weeks ago Jamie Dixon's team was being viewed at best as a No. 5 seed. My how times have changed in just a couple short weeks. Pitt sits at 6-6 in the ACC and 17-7 overall and while that isn't bad, they still don't have ... Read More
Pitt crushed by No. 9 North Carolina
The Pitt Panthers entered Saturday’s matchup against No. 9 North Carolina desperate for a quality win. Needless to say they had no chance of getting one against the Tar Heels. Brice Johnson scored 19 points and Marcus Paige added 15 as North Carolina dominated the Panthers throughout en route to an 85-64 victory. Pitt (17-7, 6-6 ACC), who trailed by 16 at one point in the first half, was down 42-29 at the half before cutting the deficit to just seven early in the second half. But the ... Read More
Mike Ditka heads home in ESPN feature “Back to School”
In 2011, ESPN did a feature on Mike Ditka visiting his hometown of Aliquippa, PA. He visits his mother, visits the football team, and discusses how football and growing up in Aliquippa shaped him into who he is today. ... Read More
Steelers among early Vegas Super Bowl favorites
Now that the Denver Broncos are officially Super Bowl champions, all eyes can turn to next season and who will be drinking a lot of Budweisers as Peyton Manning and his teammates did Sunday night.Vegas already gives the Pittsburgh Steelers a very good shot to be that team.Immediately after the Super Bowl concluded, odds were released on the favorites to capture the Lombardi Trophy next season, and three teams that watched this year’s event are the early favorites.The Steelers, along with the New ... Read More
Ugly second half dooms Pitt in loss to No. 9 Virginia
The Pitt Panthers came into Saturday’s matchup against No. 9 Virginia 14-3 against Top 10 teams all-time at the Petersen Events Center.Pitt came to play- for a half- but ultimately were outclassed by the visiting Cavaliers in a 64-50 defeat.With the game tied at 31 early in the second half, Virginia put together a 12-0 run on the back of excellent three-point shooting, something they did well all afternoon.Malcom Brogden, who finished with 21 points, Devon Hall and London Perrantes all drained ... Read More
James Conner expected to play in 2016
It's been a pretty positive week for Pat Narduzzi and the Pitt football program.A solid recruiting class plus the news that first-team All-ACC defensive end Ejuan Price was granted a sixth season of eligibility would make any coaches day in early February. But that news is pale in comparison to the fact that Narduzzi expects star running back James Conner to be back on the field in 2016.Conner, the 2014 ACC Player of the Year, is back running and working out at the Pitt facility.“He's ... Read More
Duquesne Women win 20th
It took a while, but the Duquesne women's basketball team reached its magic number once again on Wednesday-20.After a 73-64 overtime thriller against U Mass at the Palumbo Center on Wednesday night, Duquesne became just a handful of teams in the country to hit the 20-win plateau for the eighth consecutive season.Sitting now at 20-2, this season is the fastest they have reached that mark as the Dukes now sit in a first-place tie atop the Atlantic 10 Conference.April Robinson led Duquesne (20-2, ... Read More