By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive The current landscape of college sports facilitates more movement by student- athletes through the transfer portal than ever before. As a result, far fewer players begin a...

By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive As Pitt reached its critical end-of-season juncture, closing out the year against three straight ranked opponents, it began without the steady services of kicker Trey Butk...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Since he became Penn State’s interim coach, Terry Smith has put things bluntly. Smith admits, after this weekend’s regular-season finale at Rutgers he’s not sure what comes n...

The loss snapped a fourgame winning streak for the defending national champion Gators. SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brock Harding made a goahead jumper in the key with 48 seconds left and then hit five free throw...

As Pitt reached its critical end-of-season juncture, closing out the year against three straight ranked opponents, it began without the steady services of kicker Trey Butkowski. Butkowski, a true fres...

A few weeks ago, Mason Heintschel didn’t fully know how to respond when asked why no Power Four programs, save for Pitt, offered him a scholarship as a high school recruit. Seven starts into his colle...

Braylan Lovelace entered this season already having proven himself as a valuable contributor at Pitt. In 2024, the Leechburg grad thrived as a rotational member of the Panthers’ linebacking corps, pos...

Belle Vernon’s Elijah Brown decommitted from Pitt and signed a letter of intent to wrestle at Penn State. Penn State picked up commitments from two of the top wrestlers in the WPIAL and PIAA — Norwin ...

Pitt’s two games against Power Five opponents this season — West Virginia and Central Florida — resulted in double-digit losses. However disappointing those defeats were, the Panthers were at least ha...

RICHMOND, Va. — California (Pa.) capitalized on two early turnovers and held the nation’s leading rusher below his season averages to earn a 27–24 victory over third-seeded Virginia Union on Saturday ...

By the Mon Valley Independent WILMINGTON, Del. — California (Pa.) head coach Jess Strom reached a major program milestone on Saturday afternoon, earning her 300th career victory as the Vulcans defeate...

The Vulcans have won eight games three times in the past five seasons. California (Pa.) will travel to Richmond, Va., today for a first-round NCAA Division II playoff game against No. 17/19 Virginia U...

When Mason Heintschel walked off of the field at Acrisure Stadium last weekend, he experienced something new as a collegiate athlete. Pitt’s freshman quarterback, for the first time in six games since...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The winners of the annual North Dakota State-South Dakota State rivalry football game get an unusual honor: hoisting a 78-pound trophy for all to see. The Dakota Marker is a rock...

Pitt coach Jeff Capel said earlier this week that the Panthers were getting close to figuring out what kind of basketball team they are. That remark came on the heels of a 34-point beatdown of Bucknel...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — No. 22 Tennessee seemingly has its best chance in more than two decades to celebrate in the Swamp. The Volunteers (7-3, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) have lost 10 in a row in G...

Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza took a brief respite from film study Wednesday to reflect on his incredible season and another historic Hoosiers run. He certainly deserves to take a bow — though ...

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin politely declined to talk about other job openings. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian eagerly wanted to discuss his future. In the last — and most interesting — Southeastern Confe...

By the Mon Valley Independent The California (Pa.) men earned their first victory of the season in convincing fashion Wednesday night, defeating Charleston (W.Va.) 90–60 at the Convocation Center behi...

Of all Pitt’s units, the defense could leave last weekend’s defeat to No. 9 Notre Dame with heads held the highest. Not that any players did in the aftermath of a 37-15 defeat. While the Panthers pick...