Austin’s 3-pointer gives Panthers win over Buckeyes
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
November 30, 2024
By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media Zack Austin hit the winning 3-point shot Friday afternoon with 0.04 seconds left in overtime to lift Pitt to a 91-90 victory against Ohio State, but there he was in a...
Oregon unanimous choice atop AP poll; movement throughout
NCAA, Sports
By By ERIC OLSON AP 
November 4, 2024
Oregon was the unanimous choice for No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, strengthening its bid for the top spot in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s first ra...
NCAA, Sports
November 4, 2024
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dylan Sampson rushed for 141 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 7 Tennessee to a 28-18 victory over Kentucky Saturday night. Tight end Miles Kitselman caught six passes for 9...
NCAA, Sports
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
November 4, 2024
If you are anything like me, you almost didn’t really mind that the Steelers were on a bye over the weekend. That’s because there were already two HUGE college football games on tap for Saturday with ...
Narduzzi: Holstein good for SMU
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
October 31, 2024
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi told reporters to “wait and see” when he was asked how quarterback Eli Holstein was feeling after leaving the Syracuse game in the fourth quarter with an injury Thursday night ...
NCAA, Sports
October 31, 2024
Two ruled out for Gators against Georgia GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will be without receiver Eugene Wilson III and cornerback Jason Marshall Jr. against No. 2 Georgia on Saturday. The Gators (4-...
NCAA, Sports
October 31, 2024
Iowa’s McNamara in concussion protocol IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa quarterback Cade Mc-Namara is in the concussion protocol and will not play Saturday against Wisconsin, coach Kirk Ferentz announced T...
Offense falls off, but Pitt still unbeaten
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
October 31, 2024
No one — fan, coach, player or Associated Press Top 25 voter — expected Pitt to keep up the offensive pace it set over the season’s first five games. The Panthers averaged more than five touchdowns (t...
Chaos born of NIL turned college hoops upside-down
NCAA, Sports
October 31, 2024
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — KJ Adams Jr. is sitting in a corner of Hadl Auditorium, just down the hallway from Allen Fieldhouse, the historic home of the top-ranked Kansas basketball team, and the place tha...
Holstein injury situation ‘wait and see’
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
October 29, 2024
When the subject of Eli Holstein’s health first was presented to Pat Narduzzi on Monday at his weekly news conference, it was half of a two-part question. Guess which half Pitt’s coach conveniently ig...
Penn State could be without starter Allar against Buckeyes
NCAA, Sports
By By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press 
October 29, 2024
Penn State coach James Franklin isn’t sure if starting quarterback Drew Allar will be ready to play when the thirdranked Nittany Lions host No. 4 Ohio State on Saturday. Allar suffered an apparent lef...
The dispute around a women’s volleyball team … defining ‘fair’
NCAA, Sports
October 29, 2024
A member of San Jose State’s volleyball team challenges the presence of a transgender athete ... her own teammate. NEW YORK (AP) — They play on the same team, but they couldn’t be further apart. One m...
Washington State’s debut at 22 prideful for Pac-12
NCAA, Sports
By By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer 
October 29, 2024
Washington State is the pride of the Pac-12 this week. There really hasn’t been much to celebrate in the old “Conference of Champions” since mass defections left just WSU and Oregon State. Those two a...
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
October 28, 2024
The Panthers will face new ACC foe SMU this weekend in Dallas. A month ago, one of the most iconic players in SMU history was speaking to coach Rhett Lashlee. Craig James said Lashlee’s Mustangs remin...
Colorado becomes bowl eligible with 34-23 win
NCAA, Sports
October 28, 2024
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Shedeur Sanders threw a pair of touchdown passes to Travis Hunter and ran for a score to help Colorado become bowl-eligible with a 34-23 win over Cincinnati on Saturday night. Sa...
Miami in top five for first time since 2017
NCAA, Sports
By By ERIC OLSON AP 
October 28, 2024
Miami edged ahead of Texas and climbed to No. 5 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll on Sunday, its highest ranking since 2017, and Notre Dame, BYU and Texas A&M all moved into the top...
Miami win emotional for Fletcher Jr. after loss of father
NCAA, Sports
October 28, 2024
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Mark Fletcher Jr. never considered not playing in Miami’s rivalry game against Florida State, for the simple reason that his father would have wanted him out there. And it w...
NCAA, Sports
October 28, 2024
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — In the game’s biggest moment, Duke went for the win and SMU’s defense stepped up. “If you’ve got a chance to win the game in the first inning, you do it,” Duke coach Manny Diaz sai...
Penn State pulls off ‘gutsy’ win without QB Allar
NCAA, Sports
October 28, 2024
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Penn State’s Beau Pribula said he got a simple message from Drew Allar before taking over for the injured quarterback in the second half Saturday night. “Hold it down,” Pribula re...
Fitzgerald returns, this time as a Hall of Famer
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
October 26, 2024
Larry Fitzgerald was always in control as a Pitt football player. Yet his emotions nearly got the best of him Thursday night when he was honored on the Acrisure Stadium turf where two decades ago he e...