Papa Amadou Kante withdraws from transfer portal
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By BILL HARTLEP TribLive 
April 26, 2025
Papa Amadou Kante has decided to remain a part of the Pitt men’s basketball team. After entering the transfer portal earlier this month, the redshirt sophomore removed his name and will stay with the ...
Oregon State point guard transfers to Pitt
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By BILL HARTLEP TribLive 
April 16, 2025
Pitt men’s basketball added an experienced point guard from the transfer portal Monday when coach Jeff Capel got a commitment from Oregon State’s Damarco Minor, according to ESPN. Minor, a 6-foot guar...
Narduzzi eager to evaluate film of Blue-Gold Game
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
April 15, 2025
When he sits down to evaluate the snapshots and video from Pitt’s Blue-Gold Game — perhaps more leisurely than usual with no game scheduled until Aug. 30 — Pat Narduzzi will see some good, some bad an...
Pitt lands commitment from Iowa St.’s Indrusaitis
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
April 8, 2025
Indrusaitis is the second Cyclone to join the Pitt program in last few days. The process of rebuilding Pitt’s roster continued to go through Ames, Iowa, on Monday when former Iowa State freshman Nojus...
Pitt’s Jaland Lowe enters transfer portal
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
April 5, 2025
A bad piece of offseason news struck Pitt basketball Tuesday morning when sophomore point guard Jaland Lowe announced his intention to enter the NCAA transfer portal, a source told Trib-Live. If he le...
Pitt hopefuls grind in Pro Day
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
March 28, 2025
Former Pitt safety P.J. O’Brien started playing football at the age of 3 in a league called Super Pee Wee in Pompano Beach, Fla. And there he was Wednesday — 19 years later — still chasing footballs, ...
Pitt players, coaches carry on after Alexander’s death
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
March 12, 2025
Pat Narduzzi opened practice Tuesday in the same manner that marked his 10 previous spring sessions as Pitt’s head football coach. There were the usual calisthentics, drills and meetings on and off th...
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
March 10, 2025
For the MVI SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. – The California (Pa.) men’s basketball team’s quest for a PSAC Tournament championship came to a sudden halt on Saturday, with an 84-74 loss to host Shepherd in the s...
Vulcans move on in PSAC tourney
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
March 6, 2025
Jordyn Buchanan scored a game-high 27 points and added 10 rebounds to lead Cal to the PSAC semifinals. California (PA) opened its PSAC Tournament run with a convincing 87-75 victory over visiting Seto...
Vulcans fall to IUP in PSAC’s opening round
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
March 4, 2025
For the Mon Valley Independent In a thrilling showdown between rivals, the IUP women’s basketball team edged California (Pa.), 58-57, in a nail-biting PSAC playoff contest. The game was redemption for...
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...