University of Pittsburgh NCAA News

As it celebrates its past, both recent and distant, and looks toward its tournament future, Notre Dame's biggest challenge Saturday against Pittsburgh will be taking care of business in the present.

A year ago at this time, Pitt center Chris Taft was the talk of the Big East Conference.

Pittsburgh has the right guy. Dave Wannstedt is as Pittsburgh as a shot and beer.

So many candidates and it's not even an election year. Early next week, the Big East Conference is expected to announce its choices for postseason honors.

Player to Watch: Her relentless defense and energetic personality make senior guard Chelsea Newton a key to Rutgers' fortunes.

It's the middle of December, and snow is falling on the streets of Oakland. The sun has been down for a few hours, and street lamps keep the roadways lit -- just enough so Jim Negrych can navigate his way in ...

Two Sentinel-area athletes helped the Shippensburg University wrestling team to a third-place finish on Saturday at the NCAA Division II East Regional Wrestling Tournament, hosted by the University of ...

Lawrence McKenzie scored 16 points as the Sooners dealt a serious blow to the Longhorns' hopes of making the NCAA tournament.

Minutes before Monday night's women's basketball game between Pitt and Providence, Panther head coach Agnus Berenato quietly told sophomore Danielle Taylor that she was going to have a great game.

Roger Powell, Jr. scored 21 points and Deron Williams added 18 to lead top-ranked Illinois to an easy 89-66 victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Assembly Hall.

Lee Melchionni hit two late 3-pointers and No. 7 Duke continued its dominance of Georgia Tech with a 60-56 victory Wednesday night.

Hakim Hill didn't even make it to spring football practice at Northern Iowa. Given a chance following his dismissal from Arizona State's team last season, Hill was dropped from the Panthers' roster Monday and ...

The Carolina Panthers prepared for the start of Wednesday's free agency by cutting a pair of veterans.

Salim Stoudamire sank a school record nine 3-pointers and scored 31 points in his final home game, and No.

Try as she might, Grandma McCarroll failed in her attempts to get young Mark to utter more than a few sentences at a time.

The Ohio State wrestling team is still looking for its first Big Ten win after an unsuccessful weekend.

Andrew Bogut had 31 points and 13 rebounds and No. 14 Utah extended its winning streak to 17 games with a 71-62 victory over Wyoming on Monday night.

Darryl Dora hit a 3-pointer with 3.6 seconds left in the second overtime to give Texas Tech an 80-79 victory over No.2 Kansas on Monday night, the Jayhawks' first Big 12 loss this season.

The ability to play good basketball on the road has been Radford s Achilles heel this season.

Sarkisian returns, while former Trojan linebacker Sam Anno joins staff. A series of changes to the USC coaching staff were confirmed Thursday, including the promotion of wide receivers coach Lane Kiffin to ...

In his first two seasons, Tarquinio was regarded as an above average wrestler. He qualified for the NCAA Tournament both years, but never placed.

They play for millions of dollars in a sport where every move is analyzed and scrutinized by owners, general managers, coaches and scouts.

Girl's high school basketball from last night: North Hills over Butler 56-53. Butler's Amy Achesinski led all scorers with 29 points, while Maria Baroffio added 14 points.

Jamie Carey scored 22 points, including five 3-pointers, and Texas tied a season high with nine 3s in its 100th Big 12 victory.

Steffanie Blackmon made good on her chance to lift visiting Baylor to victory. Oklahoma State didn't think she should have had the opportunity.

High above the Capilano River in Vancouver, a towering figure can be seen tip-toeing to the edge of a cliff each summer.

The Georgetown women usually have problems scoring enough points to win games, but that wasn't a problem yesterday.

Less than one week and another Steelers victory later, I provide answers to the last five burning questions facing Pitt football this off-season. Losing Petitti and Belarski will hurt the Panthers on more ...

Q: If Pitt had lost the Rutgers game, the blame would have been placed solely on coach Jamie Dixon's coaching strategy.

By Bill Buchalter . Sentinel Staff Writer Posted January 13, 2005 If you are big into baseball and nostalgia, mark Feb.

I get a kick out of fans when they complain that the Steelers get no respect from the national media.

Mr. Nice Guy no more.In October, Kentucky s Chuck Hayes was asked who the friendliest player in the SEC was.