Basketball season hasn't officially started yet for the Pitt Panthers, but Jamie Dixon's squad will have to begin preparation for the 2014-15 season short one man. Senior guard Cameron Wright, who averaged 10.5 points and 3.8 rebounds per game last season, broke his left foot Thursday and had to have surgery Friday. Wright is expected to be sidelined up to 10 weeks, meaning he should be back in the Pitt lineup right around Christmas time. In Wright's absence, sophomore Josh Newkirk is ... Read More
Archives for September 2014
Worley strong in Pirates 3-1 win over Reds
The Pirates continue to keep their division title hopes alive with a 3-1 Reds on Friday night behind a strong showing by Vance Worley. Worley pitched into the seventh scattering nine hits, but only allowing one run, a Kristopher Negron RBI single that followed Reds starter Mike Leake's double in the fifth inning. The Reds (74-86) were unable to do anything else as Worley, Jared Hughes, Tony Watson and Mark Melancon (Save #33) held Cincinnati to 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position on ... Read More
Penn State looks to remain undefeated against Northwestern
The Penn State Nittany Lions (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) are looking to continue their win streak on Saturday against the Northwestern Wildcats (1-2, 0-0 Big Ten) at Beaver Stadium. Penn State dominated UMass last week, taking the game by a score of 48-7 while Northwestern is coming off its first win, powering past Western Illinois 24-7. Penn State will be looking toward two key sources of scoring on Saturday. Its deadly running trio of Bill Belton, Zach Zwinak, and Akeel Lynch posted 185 of 228 ... Read More
Akron vs. Pitt: Preview, Analysis and Prediction
The Pitt Panthers will look to get back on the winning track Saturday afternoon when veteran coach Terry Bowden and the Akron Zips visit Heinz Field. After suffering their first loss of the season last week, the 3-1 Panthers will look to get back on the winning track in their final non-conference game of the season against the 1-2 Zips. A victory over Akron would give Pitt its first 4-1 start since 2009. Who has the advantage? Let’s take a look. When: Saturday, September 27 Where: Heinz ... Read More
Pirates power closer to Cards with 10-1 win over Braves
Edinson Volquez struck out a season-high 10 batters in seven innings of shutout baseball and the Pirate bats awakened for a 10-1 blowout of the Braves on Thursday night. Volquez — who lowered his season ERA to 3.04 — extended his scoreless innings streak to 18 with seven stress-free innings allowing four hits and one walk while striking out ten. The start did all but solidify Volquez's spot in the postseason rotation and could put him in line to start the Wild Card game if the Pirates need ... Read More
Pittsburgh Power make early splash in AFL free agency
The Pittsburgh Power announced two big splash moves in free agency tonight by being assigned defensive lineman Joe Sykes and wide receiver Joe Hills. They also announced the extension of one of their exclusive free agents James Bryant. The team also exercised rookie options on James Shaw, Tyrone Goard, Roosevelt Holiday, Latarrius Thomas, Keith Newell and Maurice Fountain Sykes, the 2012 Riddell Defensive Player of the Year and a two-time all arena selection, has 30.5 sacks over his four year ... Read More
Ficken right: Penn State’s kicker enjoying end of Cinderella collegiate career
Everyone loves a Cinderella story, and as it turns out, Sam Ficken has a pretty nice one. The start of his career at Penn State was shaky to say the least. Originally hailed as only a backup to former kicker Anthony Fera (who transferred to University of Texas in the wake of the sanctions against the university), Ficken was ripped from his comfort zone and dropped into a starter’s role. Many argued he wasn’t ready. They fought back even harder when Ficken struggled in the 2012 season, ... Read More
Injury replacements on defense must step up for Steelers
In a span of 10 plays, the Pittsburgh Steelers had the misfortune of losing three defensive starters to injury. In an otherwise fantastic night for the Steelers defense in a resounding 37-19 victory, this certainly was the lowlight of the game. First to go was linebacker Jarvis Jones, who broke his wrist on play where he forced a Cam Newton fumble. Jones had surgery earlier this week to repair the fracture, and the Steelers placed Jones on the injured reserve/designated to return, meaning ... Read More
Penguins take to the ice in search of first preseason win
Pittsburgh Penguins vs Minnesota Wild 7 p.m. Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA Radio: 105.9 the X and the Penguins Radio Network Projected Penguins Lines: 72 Patric Hornqvist 16 Brandon Sutter 19 Beau Bennett 13 Nick Spaling 57 Marcel Goc 23 Steve Downie 17 Blake Comeau 25 Andrew Ebbett 27 Craig Adams 38 Zach Sill 49 Oskar Sundqvist 59 Jayson Megna 4 Rob Scuderi 7 Paul Martin 37 Jeff Zatkoff 41 Robert Bortuzzo 47 Simon Despres 1 Thomas Greiss 6 Scott Harrington 8 ... Read More
Chad Voytik must continue to improve as Pitt QB
Pitt Panthers’ fans have long been clamoring for heralded prospect Chad Voytik to become not only Pitt’s signal caller of the future, but their quarterback of the present as well. While Voytik has certainly shown some good things during his appearance in the Little Caesars Bowl last season and his first three starts of this season, the sophomore quarterback showed last Saturday against Iowa that he still has some things to work on. With the fashion that the Panthers have been able to have ... Read More