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Pitt has received a verbal commitment from Liberty senior Anthony Gonzalez, regarded as one of the top quarterbacks in the Class of 2010. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound Gonzalez, ranked by Rivals.com as the nation’s 17th-best quarterback, was named the Pennsylvania Class AAAA Player of the Year last season after leading Liberty to the state championship over [...]

Pitt senior middle linebacker Adam Gunn has earned Big East Defensive Player of the Week honors for his performance in the Panthers’ 54-27 victory at Buffalo this past weekend. Gunn had a career-high three sacks and 11 total tackles as the Panthers improved to 2-0. Through two games, Gunn leads Pitt in tackles (19), sacks [...]

Pitt sophomore Andrew Taglianetti will miss the rest of the 2009 football season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Taglianetti, the team’s starting free safety, was injured in the first half of the Panthers’ 54-27 victory at Buffalo on Saturday. Redshirt junior Elijah Fields is expected to move into the starting [...]

The Pitt men’s basketball team will play three rivals – Connecticut, Louisville and Georgetown – in an eight-day span in mid-January to highlight its 2009-10 Big East Conference schedule, released Thursday. The 18-game Big East schedule opens with DePaul on Dec. 28 at Petersen Events Center, followed by three road games. It is the first time in two decades the Panthers will play three of their first four Big East games away from home.