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Gateway linebacker Shayne Hale isn’t one to back down from a verbal challenge, so when one highly regarded recruit called Hale out at a scouting combine, it only made him wish that he could hit. After all, Hale prefers physical confrontations. “All the hype doesn’t bug me,” Hale said. “People say, ‘I’m better than you.’ [...]

Aliquippa star Jonathan Baldwin has major scholarship offers in football and basketball, but the ultra-talented athlete plans to wait out the recruiting process before deciding sport which to play in college. “I’m probably going to make my decision based on how productive I am at both sports this year,” Baldwin said. Football appears to offer [...]

Terrelle Pryor was playing basketball at Bob Gibbons’ Tournament of Champions in Chapel Hill, N.C., when he learned that Rivals.com named him the nation’s No. 1 football prospect from the Class of 2008. Pryor took the news in stride. “It’s another step in making myself want to work hard,” Pryor said. “It’s a good achievement [...]

With 57 written scholarship offers, Trinity linebacker Andrew Sweat was afforded the luxury of being able to choose a college based on his own set of criteria. The 6-foot-1, 230-pound Sweat took into consideration variables such as the programs’ tradition, depth chart, proximity and academic reputations. Tops on his list were the comfort level with [...]

One highly confidential (and highly defensive) issue within the Pitt athletic department is the ever-evolving state of the football uniforms, their color schemes and designs. The subject arose again during an interview session with Pitt football coach Dave Wannstedt Friday, when it was revealed that “subtle” changes will be made to the uniforms: The “PANTHERS” [...]

Dave Wannstedt and his assistants return from the recruiting trail this week, just in time for Memorial Day, and the Pitt coach said that his staff “had a good month” and “covered a lot of territory.” Wannstedt said Pitt coaches spent more time in Ohio – Akron, Canton and Youngstown, specifically – than last year. [...]

Perhaps it was symbolic that Dave Wannstedt had an ice pack taped to his left knee after a mid-morning workout Friday at Pitt’s UPMC Sports Performance Complex. When asked whether it was an old football injury, the Panthers coach shrugged it off and tried to straighten his slight limp. It’s about perseverance through pain. It [...]

That the Pitt baseball team is headed to the Big East tournament is quite an achievement, considering the obstacles the Panthers have overcome. For one, Pitt bounced back from an 0-8 start to finish fourth in Big East play, despite losing two talented juniors to the Major League Baseball early entry draft last June. Second [...]

Seton Hall has landed a player familiar to Pitt basketball fans, signing Brooklyn forward Mike Davis on Wednesday. If the name rings a bell, it’s because Davis originally committed to Pitt before his junior season in November 2003. That’s right. Four years ago. Davis, a 6-foot-9 power forward, has been best described as “well-traveled” after [...]

Verquan Kimbrough called today to clarify that his newly founded management company, Thoroughbred Boxing LLC, will be in the business of managing and marketing fighters. Not promoting them. The distinction is necessary, considering the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act of 2000 prohibits managers and promoters from having a shared financial stake in fighters. “It’s strictly [...]