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The Pitt women’s basketball team overcame a 15-point first-half deficit to win its 10th consecutive game Sunday afternoon. Taneisha Harrison scored 18 points to lead five Panthers in double figures in a 76-67 victory over Louisville before 8,509 at Petersen Events Center. No. 19 Pitt (16-3, 6-0 Big East) also got 16 points from Xenia [...]

Pitt has released its 2008 non-conference football schedule, which includes visits by Bowling Green, Buffalo and Iowa and trips to Navy and Notre Dame. Pitt opens with Bowling Green Aug. 30 at Heinz Field, followed by Buffalo Sept. 6. Pitt will play Iowa for the first time in 56 years when the Hawkeyes visit Sept. [...]

Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt announced Tuesday afternoon the long-anticipated hiring of Tony Wise as the Panthers’ offensive line coach. “Tony Wise brings to Pitt an outstanding record of teaching offensive line play at the highest level,” Wannstedt said. “We started our coaching careers at Pitt together and I was always continually impressed by both his [...]

Shavonte Zellous scored a game-high 30 points to lead Pitt to a 81-61 victory over Providence this afternoon in a Big East Conference women’s basketball game at Petersen Events Center. It was the eighth consecutive victory for the Panthers (14-3, 4-0), who also got 18 points and nine rebounds from senior center Marcedes Walker. Pitt [...]

One day after defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads took the same job at Auburn, the Pitt football program had another assistant coach leave when receivers coach Aubrey Hill accepted a position at Miami. Hill spent three seasons with the Panthers, most notably helping Derek Kinder to develop into a first-team All-Big East Conference selection in 2006. [...]

After eight seasons as Pitt’s defensive coordinator, Paul Rhoads has accepted an offer to become Auburn’s defensive coordinator. Rhoads interviewed Wednesday with Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville, who has been searching for a replacement for Will Muschamp, who left to become defensive coordinator at Texas. Rhoads, 40, who has been Pitt’s defensive coordinator since 2000, already [...]

Pitt has received a verbal commitment today from Easton cornerback Jared Holley, who announced his decision at a news conference. The 5-foot-10, 170-pound Holley is a two-time Class AAAA first-team all-state selection who has been selected to play in the Big 33 Football Classic. He chose the Panthers over Iowa and Virginia. Holley is Pitt’s [...]

Pitt sophomore point guard Jania Sims, who started 13 games for the nationally ranked women’s basketball team, is academically ineligible and will miss the remainder of the season. Sims averaged 9.6 points and 3.4 assists this season. Sims did not play in Pitt’s past two games, Big East Conference victories over Syracuse and Cincinnati. Senior [...]

Behind the timely shooting of Ronald Ramon and Keith Benjamin and a strong inside effort, No. 15 Pitt upset No. 5 Georgetown, 69-60, in a Big East Conference game before a sellout crowd at Petersen Events Center. Benjamin and Ramon scored 18 points apiece, combining to make 11 of 19 shots from the field, including [...]

Pitt has added three recruits with verbal commitments from Altoona’s A.J. Alexander, Lakeland’s Justin Virbitsky and West Boca Raton’s Joe Trebitz. Alexander, a speedy all-purpose back who rushed for more than 1,000 yards this past season, announced his decision during a live chat on Scout.com at 8 p.m. He chose Pitt over Florida State, North [...]