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Jeannette All-America quarterback Terrelle Pryor is in attendance for tonight’s basketball game between No. 15 Pitt and No. 5 Georgetown at Petersen Events Center. Pryor sat next to Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch, who is accompanying him on recruiting trips, behind the basket near the Pitt bench. Pryor was serenaded with chants of “We Want Pryor” [...]

Sports Illustrated recently came up with a list of the greatest athletes by jersey number, and it’s no surprise that No. 13 was reserved for Dan Marino. Marino wore it on his jerseys at Central Catholic, Pitt and the Miami Dolphins, making popular a number once associated with the superstitious as bad luck. sportsillustrated.cnn.com Which [...]

Pitt has received another verbal commitment from Johnstown Bishop McCort tight end Mike Cruz, who had backed out of an earlier commitment in April. The 6-foot-3{1/2}, 245-pound Cruz chose the Panthers over scholarship offers from Clemson, Florida State, Illinois and West Virginia, among others. Cruz is Pitt’s 15th recruit from the Class of 2008, and [...]