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Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt has dismissed two seniors – defensive tackle Tommie Duhart and receiver T.J. Porter – from the Panthers’ football program. Both players will transfer, according to a statement released by the university’s athletic department. A Pitt spokesman said Wannstedt will have no further comment on the issue. Porter, 21, of West Palm [...]

Four Pitt players were selected this past weekend in the NFL Draft, with tailback LeSean McCoy going to the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round, middle linebacker Scott McKillop to the San Francisco 49ers in the fifth and tailback LaRod Stephens-Howling to the Arizona Cardinals and receiver Derek Kinder to the Chicago Bears in the [...]

Pitt received a verbal commitment today from Penn Hills defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who became the Panthers’ first WPIAL recruit and second overall recruit from the Class of 2010. The 6-foot, 260-pound Donald registered 14 sacks, two interceptions and had and an 83-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown that made the highlights on ESPN’s SportsCenter. [...]

Before the final practice of spring drills, Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt was asked if any Panthers players who weren’t starters last season had played their way onto the first team with their performance. Without much hesitation, Wannstedt named three defensive players: Nose tackle Myles Caragein, weak-side linebacker Max Gruder and free safety Elijah Fields. Which [...]

Pitt announced today the suspension of senior cornerback Aaron Berry, senior defensive tackle Tommie Duhart and sophomore offensive lineman Wayne Jones for violation of team policy. All three were suspended for the remainder of spring drills, which end Saturday with the Blue-Gold scrimmage at Heinz Field.

Pitt men’s basketball coach Jamie Dixon, who guided the Panthers to a 31-5 record and their first No. 1 consensus national ranking in school history, has been named the Naismith coach of the year. The award is presented by the Atlanta Tipoff Club and selected by a panel that includes a collection of leading basketball [...]

Undersized and unbelievable. That’s one way to describe Pitt’s starting backfield in the second scrimmage of spring drills. Neither Dion Lewis nor Joe Capp is as tall as their listed heights, but both played bigger than their billing. The 5-foot-8, 190-pound Lewis (who’s closer to 5-6) is doing his best to seize the starting tailback [...]

With Pitt’s second scrimmage of spring drills on Saturday morning, the Panthers held a helmets-only practice Friday afternoon at the indoor facility on the South Side. Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt had plans to attend an event and did not formally address the media. The only real news of the day was that defensive end Greg [...]

Dave Wannstedt didn’t mention anyone by name. The Pitt coach didn’t have to, as it wasn’t a question of who, but rather: why? It’s no coincidence that cornerback Aaron Berry and safety Elijah Fields were demoted to the second-team defense on the same day. They arrived at Pitt in the same recruiting class, bonding on [...]