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They are NFL tight ends who both went to high school in Oakland: Darnell Dinkins at Schenley and Jeff Dugan at Central Catholic, but they have never met.

Not that there was ever a doubt in my mind that Darrelle Revis was destined to be an NFL superstar, but it’s amazing how quickly the former Aliquippa and Pitt cornerback has become the game’s best player at his position.

To say he’s an interesting individual would be to shortchange James Smith, the skill position physical preparation coach for the Pitt football program. When a student in my Pitt sports writing class this past fall offered that he would like to do a feature story on strength and conditioning coach Buddy Morris, I suggested instead [...]

One of the most rewarding aspects of reporting is the relationships built while writing about people, especially when you spend a decade covering sports in your hometown. To explain how I came upon Thursday’s column on Pete Hill, a Negro Leagues star from Homewood who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in [...]