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Here Are the Pittsburgh Athletes Going to the Paris Olympics
Pittsburgh is sending several athletes to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games to swim, row, jump, wrestle, kick and bounce their way onto the world stage. Opening ceremonies for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad will kick off on Friday, July 26 with a boat parade along the Seine, one of Paris’ most notable attractions.
Duquesne Offers Pair of Prospects Including Devin Booker
On Friday, Duquesne extended two offers to prospects in the class of 2025. The Dukes’ staff, led by head coach Dru Joyce III heading into his first season, offered prospects Devin Booker and KJ Cochran. Duquesne basketball on Pittsburgh Sports Now is sponsored by The Summit Academy: setting young...
Zoo Crew advances in The Basketball Tournament, awaits Best Virginia in Round of 32
Mike Young played in two NCAA Tournaments and scored 1,835 points in four seasons at Pitt. He proudly sits seventh on the school’s all-time scoring list. Who could ask for anything more from a collegiate basketball career?. Something’s missing, however, and Young plans to fix that Monday night at...
Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Invitational Auto Show on Walnut Street (Mon., 7/22/24)
It’s Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix time with events going on through August 4. Tonight is the Invitational Car Show on Walnut Street. Here you’ll see a really cool collection of hot and historic cars. Walnut Street will be closed, so you can get a good gander as you stroll past these vintage automobiles. See our 2019 photo story on the event. While there, enjoy dinner in one of the neighborhood’s fine establishments. 5 – 9 p.m. Free. Shadyside.
Bethel Park’s Ryan Petras wraps up highly decorated junior year
The postseason accolades have been pouring in for Bethel Park superstar athlete Ryan Petras. As a junior shortstop in 2024, Petras recently was named the Trib HSSN Class 5A Baseball Player of the Year. Petras overcame a wrist injury to hit .452 (33 for 73) this spring with one home...
Plum using summer basketball to build foundation
The Plum boys basketball team had five or six open-gym workouts in May with new coach Dave Pucka before jumping right into the Pittsburgh Basketball Club summer league at Central Catholic and Gateway high schools. “We only had one offensive set in and, I think, two out-of-bounds plays. That was...
Pittsburgh Pirates players, coaches spend time at Miracle League clinic
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Nick Gonzales hit the game-winner for the Friday night against the Philadelphia Phillies. The next morning, he was in Moon Township, aiding and supporting kids with special needs. It's exactly what the Pirates organization says it wants."Seeing them, the moms and the dads, the brothers and the sisters being just as happy as everybody else. It's really nice to see," Gonzales said. "And it's impactful on them, it's impactful on me."Gonzales joined other players and Pirates staff on Saturday for a clinic sponsored by Pirates Charities, allowing people with special needs to...
The 42nd Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Motorsport Festival Lineup
What began as a single-day race in Schenley Park in 1983 has become a full-fledged Motorsport Festival packed with 12 events and two race weekends. It all starts this weekend with the Kick-Off Rallye on Sunday, followed by the Walnut Street Car Show on Monday and then continues through August 4.
2024 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Bethel Park's Ryan Petras
Jul. 20—The recruiting process can be a stressful time for top high school athletes as they try to determine which college to choose to continue their academic and athletic careers. The pressure can be twice as tough when they are sifting through offers from two different sports. Welcome to the world of Ryan Petras. The Bethel Park senior originally committed to play baseball at Northwestern. ...
Jeff Capel Expresses Gratitude on 93.7 The Fan After New Contract Extension
On Wednesday, Pitt announced that head coach Jeff Capel has signed a three-year extension to remain the head coach of the University’s basketball program through 2029-30. Shortly after the announcement, Capel joined Jeff Hathhorn, his co-host of The Jeff Capel Show that runs throughout each season. Capel and Hathhorn discussed Capel’s extension, his journey from year one to today, and much more. Capel elaborated on the program’s recent success as well as his feelings following the rough 2021 season. Check out the full interview here.
WATCH: Pitt’s Transfer Duo Breaks Down Pitt Culture
On Thursday, Pitt basketball’s transfers — Cam Corhen and Damian Dunn — met with the Pittsburgh media for the first time. The pair talked about their respective recruitments to Pitt, the pitch that Jeff Capel and his staff gave them, and much more. Dunn spoke about his time at Houston, the improvements he has made since playing at Temple, his relationship with Capel, and more. Corhen spoke about the transition between Florida State and Pitt, while also referencing his experience playing alongside Pitt’s guards and forwards so far this summer.
Jeff Capel's 'family-type' culture helped attract transfers Damian Dunn, Cam Corhen to Pitt
Jul. 18—Damian Dunn didn't transfer to Pitt from Houston, one of the top college basketball schools in the nation, because his hometown of Kinston, N.C., is less than 100 miles from where Jeff Capel grew up in Fayetteville. He didn't listen to Capel's sales pitch because his father, Paul, competed against Pitt's coach in high school. Dunn said, by the way, his father described Capel as a ...
Returning to the Pete for The Basketball Tournament gives ex-Pitt players chance to reflect on careers
Jul. 19—If the Zoo Crew is fortunate enough to win six games in The Basketball Tournament that starts Saturday at Petersen Events Center and share the $1 million winner-take-all prize, the victory will raise an obvious question for the nine-man team of former Pitt and Pittsburgh area players: What will they do with all that money? Three former Pitt players have definite thoughts on the ...
Pitt All 105: CB Ryland Gandy Leading the New Wave of Cornerbacks
All 105 is a Pittsburgh Sports Now series profiling each of the 105 members of the Pitt 2024 training camp roster. Ryland Gandy, a redshirt sophomore cornerback from Buford in Buford, Ga. 2023 season: Gandy played in all 12 games last season, serving primarily as a special teams ace. Stats:...
Quick start leads Pittsburgh past slumping Hartford
Pittsburgh scored three goals in the first 22 minutes of the game to beat the Hartford Athletic, 3-1 on Saturday night in USL Championship action in Pittsburgh. The Riverhounds took a quick 1-0 lead when Edward Kizza converted on a penalty kick just five minutes into the game after a defender was taken down in the penalty box.
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