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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Brian Batko did an oral history of Pitt’s 3-0 loss to Oregon State in the 2008 Sun Bowl—the “worst bowl game ever”—and it’s great fun. There’s the game-week practice that had to be cut short because the Panthers players were hungover, the punter who broke a cinder block...

Bill Fralic Was A Real-Life Incredible HulkMost legends grow to become something beyond their actual size. That never seemed to be true of Bill Fralic, the former University of Pittsburgh and Atlanta Falcons offensive lineman, who died Thursday at the age of 56. He was as big as he was often described to be, and if you’re a certain age and y...

Pitt Assistant Coach Says He Hasn't Left His Office Since Losing To Penn State, Prefers Flat SodaPenn State trounced Pitt 51-6 last weekend, and nobody is taking that loss harder than Panthers tight ends coach Tim Salem. Fueled by a steady diet of carbonation-free, ice-cold chartreuse soda, Salem has spent the last few days in his office grinding non-stop. He hasn’t really slept at all, presuma...

Sean Miller Says He's Not Yet Desperate Enough To Go To Pitt

March has not been kind to Sean Miller. The Arizona men’s college basketball coach—who may or may not have been caught on an FBI wiretap arranging to pay DeAndre Ayton $100K—has no recruits coming to Tucson next year, and his squad vacated their bowels against 13-seed Buffalo in the first round of t...

Pitt Basketball Players Are Abandoning Ship

A week after Pitt fired unsuccessful basketball coach Kevin Stallings, a whole bunch of players want out. Freshman stud Parker Stewart requested his release yesterday, and ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reports today that over half of the Pitt roster has done the same. Pitt’s top recruit is also steering clear...

Reports: Pitt Shitcans Kevin Stallings

After just two seasons spent running the once-proud Pitt basketball program straight into the ground, Kevin Stallings has been fired. I thought Jon Rothstein of FanRag Sports reported the news first, until a commenter later informed me a Pitt blogger named Chris Dokish had actually done so. Credit w...

Who Killed Pitt Basketball?

PITTSBURGH — I hadn’t even made it to my seat, and Pitt basketball was already living down to my expectations....

Miami's Return To Greatness Stalls With Upset Loss To Pitt

“The ‘Canes are back, baby!” many an optimistic Miami fan has hollered this season, unchastened by the countless times over the years they’ve chanted this refrain without it actually coming true, and unconcerned about the fact that few non-Floridians under the age of 30 have any first-hand knowledge...