N.O. recovery puts Pitt in spotlight
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Forget about the movies, Brad Pitt is all about resurrecting New Orleans. The actor says he's put his Hollywood career on hold, with no film projects underway, while doing all he can to help the city recover from Hurricane Katrina.
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PITTSBURGH -- Larry Lester seemed inconsolable as he sat on a chair outside the visitors' locker room at Heinz Field. His head bowed, Lester agonized over the fumble he lost in overtime in Boston College's 20-17 setback yesterday to the Pittsburgh Panthers.
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No. 12 Pittsburgh remains in contention for the Big East regular season title, beating West Virginia, 80-66, on Tuesday night.
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The annual &quot;City Game,&quot; matching Pittsburgh against cross-town rival Duquesne, has not been much of a game in recent years with the Panthers dominating
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With two injured starters sidelined and with few able bodies on its bench, Pittsburgh seemed ripe for the taking Wednesday night, but St. Johnâs was, instead, soundly beaten. Just now getting into the heart of the Big East portion of its schedule, the Red Storm is having a bad season that only figures to get worse.
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Carl Krauser and Chevon Troutman lead No. 20 Pittsburgh back from a 17-point deficit as the Panthers knock off No. 4 Syracuse, 76-69.
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When Pittsburgh came to Oakland for an interleague series last summer, Billy Beane couldn&#39;t believe Jason Kendall was the lone catcher on the Pirates&#39; roster.
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PITTSBURGH - One dynamic 96-yard kickoff return. One 43-yard catch-and-run touchdown reception. One quick-hit 10-yard scoring run.
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PITTSBURGH - Their confidence has taken a hit, their roster is thin because of injury, and their scoring touch has gone from lukewarm to just a degree or two better than stone cold.
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He was Pitt&#39;s first choice all along, so the Panthers were more than willing to give Dave Wannstedt a second chance. That&#39;s why athletic director Jeff Long wasn&#39;t discouraged when Wannstedt, the former Dolphins
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There are a few games in Pitt history that are so memorable they can be recalled simply by reciting the score. And then there is 35-26, a score that no doubt represents
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Pitt couldn't have had it much easier at the start against city rival Duquesne, a program trying to pick itself up following almost 20 years of nonstop losing and a grim act of violence that further set the Dukes behind.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks are running into major difficulty in the most unlikely of places: Pittsburgh. The Pirates beat Arizona again, tightening the NL West race.
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From his house on the side of Mount Nittany in central Pennsylvania, Dennis Onkotz has a view of Beaver Stadium, the place he called home back in the late 1960s. Back then, he was yet another blue-chip linebacker playing for Joe Paterno at Penn State. Back then, the Nittany Lions were one of the country's elite teams, as solid, strong, ...
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Levance Fields came up big down the stretch and helped No. 10 Pittsburgh pull out a key road win without the injured Aaron Gray.
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First Pittsburgh's fans took over Carolina's stadium. Then the Steelers manhandled the Panthers to virtually end their playoff hopes. Willie Parker rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown and Ben Roethlisberger threw for a score and ran for another to lead Pittsburgh past Carolina 37-3 on Sunday, delighting the thousands of loyal Steelers fans who filled Bank of America Stadium.
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Carl Krauser scored a career-high 28 points and No. 11 Pittsburgh held off Penn State flurries in each half for an 84-71 victory yesterday in State College, Pa., and the Panthers' third 7-0 start in as many seasons. The Panthers beat the Nittany Lions (5-4) for a fourth consecutive season in an intrastate series that has continued despite an interruption ...