NCAA denies Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby’s petition for eligibility reinstatement
LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech announced Tuesday the NCAA has denied the school’s petition to have transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby’s eligibility reinstated after he acknowledged wagering on sports, including on his own team when he was a freshman. University president Lawrence Schovanec wrote in a letter to the Texas Tech...
NCAA baseball regionals are the 1st stop on the Road to Omaha. Here are some things to know
The NCAA baseball tournament opens Friday with play in 16 double-elimination regionals. Regional winners advance to best-of-three super regionals next week, and the final eight go to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., beginning June 12. Who’s hot Alabama State (34-21) and The Citadel (35-24) have won eight straight...
UCLA earns No. 1 seed for NCAA baseball tournament ahead of offensive juggernaut Georgia Tech
OMAHA, Neb. — UCLA was rewarded Monday for its dominant wire-to-wire run through the regular season with the No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tournament. The tournament opens Friday with 16 double-elimination regionals. Winners advance to eight best-of-three super regionals. Those winners move on to the College World Series in...
Pitt baseball left out of NCAA Tournament field
Pitt entered Memorial Day wondering how a strong performance at the ACC Tournament might boost its stock in the eyes of the NCAA baseball selection committee. Despite winning three games at the annual league tournament, it wasn’t enough to propel Pitt (33-24, 11-19 ACC) into the NCAA Tournament as the...
Northwestern beats North Carolina for its 9th women’s lacrosse national championship
EVANSTON, Ill. — Freshman Gabriella McCollester scored a career-high four goals, Taylor Lapointe and Aditi Foster both scored a hat trick, and Madison Taylor recorded seven points for No. 1 Northwestern in a 14-11 win over No. 2 North Carolina in the NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse national championship. McCollester,...
Drew Burress, Alex Hernandez power Georgia Tech to ACC title with 13-6 win over North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Drew Burress became Georgia Tech’s career leader in home runs, Alex Hernandez drove in four runs, and the Yellow Jackets defeated North Carolina 13-6 on Saturday to claim the ACC Baseball Championship for the 10th time. The top-seeded and third-ranked Yellow Jackets won the tournament for the...
Pitt’s run through ACC Tournament ends with semifinals loss to No. 2 North CarolinaVideo
Pitt baseball’s run through the ACC Tournament ended Saturday with a semifinals defeat to No. 2 North Carolina at Truist Field in Charlotte, N.C. The No. 14 seed Panthers lost to the second-seeded Tar Heels, 13-5, falling a win short of the championship game. Pitt (33-24, 11-19 ACC) had won...
ACC paid average of $47.1M to full-share members; Big 12 paid average of $39.5M
The ACC and Big 12 reported record revenues for the 2024-25 sports season, though those continued to lag behind massive gains for their Big Ten and SEC peers. In annual 990 tax filings this month, the ACC reported about $826.5 million in revenue and a sixth straight year with a...
Pitt to play Oklahoma, DePaul in Fort Myers Tip-Off during Thanksgiving week
Some 2026-27 nonconference details for Pitt’s men’s basketball schedule filtered in Thursday afternoon, as the Panthers will face Oklahoma and DePaul during Thanksgiving week as part of the Fort Myers Tip-Off. Pitt plays Oklahoma on Nov. 24 and DePaul on Nov. 26. Purdue is the final participating team in the...
As CFP barrels toward 24 teams, questions remain: Who’s paying for this, and how much?
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — As momentum builds behind the Big Ten’s idea of doubling the College Football Playoff to 24 teams, one critical question remains: Who wants to televise it? Fox has indicated it likes the 24-team idea, but embedded within that equation is the critical calculation of how...
Mickey Winograd, member of Duquesne’s 1955 NIT championship team, dies at 92
Duquesne lost another part of its illustrious past in men’s basketball with the passing of Mayer L. “Mickey” Winograd, a three-year letterman for the Dukes during their nationally prominent teams of the 1950s. A starter on the 1955 National Invitation Tournament championship team, Winograd died Thursday in Naples, Fla. He...
Pitt adds another Florida recruit, CB Jordan Young, into its Class of 2027
Pitt’s 2027 recruiting class was already chock full of Floridians and on Wednesday morning, the Panthers added another prospect from the Sunshine State. Three-star cornerback Jordan Young became the eighth verbal commitment this cycle for Pat Narduzzi and Co., choosing Pitt over other offers such as Florida State, Georgia Tech,...
Pitt lands 11th commitment of spring from Bryant forward Timofei Rudovskii
Pitt, which has already landed 10 transfer portal commitments so far this spring, got additional reinforcements Friday in Bryant forward Timofei Rudovskii, who announced a pledge on multiple social media channels. Rudovskii, a native of Moscow, Russia, becomes Pitt’s 11th commitment after a near total roster exodus during the offseason....
Penn State officially licensed graduation bobbleheads launch in limited edition series
For Penn State University graduates celebrating their new diplomas, an officially licensed Nittany Lions Graduation Bobblehead is now available for purchase. The Penn State-themed collectible is part of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum’s Graduation Bobblehead Series, according to an announcement released Friday. The limited edition bobblehead features...
Freeport grad Sydney Selker making mark for Akron softball in run to NCAA Tournament
When Sydney Selker committed to the Akron softball team in summer 2023, she looked to her future with the Zips with the hopes of being part of many big games in a program on the rise. On Friday evening, the Freeport graduate took the field with Akron for its first...
On Sports: AHL, ECHL postseason runs of WBS Penguins, Wheeling Nailers continue
In Thursday’s installment of “On Sports,” pinch-hitting for “First Call,” we take a look at the latest postseason results by the Penguins’ affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the AHL and Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL. Plus, a look at the travel mileage that the Steelers will undertake for the 2026 campaign....
ACC formally backs Big Ten’s push for College Football Playoff to expand to 24 teams
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — The Atlantic Coast Conference is backing the Big Ten’s push for a 24-team playoff, commissioner Jim Phillips said Wednesday. Speaking at the end of three days of spring meetings in a posh resort in northeast Florida, Phillips said ACC coaches and athletic directors reached consensus on...
2027 Florida safety Saniiyn Black commits to Pitt
Pitt’s 2027 recruiting class reached seven Wednesday with the addition of Zephyrhills, Fla., safety Saniiyn Black, who announced his commitment on social media. Black, a 5-foot-11, 165-pound prospect, is rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sports. BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED????????!¡ 1000% COMMITTED!!! #HAIL2PITT????????????????@_CoachCarroll_ @CoachDuzzPittFB @HarlonBarnett @damien_pickett @AthleteAsset @PascoCoSports @pascoschools @PantherLair...
After a court win and 1st spring practice as Ole Miss’ No. 1 QB, Chambliss is ready to recharge
OXFORD, Miss. — Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss is ready to “disappear” for a while. Having spent the previous eight months under college football’s media microscope, the sixth-year senior smiled when reporters asked about his summer plans once spring practice wrapped up. “I’m looking forward to it,” he said. For Chambliss,...
Pitt elevates Katie Kasprzak to new swimming and diving leadership position
Eight days after coach Chase Kreitler’s sudden resignation, Pitt revealed a new leadership model for the swimming and diving program that comes off one of the most successful campaigns in school history. Katie Kasprzak, Pitt’s diving coach since 2017, was announced Tuesday afternoon with the new title of director of...
College Baseball Notebook: NCAA urges coaches to not cancel games to protect position for tournament
The NCAA has issued what’s becoming an annual appeal to Division I baseball coaches to not cancel nonconference midweek games to protect their teams’ positioning for the national tournament. Scheduling hijinks allow teams to avoid no-win situations this time of year, so games against mid- or low-major opponents sometimes are...
First Call: Former Pitt QB defends Steelers rookie Drew Allar amid criticism of technique; an ex-Penguin scores in playoffs
Monday’s “First Call” has some background on the Drew Allar practice tape making the rounds from Pittsburgh Steelers rookie camp. A former Cleveland Brown is leaving the division to head west. And the Pittsburgh Penguins are celebrating a happy anniversary, while an ex-Penguin is making a playoff impact. Context matters...
Basketball gets more beer money, while tennis, other small college sports worry over future
Basketball got the beer money. Many smaller sports around the NCAA are still looking for a lifeline. The expansion of March Madness and the $300 million in extra revenue that comes with it through opening sponsorships to beer, wine and liquor companies offered a brief reprieve from the steady drip...
Pitt adds 10th transfer with former Syracuse, Georgia Tech big man Ibrahim Souare
The 10th spring transfer jumped aboard for Pitt Friday afternoon in Syracuse big man Ibrahim Souare, who announced his commitment on Instagram. His pledge came hours after the Panthers landed Division II Concord University (W.Va.) forward Kraig Gilbert. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ibrahim Khalil Akir...
Big Ten reports $1.47B in revenue for 2024-25, average $79.9M full-share payouts to member schools
ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten joined the Southeastern Conference in crossing the $1 billion mark in total revenue for the 2024-25 fiscal year, marking a significant uptick in payouts to its member schools. The league reported roughly $1.47 billion in total revenue in its federal tax filing for the...
