Jerry Dipaola

Spring football sounds a little like an oxymoron, two words that just don’t fit perfectly into each other. Purists believe football is meant to be played in the fall. Coaches love spring ball, however, for the foundation it lays for summer training camp and how it reveals players with potential

Spring football sounds a little like an oxymoron, two words that just don’t fit perfectly into each other. Purists believe football is meant to be played in the fall. Coaches love spring ball, however, for the foundation it lays for summer training camp and how it reveals players with potential

I guess my love for the written word began on the living room floor at 326 Elizabeth Ave. I was nuts for the Pirates and Pirates box scores, and I used to spread out the Pittsburgh Press newspaper on the floor and devour every detail from the previous day’s game.

When he sits down to evaluate the snapshots and video from Pitt’s Blue-Gold Game — perhaps more leisurely than usual with no game scheduled until Aug. 30 — Pat Narduzzi will see some good, some bad and even some moments that make him angry. But the one headline from the

Hours before Pitt’s Blue-Gold Game on Saturday at Acrisure Stadium, coach Pat Narduzzi named wide receiver Kenny Johnson and cornerback Shadarian Harrison winners of the Ed Conway Award, emblematic of the most improved players during spring drills. Johnson, a junior, is the first wide receiver so honored since Tre Tipton

The first of Pitt basketball’s transfer portal additions became official Friday when coach Jeff Capel announced the signing of former Iowa State center Dishon Jackson. Jackson (6-foot-11, 270 pounds) made a verbal commitment to the Panthers on April 4. He has one season of eligibility remaining. “Dishon is an aggressive

Kenny Pickett stood alone Saturday in a corner of Acrisure Stadium, familiar turf to the former Pitt and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback. While Pitt players — wearing the colors he used to wear — warmed up for the Blue-Gold Game that signifies the end of spring drills, Pickett was thinking about