http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pitt/ Pitt coverage / Big East news en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:10:46 -0400 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10211/1076377-142.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Highly rated quarterback/defensive back Terrell Chestnut of Pottsgrove High School announced Thursday that he would join Pitt football's class of 2011. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10211/1076382-142.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Talk about hitting the ground running. Pitt's freshman basketball class won't have to worry about a baptism by fire when preseason practice in October rolls around. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10211/1076394-142.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml The Pitt Panthers have received plenty of offseason publicity because expectations are as high as they've been heading into a season for quite some time. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076250-100.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:25:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1075865-142.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml When Woodland Hills standout Lafayette Pitts decided to pick a college, he said he chose the school of which he felt the most a part. After all, you can't spell Pitts without Pitt. A do-everything senior for the Wolverines, Pitts committed to Pitt in late June, selecting the hometown Panthers over six schools, including BCS contenders Iowa, Maryland and West Virginia. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:54:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076103-142.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml COLUMBUS, Ohio -- What could a defender do when powerful running back Craig "Ironhead" Heyward -- who packed 250-325 pounds of muscle during his playing days at Pitt and in the NFL -- ran the football directly at him? Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:39:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076120-142.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Numerous college coaches told Bishop McDevitt High School (Harrisburg) standout Jameel Poteat that, if he chose Pitt, he always would play in the shadow of former McDevitt and Panthers star LeSean McCoy. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10210/1076121-142.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml A preliminary hearing for suspended Pitt defensive end Jabaal Sheard has been postponed to Aug. 4 while prosecutors and his lawyer try to work out a settlement to have the case withdrawn. Sheard was arrested July 18 after Pittsburgh police broke up a fight between him and Edward Parker, 27, on a South Side street. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10209/1075977-142.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml A preliminary hearing for suspended Pitt defensive end Jabaal Sheard has been postponed to Aug. 4 while prosecutors and his lawyer try to work out a settlement to have the case withdrawn. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10209/1075967-142.stm?cmpid=pitt.xml Pitt received a commitment from Bishop McDevitt standout running back Jameel Poteat this afternoon. He is the Panthers 11th commitment from the class of 2011. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:52:00 -0400