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Role Players Pick Up Slack in Panthers' Win Over Mountaineers

A balanced attack led No. 4 Pittsburgh (22-2, 10-1) to a 71-66 win over West Virginia in Morgantown Monday night. The Panthers were without leading scorer Ashton Gibbs -- who will miss up to two weeks with an MCL injury -- but a few role players picked up the slack, and Pitt got their normal production out of senior...

Dolphins QB Pat White Drafted by New York Yankees

Quarterback Pat White was a second-round pick by the Miami Dolphins in April's NFL Draft. But he wasn't done being drafted. To White's surprise, he was selected in the 48th round of last week's baseball amateur draft by the New York Yankees.White hasn't played baseball since high school, but he was pretty good back then --...

Could Cowboys Get on Wildcat Train, Draft Pat White?

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is dropping some hints that his team may want to inject a little wildcat into its offense in the upcoming season. From Todd Archer of the Dallas Morning News:"We may want to do some things in our offense this year with a third quarterback," Jones said. "That's something other than be there as a...

What Will Syracuse Have Left?

You have to admire and respect what the Orange are doing. Not content with playing 30 extra minutes Thursday, they decided that for an encore they would do one more overtime before knocking off West Virginia. Now all Syracuse has to do is face a Louisville team that has had a much easier path to the Big East Tournament...

West Virginia Sends Pitt Home Early

Pitt had been in the Big East championship game seven times in the past eight years. So, it almost seemed automatic to assume Pitt would be there once more. Of course the one time the Panthers didn't make it, they lost in their first game to go home early. It's feast or famine for Pitt. And this time the Panthers didn't so...