Conor Hutchison

1 month ago | si.com | Conor Hutchison

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers shook the NFL's landscape on the morning of May 7, 2025, when it was announced via multiple reports that wide receiver George Pickens was headed to Dallas to join the Cowboys. In return, the Steelers get a 2026 third-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick from the Cowboys. Along with Pickens, the Cowboys also get a 2027 sixth-round pick from the Steelers. Pickens was a centerpiece of the Steelers' offense over the last three seasons.

1 month ago | pittnews.com | Conor Hutchison

Pitt men’s basketball is like any other team in the world of large NIL deals and a transfer portal overflowing with players searching for a better opportunity. The Panthers must fight all offseason to retain their best players and acquire more. It’s a battle they are winning. First-year guard Amsal Delalić entered the transfer portal on the third day of the window, and junior forwards Guillermo Diaz Graham and Jorge Diaz Graham entered the portal the next day.

1 month ago | pittnews.com | Conor Hutchison |Katie Hovan

After Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s lecture was disrupted on April 3, Pitt’s economics department issued an apology. A University spokesperson released a statement to those who witnessed the incident, saying the behavior will not be tolerated by the university. During the lecture event in the O’Hara Ballroom, a racial slur and a drawing of a penis appeared on the screen behind Cook minutes into her talk.

1 month ago | pittnews.com | Conor Hutchison

“Here’s how to fight: You fight until they kill you, until they kill you and stop your heart, and then you let them carry you out of the room. But you fight until they carry,” Peggy Noonan, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, wrote in 2004. Noonan’s writing and the intensity, passion and persistence it conjures has stuck with E.J. Borghetti, the chief spokesperson for Pitt athletics and the Sports Information Director for Pitt Football, for over two decades.

1 month ago | pittnews.com | Conor Hutchison

“Here’s how to fight: You fight until they kill you, until they kill you and stop your heart, and then you let them carry you out of the room. But you fight until they carry,” Peggy Noonan, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, wrote in 2004. Noonan’s writing and the intensity, passion and persistence it conjures has stuck with E.J. Borghetti, the chief spokesperson for Pitt athletics and the Sports Information Director for Pitt Football, for over two decades.