Topic: Jamie Dixon

Pitt's rebound scoring down but improves

The Pitt Panthers rediscovered their shooting touch Wednesday in a victory against Providence, but coach Jamie Dixon knows his team cannot rely on...
Nick Laham/Getty Images . No one expected it to get this bad.. . Certainly Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon didn't see it coming, but things have never...

NYC Protests Get Personal Against the Rich

Hundreds of protestors migrated north of New York City's financial district this afternoon, taking their grievances to the doorsteps of some of...
NCAA® Coaches Face Off at LG Coaches' Cook-Off(tm) During Final Four® Weekend. Apr. 2, 2011 (PR Newswire) - . /* Style Definitions */...
Robinson-led 15-0 run leads No. 5 Pitt past Penn 82-58Nasir Robinson, still healing from knee surgery, led No. 5 Pittsburgh's 15-0 run to close the first half and the Panthers used their bench extensively while beating Pennsylvania 82-58 on Saturday night ...
Pitt's Dixon feared a car crash was serious when he stopped to aid trapped passengersPitt basketball coach Jamie Dixon initially feared there were no survivors when he hastily stopped his car to pull a woman through a broken windshield of a ...
Pitt basketball coach helps pull victim to safety from car crash on interstateA University of Pittsburgh spokesman says men's basketball coach Jamie Dixon helped rescue two men from a car accident near the city.Athletics spokesman Greg Hotchkiss says Dixon was ...
Since Dixon took over at Pitt, no Panthers season starts without high expectationsThe seasons change, the players change. What doesn't change with Pitt basketball are the expectations.Win around 25 games. Finish high in the Big East Conference standings. Advance deep ...

Facing Off with a Friend

Jay Posner is a longtime friend. He is an nfl jersey assistant sports editor at the San Diego Union-Tribune who attended UCLA and can recite "Seinfeld" lines with the best of them. Jay also continues to write the must-read sports media column ...
Three of top 4 seeds go down in quarterfinals of Big East tournament It was a bad day to be a favorite at the Big East tournament.Three of the conference's top four teams were beaten in the quarterfinals Thursday at ...