Pitt baseball coach resigns after two-plus decades
Joe Jordano resigned as Pitt’s baseball coach, according to a source with knowledge of the situation, ending a tenure at the school that stretched more than two decades.
Jordano leaves the Panthers as the winningest coach in program history, amassing 588 victories in 21 seasons at the helm. His overall record in that time was 588-522-2 (0.53 win percentage).
For all the accomplishments he accrued in that time, the Panthers never made the NCAA tournament in his time as coach. The program was also never able to fully acclimate to a move to the ACC in 2013, a conference switch that represented a significant step up in competition from the Big East. After going 169-107 overall and 75-55 in conference in its final five seasons in the Big East, Pitt went 119-144 overall and 50-98 in conference in its first five seasons in the ACC.
Football
New York Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson will serve six months of probation after a January arrest in Florida where authorities initially said he tried to speed away from police. Broward County court records show Anderson pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless driving as part of a deal with prosecutors. Anderson, 25, had faced multiple charges, including a felony count of fleeing and eluding police. Those charges were previously dismissed. Anderson set career highs with 63 catches, 941 yards receiving and seven touchdowns in 2017, his second NFL season.
• The Alliance of American Football completed its awarding of franchises by placing a team in San Antonio. Former San Diego Chargers coach Mike Riley will be the head coach and former Dallas Cowboys fullback Darryl “Moose” Johnston is the general manager. San Antonio joins Atlanta, Orlando, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Phoenix, Memphis and Birmingham. The Alliance will kick off its inaugural season the week after the Super Bowl and has a TV contract with CBS.
• Pitt’s big week on the recruiting trail got a little bit bigger Thursday night. Farrell’s Kyi Wright announced his commitment to the Panthers’ 2019 class via Twitter, becoming the 12th high school player to do so since last Friday. Rivals rates him as a three-star prospect and ranks him No. 23 among outside linebackers, and No. 18 among Pennsylvania prospects.
Tennis
Defending champion Roger Federer overcame two match points against Benoit Paire to reach the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, with a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7) win. Paire rallied after losing the first set to take the second, and the Frenchman defended two match points at 6-5 in the decider to force a tiebreaker.
• Novak Djokovic eased past second-seeded Grigor Dimitrov at Queen’s Club in London with a 6-4, 6-1 win. Former top-ranked Djokovic, who accepted a wild card into the Wimbledon warm-up tournament, had little trouble against the 2014 champion and advanced to the quarterfinals.