Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. As we head into the new academic year, you’ll note that we added two outstanding higher educational institutions to the ACC this year in Pittsburgh and Syracuse. We here at SCACCHoops are good neighbors. Therefore, we want to introduce you to some good folks to follow on Twitter. Our first installment will be for Pittsburgh. We thank @FearTheStache for his recommendations for this blog post.
We’ll have three sections in this post, which includes 29 Twitter accounts. First, we will present some bloggers. Second, we will present the mass media. Third, and finally, we’ll introduce our fellow fans from Pittsburgh to some ACC blogger accounts that are must follows (these folks will really give you a terrific introduction to the ACC - I did not put myself on there, but you can follow me, too lol at @hokiesmash). We’ve also provided some Pittsburgh Panthers Athletic Administration media officials - and a great Old Dominion University (ODU) follow (as ODU is on Pitt’s schedule this year - and many other ACC teams).
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@PittPantherBlog - SB Nation’s site, Cardiac Hill, which covers the Pittsburgh Panthers’ athletic programs.
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@AnsonWhaley is the founder and editor of Cardiac Hill, SB Nation’s Pittsburgh Panthers sports blog.
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@mikeo90 - Mike Osterrieder is a senior writer at Cardiac Hill,
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@FearTheStache - TFW Bryan, original member of the Fighting Wannstaches, then to the Pitt Script Blog, and now at Cardiac Hill.
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@VictoryLights - “Victory Lights, identical to TFW Bryan in most every way, including the path to Cardiac HIll. It's kinda creepy.” (Direct quote from @FearTheStache).
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@ChasRich27 - Chas Rich is the founder, creator, editor, and owner of Pitt Blather and a freelance writer/editor.
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@ChrisDokish - Chris Dokish covered both Pitt football and basketball for nine years. He is the author of Panthers Prey.
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@BrunoPittsburgh - Chris Bruno is the writer and owner of Pitt 13 to 9, a blog dedicated to Pittsburgh Panthers football.
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@PittScript - Bryan is a former blogger for the Pitt Script Blog and Cardiac Hill. He retired from blogging - but is still an excellent follow (and one of the guys I follow).
Mass Media:
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@pittnewssports - The Sports Section of @ThePittNews, the daily student newspaper at Pitt.
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@PantherLair - Chris Peak runs Panther Lair, Rivals Pittsburgh Panthers’ athletic web site.
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@MattSteinbrin - Matthew Steinbrink covers Pittsburgh Panthers men’s basketball for Panther Lair.
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@SWernerPG - Sam Werner is the Pittsburgh Panthers football reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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@BrianBatko - Brian Batko is the sports copy editor at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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@JDiPaola_Trib - Jerry DiPaola is the Pittsburgh Panthers beat writer for the Pittsburgh-Tribune Review.
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@KGorman_Trib - Kevin Gorman is the basketball beat writer for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
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@Dejan_Kovacevic - Dejan Kovacevic is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review sports columnist, a regular contributor to WPXI-TV's 'The Final Word', and TribLIVE Radio.
Pittsburgh fans, get to know the ACC:
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@scacchoops - Jon Pence is the creator ofSCACCHoops and a contributor on #ACCLive on The ACC Digital Network.
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@ACCSports - Jim Young is the editor of ACC Sports - he provides the most up-to-date news and analysis on ACC football and basketball.
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@d1scourse - Patrick Stevens covers ACC college football, basketball and lacrosse for the Syracuse Post-Standard.
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@TheDevilWolf - I don’t think we can do better than quoting Ben Swain directly: “Co-host of the critically acclaimed Walk-Ons podcast. Writer. Joke maker. 2012 Belk Bowl attendee. ACC xenophobe.”
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@DobberSBN - SB Nation’s Bracketologist - a must follow.
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@RunTheFloor - Michael Rogner is the founder of Run the Floor, and basketball editor for Tomahawk Nation. One of the most important folks to follow for college basketball.
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@raphiellej - Raphielle Johnson is one of the lead contributors at @CBTonNBC and is a must follow for Pittsburgh college basketball fans.
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@TalkinACCSports - Jeffrey Fann is the owner and site manager (and one of the guys I work for) at All Sports Discussion.
Please make sure you follow EJ Borghetti at @PittBorghetti. He is the Senior Associate Athletic Director/Media Relations for the Pittsburgh Panthers. Additionally, make sure you follow Mendy Nestor at @PittMendyNestor. Nestor is the Director of Communications and New Media for Pitt Athletics. Also, make sure you follow Greg Hotchkiss at @PittGHOTCH. Hotchkiss is the Athletic Media Relations Director for the University of Pittsburgh. Finally, make sure you follow @vabeachrep - he is my ODU expert on Twitter (and ODU is on Pitt’s schedule this year).
Make sure you follow @scacchoops and @HokieSmash for continuing ACC coverage at SCACCHoops.
