The Big Picture: Panthers learn the art of being interviewed...
By: Chuck Finder
POST-GAZETTE.COM
Thursday, October 17, 2002

"Pitt's football players huddled in their South Side complex meeting room Tuesday and learned how to deal with the stinking media. Your trusty reporter sat in the back of the room, taking copious notes. Because you can never stop learning how to deal with the stinking media, especially when you wake up alongside one of them every morning.

The Art of the Interview was taught by ESPN play-by-play announcer Dave Sims and his wife, Abby. It was an interesting and informative one hour and 45 minutes, even on a team where eight regulars major in communications and rhetoric -- which might seem redundant. The Simses regularly tour America offering such presentations, schooling among others Connecticut and Virginia Tech and UNLV and Georgia Tech, both football and basketball teams, both players and coaches..."

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Pitt players learn do's and don'ts of presenting themselves to media...
By: Joe Bendel
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, October 16, 2002

"No clichés. No ain'ts. No speaking in the third-person. No "you knows."

ESPN television analyst Dave Sims spent two hours Tuesday at the Duratz Complex on the South Side lecturing the Pitt football team on what to say and what not to say to the media.

He also discussed proper posture when the cameras are rolling, using eye contact, showing charisma, avoiding one-word answers and many other details that student-athletes should understand when presenting themselves publicly..."

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