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Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (17-11-4) vs. Buffalo Sabres (16-12-3) Time: 7:08 p.m. Site: Consol Energy Center TV, radio: Root Sports (except for a goal here or there), 105.9 The X. Here is the official live summary. News updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe never sleeps.

Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (17-10-4) vs. Ottawa Senators (14-14-4) Time: 7:38 p.m. Site: Scotiabank Place, Ottawa TV, radio: Root Sports (except for a goal here or there), 105.9 The X. Here is the official live summary. News updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe could have skated to work today.

Some odds and ends from the Pirates’ annual media luncheon that leads into PirateFest … >> First, here are all the details of the weekend for you and yours. The thing to know is that the event space will be much larger, so those typically eternal lines for games and autographs should be shorter. >> [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> My Friday column seizes the occasion of PirateFest opening to give the Pirates a B grade for their offseason so far. That’s B as in blah. >> All the buzz last night was over someone else leaving Pitt, that being basketball freshman Khem Birch, but that seemed to [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> Screen grab up there says it all, huh? Congratulations, Arizona State, on an inspired hire. >> It’s not one of my column days — those are Monday, Wednesday and Friday — and colleague Joe Starkey takes on the Steve Pederson issue this morning. But I feel compelled to [...]

Todd Graham has bolted Pitt for Arizona State, and he apparently took a high-octane jet out of town. Those who have been with me for a while might recall I wrote something the day he was hired — I was at the introductory news conference — about how all his me-me-me and reinventing-the-game nonsense reminded [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> My Wednesday column wonders how much longer James Harrison can LOL at the NFL. >> This isn’t the first time it’s happened, but Root Sports missed Detroit’s winning goal last night against the Penguins. I was at Consol, so I only noticed it on the press box monitors, [...]

Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (17-9-4) vs. Detroit Red Wings (18-9-1) Time: 7:08 p.m. Site: Consol Energy Center TV, radio: Root Sports, 105.9 The X Here is the official live summary. News updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe is on the job.

Some sporting thought before sunrise … >> Get used to this. It’s the new normal. Barring some crazy recovery from a months-long concussion, Sidney Crosby was going to get shut down again. If nothing else, he and everyone else would be excessively careful once he felt any symptoms. If they’re all lucky, that’s all this [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> My Monday column is about Ryan Braun, PED use and why baseball should be applauded for this event rather than panned. >> The NFL was contemplating a one- or even two-game suspension for James Harrison, per multiple outlets yesterday, but I find it hard to believe it will [...]