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By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (38-33) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (34-40) Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Philadelphia RHP Joe Blanton … Alex Presley, LF [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media >> The Monday column bids farewell to the NHL Draft by also bidding farewell to the NHL, maybe, for a really long time. >> Now that the Penguins are looking beyond Jordan Staal with an eye toward a breathtaking haul of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, time to [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (38-32) vs. Detroit Tigers (34-37) Time: 1:35 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Detroit RHP Justin Verlander … Alex Presley, LF Josh Harrison, [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (37-32) vs. Detroit Tigers (34-36) Time: 4:05 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Detroit RHP Max Scherzer … Alex Presley, LF Jose Tabata, [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Because of the Jordan Staal trade, I wrote an extra column last night at the NHL Draft. Eager to hear your thoughts all around. Surprised I haven’t yet heard from many of the fans I’m sure are upset to see such a player go.

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media What: NHL Draft, Round 1 When: 7 p.m. Where: Consol Energy Center TV: NBC Sports, NHL Network (before and after) Here is the official Central Scouting Bureau prospect pool from NHL.com. UPDATE 6:41 p.m.: Won’t be long now until the Oilers/Bengals get on the clock. 6:47: NHL veep [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (36-32) vs. Detroit Tigers (34-35) Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Detroit RHP Doug Fister … Alex Presley, LF Neil Walker, [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Brief and to the Point … >> The Friday column is about Jordan Staal. Had something else ready on the eve of the NHL Draft, but it’ll have to run some other day. This news was a little too significant. >> Here is that Staal news coverage, by [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (35-32) vs. Minnesota Twins (27-40) Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Minnesota RHP Liam Hendriks … Alex Presley, LF Neil Walker, 2B Andrew McCutchen, CF Garrett Jones, [...]

. LAS VEGAS — Brief and to the Point … >> This is my news coverage of Evgeni Malkin winning the Hart Trophy. We can take events like this for granted in Pittsburgh, but we shouldn’t. The Penguins are blessed to have had six Hart winners in the past 25 years, and there easily could [...]