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By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media LONDON — Brief and to the Point … >> Wow. Talk about the cool parts of a job that really doesn’t have many non-cool parts. This is one of the great cities in the world, and I can’t tell you how excited I am to be here for [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (54-42) vs. Chicago Cubs (40-56) Time: 12:35 p.m. Site: PNC Park Radio: 93.7 The Fan (No TV) Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Chicago RHP Ryan Dempster … Alex Presley, LF Neil Walker, 2B [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Brief and to the Point … >> The Wednesday column is a collection of parting thoughts on Pittsburgh sports as I pack up for the big trip today. Had a bunch of stuff I wanted to get out, then the Wandy Rodriguez trade broke late at night, so [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (54-41) vs. Chicago Cubs (39-56) 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. Chicago LHP Paul Maholm … Drew Sutton, LF Neil Walker, [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Brief and to the Point … >> The NCAA’s punishment of Penn State was just. Made my case to that effect right here yesterday and don’t really have much to add. But there is a related side issue I’d like to raise: Those 111 victories the NCAA forced [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (54-40) vs. Chicago Cubs (38-56) 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. Chicago RHP Jeff Samardzija … Alex Presley, LF Neil Walker, [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Thoughts on the truly exceptional punishment the NCAA has just levied against Penn State football … >> Maybe the saddest outcome is that there will be too many at Penn State — and even a few is too many — who won’t fully grasp how devastating these penalties [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Brief and to the Point … >> The Monday column reminds the Pirates’ front office that participation isn’t optional. >> Totally serious question: If you were Rodney Erickson, president at Penn State, and the NCAA gave you a choice between long-lasting forfeiture of bowls and scholarships or canceling [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (53-40) vs. Miami Marlins (44-50) 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. Miami RHP Anibal Sanchez … Alex Presley, LF Neil Walker, [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media The Trib’s five-page Olympic preview runs in your Sunday paper, and it was the result of a pretty big effort by an awful lot of people not named me. My contribution is an analysis of why these Games will be more visible, more accessible than any in history. [...]