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By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (70-60) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (62-68) Time: 8:10 p.m. Site: House of Horrors TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Milwaukee RHP Mark Rogers … Alex Presley, CF Jose [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media The Steelers just made final cuts to get to 53 … >> LB Sean Spence was placed on their Reserve/Injured List. >> Twenty-one others were released: P Jeremy Kapinos, OT Trai Essex, QB Jerrod Johnson, DB Damon Cromartie-Smith, DB Terrence Frederick, DB Josh Victorian, LB Brandon Hicks, LB [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Brief and to the Point … >> The Friday column virtually begs for real football amid 10 thoughts about the Steelers with 10 days remaining to a real kickoff. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM3tX9P92PE >> Here’s our full Steelers coverage for the night. If I haven’t said this already, we are very [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to kickoff … Game: Steelers (2-1) vs. Carolina Panthers (2-1), preseason Time: 7 p.m. Site: Heinz Field TV, radio: KDKA, 102.5 WDVE Here is the live box summary. Here is the Trib’s Steelers page.

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Brief and to the Point … >> Well, that was impressive. And important. And it came down to the one thing that will mean more than any other for these Pirates the rest of the way: Plenty of pitching. If Wandy Rodriguez is really coming around — and [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (69-60) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (71-58) Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, ESPN (outside Pittsburgh), 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. St. Louis RHP Joe Kelly … [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Brief and to the Point … >> The Wednesday column chronicles a wild 24 hours that began in the wee hours with word of Erik Bedard’s release, to Mike Wallace’s showing up on the South Side, to the Pirates’ fine effort in the evening. Tried this in the [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (68-60) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (71-57) 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. St. Louis RHP Jake Westbrook … Jose Tabata, LF [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Brief and to the Point … >> This is NOT confirmed by the Pirates, but I just heard — at about 1 a.m. Tuesday — that they’ve released Erik Bedard, this from a long-time, highly reliable source with direct ties to the pitcher. Bedard, signed to a one-year, [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (68-59) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (70-57) 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. St. Louis RHP Kyle Lohse … Jose Tabata, LF [...]