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By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Frank Coonelly, the Pirates’ president, just issued a statement that makes clear he intends to keep Neal Huntington, Kyle Stark and Greg Smith in their same positions: Full text of his statement: For the second consecutive year, we put ourselves in an excellent position to meet our objective [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (76-78) vs. New York Mets (70-84) Time: 7:10 p.m. Site: Citi Field, New York TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. New York RHP Jeremy Hefner … Starling [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Brief and to the Point … >> The Wednesday column recounts my visit with Sidney Crosby. Pretty sure I don’t have to say a lot more than that. >> But if I do, here’s a little extra I set aside for the blog … Crosby has spoken to [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (75-78) vs. New York Mets (70-83) Time: 7:10 p.m. Site: Citi Field, New York TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. Karen Price is on the scene. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. New [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Here’s the podcast of today’s radio show, featuring an opening rant about the Pirates’ ‘blame game,’ Jack Wilson announcing his retirement from baseball, and Jerry DiPaola on Pitt football’s sudden revival.

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Brief and to the Point … >> The new radio show today will feature special guest Jack Wilson, the Patron Saint of the Streak in that he’s among the most active of all players with the Pirates over these 20 years with 10 of the worst seasons, including [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (75-77) vs. New York Mets (69-83) Time: 7:10 p.m. Site: Citi Field, New York TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. New York RHP Jenrry Mejia … Alex [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media OAKLAND, Calif. — Brief and to the Point … >> The Monday column is on the Steelers’ defense getting chewed up and spat out, then discussing being chewed up and … well, you’ll see. >> Here’s some of Brett Keisel after the game … httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ_00AtszE8 It’s clear from [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media OAKLAND, Calif. – Looking ahead to kickoff … Game: Steelers (1-1) vs. Oakland Raiders (0-2) Time: 4:25 p.m. Site: O.co Coliseum TV, radio: CBS, 102.5 WDVE Here is the live box summary. Here is the Trib’s Steelers page. Alan Robinson, Ralph Paulk and I are here.

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (74-77) vs. Houston Astros (50-102) Time: 2:05 p.m. Site: Minute Maid Park, Houston TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Houston RHP Jordan Lyles … Alex Presley, LF [...]