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By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media THERE ARE GREAT ATHLETES, and there are great athletes uniquely associated with one setting. That matters to some. We’ve been blessed in Pittsburgh to have had Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, Mean Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw and, yes, our greatest, Mario Lemieux, spend their entire careers here. There’s something [...]

. The Pirates’ six-year, $51.5 million extension for center fielder Andrew McCutchen, expected to be announced tomorrow, probably was not the colossal step for the franchise that most will immediately think. But it still was big, and the reverberations will be felt for quite a while. Let’s start with the “not as big” part: For [...]

It’s not enough for Clint Hurdle to speak out after the grievously, glaringly missed call by home plate umpire Jerry Meals this morning in Atlanta, though he did well to say, “This game deserved way better than that.” It’s not enough for the Pirates’ players to do it, either, though Jeff Karstens did well to [...]

Go ahead. Speak the words out loud, even if no one else is around, even if you feel a little foolish. The Pittsburgh Pirates are in first place. Nah, come on, that was lousy. Try it again, this time with the energy of Andrew McCutchen rounding second on his way to a triple. The Pittsburgh [...]

Whatever you do, don’t blame the Penguins. They had every reason to believe that Jaromir Jagr was serious about returning to Pittsburgh, to the point that many were sold on the idea that it was inevitable. If not, they wouldn’t have waited an extra two days. If not, they wouldn’t have doubled what I understand [...]

If you haven’t heard, Pitt and Penn State will resume their football rivalry in 2016. This is, of course, very big news with a very big wow factor. But is it outright stunning? It takes no more than a casual glance at Pitt’s program to see that it has everything to gain. Heinz Field will [...]