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By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media With the NHL giving out its awards tonight at 7, here, as always, is my full ballot for all trophies and all-star teams for which I was entrusted with a vote by the Professional Hockey Writers Association … HART TROPHY 1. Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh 2. Patrick Kane, Chicago 3. [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Morning, Lunatics … >> The Friday column wraps up a rather spirited three-day minicamp by listing three reasons — three athletes, actually — I feel will make the Steelers’ No. 1-ranked defense even better. Very much look forward to your feedback on this, as well as answers to the [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Morning, Lunatics … >> The weekly chat will happen right here on the blog today at noon. >> At 1:01 a.m., assuming you didn’t stay up, this happened … Magnificent stuff. Fifth-longest game in Stanley Cup Final history. Tremendous goaltending. And reason eleventy billion why the Stanley Cup playoffs [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Here’s today’s TribLIVE Radio show podcast featuring my special guest Steve McLendon, the Steelers’ new nose tackle replacing Casey Hampton and one seriously determined individual. Also on the show, the Trib’s Josh Yohe weighs in on the Dan Bylsma issue and the Stanley Cup final, and a very special, [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Morning, Lunatics … >> Today marks the opening of the Steelers’ three-day minicamp on the South Side, of course, and the TribLIVE Radio show today — 1-2 p.m. — will feature an interview with one of the participants. Which is to say, I’ll get someone on the spot, then [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Morning, Long-faced Lunatics … >> The Monday column takes a rather dim view of Dan Bylsma’s press conference Sunday morning on the Penguins’ breakup day. I can assure I was all set with another angle for the column, but Bylsma changed that within about a minute. Watch for yourself [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media The joint venture between WPXI and Trib Total Media into sports TV continues Sunday night at 11:35 p.m. with the latest episode of The Final Word. >> Who’s on: WPXI contributors will be Alby Oxenreiter and Bill Phillips. The Trib will be represented by myself and Rob Rossi. Our topics [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media BOSTON — Morning, Sad People … >> The Saturday column attempts to illustrate how the Penguins’ way is always the right way … even when it’s so very clearly not. I have something else I want to share with the team’s fans this morning … Thank you. I’ve spent [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media BOSTON – Looking ahead to faceoff … Game 4: Penguins vs. Boston Bruins, Stanley Cup playoffs, Eastern Conference final Series: Bruins, 3-0 Time: 8:15 p.m. Site: TD Garden, Boston TV, radio: NBC Sports Network, CBC (Canada), RDS (Quebec), WXDX-FM 105.9 Here is the official live box score. Here is [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media BOSTON — Morning, Lunatics … >> The Friday column examines — or re-examines Dan Bylsma’s future with the Penguins. Some might recall I broached this subject a couple days before these playoffs, and that column can be found right here. Here’s some of what Bylsma had to say yesterday [...]