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By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Morning, Lunatics … >> The Monday column uses the word ‘stupid’ an awful lot, so it shouldn’t surprise that the topic is the Penguins’ decision-making process in Game 3. Hardly anyone on the roster played a smart game, actually, but it can be stated with conviction [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Here’s today’s chat transcript covering the Penguins’ two — and apparently terribly troubling — losses, as well as the Pirates’ order, the Steelers’ draft, the Pitt mass exodus … you name it.

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media >> The weekly chat will rise up right here on this blog at noon. The post should go up around 8 a.m., which is when entries can be submitted. Please bear in mind, entries go in the chat field, not in the comments section. >> As our overly alliterative [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media >> The Wednesday column pays homage to the architect of the Penguins’ 15-game winning streak that ended last night at Consol. And boy, did it end with a blah and a half … News coverage this morning is by beat man Rob Rossi. Not much to say about this [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media The Sunday column lauds the Jamie Dixon extension while also taking a deeper position-by-position look into what’s to come for Pitt hoops in 2013-14. Here, too, is Kevin Gorman’s news coverage of Dixon. And below is this morning’s Trib Sunday cover …

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Pitt and Jamie Dixon just announced a contract extension for the coach through the 2022-23 season, with Dixon saying in the statement he intends to finish his career at the university. My Friday column from Salt Lake City has all my feelings on Dixon and what his staying would [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media SALT LAKE CITY – Morning, lunatics … >> The Friday column focuses on hard questions Jamie Dixon must face in light of yet another grisly tournament failure for Pitt, this one the worst of them all Here’s beat writer Kevin Gorman’s game story focusing on Tray Woodall’s nightmare, my [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media SALT LAKE CITY – The chat transcript gets into the Pitt game that’s about to unfold right here a few feet away, as well as the Penguins’ defense-first 10-game winning streak, the Steelers’ big talk this week and more. Thanks to all who participated!

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media SALT LAKE CITY — Looking ahead to tipoff … Game: No. 8 seed Pitt (24-8, 12-7 Big East) vs. No. 9 Wichita State (26-8, 12-6 Missouri Valley) Time: 1:40 p.m. Site: EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City TV, radio: TBS, 93.7 The Fan Here is Pitt’s official page. And here is TribLIVE’s Pitt [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media SALT LAKE CITY – Morning, lunatics, from way up in the mountains … >> The Thursday news piece I wrote for our newspaper’s Page A-1 today takes a broader look at the incredible rise of the NCAA bracket into our culture. Hope you like it. Passed on the standard [...]