Good morning!
All of us here at DK Pittsburgh Sports congratulate Taylor Haase on her five-year anniversary with our company!
We've only been around for one more than that, so she's pretty much been with us the whole way. And no one's been with us longer or, I'm confident in saying, made greater strides. She was hired to handle our social media, then added minor-league hockey reporting, then, as readers kept asking for more of her work, graduated to covering the Penguins and the NHL alongside Dave Molinari.
And that barely scratches the surface of what she does here. She's the heart and soul of this operation in so many ways, with her attention to detail, the extra effort she puts into caring for all of our work and not just her own, and so much more behind the scenes -- including helping Dali on the business end -- that readers don't get to see.
We couldn't be more proud, and we couldn't be happier to have her hold this unique place in what this pioneering little business has achieved.
• I've got a second consecutive baseball-based Grind up this morning, as well as my daily Pirates podcast as a complement:
• I'm now doing three morning podcasts every day, one on each team. Here are all three for today.
• This week's Brewing question: How different is Christmas for you this year? For me, honestly, it barely feels real.
LIVE Qs AT 5
• Monday: Lolley
• Tuesday: Stumpf
• Wednesday: Carter
• Thursday: Molinari
• Friday: DK
MORNING JAVA
• Monday: DK/Lolley
• Tuesday: Haase/Molinari
• Wednesday: Lolley/Carter
• Thursday: Carter/Stumpf
• Friday: DK/Foster
WEEKLY FEATURES
• Monday: Mound Visit
• Tuesday: On the Line
• Wednesday: Carter's Classroom
• Thursday: Drive to the Net
• Friday: Point Park University Insider
COLUMNS, MORE
DK's Grind columns run Monday through Thursday, Tom Reed's In Depth pieces run Friday, and the Curtis Pharmacy Site Stuff runs Saturday.
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