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2.9K93DK'S GRINDKovacevic: On being better than Philly
in PhiladelphiaPOSTED: 5:12 AM TuesdayAt some stage of the Penguins' game with their archrival here tonight, something is sure to go wrong for the home team.
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7.9K235DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Johnson’s huge shorty heady, too
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 1:00 AM MondayA month ago, Jack Johnson was getting some good-natured grief from good buddy Drew Doughty. Something about barely having any goals over the past, oh, decade or so.
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6.7K174DK'S GRINDKovacevic: This toughness has different definition
in BostonPOSTED: 2:30 PM FridayNo, it's not about hits and fights, scraps and scrums and all that other tough stuff.
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10.4K114DK'S GRINDKovacevic: This time, Penguins don’t dare stray
in BostonPOSTED: 12:10 AM ThursdayIt's possible that, by the time the Zambonis complete their final laps here tonight, the most compelling quotes I could cull about the Penguins would come from the Bruins' locker...
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7.5K140DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Wingers can’t be a prayer
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 2:00 PM WednesdayDominik Simon caught himself, and cleverly at that.
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8.5K170DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Oh, it’s OK to rip cheating now?
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 6:23 AM January 14, 2020When Major League Baseball's historic axe swung down upon Houston's front office, it brought similarly strong reactions from across the continent, almost all in approval.
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7.6K161DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Urging unanimous Hall voting stinks
on the North ShorePOSTED: 2:26 PM January 10, 2020The problem with Mariano Rivera having been the Baseball Hall of Fame's first unanimous selection a year ago is that he's set the new standard for encouraging homogenized voting.
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8.9K143DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Handful of unsung heroes in Penguins’ first half
in Strip DistrictPOSTED: 4:35 PM January 7, 2020"It takes everyone," Marcus Pettersson was telling me the other night at PPG Paints Arena. "Everyone in here."
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12.0K266DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Letang issue can’t be left to linger
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 11:42 PM January 6, 2020Kris Letang needs to be better. There. Lets' try the positive approach this time.
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7.8K167DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Letang’s lapses … why?
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 2:00 AM January 3, 2020Kris Letang's ill-advised overtime penalty cost the Penguins at 2-1 loss to the Sharks.
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9.4K108DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Can’t risk removing Bud
at Rooney ComplexPOSTED: 12:03 AM December 31, 2019It's New Year's Eve, and the predictions for 2020 will be pouring at the pace of champagne.
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16.7K287DK'S GRINDKovacevic: This rebound requires more than Ben
in BaltimorePOSTED: 3:15 PM December 30, 2019"I'm looking forward to Ben hopefully coming back healthy. So it can get back to the way it used to be and whatnot. ... You know what I mean?"
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8.6K121DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Winning culture brought back from the back out
in Nashville, Tenn.POSTED: 12:20 PM December 28, 2019The Penguins kept right on defending, right on winning in shutting down the Predators, 5-1, Friday night at Bridgestone Arena.
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5.4K64PenguinsDrive to the Net: How to fix power play
in Nashville, Tenn.POSTED: 10:36 PM December 27, 2019The Penguins' five-day Christmas break formally ends here Friday when they face off anew with the Predators.
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11.8K220DK'S GRINDKovacevic: 99 problems toward 2020 but a QB ain’t one
in DowntownPOSTED: 2:44 PM December 24, 2019The Steelers have learned a lot in 2019 toward 2020, and one of them is that they'll be just fine at quarterback.
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31.8K507DK'S GRINDKovacevic: All of JuJu’s bad juju no accident
in East Rutherford, N.J.POSTED: 4:11 PM December 23, 2019On an otherwise sunny NFL Sunday, one butchered by botched snaps, benched quarterbacks and just bad all-around football, this pass was pristine.
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7.1K133DK'S GRINDKovacevic: OK, let’s see what Fichtner’s got
in East Rutherford, N.J.POSTED: 2:33 AM December 21, 2019"I don’t think anything went wrong. We were just a little bit on edge. That can spook a young quarterback." My goodness.
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16.1K383DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Fichtner increasingly clueless
at Heinz FieldPOSTED: 5:03 PM December 16, 2019"House money" was what David DeCastro called it in our conversation a couple weeks ago in Cincinnati, and I'll be damned if he didn't nail it.