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Kovacevic: Will public furor ever rise to top? Plus, Pirates’ byes, Penguins’ kids, more

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Tampa, Fla.

POSTED: 11:58 PM Sunday

Purely for the purpose of being morose this morning, let's just suppose the Steelers lose here tonight. I know, I know. But hear me out.
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Kovacevic: Hounds after much more than history

By Dejan Kovacevic

at Highmark Stadium

POSTED: 2:09 AM Sunday

A half-dozen summers since Highmark Stadium opened to raves from across the soccer world, it's finally setting stage for its first legitimately important match.
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Kovacevic: Remember top of depth chart, too

By Dejan Kovacevic

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 10:20 PM Saturday

Hockey's the world's fastest team sport, and it's blessed to have the world's fastest training camp.
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Kovacevic: Johnson isn’t Gonchar’s project

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Detroit

POSTED: 12:25 AM Friday

Just don't call Jack Johnson a project. He'll acknowledge anything at all about his performance this past winter in Columbus.
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Kovacevic: Recchi dead-on that Sprong ‘hasn’t stood out’

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Detroit

POSTED: 12:23 AM Thursday

The one voice who just might matter most within the Penguins' evaluation of Daniel Sprong sounded plenty displeased Wednesday night.
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Kovacevic: Sprong taking lumps, learning lessons

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Buffalo, N.Y.

POSTED: 11:52 PM Tuesday

Daniel Sprong faces a multilayered challenge to participate on the Penguins' top three lines. Tuesday night illustrated the scope of that challenge.
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Kovacevic: In alternate reality, what Tomlin says

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Cranberry, Pa.

POSTED: 11:01 PM September 17, 2018

Thought I'd spend my Monday covering hockey scrimmages, but instead was magically transported through a sliver in the time-space continuum to an alternate reality.
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Kovacevic: Can’t pin this embarrassment on players

By Dejan Kovacevic

at Heinz Field

POSTED: 7:16 PM September 16, 2018

"We didn't kick enough ass," Cam Heyward fumed at his stall. "It's as simple as that." Wow, no. It actually isn't.
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Kovacevic: All this defensive depth unprecedented

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Cranberry, Pa.

POSTED: 11:59 PM September 15, 2018

Brian Dumoulin's a matchup man at heart. And on a single scrimmage shift on the Penguins' second day of training camp, he was the kid on Christmas morning.
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Kovacevic: Riikola shows his stuff in a flash

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Cranberry, Pa.

POSTED: 12:53 PM September 14, 2018

It's disrespectful, generally speaking, to ask someone the same question twice, as if in disbelief.
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Kovacevic: This defense starts with smarts

By Dejan Kovacevic

at Rooney Complex

POSTED: 11:58 PM September 12, 2018

Readiness is invariably an issue with any season opener in any sport. That’s only natural. And it would have been fair a few days ago, I think, to be skeptical...
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Kovacevic: If Letang’s ticked over ice time … that’s OK

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Cranberry, Pa.

POSTED: 8:31 PM September 11, 2018

There's 'Good Tanger' and 'Bad Tanger.' People inside the Penguins' world know what those mean, and I'm betting the full fan base does, as well.
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Kovacevic: When No. 7 is the No. 1 problem

By Dejan Kovacevic

at Rooney Complex

POSTED: 12:14 AM September 11, 2018

When either Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin slumps, and the rest of the Penguins are faring just fine, that's the perfect problem to have.
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Kovacevic: Conner, Bell remind how different they are

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Cleveland

POSTED: 4:57 PM September 10, 2018

I asked Marcus Gilbert to take a look at my iPhone screen. I wondered if maybe this wasn't the best time.
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Lolley’s 10 Thoughts: Just gave this one away

By Dale Lolley

in Cleveland

POSTED: 10:50 PM September 9, 2018

The Steelers turned the ball over six times but didn't lose. But they most certainly did not win, either.
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Kovacevic: Steelers’ biggest variable? Think big

By Dejan Kovacevic

at Rooney Complex

POSTED: 12:03 AM September 7, 2018

Stephon Tuitt's the variable for me. He's the wild card, the swing vote, the purple state, however anyone would want to term it.
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Kovacevic: Why bother with Bell’s idiocy?

By Dejan Kovacevic

at Rooney Complex

POSTED: 10:38 PM September 6, 2018

Somewhat strikingly, the stall at No. 26 inside the Steelers' locker room did not sit empty Wednesday afternoon at the Rooney Complex.
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Kovacevic: As ever, Crosby shows the way

By Dejan Kovacevic

in Cranberry, Pa.

POSTED: 1:52 PM September 5, 2018

Sidney Crosby, forever a World War II history buff, invested the better part of his summer traveling across Europe to see both the sites and the sights.
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Kovacevic: Younger Steelers arrive in time

By Dejan Kovacevic

at Rooney Complex

POSTED: 12:02 AM September 4, 2018

Wouldn't it be wonderful if this 53-man roster, with as much young talent as any in recent memory, pushed the Steelers' process along?
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Kovacevic: Not building on Ben anymore

By Dejan Kovacevic

at Rooney Complex

POSTED: 5:19 PM September 1, 2018

So, wow, Landry Jones? Did not see that coming. Obviously.

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