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15.6K153PiratesKovacevic: Pirates, PNC miles apart on naming rights extension
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 8:16 PM MondayThe Pirates and PNC Bank are far apart on agreeing to an extension on their naming rights deal to PNC Park that expired this year.
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7.1K122DK'S GRINDKovacevic: It’s about talking … but more so listening
in DowntownPOSTED: 10:18 AM SundayIt was the summer of 2017, a sweltering day at Saint Vincent College. The Steelers were out on the field, sweating up a storm in full pads.
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4.8K45DK'S GRINDClassic Grind: Winners will win, losers will lose
in CincinnatiPOSTED: 12:03 AM SundayThe Steelers were making their exit, stage left into Paul Brown Stadium's visiting tunnel, late Saturday night, and the din down there was as thick as the downpour outside.
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6.8K98DK'S GRINDKovacevic: James, JuJu pivotal in truest sense
in the Strip DistrictPOSTED: 12:05 AM FridayThe Nation went wild at the Ben Roethlisberger viral video a week ago, the one where he was winging the ball to James Conner and JuJu Smith-Schuster.
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8.2K176DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Everyone’s seeing NHL vs. MLB trajectory now
in the Strip DistrictPOSTED: 6:46 PM Wednesday"The most storied and treasured trophy in all of the sports." That's what Gary Bettman called the trophy he's charged with handing out each summer.
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6.9K219DK'S GRINDKovacevic: In search of middle ground
in the Strip DistrictPOSTED: 11:09 AM May 26, 2020Not a whole lot bugs me on social media. And that goes double for stuff that isn't aimed directly at me.
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7.7K39DK'S GRINDKovacevic: A Price without a match
in the Strip DistrictPOSTED: 12:05 AM May 26, 2020The Canadiens, the Penguins' likely opponent in the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, aren't much without all-universe goaltender Carey Price.
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6.2K28DK'S GRINDClassic Grind: No Penguins showed greater grit
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 12:06 AM May 24, 2020This puck, this time, wasn't going to be stopped. It wasn't going to lounge idly in the blue paint for two eternal seconds before finally being swept away.
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6.7K155DK'S GRINDKovacevic: If baseball bails, blame the players
in the Strip DistrictPOSTED: 2:07 PM May 22, 2020There's no agreement between Major League Baseball and the Players Association, and there never was one. Not a completed one, anyway.
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6.9K82DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Twenty ways 2020 can be … predictable?
in the Strip DistrictPOSTED: 12:07 AM May 20, 2020Much as I'll always recall March 12 as the day this coronavirus crisis closed up civilization, I'd be remiss if I didn't equally recall May 19.
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5.9K204DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Reconnecting who we really are
in the Strip DistrictPOSTED: 12:37 AM May 18, 2020Having the good fortune to have already visited five continents, I've still not encountered any setting as invigorating, as inviting as our very own Strip District.
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8.2K50DK'S GRINDClassic Grind: A franchise officially reborn
in AtlantaPOSTED: 6:09 PM May 16, 2020It's 6:32 p.m., about a half-hour to first pitch Tuesday at Turner Field, and the Pirates' bench coach is down at the far end of the visitors' dugout.
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7.7K293DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Goodell’s crushing Bettman, Manfred
in the Strip DistrictPOSTED: 1:36 PM May 14, 2020Of the 50 states that comprise our union, exactly two have come forth to declare that professional sports can resume: Arizona and, as of yesterday, Florida.
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8.3K201DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Baseball owners’ ploy transparent … and awesome
in the Strip DistrictPOSTED: 5:05 PM May 13, 2020There's hope that the Pirates will retake the field at PNC Park for a de facto second spring training by mid-June.
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8.4K276DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Signs of the comeback
in DowntownPOSTED: 1:07 AM May 11, 2020We don't want people in Georgia to die. There it is. I've found it. One thing absolutely all of us can agree upon, related to this coronavirus crisis.
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17.8K45DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Why our city will fall for Ryan Shazier
in Latrobe, Pa.POSTED: 12:36 AM May 9, 2020“I wasn’t surprised at all,” Ryan Shazier insisted to reporters Monday when asked about the almost barbaric punishment being doled out.
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5.9K125DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Follow the nose to find hope in 2020
in the Strip DistrictPOSTED: 1:09 PM May 7, 2020Llamas have awesome antibodies. No, really. Something about their X and Y properties do something something that assist scientists in attacking viruses.
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8.2K154DK'S GRINDKovacevic: ‘Greatest game ever,’ all but forgotten
in the Strip DistrictPOSTED: 9:39 PM May 6, 2020Our city's been blessed by 16 big-league championships between the Steelers' six and the Penguins and Pirates with five each.