Columns

in Dallas

POSTED: 12:12 AM Friday

Tony Clark, head of Major League Baseball's Players Association, doesn't get it. Neither does anyone at Major League Baseball itself, I might add.

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Kovacevic: Kessel’s not optional, Steelers’ signings, Pirates’ infield

in New York

POSTED: 12:21 AM Tuesday

Old-school Tuesday Takes before a business meeting this morning in Manhattan ...

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Kovacevic: Well past time to figure it out

Courtesy of Point Park University

POSTED: 11:16 PM Monday

"What happened?" Jack Johnson repeated my question back. "We gave up a four-on-two or three-on-two with, like, 15 seconds left. I mean ... that just can't happen."

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Kovacevic: Aggressive approach no longer optional

POSTED: 6:54 PM Saturday

"I think every game, from here on out, is going to be of that intensity. And you have to match it or exceed it." This was Jack Johnson, late Saturday afternoon.

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Kovacevic: With circus gone, Steelers turn serious

POSTED: 1:03 AM March 14, 2019

in Strip District

The circus has left town, having now officially pitched its tent in Oakland. The other clown had already left town, and he'll now take a lot less pay for a...

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Kovacevic: All that’s awesome about hockey … in a single stickcheck

POSTED: 3:17 AM March 13, 2019

A three-goal surge in 108 seconds. A throwdown of Tom Wilson. A thousand points for Evgeni Malkin.

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Kovacevic: Wait, what exactly did AB win?

POSTED: 8:59 PM March 11, 2019

Antonio Brown showed the Steelers who's boss. Shamed the franchise. Brought the once-might Rooneys to their shaking knees.

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Kovacevic: It’s all in the precision for Penguins

POSTED: 2:28 AM March 11, 2019

One of the many mythologies about hockey's advanced analytics is that they're all available to the public. The truth: Most aren't.

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Courtesy of Point Park University

Kovacevic: Championship-level goaltending makes all things possible

POSTED: 5:05 AM March 10, 2019

in Columbus, Ohio

Matt Murray was brilliant against the Blue Jackets, but it was basically for naught.

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Kovacevic: Bjugstad/McCann a hilarious heist for Rutherford

POSTED: 1:34 AM March 8, 2019

The Penguins' trade to acquire Nick Bjugstad and Jared McCann from the Florida Panthers is looking increasingly like larceny.

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Kovacevic: The Columbus Strait Jackets

POSTED: 1:33 AM March 8, 2019

It's not true that the Penguins occupy space in the Blue Jackets' collective consciousness. They are that consciousness.

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Kovacevic: Why keeping Foster matters

POSTED: 12:05 AM March 7, 2019

So, the Steelers are finally getting rid of that guy? Good. But where's it ordained that they have to get rid of this guy.

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Kovacevic: Living on the right side of the puck

POSTED: 2:02 AM March 6, 2019

I'd barely begun the question for Nick Bjugstad ... "Are you starting to see this team turning and ... ?"

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Kovacevic: Under duress, defense digs up depth

POSTED: 3:15 PM March 4, 2019

First thought upon seeing Zach Trotman approach a puck deep in the defensive zone, with two forwards in hot pursuit: Dude, just pop it up in the air somewhere.

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Courtesy of Point Park University

Kovacevic: Authoritative, aggressive Murray? Yes, please

POSTED: 11:19 PM March 2, 2019

in Montreal

"He didn't shoot it," one of the Penguins' veterans observed for me. "He passed it. You see that? He passed it." He did. Shea Weber passed it.

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Courtesy of Hertz

Drive to the Net: ‘Best 200-foot player in the game’