BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC
A weekly look at what’s new, what’s coming on our site …
• A plan is being made up, though it’s far from firm, for how we could cover colleges in the coming NCAA season. What’s settled at this stage: It would be done mostly by our own staff, with a couple key exceptions, and the schools involved will be Pitt and Duquesne, the ones I covered by myself last season, as well as Penn State, West Virginia and Robert Morris.
I’m interested in hearing about the type of college coverage you’d prefer, and I’d welcome hearing that in the comments below. That said, I’m absolutely not interested in anything related to individual schools. I don’t care which schools you hail or hate, and I don’t want the conversation to plunge off a cliff. To reiterate, let’s hear what type of coverage — features, columns, game coverage, frequency, travel, etc. — interests you.
To make a related point here: I’d actually be doing Steelers, Penguins and Pirates more than ever under this plan. I was covering some Pitt and Duquesne events last season that now would go mostly to someone else. So this plan has very little to do with me and nothing at all to do with coverage of the big three.
Thanks in advance for keeping it civil.
• Inspired by the addition of Dave DiCello and his amazing images, we’ve worked with site guru Jordan Saunders to add a way for you to enjoy all of our quality photography a little bit more by simply clicking on the pic. If there’s a larger version of it — and that won’t always be the case — it will expand right there on your screen. To revert it, click the little X at the top right corner.
• Uh-oh. Benstonium called. I’ve been summoned to duty this weekend. I’m terrified.
• Our new pregame notes have been a hit, judging from the early feedback, so you can be sure to have a set of those before every game we’re staffing. To be honest, I found them kind of fun to do out on the West Coast. Nice little outlet for extra info culled before the event.
Photo-illustration — DALI KOVACEVIC
• Father’s Day is June 21, and we’ve customized our gift subscriptions page in style.
Just go to the page, fill out the form as you would with any gift subscription, and be sure to select the best possible ‘Desired activation date’ for your situation. If you want us to inform your recipient on Father’s Day itself, just choose June 21.
From there, feel free to print out our customized Father’s Day card you’ll find linked on that same page. Print it out yourself and attach any message you’d like.
• Our one-year anniversary Lunatic Bash will be July 18 at Highmark Stadium. Any subscriber attending gets two free tickets to that night’s match between the Riverhounds and Louisville City FC. More details as we get closer. And no, it’s not limited to those with Lunatic Level — or three-year — subscriptions. All subscribers are appreciated and welcome.
• If you haven’t downloaded yet, here is our app for iPhone/iPad. And the app for Android. Overall app count: 8,733 active downloads from Apple, 3,317 from Android.
• We never stop selling standard gift subscriptions. Click the box below for all options:
• If you are an active-duty military member or a veteran — or if you know one — let it be known that subscriptions to this site are free. Click the box below:
As a reminder: We take care of all active-duty military and always will. Our veteran subscriptions are funded by donations. Click the same box if you’d like to contribute.
• Our merchandise shop now has clothing, mugs, mousepads, flash drives and more:
• As of this writing at 11 p.m. Friday, we’re at 11,989 paid subscriptions. We’re 10 1/2 months old. Our goal for the first full year — 10,000 — was topped in early April.
• If you can’t figure out something related to our site or app, please check our Support and App Support pages. About 99 percent of the questions we get can be answered right there. But if your issue isn’t there, email [email protected]
• Thank you, as always, for reading and for your support.
June 6, 2015
Saturday site stuff: Let’s talk colleges
by Dejan Kovacevic • Site stuff • Saturday site stuff
BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC
A weekly look at what’s new, what’s coming on our site …
• A plan is being made up, though it’s far from firm, for how we could cover colleges in the coming NCAA season. What’s settled at this stage: It would be done mostly by our own staff, with a couple key exceptions, and the schools involved will be Pitt and Duquesne, the ones I covered by myself last season, as well as Penn State, West Virginia and Robert Morris.
I’m interested in hearing about the type of college coverage you’d prefer, and I’d welcome hearing that in the comments below. That said, I’m absolutely not interested in anything related to individual schools. I don’t care which schools you hail or hate, and I don’t want the conversation to plunge off a cliff. To reiterate, let’s hear what type of coverage — features, columns, game coverage, frequency, travel, etc. — interests you.
To make a related point here: I’d actually be doing Steelers, Penguins and Pirates more than ever under this plan. I was covering some Pitt and Duquesne events last season that now would go mostly to someone else. So this plan has very little to do with me and nothing at all to do with coverage of the big three.
Thanks in advance for keeping it civil.
• Inspired by the addition of Dave DiCello and his amazing images, we’ve worked with site guru Jordan Saunders to add a way for you to enjoy all of our quality photography a little bit more by simply clicking on the pic. If there’s a larger version of it — and that won’t always be the case — it will expand right there on your screen. To revert it, click the little X at the top right corner.
• Uh-oh. Benstonium called. I’ve been summoned to duty this weekend. I’m terrified.
• Our new pregame notes have been a hit, judging from the early feedback, so you can be sure to have a set of those before every game we’re staffing. To be honest, I found them kind of fun to do out on the West Coast. Nice little outlet for extra info culled before the event.
Photo-illustration — DALI KOVACEVIC
• Father’s Day is June 21, and we’ve customized our gift subscriptions page in style.
Just go to the page, fill out the form as you would with any gift subscription, and be sure to select the best possible ‘Desired activation date’ for your situation. If you want us to inform your recipient on Father’s Day itself, just choose June 21.
From there, feel free to print out our customized Father’s Day card you’ll find linked on that same page. Print it out yourself and attach any message you’d like.
• Our one-year anniversary Lunatic Bash will be July 18 at Highmark Stadium. Any subscriber attending gets two free tickets to that night’s match between the Riverhounds and Louisville City FC. More details as we get closer. And no, it’s not limited to those with Lunatic Level — or three-year — subscriptions. All subscribers are appreciated and welcome.
• If you haven’t downloaded yet, here is our app for iPhone/iPad. And the app for Android. Overall app count: 8,733 active downloads from Apple, 3,317 from Android.
• We never stop selling standard gift subscriptions. Click the box below for all options:
• If you are an active-duty military member or a veteran — or if you know one — let it be known that subscriptions to this site are free. Click the box below:
As a reminder: We take care of all active-duty military and always will. Our veteran subscriptions are funded by donations. Click the same box if you’d like to contribute.
• Our merchandise shop now has clothing, mugs, mousepads, flash drives and more:
• As of this writing at 11 p.m. Friday, we’re at 11,989 paid subscriptions. We’re 10 1/2 months old. Our goal for the first full year — 10,000 — was topped in early April.
• If you can’t figure out something related to our site or app, please check our Support and App Support pages. About 99 percent of the questions we get can be answered right there. But if your issue isn’t there, email [email protected]
• Thank you, as always, for reading and for your support.