DKPittsburghSports.com Steelers http://dkpittsburghsports.com Award-winning columnist Dejan Kovacevic covers Steelers, Penguins, Pirates, Pitt and more Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:02:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3 Rooney to be honored, Bell rehab update http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/03/01/rooney-to-be-honored-bell-update/ http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/03/01/rooney-to-be-honored-bell-update/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2016 19:41:23 +0000 http://dkpittsburghsports.com/?p=62951 WASHINGTON — The Jackie Robinson Foundation will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to Steelers chairman Dan Rooney at its annual ROBIE awards dinner next Monday in New York City. Here’s the official release. A partner in the Steelers’ ownership group, Thomas Tull, will present the award, which will be given to Rooney to recognize his […]

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]]> http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/03/01/rooney-to-be-honored-bell-update/feed/ 1 Tuesday Takes: Dull trade deadline just fine http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/03/01/tuesday-takes/ http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/03/01/tuesday-takes/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2016 08:00:15 +0000 http://dkpittsburghsports.com/?p=62822 Brief and to the Point … The NHL’s trading deadline Monday, the culmination of boundless anticipation all winter long, turned out to be a coast-to-coast, colossal bore. GMs everywhere kept their cells in sleep mode. Once Eric Staal was moved as a brief interlude, pundits were left to fuss breathlessly over the future of … uh, Dan […]

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]]> http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/03/01/tuesday-takes/feed/ 165 Could Ohio State connection continue? http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/27/could-ohio-state-connection-continue/ http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/27/could-ohio-state-connection-continue/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2016 21:17:21 +0000 http://dkpittsburghsports.com/?p=62345 INDIANAPOLIS — The Steelers have never been shy about drafting Ohio State players. They’ve taken 22 total, including eight since 1997. Only Notre Dame and Pitt have been more plentiful sources of Pittsburgh draft picks. That trend could continue this season, and it could snap another streak associated with the Steelers. At No. 25, there’s […]

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]]> http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/27/could-ohio-state-connection-continue/feed/ 14 Clemson CB Alexander on Martavis, confidence http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/27/62278/ http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/27/62278/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2016 19:17:03 +0000 http://dkpittsburghsports.com/?p=62278 INDIANAPOLIS — “Martavis (Bryant) is one of the most talented receivers in the league,” Mackensie Alexander was telling me after exiting the large, horizontal room at Lucas Oil Stadium where all NFL Combine participants hold their formal media sessions. “He’s a guy that when his head is right, and he’s doing everything he’s supposed to do […]

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]]> http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/27/62278/feed/ 13 Tradition continues for Penn State linemen http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/26/tradition-continues-for-penn-state-linemen/ http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/26/tradition-continues-for-penn-state-linemen/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2016 22:01:45 +0000 http://dkpittsburghsports.com/?p=62213 INDIANAPOLIS — Coordinating schedules for the group of Penn State players attending the NFL Combine could not have been all that complicated, especially considering that three of the five are defensive linemen. Defensive end Carl Nassib and tackles Anthony Zettel and Austin Johnson handled their measurements, medical testing and media obligations on Friday at Lucas […]

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]]> http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/26/tradition-continues-for-penn-state-linemen/feed/ 3 Live Qs at 5 with Jason: All about measurables http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/26/live-qs-at-5-with-jason-all-about-measurables/ http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/26/live-qs-at-5-with-jason-all-about-measurables/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2016 21:00:58 +0000 http://dkpittsburghsports.com/?p=62199 INDIANAPOLIS — A 5-second 40-yard dash would have been average for me back in the day. Don’t ask about bench press reps. Throwing up 225 pounds once might have been a career-best. But do, please, ask anything else you wish, and I’ll gladly answer. Here’s how this works: Enter one question in the comments below. I’ll go […]

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]]> http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/26/live-qs-at-5-with-jason-all-about-measurables/feed/ 54 Looking back at old Combine quotes http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/26/looking-back-at-old-combine-quotes/ http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/26/looking-back-at-old-combine-quotes/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2016 19:40:21 +0000 http://dkpittsburghsports.com/?p=62188 INDIANAPOLIS — Heath Miller was “Big Money.” Antonio Brown expected to go in the third round. And Limas Sweed called it his time “to show the NFL and the world what I can do,” comparing himself to Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Roy Williams and Calvin Johnson. Ah, the NFL Scouting Combine. How we love you […]

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]]> http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/26/looking-back-at-old-combine-quotes/feed/ 11 Jason’s Playbook: GMs take opposite paths http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/26/jasons-playbook-gms-common-bond/ http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/26/jasons-playbook-gms-common-bond/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:14:44 +0000 http://dkpittsburghsports.com/?p=62021 INDIANAPOLIS — For Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert, it’s a hobby, something to talk about when he’s off the clock. Jim Rutherford, his counterpart with the Penguins, doesn’t mind. He’d talk hockey with a wall if it talked back. So long, of course, as the wall didn’t want to have that conversation on a gameday. Like he previously […]

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]]> http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/25/confident-henry-talks-blocking/feed/ 9 Antonio Brown on Dancing with the Stars? http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/24/brown-on-abc-reality-show/ http://dkpittsburghsports.com/2016/02/24/brown-on-abc-reality-show/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2016 02:47:26 +0000 http://dkpittsburghsports.com/?p=61888 INDIANAPOLIS — It looks like Antonio Brown could become the latest Steelers wide receiver to be a part of the ABC reality series Dancing with the Stars. Brown recently followed the show’s Twitter account, along with that of DWTS dancer Sharna Burgess, according to puredwts.com. I emailed Brown’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, but haven’t heard back yet. Can’t believe […]

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