DK on Pittsburgh Sports Duquesne http://dkonpittsburghsports.com Award-winning columnist Dejan Kovacevic covers Steelers, Penguins, Pirates, Pitt and more Sun, 23 Aug 2015 21:05:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3 News/views: Amodio out as Duquesne AD http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/06/09/newsviews-amodio-out-as-duquesne-ad/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/06/09/newsviews-amodio-out-as-duquesne-ad/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2015 01:44:44 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=17891 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC News: Greg Amodio has left his position as Duquesne’s athletic director, which he’d held since 2005, to take the same position at Quinnipiac. Views: Man, I sure I hope they shoo-shoo rah-rah responsibly on the Bluff. Amodio was a disaster from Day 1. And somehow his tenure only worsened year after year, […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/06/09/newsviews-amodio-out-as-duquesne-ad/feed/ 45 Friday Insider: Lemieux, Gretzky to the rescue? http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/03/13/friday-insider-lemieux-gretzky-to-the-rescue/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/03/13/friday-insider-lemieux-gretzky-to-the-rescue/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2015 04:01:13 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=11727 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC Roundup of a lot of randomness from a lot of time around our teams … • Rick Tocchet, the coach responsible for the Penguins’ maddeningly unproductive power play, is reaching far and wide for answers. In fact, while the team was in California over the past week, he reached out to the […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/03/13/friday-insider-lemieux-gretzky-to-the-rescue/feed/ 70 Tuesday 12 Qs: Sid, Beard, Derrick, Lambo, Jamie http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/03/10/tuesday-12-qs-submit-entries-now-19/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/03/10/tuesday-12-qs-submit-entries-now-19/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2015 14:01:57 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=11258 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC Welcome to Tuesday 12 Qs, our chat that takes place each week at 9 a.m. and offers you a chance to carry the conversation. Use the comments below to submit an entry. No more than one per person, please. Submit early if you prefer, and I’ll pick from that batch to get […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/03/10/tuesday-12-qs-submit-entries-now-19/feed/ 136 Column: Duquesne rots from the head down http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/03/08/column-duquesne-rots-from-the-head-down/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/03/08/column-duquesne-rots-from-the-head-down/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2015 15:06:05 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=11208 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC Dominique McKoy deserved better. He’s Duquesne’s only basketball senior and a coach’s dream beyond the standard experience and leadership a senior should bring. He can’t run or jump or shoot with the biggest or the best, but he’s all heart and soul, a 6-foot-8 forward with bouncing dreadlocks and an exposed, chomped […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/03/08/column-duquesne-rots-from-the-head-down/feed/ 72 Tuesday 12 Qs: Polanco, Staal, Tuitt, Ferry http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/02/24/tuesday-12-qs-submit-entries-now-17/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/02/24/tuesday-12-qs-submit-entries-now-17/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2015 05:01:25 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=10447 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC Welcome to Tuesday 12 Qs, our chat that takes place each week at 9 a.m. and offers you a chance to carry the conversation. Use the comments below to submit an entry. No more than one per person, please. Submit early if you prefer, and I’ll pick from that batch to get […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/02/24/tuesday-12-qs-submit-entries-now-17/feed/ 113 Friday Insider: ‘Time running low’ for trade plan http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/02/06/friday-insider-time-running-low-trade-plan/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/02/06/friday-insider-time-running-low-trade-plan/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2015 05:01:58 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=9735 BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC CALGARY, Alberta — Roundup of a lot of randomness from a lot of time around our teams … • The NHL trade deadline is March 2, which is almost a month away and, yet, far too close for the Penguins’ comfort, if one asks Jim Rutherford. “Time’s running low,” the GM was […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2015/02/06/friday-insider-time-running-low-trade-plan/feed/ 142 Column: The real divide between Duquesne, Pitt http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2014/12/06/column-real-difference-pitt-duquesne/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2014/12/06/column-real-difference-pitt-duquesne/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2014 05:12:51 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=6701 DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS The divide between our city’s two Division I basketball programs is not 14 points. Nor is it the 14 consecutive victories for one over the other. Yeah, both those figures played out Friday night at Consol Energy Center with James Robinson’s career-high 23 points headlining Pitt’s 76-62 dunking of […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2014/12/05/friday-insider-penguins-phone-ringing-off-hook/feed/ 160 News/views: Dukes lose first, Ferry fumes http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2014/11/29/newsviews-dukes-lose-first-ferry-fumes/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2014/11/29/newsviews-dukes-lose-first-ferry-fumes/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:56:38 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=6136 DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS News: Duquesne lost for the first time in the 2014-15 season, 84-81, to NJIT on Saturday at the Palumbo Center, prompting Jim Ferry to remark afterward, “I thought that was one of the worst defensive performances I’ve ever seen.” He later clarified that it was the worst by the […]

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]]> http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2014/11/29/newsviews-dukes-lose-first-ferry-fumes/feed/ 7 Friday Insider: Pirates’ payroll should top $90M http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2014/11/28/friday-insider-pirates-payroll-top-90m/ http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/2014/11/28/friday-insider-pirates-payroll-top-90m/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:01:09 +0000 http://dkonpittsburghsports.com/?p=6003 DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS A weekly roundup of a lot of randomness from a lot of time around our city’s teams … • The Pirates “certainly can and I suspect will” top the $90 million mark in payroll in 2015, Frank Coonelly told DKonPittsburghSports.com exclusively Thursday. And yes, this will represent another significant […]

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