DK’S GRIND
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Kovacevic: Stallings hire stinks on all levels
in PittsburghPOSTED: 1:17 PM March 27, 2016Believe it or not, I'm not here to bury Kevin Stallings. I don't know Stallings. I don't care about Stallings.
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Kovacevic: Replace Dixon with the next Narduzzi
in Fort Myers, Fla.POSTED: 7:56 PM March 21, 2016Jamie Dixon was here for 13 mostly wonderful winters, which saw all of this piled onto the mantle alongside the Panthers' climb.
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Kovacevic: Pay these kids already!
in Raleigh, N.C.POSTED: 12:05 AM February 16, 2016Pay these kids. At least pay the ones who bring the most money.
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Kovacevic: Dixon loyal to a fault with Robinson
in Chapel Hill, N.C.POSTED: 6:08 PM February 14, 2016The Pitt basketball program had benefited from a decade and change of superlative play at point guard. All had a powerful impact.
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Kovacevic: Wait, Young didn’t start for Pitt? Why?
in Chapel Hill, N.C.POSTED: 6:05 PM February 14, 2016CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Mike Young is Mr. Everything for Pitt, the team leader in most every meaningful category. And that includes leading off the game by taking the tipoff. Not...
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17.5KKovacevic: My Winnipeg
in Winnipeg, ManitobaPOSTED: 10:58 AM December 28, 2015This place didn't save my life. But it very much gave me life. It was the spring of 1996, and yet there was none of the fresh feel that the...
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Kovacevic: Dixon’s Panthers are better than we think
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 12:05 AM December 5, 2015Jamie Dixon snapped off each syllable. But apparently in the event that I didn't get the gist the first time, he snapped that much harder with the sequel.
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Kovacevic: Pitt stumbles, but sights still high
at Heinz FieldPOSTED: 11:58 PM November 7, 2015A band of blue-and-gold clad twentysomethings bounded down the steps from Heinz Field's T station, which meant next to nothing on this Saturday afternoon.
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Kovacevic: Walker on maybe worst strike call ever
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:49 PM June 17, 2015BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC It takes a lot to infuriate Neil Walker, maybe the most easygoing man on the planet. But he was in no joking mood late Tuesday night, even...
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Kovacevic: Duquesne rots from the head down
at Palumbo CenterPOSTED: 11:06 AM March 8, 2015Dominique 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.
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Kovacevic: For Pitt, even the grade lacks a D
at Petersen Events CenterPOSTED: 12:55 AM March 5, 2015"We're not going to hang our heads," Cam Wright was saying at the long table in the Petersen Events Center's press room. Immediately to his right was Mike Young, hanging...
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Kovacevic: Pitt sophomores shining the light
at Petersen Events CenterPOSTED: 5:00 PM February 14, 2015OK, so Pitt probably won't beat No. 2 Virginia over in Charlottesville in a couple days. The Panthers probably won't make the NCAA Tournament, either.
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Kovacevic: Could Pitt still Dance?
at Petersen Events CenterPOSTED: 5:37 PM January 31, 2015For one winter's afternoon at the snow-capped Petersen Events Center, Pitt basketball was Pitt basketball again. And it was wonderful to watch.
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Kovacevic: This is Pitt basketball?
at Petersen Events CenterPOSTED: 6:13 PM January 10, 2015Cam Wright's voice fairly cracked as he spoke. "They kicked our tails. They wanted it more than we did."
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Kovacevic: The real divide between Pitt, Duquesne
at Consol Energy CenterPOSTED: 11:12 PM December 5, 2014The 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.
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Kovacevic: Cure Pitt’s sickness, not symptoms
at Heinz FieldPOSTED: 8:46 PM November 22, 2014The Pitt football program isn't nearly good enough, but it seems that's just an inconvenient annoyance for far too great a percentage of its aging, fading fan base.
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Kovacevic: Colter vs. cancer? Nothing but net
at A.J. Palumbo CenterPOSTED: 10:24 PM November 15, 2014No sooner had the basketball been launched from Derrick Colter's fingertips than he was hacked by Bluefield State's Avery Holliday.