Struggling 'Pittsburgh Post-Gazette' Asks Sidney Crosby To Cover Penguin Playoff Series

PITTSBURGH—Immediately following an interview Wednesday with Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporters handed their notepads, cameras, and press passes to the Penguins captain and asked him to cover the Eastern Conference Finals. “You’ll be there already, right?” said sportswriter Dave Molinari, assuring Crosby he would receive the newspaper’s standard $85 in compensation for each freelance article accepted. “It would save the paper a lot of time and money is all. Just remember to spell-check, because there’s no real Sports editor anymore.” Crosby graciously accepted the position despite misgivings that it may place extra stress on him during the conference finals and while finishing the cooking articles he was assigned for Tuesday’s Lifestyle section.