Having all five of Pittsburgh’s major sports teams in the news at the same time is a rare thing.

So let’s get to it:

• The Pirates were busy at baseball’s winter meetings, signing starting pitchers Kevin Correia and Scott Olsen, right fielder Matt Diaz and selecting Cleveland Triple-A infielder Josh Rodriguez in the Rule 5 Draft.

Diaz and Garrett Jones could be an effective platoon in right field. Rodriguez is 25 and hit .293 with 12 homers in 86 games at Class AAA last year. He could help the big league roster.

None of these moves are earth-shattering, of course, but what can you expect?

The Pirates are in no position to pull a blockbuster deal yet, unless they want to package Andrew McCutchen in a trade for a productive veteran player.

Such a trade likely would prove disastrous, both on the field and at the gate.

This team needs to stay the course and hope youth eventually serves them.

• Dave Wannstedt is out at Pitt despite putting together a 26-12 record over the past three years, the Panthers’ most successful stretch since 1981-83.

While this season was a disappointment, firing the guy might have been premature. Giving Wannstedt a shot with the players Pitt has coming back might have been the wiser move.

That didn’t happen. What needs to happen now is the university dipping into its piggy bank to pay a worthy successor.

• Star power is paying off for the Penguins.

The team carried an 11-game winning streak into this weekend and Sidney Crosby has figured in 22 of the team’s 38 goals during that stretch. Crosby has 26 goals and 50 points in 30 games.

In the modern-day NHL, such numbers are ridiculous.

Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury is 12-0-1 in his last 13 starts and has been between the pipes for nearly all of this current streak.

Are the Fleury bashers still out there? Hello?

• Speaking of star power, Ben Roethlisberger might have won back a few more fans with his gutsy effort against Baltimore last week.

Playing with a broken nose and a broken foot, and still being able to shove his way out of a Terrell Suggs sack and avoid a critical sack late in the game? Are you kidding?

With three home games followed by a trip to Cleveland remaining on the regular season schedule, the Steelers are primed for a run at the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs.

Anything less would be wasting that valiant effort in Baltimore.

• With all due respect to Mike Tomlin and Dan Bylsma, who both have won championships, Jamie Dixon might be the best coach in the city.

Pitt basketball is off to a 10-0 start for the seventh time in eight years, and the Panthers own wins over Maryland and Texas already.

Ranked No. 3 and with a deep bench, perhaps the Panthers are on a tour to the Final Four.