Kevin Gorman stories, Page 127

Neal Huntington refused to tip his hand, but the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager last month sounded like someone who wasn’t quite finished putting together the team’s roster for this season. “We are open to adding, if it makes sense,” Huntington said at PiratesFest at PNC Park, noting that the Pirates...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are adding outfield depth by signing 14-year veteran Melky Cabrera to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training, as first reported on Sunday by The Athletic. Cabrera, 34, is a switch hitter who slashed .280/.335/.420 with six home runs and 39 RBI last season with...

Where Jim Boeheim was impressed with Pitt’s freshman guards for the way they aggressively attacked Syracuse’s 2-3 zone, Jeff Capel was learning to live with every mistake the young Panthers made. There were ill-advised passes that led to turnovers, open looks that resulted in missed shots and controversial calls for...

As the Pittsburgh Steelers celebrated their sixth Super Bowl championship by smoking cigars while wearing white robes, James Harrison slumped onto the stool at his locker, so exhausted he needed help taking off his jersey and shoulder pads. Now known as a Steelers antagonist and a common critic of Mike...

Clint Hurdle talked about how home runs, more often than not, are thrown and not hit in the major leagues. Josh Bell reminisced about how he never tried to hit a home run in the minor leagues. The Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t expecting opposing pitchers to serve up home runs for...

Just when the January weather had turned frigid, and fatigue was starting to set in on the Pittsburgh Steelers and the daily dose of Antonio Brown’s antics, the Pittsburgh Pirates provided a delicious diversion. They are going to win the World Series! Nothing compares to the optimism of the offseason,...

Jeff Capel wasted no words when asked about being associate coach to Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski or accepting the Pitt head coach job, even when those worlds were about to collide when the Panthers played the Blue Devils. “It’s not about me,” Capel said, repeatedly. That was his answer for the...

With the Oakland Zoo bouncing and hip-hop legend Jay-Z bobbing his head to the beats of his own songs courtside, the Pitt-Duke game brought back memories of Petersen Events Center as an intimidating home court. That first-year Pitt coach Jeff Capel was coaching for the first time against his alma...

Jeff Capel understood when he accepted the Pitt coaching job that it would be an uphill climb, one for which he had been prepared for as a player and assistant coach at Duke under Mike Krzyzewski. Coach K isn’t just a mentor but one who did a masterful job building...

“It’s all about being a champion. People remember champions who played with the Steelers. They don’t remember guys with a lot of yards and a lot of catches. They remember guys who won championships: i.e., Hines Ward, John Stallworth, Lynn Swann … ” Those are the words of a Steelers...

Jeff Capel let out a chuckle late Wednesday night upon reminder that, at this time last year, he was coaching NBA lottery picks at Duke in forwards Marvin Bagley III and Wendell Carter. The Pitt coach wasn’t laughing against Louisville when center Kene Chukwuka drew his fifth personal foul in...

The Pitt Panthers weren’t just seeking their first regular-season ACC victory in 22 games but their first conference win at Petersen Events Center since beating Florida State, 80-66, on Feb. 18, 2017. If you’re counting, that’s a span of 690 days between ACC victories. That made Louisville the last opponent...

The season started slowly for their captain. They endured an uncommon losing streak that saw them slip out of the playoff picture. A former player created a stir by suggesting the coach’s message wasn’t getting through to two of the team’s high-profile players. Sound like another season of Pittsburgh Steelers...

Jeff Capel’s concern — the Pitt first-year coach quickly corrected himself to change the word of choice from fear — was that his Panthers would be overwhelmed by the environment. After all, this was Capel’s first ACC game as Pitt’s coach and the first conference game for four Pitt players,...

As Mike Tomlin was talking about Antonio Brown, the All-Pro receiver was mocking him on social media and erasing whatever was left of the invisible line he had crossed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. That Brown appeared on a video with James Harrison, one of Tomlin’s harshest critics since being cut...

A season of selfishness saw the Pittsburgh Steelers go from Super Bowl contenders to playoff pretenders. Or should they simply be considered playoff contenders and Super Bowl pretenders? The latest disruption came courtesy of Antonio Brown, with reports that he requested a trade after being benched against the Bengals for...