Kevin Gorman stories, Page 131
Kevin Gorman: Sidney Crosby’s comeback game was perfectly Pittsburgh for PenguinsVideo
It was a Pittsburgh Theme Night for the Penguins, and they pulled out all the stops in celebrating the colloquialisms and idiosyncrasies for which the city is famous. Nothing screams that it’s a Hockey Night in Pittsburgh more than hearing Penguins captain Sidney Crosby’s name announced in the starting lineup...
Kevin Gorman: A Pitt, Penn State or WVU national football title unlikely, not impossible
LSU’s decisive 42-25 victory over Clemson in the national championship game Monday night had analysts gushing about how it might be the best team in college football history. Not only did the Tigers beat seven top-10 teams, including the top four in the AP preseason poll, but they also ended...
Kevin Gorman: Pitt needs dynamic duo to trust in each other, teammatesVideo
Xavier Johnson was trying to make a play in the final seconds, with Pitt trailing by a point. What transpired left Jeff Capel fuming and frustrated, trying to make a point about how to play. It wasn’t just because Johnson picked up his dribble at the right elbow or because...
Kevin Gorman: Wrapping a bow on season of adversity for Mike Tomlin’s SteelersVideo
Mike Tomlin was standing before us on New Year’s Eve with an 8-8 record and a second consecutive season of the Pittsburgh Steelers on the outside looking in on the NFL playoffs. The Steelers coach wasn’t ready to wrap a bow on 2019. Nor was he willing to wallow in...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers can’t bank on Roethlisberger’s return meaning success
If this season taught the Pittsburgh Steelers anything, it should be that nothing is guaranteed. Not a winning record. Not the playoffs. Not even strong quarterback play, which was the one thing the Steelers could count on for the previous 15 seasons. The Steelers learned how hard it is to...
Artie Burns bids farewell to Steelers, as former first-round pick plans to leave in free agency
Artie Burns packed his belongings into a garbage bag at his locker stall on Monday afternoon, knowing full well that it was his last day inside the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room. The 24-year-old cornerback, the No. 25 overall pick by the Steelers in the 2016 NFL Draft, wasn’t shy about...
Kevin Gorman: Stunned Steelers have no excuses (or answers) for missing the playoffsVideo
BALTIMORE — A Pittsburgh Steelers season that began with a blowout at the reigning Super Bowl champion ended with another lopsided loss at the hands of the NFL’s top team. The Baltimore Ravens might have rested seven starters, but their backups were brutal in beating the Steelers, 28-10, amid a...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Ravens’ backups better than Steelers’ starters in season finale
BALTIMORE — For a team in a must-win situation in the season finale to qualify for the postseason, the Pittsburgh Steelers looked like they wanted no part of the Baltimore Ravens. Or the playoffs. Not that the Steelers got the outside help they needed anyway. The first five AFC seeds...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers will watch playoff hopes on scoreboard again in season finale
The Pittsburgh Steelers ended last season clinging to their playoff hopes while watching — and rooting for — the Cleveland Browns to beat the Baltimore Ravens on the Heinz Field video board. That the Steelers will end this season doing some scoreboard watching once again is almost as inconceivable as...
Kevin Gorman: After regaining Steelers’ trust, Chris Boswell is kicking for keeps
Chris Boswell is prepared if this season finale ends the same way it did last year, with the Pittsburgh Steelers kicking a winning field goal for their ninth victory. This time, Boswell would get to be the hero. Even if that’s the last thing he wants Sunday afternoon against the...
Kevin Gorman: In case of emergency, Steelers hope Paxton Lynch can show QB pedigreeVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers are down to a pair of polar opposites at quarterback in Devlin Hodges and Paxton Lynch, and the latter is everything the former is not. Where the 6-foot-7, 245-pound Lynch has prototypical size for a pocket passer, Hodges is shorter at 6-1, 209. Where Lynch was a...
Kevin Gorman: When it comes to QBs, Steelers are on Island of Misfit ToysVideo
This season Mike Tomlin calls a journey started for the Pittsburgh Steelers with Ben Roethlisberger as their starting quarterback, Mason Rudolph as backup and neither Devlin Hodges nor Paxton Lynch on an NFL roster or practice squad. That the Steelers go into their season finale with Hodges as the starter...
Steelers place Mason Rudolph on IR, sign ex-Ohio State QB J.T. Barrett to practice squad
When the Pittsburgh Steelers make a final push for the playoffs on Sunday at Baltimore, they won’t have second-year quarterback Mason Rudolph around to rescue them. Rudolph’s season officially came to an end when the Steelers placed him on the injured reserve list Tuesday with a left shoulder injury he...
Kevin Gorman’s Who runs the North?: Road to the Super Bowl goes through the GrinchVideo
The Baltimore Ravens don’t just run the AFC North. For the first time, the AFC playoffs run through Baltimore. The Ravens didn’t just win their 11th consecutive game to clinch the conference’s top seed and home field throughout the AFC playoffs for the first time. They eliminated the Cleveland Browns...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers believe they can still make the playoffs, even if chances are so-soVideo
Cameron Heyward gave a cockeye glare as I noted the Pittsburgh Steelers’ playoffs predicament: They haven’t beaten a team this season that has qualified for the playoffs, yet now need to beat the team with the NFL’s best record to qualify. The Steelers defensive captain shrugged his shoulders. “So?” The...
Ravens to sit Lamar Jackson, start Robert Griffin III at QB against Steelers in finaleVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers were planning to prepare for Lamar Jackson to start at quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens in their season finale, but John Harbaugh took the ball out of his hands. The Ravens coach announced Monday that Jackson is one of a handful of Pro Bowl players who will...
Kevin Gorman: After losing to Jets, the Steelers’ playoff hopes are down to another Hail MaryVideo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ playoff hopes went from the right hand of Devlin “Duck” Hodges, off the hands of James Washington and through the hands of JuJu Smith-Schuster in the final minute at MetLife Stadium. Now, they are out of the Steelers’ hands. A 16-10 loss to the...
Mike Tomlin: ‘Not a lot to say’ after loss to Jets puts Steelers in precarious playoff positionVideo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was well aware the team’s playoff hopes took a hit when they lost to the New York Jets, 16-10, on Sunday at MetLife Stadium. Tomlin was ready to hit the mute button after the Steelers (8-7) slipped behind the Tennessee Titans...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Steelers find no luck at QB with Duck, Rudolph
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Pittsburgh Steelers came to the Meadowlands hoping to get their playoff wings. Instead, Duck got plucked. And their backup left with a bum shoulder. The New York Jets intercepted Devlin “Duck” Hodges twice in the first half, forcing Mike Tomlin to replace him with Mason...
JuJu Smith-Schuster returns to Steelers lineup for Jets game
After missing the past four games with a knee injury, wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster will play for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday against the New York Jets. Smith-Schuster hasn’t played since the 21-7 loss to the Cleveland Browns on Nov. 14, when he left the game with a concussion. After...
Kevin Gorman: MetLife Stadium brings back memories for Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick
Minkah Fitzpatrick never attended an NFL game until he played in one, but smiles at the recollection of playing in games at MetLife stadium long before he made it to the league. The Pittsburgh Steelers free safety starred at St. Peter’s Prep when the Marauders reached back-to-back New Jersey Non-Public...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers plan to put blinding pressure on Jets QB Sam Darnold
Sam Darnold might have seen ghosts against New England, but the New York Jets second-year quarterback should be more wary of the shadows. Joe Namath of Beaver Falls casts a long one, as the only Jets quarterback to win a Super Bowl. So do Darnold’s classmates in the 2018 NFL...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers should show love for Le’Veon Bell with group hugVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers can’t begin to tell you how much they love Le’Veon Bell, as they bent over backwards Wednesday to talk about their respect for the running back. David DeCastro cherishes his memories of blocking for Bell. Maurkice Pouncey calls theirs a brotherhood that is misunderstood. Bud Dupree says...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Why Bud Dupree isn’t the Steelers’ biggest Pro Bowl snub
When the NFL announced the Pro Bowl rosters on Tuesday, five Pittsburgh Steelers were chosen for the all-star game. That’s not a bad number for an eight-win team. Center Maurkice Pouncey, defensive tackle Cameron Heyward, outside linebacker T.J. Watt and free safety Minkah Fitzpatrick were selected to be starters and...
Kevin Gorman: Mike Tomlin, Steelers at best during this time of year
In one breath, Mike Tomlin sounded like he was in the spirit of the season, in terms of delivering on yearlong wishes in December. In another, the Pittsburgh Steelers coach said he didn’t care about what happened at this time last year. One year, he’s on the naughty list. The...
