• The only name greater than Penn Hills in sports is Slippery Rock University and I hail from both and once again “The Rock” has fallen on the opposition. After a 75-0 blitz of Millersville last week, Coach George Mihalik has his boys set for another Pa. State Athletic Conference Title. You know what they say . . . Ron Hunt built the foundation at The Rock, Chuck Sanders carried The Rock like no other, Myron Brown took The Rock to unimaginable heights and The Rock wasn’t slippery until Bill Neal and Harry Baxter made it so!!!
• Once again for you late comers . . . a/k/a Fifth Avenue grads . . . here are the final inductees for the Class of 2015 Pittsburgh City League All-Sports Hall of Fame Inductions: Larry Anderson (SH); Katelyn Brown; Larry Brown; Carmen Bruce; Edna Campbell; Ricky Cannon; Bill Clark; Joe DeFirore; Herb Douglas; Henry Ford; Wesley Garnett; John Gerdaino; Lynn Harris; Renee Henderson; Mark Hogan; Hosea Holder; Curtis Hefflin; Tony Liscio; Rod Rutherford; Ahmad Shereef; Arnie Sowell, Henri Chatman; Clarence Hopson; Carlita Jones; and Shawn Crosby. The event is set for Saturday, October 17, 2015 at the Wyndham Hotel University Center in Oakland. (Not Downtown.) Cocktail Reception – 6:00 p.m.; Hors d’oeuvres spread and welcome – 7:00 p.m.; Awards presentation – 8:00 p.m.; Post-reception party (to be announced); Tickets $40 in advance, $50 at the door. Only 250 seats available. Call 412-628-4856 for information.
• While we’re at it, here are your 2015 Connie Hawkins Pro/Am Summer Basketball League Hall of Fame Inductees: Stan the Man Mahann – Papa Banks – Mark McCloud – Chip Harris – Henri Chatman – Eric Carter – Shawn Harvey – Mike Booker – and Ringo Saunders – – – lest you forget, the Connie Hawkins League dominated Summer League Basketball in Western Pa. from 1975 to 1995 and was ranked in the top ten nationally by the Atlanta Constitution during that time. In its 40 year run, the League was home to more than 200 professional players, hundreds of Division One players, multiple hundreds of college players and complimented by countless asphalt legends. But most importantly helped place over 300 players in college.
• Pre-weekend prediction has Pitt not losing because they’re idle this week – the Pirates will take 2 out of 3 from the Cubs and the Steelers will not be bothered by St. Louis. Certainly they have a good defense, but the black and gold has too many weapons on offense.
• By the way, did you catch the latest Ali documentary on BET this week? Talk about the truth . . . none was ever better than the Greatest of All Time!
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