:10—In the now-famous words of one Michael Jeffrey Jordan . . . I’m back!!! Well, actually, we’re back. The collective we being Team Champion and Champions Live Sports and Entertainment Show. Western PA’s Live Sports Talk Show, and the only Black-owned and operated Facebook and YouTube live venue in all of Western PA.
:09—“C-Live” kicks off its 25th year of bringing you the best in sports news, personalities and celebrities with a new cast of the best sports minds in the business, featuring yours truly calling the plays for this star-studded group; attorney Alexis Cobb representing the players on and off the field; Vince Butts, the soft spoken but matter-of-fact rep; Keith Platt Jr., delivering the update on high school sports; Noah Hiles, the true insider in all sports Pittsburgh; Dr./Coach Karen Hall bringing the national flavor; and Ken Ogilvie, aka the Production Master.
:08—The show premieres this Wednesday, April 5, at Vicky’s Soul Grill and Q&M’s, located at 655 Rodi Road in Penn Hills in the complex left of the Comfort Inn. Doors open at 5:30; Showtime is at 6:30. Our opening guests are Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl Champion Dwayne Woodruff and the Penn Hills football team. There is no cost for admission. However, any and everyone attending the show is required to purchase a meal…from a limited menu. There are no exceptions! We ask that you secure seating and eating between 5:30 and 6:30.
:07—Following The opener, the show will be on every other Wednesday through June.
:06—Plus you need a place to go where “everybody knows your name” and where you can cry over your busted bracket. So, by now you know that LSU put an old school thumpin’ on Iowa in spite of Caitlin Clark’s 30 points. She, the National Player of the Year, was fresh off back-to-back 41-point games. After knocking off defending champs South Carolina in the Final Four, this game was the Hawkeyes to lose. That being said, the six foot “CC” is gonna get paid!
:05—For disclosure, I submitted my column hours before the men’s championship game featuring the favored University of Connecticut vs. San Diego State, the last Cinderella team standing. Look, I like an underdog as much as the next guy (given that I had the nerve to play the late, great Kenny Durrett one-on-one at our Midnight to Six Hoop League back in the day down at Peabody. I am not embarrassed to say that I got slapped 7-1…but I am a little salty because he gave me the one point to allow me to secure my manhood. C’mon, what do you want from me, I had game but we’re talking about the greatest player in Western PA history here people!) But I said all that for a reason. You’ll see in #4. And to tell you to take all your money out of your shoebox and take UConn by double digits. That’s right, I said it. (Editor’s Note: UConn defeated SDSU, 76-59, on Monday night, April 3)
:04—The movie “Air” opens this week. The story of Michael Jordan’s phenomenal relationship with Nike. It, of course, all started with the genius of Pittsburgh’s own Sonny Vaccaro. Did you know that Sonny V proclaimed Kenny Durrett the greatest player in the history of his Dapper Dan Roundball Classic? In that PA -vs-USA contest, Durrett had 21 rebounds against three national seven footers. (I guess that 7-1 mugging KD gave me don’t look so bad now, huh???)
:03—The Pirates’ home opener will take place Friday, April 7 at PNC Park against the White Sox. Keep Hope Alive!
:02—OK, the Pens need this many points or the Pens need that many points…y’all know I don’t know. But come to Champions Live on Wednesday and Noah will fill you in.
:01—You can say whatever you want… about whatever you want…but I am gonna tell you this. THE GODFATHER OF HARLEM is the best show ever seen on TV. It makes me double check the locks on my door ‘cause Bumpy Johnson is that scary!
:00—GAME OVER.
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