:10—SPECIAL EDITION—ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION! After six months of painstaking deliberation, here are the final “86” nominees for the 2nd Annual 2015 Pittsburgh City League All-Sports Hall of Fame Inductions. Bill Herdon, Brian Irwin, Frank Dobbs, Rod Rutherford, Ricky Cannon, Tanya Stevens, Soloman Page, Wesley Garnett, Joann Warner, Arnie Sowell, Charles Hefflin, Jim “Big Cat” Williams, Shawn Yancey, Tank Harrison, Bill Graham, Mike Booth, Joe DiFiore (coach), Joe Slipo (coach), John Brewer, Dominic Kelly, Horace Nelson, Francis Peay, Carmen Bruce, Mark Hogan, Mark Penicks, Hosea Holder, John Istic, Ed. Flynn (coach), Spencer Watkins (coach), Ron Howard, Brian Salter, Alvin Turner, Orlando McGroman, Russell Freeman, Eric Wicks, Larry Anderson (SH), Larry Anderson (Sch), Larry Brown, Chuck Griffy Sr., Michael Williams, Ed Peoples, Tomika Hunter, Renea Henderson, Bill Clark Sr., Bill Clark Jr., Tim Hefflin, Amber Plowden, Mario Joiner, Frank Duck, Al Jacks, Eugene Ashley, Lynn Harris, Reggie Dukes, Darrin Walls Sr., Darrin Walls Jr., Kevin Parker, Shawn Gibson, David Kennedy Sr., D.J. Kenndy Jr., Katelyn Brown, Mark Ellison, Gene Turner, Joe Parker, Tony Liscio, Herb Douglas, Curt Hefflin, Cathy Jacobson Guzzy, Edna Campbell, Henry Chatman, Mike Barnes, Mel Bennett, Angie Cox, Henry Ford, Shawn Crosby, Frank Boyd, Domonic Duck, Mike Barns, Calvin Fowler, Kevan Barlow, Eddie Benton, Margo Hinton, Carlita Jones, Will Macon, Gene Harris, Ralph Eckles, Keith Edmunds, and Ahmad Sharif. With a starting list of more than “300” nominees, these are the names to be considered for the final “20 inductees.” This year’s event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2 p.m.at the Wyndham Hotel in Oakland (not Downtown) 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. event, 8 p.m. awards presentation, 10 p.m. post-reception. M.C.’s for the event will be local film, T.V., radio and fashion star Debbie Norrell and KDKA T.V. news reporter Bob Allen. Keynote Speaker will be Schenley and Pitt grad and Super Bowl champion D.J. Dinkins. Special guests include Councilman Dan Gilman, Superintendent Linda Lane, School Board President Tom Sumpter and Steeler Super Bowl champions Judge Dwayne Woodruff and Robin Cole. Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door. (Please be reminded that last year…the first year was a sell-out, standing room only event of 250 plus. This year there are only 275 seats available…Don’t be standing at the door saying…Neal, hey, Bill Neal, Neal over here…not gonna happen this year!!!) Also featuring the new Diamond Models, venders, door prizes, 50/50 and your chance to reconnect with the City League. Call 412-628-4856, 412-901-8495, 412-352-5304 or 412-999-7664 for information.
:09—Your Pittsburgh Steelers got slapped around by Carolina last week. For as much as I continue to endorse what Chuck Noll believed…“That all games mattered or they wouldn’t play them!” I have to give you what the Steelers and Coach Tomlin want: pre-season games don’t matter. That being said, “LET’S GET READY TO RUUUMMMBBBLLLEEE!”
:08—That being said…Tom Terrific, a/k/a Tom Brady, is back baby. Brady will suit up against the black and gold in the opener, Thursday night at their joint. I don’t know about the boys, but I don’t sweat Brady and the Pats. “You wanna be the best, you gotta beat the best!” Buckle up boys…“Don’t nobody give me my guns and tell me to ride!” (James Coburn, a/k/a Britt, “The Magnificent Seven.”)
:07—The Pirates got swept by the Brewers, but you have to let it go. It’s time to get along and get it on in St. Louis, but I’ll tell you again that’s why this team can’t win a world series now. You have to win the games you’re supposed to win and this jinx in Milwaukee has got to stop.
:06—High school football is here. “Let’s Get It On!” Parents and all others, support our student athletes. Remember they’re called student athletes (student first) for a reason. Be safe in the streets. Be careful going and coming to the game. And please sit down, shut up, watch the game and remember your time is up. (I’m talking to you dad!)
:05—Football…a good cowboy flick…one in the same. That being said, I watched the “The Magnificent Seven” for the 99th time. Here are two things for ya. Can you name the real names of the seven without cheating? (ANSWER BELOW) and here’s your Top 10 Reminder of the best shoot-em ups of all time: #1 “The Magnificent Seven,” #2 “The Outlaw Josey Wales,” #3 “The Wild Bunch,” #4 “Rio Bravo,” #5 “Unforgiven,” #6 “High Plains Drifter,” #7 “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” #8 “Young Guns,” #9 “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly,” #10 “The Long Riders.” (Got a better list? You know how to text me. 412-628-4856)
:04—By the time you read this, it means Pitt beat Youngstown State, Penn State beat Temple and West Virginia beat Georgia Southern. You’re welcome!
:03—Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Tebow man, but tell me again why Tebow can be an NFL quarterback and Terrelle Pryor who has twice as much athletic talent can’t be? I’m just askin’!
:02—While you’re dozing on the couch, remember Ms. Serena is about to make history at the U.S. Open.
:01—Here are the Seven: Yul Brynner (Chris), Steve McQueen (Vin), Charles Bronson (Bernardo), James Coburn (Britt), Robert Vaughn (Lee), Brad Dexter (Harry Luck), and the one you never know, Horst Buchholz (Chico)…“RIDE ON, WE DEAL IN LEAD FRIEND!”
~ GAME OVER ~