The Pittsburgh City League shines again!

PITTSBURGH COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY, FAR RIGHT, WITH HONOREE KEITH YOUNGER AND ONE OF THE SENSATION MODELS. (PHOTOS BY KEN OGILVIE) Ninth annual All Sports Hall of Fame Inductions took place at the Sheraton & As has been the case for nearly a decade, the ninth annual Pittsburgh City League High School All Sports Hall of Fame Inductions was yet another sellout, capacity, standing-room-only success. And as is also the norm, the City League not only showed up…they showed out! The now historic and unprecedented event, which took place on Dec. 16, 2023, at the Sheraton Hotel Station Square, kicked off with former Peabody Highlander and now Pittsburgh Mayor, Ed Gainey, welcoming the crowd of 500-plus and presenting yours truly and the Hall of Fame Committee with a proclamation declaring it “Pittsburgh City League Hall of Fame Day” in the ‘Burgh. From there the hits just kept on coming. Sam “Bam” Clancy and Ricky “Black Magic” Coleman, two of the city’s greatest athletes, received the Pete Diemperio Legends Award presented by basketball legend and former competitor B.B. Flenory. Charles “Buddy” Allie (recognized as the fastest man in the world in the Masters division of track and field) received the newly established...