Mike White's 10 best WPIAL basketball players of the century; BREAKING: PENGUINS SOLD
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What is the opening music and who introduces the episode?
Where'd we get this music limits? I like this. This is Dustin Grace. Great stuff. Local band? We need a vacation. Yeah, local band. I love that, Bob, don't I? I wish the
summer was coming.
It's coming again. Yeah. Let's listen for a second, Bob.
Mm.
Good voice. I love this song. Here's our travel and plans.
Got aid homemade beer. I like this, Bob, don't you? Yeah, very good.
It's in the mood. We needed a little mood setter here. That was good. Thank you, Limits. I got you. We needed to pick me up. We had uh there's another group that helped us out before called Walk Past. Have you ever heard of them? They're pretty good.
Yeah, they're good. Thank you, Limits. Thank you. It's almost as good as the song. Bob's back to doing what he loves and more. Thanks to the good feed star. You like that one, Bob? Do you like that horse? Do you like it, horse? It was just for you. Listen to this. Mike White in the Postgazette. Postgazette.com has his what, ten best basketball players? Of the twenty first century, but he also has a little notebook after that and under the section called Remembering When He writes, Maybe you know Doran Dickerson these days as a radio personality and one of the co hosts of the fan morning show, ninety three seven the fan. That's where we are, Bob, and you're sitting on Doran's seat. I am and I feel more athletic as a result.
Twenty years ago this week, Mike writes Doran was the post Gazette Player of the Year for the Whippel and City League. West Allegheny did just about everything for the Indians that season except sell fifty fifty tickets. Listen to this. Bob, are you listening? Doran rushed for fourteen hundred and twenty nine yards, caught twenty two passes for four hundred and twenty three yards, completed three of eight passes, scored thirty six touchdowns, and intercepted four passes on defense. Incredible. Did you know all that limits? Wrong. You
did? I did not, no. But one really cool thing when we went to Doran's house about a couple of years ago to watch the Chiefs and the Dolphins play, he brought out a box of all the offer letters that he received when he was in high school for different colleges, and we looked at some of them and we were reading like some of the notes the coaches sent. It was really cool. It was really cool.
I think Reggie Bush was his tour guide at US C if I'm not mistaken. How about that? How about that limits, huh?
That's pretty sweet. With or without the Heisman that day? Did he carry it around or didn't you have it? How do you take it from him?
I just don't know how you say no. I mean, of course you want to play at home in front of friends and family. I get it. But man, once you go out to US C And see everything happening out there, Bob. Those are tough choices.
If you have those kind of choices, man, I don't know how you you know That's a tough one. Good for Pitt to get him. Good for him to stand here. Yes, we love Doran, don't we? He's very good and he's a very good golfer, improving. This is what happens when you get in this line of business. You become a good golfer. Here's your top ten basketball players. You ready, Bob?
Let
me guess one. The only one that really stands out to me is Tom Pipkins. Is he one or two or three? He
wasn't even in the twenty first century. He was in the nineties. I covered him for the balance. Oh, this was this century. Yeah. Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I thought you meant all time. No.
Who was Dorin Dickerson and why is he mentioned as Post‑Gazette Player of the Year?
I love Tommy
Pipkins though. We used to go to those games and watch him play. I used to cover him. Oh, he's unbelievable.
It was great. Um TJ McConnell, number one. That's a good one.
Still playing in the NBA at a very high level, making tons of
money. Uh Mike writes that McConnell had possibly the greatest season of any player in Whitby history. He in his senior year led Shar Valley to a Whitby title, a spot in the Class A state title game. Listen to this, Bob. You ready for this? He averaged thirty-four point two points, eight point two rebounds, nine point one assists, six point eight steals, and shot sixty percent
from the field. And he couldn't get a big time offer from anyone, ends up going to Duquesne, and then all of a sudden, um, Arizona comes swooping in, Sean Miller takes him and
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the opening music and who introduces the episode?
0:00–3:34
2
Who was Dorin Dickerson and why is he mentioned as Post‑Gazette Player of the Year?
3:34–8:46
3
What criteria does Mike White use to rank the top 10 WPIAL basketball players of the century?
8:46–8:55
4
Why does Tom Pipkins stand out in the list and what era did he play in?
8:55–9:40
5
How did TJ McConnell become the #1 player and what were his senior‑year achievements?
9:40–18:12
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