We built connections across the grassroots scene, we paid attention, and in a magazine created to celebrate today’s superstars, we always found space to tell you about tomorrow’s. Strictly speaking, SLAM has never discovered anyone, but we built our rep in part on introducing the game’s brightest young stars to our readers before almost anyone outside their hometowns-including our national media peers-had heard of them. Where basketball is concerned, this publication has generally been one of the exceptions. Fame was a gradual thing, and very few people ever had a chance to be in the select group known as “first.” The soon-to-be multi-platinum recording artist, the future Hall of Fame athlete and the arena-headlining comedic genius almost never got famous all at once proximity, and connections, determined who knew about them when. In the days before YouTube and any social media platform you’ve heard of, awareness of the Next Big Thing generally came in stages. looks back at what it was like to cover a 16-year-old with a future even his wildest dreams couldn’t imagine. *Number in parentheses is consecutive titles.As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 2003 NBA Draft, aka the year LeBron James went pro, a former SLAM Ed. Trib HSSN is proud to salute the WPIAL and PIAA team champions from the 2022-23 school year, with a special holiday weekend parade of teams that won district and state gold this past school year.ĢA – Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions (8)Ī – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart ChargersĢ022 PIAA team champions from the WPIAL - FallĢ022-23 PIAA team champions from the WPIAL - WinterĢA – Greensburg Central Catholic CenturionsĢ023 PIAA team champions from the WPIAL - Spring Most parades draw large crowds that are entertained by the many bands and floats and other spectacles that march through a specific route, making for a fun and unique event.
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