DALLAS COWBOYS/JERRY JONES ON THANKSGIVING DAY!!!

SINCE THE 1960'S, DALLAS COWBOYS HAVE PLAYED ON THANKSGIVING DAY!  TODAY, THEY HOST THE OAKLAND RAIDERS.  TWO STORIED FRANCHISES PLAY THE SECOND GAME ON TURKEY DAY.  IN 2012, I RECEIVED THE OWNER, JERRY JONES AUTOGRAPH AT M & T BANK STADIUM.  HE WAS ON THE FIELD FOR WARM UPS WHILE HIS COWBOYS GOT READY TO PLAY THE RAVENS!  AS HE WAS HEADING UP THE PLAYERS RAMP, JERRY ENJOYED SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR THE FANS.  YOU COULD TELL HE REALLY ENJOYED THE ATTENTION!!  HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY READERS OF MY BLOG!!!

ON A INDEX CARD, THE OWNER OF THE COWBOYS, JERRY JONES!!!

UPCOMING EVENT PAGE!!!!!

UPCOMING EVENT PAGE:

DECEMBER 8:  MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS 

FEB. 1ST 2014:  ORIOLES FANFEST @ BALTIMORE CONVENTION CENTER

FEB. 6TH, 2014:  50TH ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT @ HERITAGE HILLS 

FEB. 11TH, 2014:  JOHN WALSH LECTURE @YORK COLLEGE , WALDNER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

FEB. 12, 2014:  REV. AL SHARPTON LECTURE @ MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY

FEB. 20, 2014:  HERMAN EDWARDS LECTURE @ SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY

SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.......

TED KENNEDY & VICKI KENNEDY ON THE 50TH YEAR OF JFK ASSASSINATION!!!

THIS PAST FRIDAY, AMERICANS OBSERVED THE 50TH YEAR OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION.  THE LONE SURVIVOR OF THE FAMILY IS JEAN KENNEDY SMITH.  THIS MOMENT BROUGHT BACK A MEMORY OF HIS BROTHER, TED KENNEDY.  IN 2008, THEN SENATOR TED KENNEDY MADE A CAMPAIGN APPEARANCE ON BEHALF OF BARACK OBAMA IN YORK, PA.  I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD CHANCE & GET AN AUTOGRAPH FROM SENATOR KENNEDY.  SENATOR KENNEDY PULLED UP IN A BLACK SUBURBAN AND LIMPED HIS WAY IN THE CAMPAIGN OFFICE.  HE DID NOT LOOK TO BE IN THE BEST OF HEALTH.  I APPROACHED HIM FOR AN AUTOGRAPH AND HE STATED,  I CAN HOWEVER I NEED TO HAVE A SEAT!  HE SIGNED A CAMPAIGN STICKER ALONG WITH HIS WIFE VICKI KENNEDY!  IN 2009, THE SENATOR PASSED AWAY!   I REGRET NOT GETTING A PICTURE BUT IT HAPPENED RATHER QUICKLY & I EXITED THE OFFICE WITH A PRIZED PIECE OF HISTORY!!!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED CAMPAIGN STICKER BY SENATOR TED KENNEDY & VICKI KENNEDY!!!!  HE USED HIS OWN PURPLE PEN TO SIGN THE STICKER, VICKI USED MY BLACK SHARPIE  TO SIGN THE STICKER!!!

TREVOR PRYCE BOOK SIGNING AT BARNES AND NOBLE!!!!

TONIGHT, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED A BOOK SIGNING WITH FORMER RAVEN TREVOR PRYCE IN ELLICOTT CITY, MD.  PARENTS WITH THEIR CHILDREN LISTENED TO A BOOK DISCUSSION WITH TREVOR, THEN THE SIGNING FOLLOWED.  HE RELEASED A CHILDREN'S BOOK ENTITLED, AN ARMY OF FROGS!!  THIS IS THE 1ST OF 3 BOOKS HE PLANS TO WRITE.  THE TWO TIME SUPER BOWL WINNER WORKS FOR CBS SPORTS AS AN ANALYST.

 A 1ST EDITION COPY SIGNED BY TREVOR PRYCE TO MY DAUGHTER!!

 THE COVER OF TREVOR'S 1ST CHILDREN'S BOOK.  A 1ST EDITION

 HE GRACIOUSLY SIGNED A CARD FROM HIS RAVEN PLAYING DAYS. HE JOKED TO ME THAT HE WISHES HE STILL LOOKED LIKE THAT!!  HE STILL LOOKS IN GREAT SHAPE!!

 AN EVENT POSTER AT THE STORE PROMOTING THE EVENT!!

 TREVOR WITH THE FAM!!!

ART MODELL IS NOT A SEMIFINALIST FOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2014...

FORMER BROWNS/RAVENS OWNER ART MODELL WAS A FINALIST TWICE IN 2001 & 2012.  ART'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NFL SPANNED OVER 4 DECADES.  OF COURSE, THE MOVE FROM CLEVELAND TO BALTIMORE IS PROBABLY HOLDING HIM BACK FROM INDUCTION TO THE HALL OF FAME.
ART TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE DEAL BALTIMORE OFFERED.  THE NFL OVERLOOKED BALTIMORE TWICE WITH THE EXPANSION PROCESS IN THE 90'S.
IN 1997, ART & THEN COACH OF THE RAVENS, TED MARCHIBRODA  ATTENDED YORK SPORTS NIGHT.  ORIGINALLY, TED WAS ONLY SET TO SIGN AT THE EVENT.  HOWEVER, WHEN THE SIGNING SESSION STARTED BOTH TED & ART SAT DOWN TO MEET THE FANS & SIGN AUTOGRAPHS.

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED RAVEN'S POSTCARD FROM OWNER OF THE BALTIMORE RAVENS, ART MODELL!!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE FROM THE 33RD ANNUAL SPORTS NIGHT, SIGNED BY BOTH TED MARCHIBRODA & ART MODELL!!!  NOTICE, THE ORIGINAL LOGO OF THE BALTIMORE RAVENS!!!!

JOEL OSTEEN BOOK SIGNING @ GREETINGS & READINGS!!!

SEVERAL HUNDRED PATRONS ATTENDED A BOOK SIGNING FOR JOEL OSTEEN.  HE IS IN TOWN FOR A GATHERING FRIDAY NIGHT @ THE BALTIMORE ARENA.  A SELL OUT CROWD IS EXPECTED FOR THE NIGHT OF HOPE.  HIS WEBSITE FOR THE CHURCH IS:  WWW.LAKEWOODCHURCH.COM.  THE CHURCH IS 45,000 MEMBERS STRONG.

NO PERSONAL PHOTOS WERE ALLOWED AT THE SIGNING.  THE LINE MOVED  FAST CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF  FANS IN ATTENDANCE.  JOEL HAS HIS OWN SECURITY DETAIL, SIMILAR TO THE U.S SECRET SERVICE.  I DID GET A COPY OF BREAK OUT SIGNED.( A 1ST EDITION) ALONG WITH A BOOK MARK SIGNED BY JOEL!!

 AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE STORE, PROMOTING THE EVENT!!

 JOEL SIGNING A BOOK, THIS WAS TAKEN FROM A PHOTO AREA....

ANOTHER PICTURE FROM THE PHOTO AREA!!

 A SIGNED BOOK MARK FROM THE EVENT, SIGNED BY JOEL!!!

A SIGNED 1ST EDITION OF BREAK OUT, BY JOEL OSTEEN!!!!

UPCOMING EVENT PAGE!!!!

UPCOMING EVENT PAGE:

NOVEMBER 14:  JOEL OSTEEN BOOK SIGNING @ GREETINGS & READINGS

NOVEMBER 22:  TREVOR PRYCE BOOK SIGNING @ BARNES & NOBLE, ELLICOTT CITY, MD

DECEMBER 8:  MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS 

FEB. 1ST 2014:  ORIOLES FANFEST @ BALTIMORE CONVENTION CENTER

FEB. 6TH, 2014:  50TH ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT @ HERITAGE HILLS 

FEB. 11TH, 2014:  JOHN WALSH LECTURE @YORK COLLEGE , WALDNER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

FEB. 12, 2014:  REV. AL SHARPTON LECTURE @ MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY

FEB. 20, 2014:  HERMAN EDWARDS LECTURE @ SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY

SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.......

FUTURE HALL OF FAMER ED REED IS RELEASED BY THE HOUSTON TEXANS....

TODAY,  SAFETY ED REED WAS RELEASED BY THE HOUSTON TEXANS.  THIS YEAR,  ED HAD 16 TACKLES & NO INTERCEPTIONS.  AFTER 11 SEASONS IN BALTIMORE, ED SIGNED A 3 YEAR DEAL WITH THE TEXANS.  IT WAS SAD TO SEE ED LEAVE B-MORE.  SO MANY GREAT MEMORIES OF ED PLAYING FOR BALTIMORE!!!  WHETHER ON THE FIELD OR IN THE COMMUNITY ED IS A HALL OF FAMER AND WILL BE IN CANTON, OHIO!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED CARD BY ED REED.  ED SIGNED THIS CARD AT TRAINING CAMP IN 2009.  ALWAYS A GRACIOUS SIGNER @ MCDANIEL COLLEGE.  REED WOULD ALWAYS TAKE A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING TO FANS/KIDS!!  I SURELY MISS THE OPEN TRAINING CAMP THE RAVENS HAD IN WESTMINSTER, MD!!

BENGALS VS. RAVENS @ M&T BANK STADIUM!!!

IT WAS A GREAT GAME THE RAVENS WON TO SNAP A 3 GAME LOSING STREAK.  IT TOOK 5 QUARTERS, HOWEVER THE RAVENS WON WITH A GAME WINNING FIELD GOAL BY JUSTIN TUCKER IN OVERTIME!!  HIGH DRAMA IN B-MORE AS 70,922 FANS WERE IN ATTENDANCE!!!!
THE AUTOGRAPHING WAS FANTASTIC, AS I DID IT BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME.  BELOW IS WHO I GOT:

 JAH REID: ROOKIE CARD
JOHN SIMON:  ROOKIE CARD
DALLAS CLARK: A CARD
TANDON DOSS: ROOKIE CARD

 INDEX CARDS:
JERRY ROSBURG, ANDY MOELLER, JACK HARBAUGH(FATHER OF JOHN), OMAR BROWN, RICK WAGNER #71, RYAN JENSEN#77, DEONTE THOMPSON #83, A.Q. SHIPLEY: WE ARE ( I ASKED HIM FOR A PSU SCRIPT), AND HARRY SWANYE #70!!!!!!!!!

 INDEX CARDS:  COACH DEAN PEES, JIM CALDWELL, BOB ROGUCKI, BRIAN BALDINGER, JOHN SIMON, AND JUAN CASTILLO!!!!!!

 ON THE LICENSE PLATE:
DAVE LAPHAM, KEVIN ZEITLER, JOSH JOHNSON, MOHAMED SANU, TREVOR ROBINSON, CARLOS DUNLAP, BENJARVUS GREEN-ELLIS, WALLACE GILBERRY, TERENCE NEWMAN, REX BURKHEAD, CHRIS LEWIS-HARRIS, J.K. SCHAFFER, JONATHAN HAYES, GREG MCELROY, HUE JACKSON, TYLER EIFERT, AND ANDRE SMITH!!!!!!

ABOVE SUPER BOWL MINI HELMET SIGNED BY THE OWNER OF THE RAVENS: STEVEN J. BISCIOTTI!!!!

 THE BOSS HANDING MY HELMET BACK!!!

 THE OWNER SIGNING AN AUTOGRAPH!!!!

 FIELD LEVEL FOR WARM UPS!!!!!!

RICK DEMPSEY HOME RUN HOLIDAY CD WITH THE DEANNA BOGART BAND

TODAY, MY DAUGHTER WANTED TO HEAR SOME CHRISTMAS MUSIC.  WE WERE AT OUR LOCAL MALL AND THE DECORATIONS ARE ALREADY DISPLAYED!  IN 2009, ORIOLE RICK DEMPSEY RELEASED A CHRISTMAS CD.  I KNEW RICK AS A PLAYER, COACH, AND BROADCASTER HOWEVER, HIS MUSICAL TALENTS RANK UP THERE!

 AN AUTOGRAPHED CD BY RICK DEMPSEY!!  HE INSCRIBED THE AUTOGRAPH WITH 1983 WORLD SERIES MVP!!!

 A PHOTO WITH RICK FROM AN APPEARANCE @ GREETINGS & READINGS IN HUNT VALLEY, MD!!

BALTIMORE COLTS VISIT HANOVER, PA......

HALL OF FAMER LENNY MOORE AND THE "MAD DOG" MIKE CURTIS VISITED HANOVER, PA FOR A PAID SIGN AND SLIDE!!  LENNY MOORE HAS TO BE ONE OF THE NICEST ATHLETE'S I HAVE MET.  IF YOU YOUTUBE MIKE CURTIS AND HIS HIT ON A FAN,  IT IS A CLASSIC.

 A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BY HOF LENNY MOORE FROM THE BALTIMORE FOOTBALL FESTIVAL, THIS YEAR!!!

 A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO OF MIKE CURTIS FROM THIS YEAR'S YORK SPORTS NIGHT!!

CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL SPEAKS @ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY....

A STANDING ROOM ONLY CROWD ATTENDED A LECTURE WITH CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL.  THERE WAS NOT AN EMPTY SEAT IN SHRIVER HALL FOR THE LECTURE, PART OF THE MILTON S. EISENHOWER SYMPOSIUM.  CONGRESSMAN PAUL SPOKE ON NUMBER OF INTERESTING POINTS IN HIS HOUR LONG LECTURE.  A Q&A FOLLOWED THE LECTURE
I WAS ABLE TO SECURE PAUL'S AUTOGRAPH AFTER THE Q&A.  HE WAS EXITING THE STAGE, READY TO HIT THE EXIT, WHEN I ASKED HIM TO SIGN AN AUTOGRAPH.  HE GRACIOUSLY SIGNED FOR ME AND EXITED THE AUDITORIUM!!  HOWEVER, I WAS UNABLE TO GET A PHOTO WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE!!

 A PROGRAM FROM THE LECTURE.....

 AN AUTOGRAPH CAMPAIGN CARD FROM THE 2008 ELECTION!!!!

 A PICTURE FROM A JAMMED SHRIVER HALL ON THE CAMPUS OF JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY!!!!!

 A BLURRY PICTURE OF THE CONGRESSMAN......