FORMER ORIOLE GREAT PAUL BLAIR PASSES AWAY....

8X GOLD GLOVE WINNER PAUL BLAIR HAS HAS PASSED AWAY.  PAUL SPENT 13 YEARS PLAYING IN BALTIMORE.  FINISHING HIS CAREER WITH STOPS WITH THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND CINCINNATI REDS.  A 2X WORLD SERIES WINNER WITH THE O'S, HE VENTURED INTO COACHING WITH COPPIN STATE, FORDHAM, AND THE ORIOLES.  THE MOTORMOUTH SPENT HIS RETIREMENT YEARS IN THE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY.  HELPING WITH VARIOUS ALUMNI EVENTS!!
EARLIER THIS YEAR, PAUL BLAIR MADE AN APPEARANCE AT YORK SPORTS NIGHT.

ABOVE IS A SIGNED MINI HELMET FROM ORIOLE HALL OF FAMER PAUL BLAIR!!

ANTONIO BROWN IS VOTED MVP OF THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS....

TODAY, WIDE RECEIVER ANTONIO BROWN WAS VOTED TEAM MVP OF THE STEELERS.  THIS IS THE 2ND TIME BROWN HAS BEEN VOTED MVP IN HIS 4 YEAR CAREER.  THIS YEAR, HE SET A CLUB RECORD WITH OVER 1400 YARDS RECEIVING. DO NOT FORGET HIS PUNT RETURN ABILITIES.
IN 2012, ANTONIO BROWN CAME TO THE YORK AREA AND PLAYED IN A CHARITY BASKETBALL GAME AGAINST A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL.  AT HALFTIME, I WAS ABLE TO GET HIM TO SIGN A ROOKIE CARD.  MY DAUGHTER HAD HIM SIGN HER HEAD BEANIE.

ABOVE IS A SIGNED ROOKIE CARD BY ANTONIO BROWN!!

A SCENE FROM THE CHARITY BASKETBALL GAME!!

UPCOMING EVENT SCHEDULE!!!

UPCOMING EVENTS SCHEDULE:

JAN. 28TH:  25TH ANNUAL HANOVER ROTARY SPORTS NIGHT FEATURING:  JAMAL LEWIS, ROY HILTON & ERICA WALSH (COACH OF PENN STATE WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM).

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

FEB. 6TH, 2014:  50TH ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT FEATURING:  JIM BUNNING, RANDY EDSALL, BRUCE ARIANS, CHARLIE SANDERS, & CHARLEY TAYLOR  @ HERITAGE HILLS 

FEB. 11TH, 2014:  JOHN WALSH LECTURE @ THE WALDNER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA

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

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

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

RUSS ROSE: PENN STATE LADIES VOLLEYBALL COACH......

IN 1991, RUSS ROSE VISITED YORK SPORTS NIGHT AT THE "OLD" CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL!  RUSS HAS OVER 1000 WINS FOR THE PENN STATE LADIES VOLLEYBALL TEAM.  PSU PLAYS TONIGHT AGAINST WISCONSIN FOR ITS POSSIBLE 6TH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP!  THE LADIES VOLLEYBALL TEAM RANKS ANNUALLY IN THE TOP 10.

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE BY THE HEAD COACH RUSS ROSE.  ALSO, NOELLE ZIENTARA: A PENN STATE VOLLEYBALL PLAYER APPEARED AND SIGNED THE PROGRAM PAGE.

ABOVE, IS THE COVER OF THE 1991 YORK SPORTS NIGHT @ CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL!!!

H.O.P.E. DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PRGOGRAM; AN EVENING WITH HERMAN EDWARDS-LECTURE "YOUR LIFE PLAN"

I RECEIVED AN EVENT FLIER FOR THE ANNUAL H.O.P.E. DIVERSITY LECTURE HELD @ THE LUHRS CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY!
A CO WORKER OF MINE,  HIS BROTHER REPRESENTS HIS MARKETING FIRM!  LOOKING FORWARD TO CATCHING UP WITH COACH!!

ABOVE IS INFORMATION REGARDING THE ANNUAL LECTURE!
 

MINNESOTA VIKINGS/BALTIMORE RAVENS IN AN EPIC BATTLE @ M & T BANK STADIUM!!!!

WHAT A GAME THIS SUNDAY WITH 70,921 FANS AT M & T BANK STADIUM.  FROM THE WEATHER(SNOW +SLEET) TO THE FINAL 2+MINUTES OF THE GAME.  THE RAVENS WALKED AWAY WITH A BIG WIN TO KEEP THEM IN PLAYOFF CONTENTION!!
AUTOGRAPHING WAS DONE BEFORE THE GAME.  AS YOU COULD IMAGINE THE WET WEATHER PRESENTED A CHALLENGING DAY FOR AUTOGRAPHS.  BELOW IS WHO I RECEIVED.  AFTER THE GAME, I DECIDED TO COME HOME AND THAW OUT.  NO AUTOGRAPHING AFTER THE GAME, FOR OBVIOUS REASON!!!

 ABOVE IN PHOTO:
MIKE MAUTI: PENN STATE CARD( I YELLED OUT WE ARE, & HE STOPPED TO SIGN CARD!!)
JIMMY SMITH:  INDEX CARD
OMAR BROWN:  INDEX CARD
DENNIS PITTA:  INDEX CARD
DEAN PEES:  INDEX CARD

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED COPY OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED BY JACOBY JONES!!!!  HE HAD A 77 YARD KICKOFF RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN IN THE GAME!!!!

ABOVE A VIKINGS LICENSE PLATE SIGNED BY:  PAUL ALLEN(VOICE OF THE VIKINGS), GREG COLEMAN (RADIO), KYLE RUDOLPH, BLAIR WALSH, CHASE FORD, ROBERT BLANTON, & JEROME SIMPSON!!!!

 ABOVE:  JERRY ROSBURG INDEX CARD
ASA JACKSON:   INDEX CARD
RYAN JENSEN:  INDEX CARD
TANDON DOSS:  INDEX CARD
COREY GRAHAM:  INDEX CARD
KYLE JUSZCZYK: INDEX CARD  ( A HARVARD GRAD)
ANTHONY LEVINE:  INDEX CARD
LEONARD WILF:  INDEX CARD  ( 1 OF THE OWNERS OF THE VIKINGS;  HE SEEMED SHOCKED THAT I ASKED, ALONG WITH THE VIKING FANS, WHO DID NOT KNOW WHO HE WAS!!  PRICELESS; HE PERSONALIZED TO TODD)

 A VIEW FROM THE FROZEN TUNDRA OF M & T BANK STADIUM!!

 JOE FLACCO & DENNIS PITTA SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS.  THEY ARRIVED TOGETHER!!

 FIELD LEVEL PRE GAME!!!

LCBC SATURDAY NIGHT GATHERING!!!

TONIGHT, THE FAMILY ATTENDED LCBC (LIVES CHANGED BY CHRIST) IN MANHEIM, PA.  THIS IS THE MAIN CAMPUS FOR ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CHURCHES IN AMERICA!  LEAD PASTOR DAVID ASHCRAFT LEADS 15,0000 ATTENDEES ON A WEEKLY BASIS.  THIS WEEK FINISHED THE SERIES: "HOW TO BE RICH".  A SPECIAL GUEST WAS IN ATTENDANCE THIS WEEK: RICH STEARNS.  HE IS AN AUTHOR AND PRESIDENT OF WORLD VISION.  YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LCBC & WORLD VISION ON THE WEBSITE:  WWW.LCBCCHURCH.COM 

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM FROM RICH STEARNS & DAVID ASHCRAFT!

JACK KEMP, FORMER NFL PLAYER & POLITICAL FIGURE!!!

A FEW POST BACK, I DID A SEGMENT ON BOB DOLE.  IN THAT POST, I MENTIONED HIS RUNNING MATE, JACK KEMP & HIS AUTOGRAPH.
JACK HAD A 13 YEAR CAREER AS AN NFL QUARTERBACK, NAMELY FOR THE BUFFALO BILLS.  THEN HIS SECOND CAREER, KICKED OFF AS A CONGRESSMAN FROM NEW YORK.  HE WOULD GO ON TO BE A CABINET MEMBER FOR GEORGE H.W. BUSH AND THE 1996 VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE!!
IN NOVEMBER 2008, JACK VISITED GETTYSBURG COLLEGE FOR A LECTURE ON RACE RELATIONS.  SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER & PASSED AWAY IN 2009.  I REMEMBER APPROACHING HIM AFTER THE LECTURE AND ASKED HIM TO SIGN A CAMPAIGN STICKER FROM 1996.  HE SAID HE WOULD, HOWEVER HE NEEDED TO SIT DOWN BECAUSE OF HIS "BAD KNEES" THAT WERE ACHING!  

 A BLURRY PICTURE FROM MY CAMERA PHONE!!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED CAMPAIGN STICKER, SIGNED BY JACK KEMP!!!!