Thursday, February 26, 2015

WWE HALL OF FAMER SHAWN MICHAELS RELEASES HIS NEWEST BOOK, WRESTLING FOR MY LIFE!!!!

WWE HALL OF FAMER SHAWN MICHAELS HAS A BOOK SIGNING SCHEDULED FOR THIS SATURDAY AT THE BARNES & NOBLE IN TYSON CORNER MALL!  HIS BOOK IS ENTITLED, "WRESTLING FOR MY LIFE".  THE BOOK LOOKS INTO HIS CAREER WITH STORIES FROM THE RING, FAITH, HUNTING, AND FAMILY!
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED CARD FROM SHAWN MICHAELS (INSCRIBED HBK)  THIS WAS OBTAINED @ A READING ROYALS HOCKEY GAME!  SHAWN DROPPED THE 1ST PUCK AT THE GAME!

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

THE BALTIMORE RAVENS RELEASE WR JACOBY JONES!!!

TODAY, THE RAVENS RELEASED WR JACOBY JONES.  JONES HAD A 3 YEAR CAREER IN B-MORE!  THE SUPER BOWL SEASON IN 2012 WAS JACOBY'S MEMORABLE SEASON!  WITH THE MILE HIGH MIRACLE, 108 YARD KICKOFF RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWN (SUPER BOWL 47) AND HIS TOUCHDOWN CATCH IN THE BIG GAME, JACOBY LEAVES SOME GREAT MEMORIES FOR THIS RAVEN'S FAN!    GOOD LUCK TO YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS!
 ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH JACOBY FROM HIS APPEARANCE IN 2013 @ THE BALTIMORE ATHLETIC CLUB IN HARBOR EAST!
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SIGNED BY JACOBY IN THE SNOW/ICE GAME WITH THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS FROM DECEMBER 2013!  HE SCORED A TOUCHDOWN FROM A KICKOFF RETURN!  A FANTASTIC WIN BY THE RAVENS THAT DAY!

Monday, February 23, 2015

BALTIMORE ORIOLE RADIO ANNOUNCER FRED MANFRA MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN YORK, PA!!!!

TONIGHT, THE 5TH ANNUAL HOT STOVE BASEBALL TALK WAS HELD AT THE ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH IN YORK, PA!  MOSTLY ALL MEN CAME OUT FOR THE TALK FEATURING ORIOLE RADIO MAN, FRED MANFRA!  AS A RADIOHEAD, IT WAS A PLEASURE HEARING FRED TALK ORIOLE BASEBALL!  HE PLANS ON TRAVELING TO SARASOTA, FLORIDA THIS SATURDAY!  ( THE SPRING TRAINING HOME OF THE ORIOLES)   WITH THE BRUTAL WINTER WEATHER IN YORK, PA, BASEBALL AND WARM WEATHER CANNOT COME QUICK ENOUGH!
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED ORIOLE MAGNET FROM FRED MANFRA!  THE NEW RADIO HOME OF ORIOLE BASEBALL WILL BE HEARD ON 105.7 THE FAN IN BALTIMORE, MD!  FM STYLE ON THE RADIO BAND!
 ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH FRED AND I!  HE IS STILL WALKING WITH A CANE AFTER HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY LAST YEAR!

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

FORMER BALTIMORE COLT & PENN STATE RB LYDELL MITCHELL APPEARS @ THE 26TH ANNUAL HANOVER (PA) SPORTS NIGHT!!

TONIGHT, THE 26TH ANNUAL HANOVER (PA) SPORTS NIGHT WILL BE HELD @ THE SAVES SOCIAL HALL IN HANOVER, PA!  THE EVENT WILL BE HEADLINED BY COLLEGE HALL OF FAMER LYDELL MITCHELL!  ALSO APPEARING WILL BE FORMER PHILADELPHIA EAGLE LB VICTOR ABIAMIRI!  THE ONLY 2 SPORTS STARS APPEARING THIS YEAR!  I WOULD IMAGINE WITH THE "HIGH FEES" THAT PLAYERS ASK FOR THIS SHOW STRUGGLES TO BRING IN TALENT!  IN PAST SPORTS NIGHT SHOWS, THE PROGRAM BROUGHT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPORTS STARS TO HANOVER, PA!  I PASSED ON ATTENDING THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM!
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED FOOTBALL CARD FROM LYDELL MITCHELL!  THIS WAS OBTAINED FROM THE 49TH ANNUAL YORK (PA) SPORTS NIGHT!  LYDELL WAS INDUCTED INTO THE COLLEGE HALL OF FAME IN 2004! THE RUNNING BACK PLAYED HIS PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL FOR THE BALTIMORE COLTS, SAN DIEGO CHARGERS & THE L.A. RAMS!

Monday, February 16, 2015

SENATOR PAT TOOMEY (R-PA) SET TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE @ WYNDRIDGE FARM IN DALLASTOWN, PA!!!

THIS THURSDAY, U.S. SENATOR PAT TOOMEY WILL HEADLINE THE 2015 LINCOLN DAY DINNER!  THE DINNER WILL BE HELD AT WYNDRIDGE FARM IN  DALLASTOWN, PA!  TICKETS FOR THE EVENT COST $65-$1500!  SEN. TOOMEY WILL BE RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2016!  THIS IS SURE TO BE A FUNDRAISER FOR HIS CAMPAIGN AND THE LOCAL GOP!  IN 2010, I WAS ABLE TO SECURE TOOMEY'S AUTOGRAPH @ LOCAL CAMPAIGN STOP!  THEN IN 2012, I WAS ABLE TO SECURE A PHOTO WITH THE SENATOR ON ANOTHER CAMPAIGN STOP IN THE AREA!  EARLY INDICATIONS FROM THE DEMOCRATS:  JOE SESTAK MAY RUN AGAINST TOOMEY IN A RE-MATCH FROM 2010!
 ABOVE IS A PHOTO CARD SIGNED BY SENATOR TOOMEY!  INSCRIBED WITH "TO TODD BEST WISHES!".........
 ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH SENATOR PAT TOOMEY!

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

SENATOR MARCO RUBIO (R-FL) RELEASES NEW BOOK THIS WEEK!!

SENATOR MARCO RUBIO (R-FL) THIS WEEK RELEASED HIS NEW BOOK ENTITLED, "AN AMERICAN DREAMS"!  HE WILL HAVE A BOOK TOUR APPEARING IN THE EARLY VOTING STATES OF NEXT YEAR'S PRIMARY ELECTION!  IN 2012, RUBIO RELEASED HIS FIRST BOOK, "AMERICAN SON"!  I WAS ABLE TO SECURE 2 BOOKS FROM A BOOK SIGNING IN MCLEAN, VIRGINIA @ THE BOOKS-A-MILLION! I WAS LOOKING TO OBTAIN HIS SIGNATURE FOR A POSSIBLE PRESIDENCY OR VICE-PRESIDENCY!  IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN AS TO WHETHER RUBIO WILL RUN FOR THE 2016 GOP NOMINATION!  AS A SIDE NOTE, I HAVE A EXTRA COPY OF A 1ST EDITION SIGNED "AN AMERICAN SON" FOR SALEI HAVE A LIST PRICE OF $75 FOR THE COPY!  IF ANY ONE IS INTERESTED, JUST EMAIL @ toddmiller1973@gmail.com   THIS CONTINUES MY SERIES OF AUTOGRAPH BOOKS THAT I WILL PROFILE THIS YEAR!
 ABOVE IS A PICTURE FROM THE BOOK SIGNING IN 2012, THE SECURITY WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR PERSONAL PHOTOS!!
 AN EVENT FLIER FROM THE 2012 BOOK SIGNING, I WOULD INCLUDE THIS WITH THE SIGNED BOOK FOR SALE!
 ABOVE IS MARCO'S AUTOGRAPH IN A 1ST EDITION COPY OF AN AMERICAN SON!
 ABOVE IS THE COVER OF "AN AMERICAN SON"!  RUBIO COULD BE A FUTURE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT!

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

TODD'S UPCOMING EVENT SCHEDULE!!!!!

A LIGHT SCHEDULE OF EVENTS CONSIDERING THIS TIME OF YEAR!  IN THE SPRING, THE ORIOLE BASEBALL SEASON WILL HEAT UP THE SIGNING SCHEDULE!  ALONG WITH SOME POSSIBLE PRO WRESTLING EVENTS!

MARCH 2ND:  GREG GUMBEL  LECTURE (CBS SPORTS) @ CLAIR PERFORMANCE HALL ON THE CAMPUS OF MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY.........

APRIL 11:  THE ORIOLES BIRDS ARE BACK RALLY, WESTMINSTER TOWNMALL, MD= PLAYERS TBA....

APRIL 16th:  LIZ MURRAY LECTURE (FROM HOMELESS TO HARVARD) @ WALDNER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA......

APRIL 18TH:  PENN STATE BLUE/WHITE GAME @ BEAVER STADIUM.....

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

Saturday, February 7, 2015

WWE HALL OF FAMER ROAD WARRIOR ANIMAL MAKES AN APPEARANCE @ MARYLAND CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING!

TONIGHT, I ATTENDED A M.C.W. EVENT @ THE JOPPA MARKETPLACE IN JOPPA, MD!  THE HEADLINER FOR ME WAS MEETING ROAD WARRIOR ANIMAL!  THE 2011 WWE HOF MADE A RETURN APPEARANCE TO MARYLAND!  BACK IN THE 80'S AND THE 90'S, THE ROAD WARRIORS WRESTLED AT THE BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER WITH THE NWA, AWA, WCW, AND THEN THE WWE!  CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREATEST TAG TEAM IN PRO WRESTLING, THE ROAD WARRIORS MIXED THEIR POWERFUL PHYSIQUES WITH FACE PAINT AND DOMINATED THE TAG TEAM SCENE!    THEIR RING ENTRANCE MUSIC "IRON MAN"  WAS CLASSIC FOR THIS TEAM!  THE "SCAFFOLD MATCH" WAS ANOTHER MEMORY THAT THE TEAM SOMEWHAT INVENTED!   ROAD WARRIOR HAWK PASSED AWAY IN 2003!  TONIGHT, I FINALLY MET ROAD WARRIOR ANIMAL!  ANIMAL'S SON JAMES LAURINAITIS IS A LINEBACKER FOR THE ST. LOUIS RAMS!
ABOVE IS A SIGNED CARD FROM ANIMAL!!
ROAD WARRIOR ANIMAL SIGNING MY CARD!  NOTICE HIS SWEATSHIRT, HIS SON PLAYS LINEBACKER FOR THE NFL ST. LOUIS RAMS!!


Friday, February 6, 2015

YORK'S(PA) OWN, DANICA SHIREY PERFORMS TONIGHT AT THE PULLO CENTER!!!

DANICA SHIREY, A CONTESTANT ON LAST YEAR'S "THE VOICE", WILL PERFORM AT THE PULLO CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF PENN STATE YORK, PA!!  TICKET PRICES FOR THE CONCERT ARE $28 AND $40!  IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, DANICA PERFORMED A FREE CONCERT OF 4 SONGS @ THE PULLO CENTER!  THIS PERFORMANCE WAS WHILE SHE WAS STILL ON THE VOICE!  AFTERWARD, THERE WAS A MEET AND GREET WITH SHIREY!
ABOVE ARE TICKETS SIGNED BY DANICA SHIREY!!!
 MY DAUGHTER AND I WITH DANICA SHIREY @ THE PULLO CENTER!!

Thursday, February 5, 2015

THE 51ST ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT @ HERITAGE HILLS GOLF RESORT IN YORK, PA!!!!

TONIGHT, I ATTENDED THE 51ST ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT.  A  CROWD  OF APPROXIMATELY 100 FANS ATTENDED THIS YEAR'S VERSION HELD AT THE CONFERENCE CENTER AT HERITAGE HILLS GOLF RESORT IN YORK, PA!  THE GUEST LIST INCLUDED:  NFL HALL OF FAMER JOHN HANNAH, FUTURE MLB HALL OF FAMER LEE SMITH, GOLF HOF BETSY KING, INDY CAR PHENOM SAGE KARAM, FORMER PENN STATER AND L.A. RAM MIKE GUMAN, AND YORK REVOLUTION PITCHER COREY THURMAN  MOREOVER, 4 PENN STATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS SHOWED AT THE EVENT INCLUDING  FUTURE NFL K SAM FICKEN!  THE SHOW IS A SIGNING SESSION WITH ALL OF THE ATHLETES!  THE SHOW HAS EVOLVED FROM ITS EARLY DAYS WHEN PANEL INTERVIEWS, ACTION/DEMOSTRATION EVENTS, AND THE AUTOGRAPH SESSION WERE ALL PART OF YORK SPORTS NIGHT!  I AM AMAZED THE SHOW CONTINUES DESPITE THE "HIGH PRICES" TO BRING IN TALENT TO THESE TYPE OF WINTER SHOWS!  I MADE OUT  WELL INCLUDING GETTING MULTI-AUTOGRAPHS FROM THE STAR ATHLETES!  AS THE PROGRAM COVER STATED, "TRULY A NIGHT OF LEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENT!"........
 ABOVE AUTOGRAPHS OBTAINED FROM YORK SPORTS NIGHT:
BETSY KING (A SIGNED GOLF BALL)
LEE SMITH  (INSCRIBED 478 SAVES)
JOHN HANNAH  (2 CARDS INSCRIBED WITH HOF 91)
COREY THURMAN CARD  (YORK REVOLUTION)
MIKE GUMAN  (INSCRIBED WITH WE ARE)
 ABOVE IS A PROGRAM PAGE SIGNED BY JOHN HANNAH W/ HOF 91
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE FROM SAGE KARAM!  THEY SOLD OUT OF HIS 8X10 PHOTOS, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAD 1 SIGNED!!  LOOK FOR HIM POSSIBLY IN NASCAR IN THE FUTURE!!
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE FROM MIKE GUMAN!!
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE FROM FUTURE MLB HOF, LEE ARTHUR SMITH!!
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE FROM THE FOLLOWING PENN STATE PLAYERS:
T.J. RHATTIGAN
DERON THOMPSON
DREW BOYCE
SAM FICKEN  (A FUTURE NFL PLAYER?)
ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE FROM LPGA HOF, BETSY KING!!!  I WANTED A 8X10, HOWEVER THEY SOLD OUT OF KING'S PHOTO!
 A PICTURE WITH FUTURE MLB HOF, LEE ARTHUR SMITH!  ONE BIG MAN WHO COULD THROW SOME HEAT AS A CLOSER IN THE 1980'S THROUGH THE 90'S!!
 ABOVE IS NFL HOF JOHN HANNAH!  REGARDED AS THE BEST OFFENSIVE GUARD IN THE NFL HOF!!
A PICUTRE WITH LPGA HOF, BETSY KING!  I WAS TRYING TO GET SOME TIPS FOR A HOLE IN ONE!
 FORMER PENN STATE/L.A. RAM RB MIKE GUMAN AND I!!!!!
INDY CAR PHENOM SAGE KARAM AND I!!  LOOK FOR SAGE TO MAKE A JUMP TO NASCAR?

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

THE 1ST YORK (PA)COUNTIAN TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME, CHRIS DOLEMAN!!

AS PROMISED, HERE IS THE PROFILE OF THE 1ST YORK COUNTIAN TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME!  CHRIS DOLEMAN WAS INDUCTED INTO CANTON IN 2012!  THE YORK HIGH ALUM WENT TO PITT UNIVERSITY AND WAS THE 4TH OVERALL PICK IN THE 1985 DRAFT BY THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS!  THE 15 YEAR VET ALSO PLAYED FOR THE ATLANTA FALCONS AND SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS.  HE FINISHED WITH 150 1/2 SACKS WITH HIS CAREER!  IN 2012, CHRIS RETURN TO YORK, PA FOR A BOOSTER CLUB APPEARANCE!  I WAS ABLE TO GET HIS AUTOGRAPH AND A PICTURE WITH HIM!  HE STILL LOOKS LIKE HE COULD PLAY THE GAME  ( OR AT LEAST PICK UP GAME OF BASKETBALL OR VOLLEYBALL, HIS OTHER HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS HE PLAYED)
 ABOVE IS A FOOTBALL CARD SIGNED BY CHRIS!  HE ASKED ME WHO TO MAKE IT OUT TOO!  I DID HAVE HIM INSCRIBE HOF 2012!!

Sunday, February 1, 2015

FORMER GREEN BAY PACKER GM & YORK (PA) NATIVE RON WOLF IS A MEMBER OF THE 2015 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME!!!

THIS WEEKEND, FORMER PACKER GM RON WOLF WAS ANNOUNCED INTO THE CLASS OF 2015 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME!  THE YORK (PA) NATIVE TURNED A SAD SACKED ORGANIZATION (PACKERS) AROUND AND INTO A PERENNIAL WINNER INCLUDING A SUPER BOWL VICTORY IN THE MID 90'S!  RON ALSO HAD STOPS WITH THE RAIDERS, BUCCANEERS, AND JETS!  THE 76 YEAR OLD IS THE SECOND YORK COUNTY NATIVE TO BE ELECTED TO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME!  CHRIS DOLEMAN IS THE OTHER SELECTION, LATER THIS WEEK I WILL PROFILE CHRIS!  GOOD JOB, RON AND WAY TO REPRESENT YORK (PA) COUNTY!!
IN 1994, RON  APPEARED @ THE 30TH ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT @ CENTRAL YORK(PA) HIGH SCHOOL! HE WAS ALSO INDUCTED INTO THE YORK AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME THAT EVENING!  A NICE ADDITION TO MY NFL HALL OF FAME COLLECTION, WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS HOF SELECTION THIS WEEKEND!