FORMER BALTIMORE RAVEN RAY LEWIS SIGNS HIS MEMOIR,"I FEEL LIKE GOING ON: LIFE, GAME, AND GLORY"!!!!

FORMER BALTIMORE RAVEN & FUTURE NFL HALL OF FAMER RAY LEWIS HAS RELEASED HIS MEMOIR, "I FEEL LIKE GOING ON" WITH A 13 CITY BOOK TOUR PLANNED!  VERY STRICT RULES APPLIED TO THE EVENT!  ONLY HIS BOOK WOULD BE SIGNED AND YOU COULD HAVE PURCHASED UP TO 5 BOOKS!  NO PERSONAL PHOTOS WITH RAY DUE TO THE CROWD!  ONLY A SNAPSHOT OF HIM SIGNING HIS BOOK!  NEXT STOP CLASS OF 2018 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN CANTON, OHIO!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 1ST EDITION COPY OF RAY LEWIS'S MEMOIR, " I FEEL LIKE GOING ON"!

 THE COVER OF A 1ST EDITION SIGNED COPY, "I FEEL LIKE GOING ON"

A HANDSHAKE WITH THE FUTURE HOF RAY LEWIS AND I!  I WAS ABLE TO AT LEAST SECURE THIS PHOTO!

 RAY SIGNING HIS MEMOIR FOR HUNDREDS OF FANS!!!

FUTURE NFL HALL OF FAMER, RAY LEWIS MAKES HIS WAY TO THE SIGNING TABLE FOR HIS MEMOIR! AN ESTIMATED 500 FANS TURNED OUT FOR THE BOOK SIGNING!

WWE 2013 HOF BOB BACKLUND HAD A BOOK SIGNING IN ALLENTOWN, PA THIS PAST SATURDAY!

FORMER WWF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, BOB BACKLUND RELEASED HIS MEMOIR ENTITLED, "BACKLUND: FROM ALL AMERICAN BOY TO PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING'S WORLD CHAMPION".  I HAPPENED TO SEE THAT BOB HAD A BOOK SIGNING IN ALLENTOWN, PA!  THIS WAS AN OLD STOMPING CROWD FOR THE THEN WWWF. THE COMPANY RAN THEIR T V TAPINGS FROM THIS TOWN BACK DURING THE LATE 70'S, EARLY 80'S!  I HAD THE CHANCE TO SECURE BOB'S AUTOGRAPH IN 2000 @ A HOUSE SHOW @ HERSHEYPARK ARNEA!  IN 2000, BOB WAS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS AND WAS CAMPAIGNING AT THE EVENT!

 ABOVE IS THE BACK OF A CAMPAIGN SHIRT FROM BOB BACKLUND!

ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH FROM BOB BACKLUND INSCRIBED WITH 2000!

THE 1ST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA!

THE 1ST 2016  DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WILL BE HELD @ WYNN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA!  THIS WILL BE THE 1ST OF 6 DEBATES SCHEDULED FOR THE DEMOCRATS!  CNN WILL BROADCAST THE DEBATE LIVE STARTING @ 8:30PM EST.  THE DEBATE WILL FEATURE HILLARY CLINTON, BERNIE SANDERS, MARTIN O'MALLEY, JAMES WEBB, AND LINCOLN CHAFEE!  I ONLY HAVE 2 AUTOGRAPHS FROM THIS FIELD OF CANDIDATES!  HILLARY CLINTON AND MARTIN O'MALLEY ARE THE 2 I HAVE OBTAINED THROUGH THE YEARS!  BELOW ARE MY ITEMS LISTED!

 IN 2003, I MET HILLARY @ A BOOK SIGNING IN WHITE MARSH,MD!  A BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSTORE HAD A RECORD CROWD FOR THE SIGNING!

 ABOVE IS THE COVER OF A 1ST EDITION SIGNED COPY OF LIVING HISTORY!

 IN 2008, THEN GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, MARTIN O'MALLEY SIGNED A CAMPAIGN STICKER  OF PRESIDENT OBAMA!  O'MALLEY MADE A STOP IN YORK, PA ON BEHALF OF THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN!

ARI LEHMAN, THE 1ST JASON FROM FRIDAY THE 13TH, SLASHES HIS WAY TO JASON'S WOODS IN LANCASTER, PA!

TONIGHT THE GIRLS AND I ATTENDED AN APPEARANCE WITH ARI LEHMAN IN LANCASTER, PA!  ARI WAS MAKING A STOP AT JASON'S WOODS!  THIS IS THE 30TH YEAR FOR THE HALLOWEEN PARK IN RURAL LANCASTER COUNTY!  ARI WAS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR ALL WEEKEND  MEETING FANS AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AT JASON'S WOODS!  FOR HORROR FANS, ARI WAS THE 1ST JASON IN THE MOVIE SERIES, FRIDAY THE 13TH!  IT WAS A SPOOKTACULAR EVENING MEETING ONE OF MY FAVORITE HORROR ACTOR'S FROM FRIDAY THE 13TH!  

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED CARD FROM ARI!  I HAD HIM INSCRIBE JASON 1!!

 THE CREW AND I WITH ARI LEHMAN @ JASON'S WOODS!!!

 ARI SLASHES MY THROAT FOR FULL EFFECT!! A NICE GUY TO TALK WITH ABOUT HIS FRIDAY THE 13TH EXPERIENCE!  THANKS FOR THE SPOOKTACULAR EXPERIENCE @ JASON'S WOODS IN RURAL LANCASTER COUNTY!!

FORMER WWWF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION BRUNO SAMMARTINO CELEBRATES HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY!

THIS WEEK, A FRIEND OF MINE TOLD ME THAT FORMER WWWF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION CELEBRATED HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY!  HE ASKED ME IF I HAD EVER MET BRUNO!  THE ANSWER IS YES! IN 2004, I MET BRUNO AT WRESTLEREUNION 2!  BRUNO WAS HELD THE WWWF TITLE FOR OVER 11 YEARS OVER 2 REIGNS!  HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE WWE HALL OF FAME IN 2013!  FOR YOUNGER FANS, BRUNO WAS THE JOHN CENA OF HIS ERA!  BRUNO WAS THE MAIN DRAW IN THE NORTHEAST FOR VINCE MCMAHON, SR.!  HEADLINING MAIN EVENTS AT THE BIGGEST ARENAS IN THE NORTHEAST!

 A PHOTO OF BRUNO FROM 2004 IN KING OF PRUSSIA, PA!  AT THE TIME, WE WERE TALKING FITNESS!  NEARING 70 HE WAS STILL BENCH PRESSING 225 AND RUNNING 5 MILES A WEEK!  BRUNO IS ON THE RECORD OF NEVER TAKING ANY ILLEGAL DRUGS/STEROIDS FOR HIS STRENGTH!    HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH YORK, PA WITH YORK BARBELL & BOB HOFFMAN!  HE ALSO PERFORMED AT THE ALCAZAR BALLROOM IN YORK CITY, PA IN THE 1960'S!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO OF BRUNO!

PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS DEFEAT THE ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS ON A COLD, DAMP DAY IN HAPPY VALLEY!!!!

YESTERDAY, WE MADE OUR ANNUAL TREK TO SEE PENN STATE FOOTBALL HOST ARMY AT BEAVER STADIUM!  THE WEATHER WAS LESS THAN IDEAL AS A STEADY, DAMP RAIN FELL THROUGHOUT THE GAME!  AN ANNOUNCED CROWD OF 107,387 FANS TURNED OUT FOR THE CONTEST!  THE NITTANY LIONS WON 20-14 OVER ARMY!   BECAUSE OF WEATHER, THERE WERE SEVERAL THOUSAND "NO SHOWS" THROUGHOUT BEAVER STADIUM!  PENN STATE DONATED 10,000 FREE TICKETS TO MILITARY PERSONNEL!  THE GAME WAS HIGHLIGHTED WITH A NICK SCOTT TOUCHDOWN RUN, 2 FIELD GOALS BY JOEY "THE BIG TOE" JULIUS, AND A BIG TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION BY MIKE GESICKI!  BTW, CHRIS GODWIN HAD A BIG 49-YARD CATCH TO SET UP A TOUCHDOWN PASS ON THE NEXT PLAY THAT WENT TO GESICKI!  AFTER THE GAME, I DECIDED TO TRY SOME 'GRAPHIN SINCE THE RAIN HAD STOPPED!  IT WORKED OUT "REAL WELL" AS I SCORED ALOT OF PENN STATE PLAYERS!  THE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: JOEY JULIUS, BRANDON BELL, JASON CABINDA, PARIS PALMER, ANTHONY ZETTEL, AUSTIN JOHNSON AND SAQUON BARKLEY!  AS YOU CAN SEE BELOW, THE PLAYERS JOKED THERE WAS NO ROOM TO SIGN ON THE PLATE!  

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PENN STATE LICENSE PLATE BY THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS AND COACHES:
TERRY SMITH ( SECONDARY COACH)
BOB SHOOP (DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR)
PARIS PALMER
JASON CABINDA
ANTHONY ZETTEL
AUSTIN JOHNSON
GENO LEWIS
BRANDON BELL
KYLE VASEY
BRANDON POLK
DEREK DOWREY
GARRETT SICKELS
BRYANT HARPER
JACK HAFNER
ANDRE ROBINSON
ADAM BRENNEMAN
JUWAN JOHNSON
MIKE GESICKI
ANDREW NELSON
KOA FARMER
CHANCE SORRELL
AMANI ORUWARIYE
CHARLIE SHUMAN
JONATHAN THOMAS
JOHN PETRISHEN
BRYANT HARPER
JOHN REID
TOM DEVENNEY
CHRIS GODWIN
SAAED BLACKNELL
NICK SCOTT
DEANDRE THOMPKINS
I MAY HAVE MISSED SOME, I LOST COUNT, IT WAS STILL A NICE ADVENTURE!

 DT AUSTIN JOHNSON AND I AFTER THE GAME!

 FRESHMAN RB PHENOM SAQUON BARKLEY AND I AFTER THE GAME OUTSIDE BEAVER STADIUM!

 A SELFIE WITH LB JASON CABINDA AND I!  HE MADE THE SACK ON 4TH DOWN AGAINST ARMY TO ESSENTIALLY END THE GAME!

 WR. CHRIS GODWIN POSING WITH A FAN AFTER THE GAME!

 OT PARIS PALMER WITH SOME HIS TEAMMATES INCLUDING BRANDON BELL POSING FOR A PICTURE WITH FANS AFTER THE GAME!

 INSIDE BEAVER STADIUM ON A WET, DREARY DAY FOR FOOTBALL!

 AFTER THE GAME, FOR SOME SIGNING ACTION!