WWE SUPERSTAR ROMAN REIGNS MAKES AN APPEARNCE AT THE WASHINGTON AUTO SHOW!!!

A MASSIVE CROWD TURNED OUT FOR THE ROMAN REIGNS APPEARANCE AT THIS YEAR'S AUTO SHOW!  I ATTEND VARIOUS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CROWD FOR A SIGNING LIKE THIS EVENT!  I WOULD ESTIMATE AROUND BETWEEN 600-750 FANS LINED UP TO MEET THE FORMER WWE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!  I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO JACKIE MOON FROM THE WRESTLING COMMUNITY!  HE GAVE US GREAT POSITION IN LINE TO SECURE A PHOTO AND AN AUTOGRAPH FROM ROMAN!

 ABOVE MY WIFE'S COUSIN'S SON AND I WITH THE FORMER WWE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, ROMAN REIGNS!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BY ROMAN!  THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN LAST YEAR IN HERSHEY, PA (SMACKDOWN SHOW)

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 2015 TOPPS WWE ROMAN REIGNS CARD!  ONLY 1 ITEM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SIGNED!  HE SIGNED  2 ITEMS FOR ME!

OUTSIDE THE WALTER E. WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER IN DOWNTOWN DC!

INSDIDE THE 2016 WASHINGTON AUTO SHOW FROM DOWNTOWN DC!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO FORMER RAVENS GARY KUBIAK & OWEN DANIELS FOR ADVANICING TO SUPER BOWL 50!!!!

TODAY, THE DENVER BRONCOS DEFEATED THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 20-18!  THE BRONCOS WILL ADVANCE TO SUPER BOWL 50 PLAYING THE WINNER OF THE ARIZONA CARDINALS AND CAROLINA PANTHERS GAME!  ANYTIME THE PATRIOTS AND THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS LOSE IS A GOOD DAY FOR ME!  2 EX-RAVENS ARE THE ON THE DENVER BRONCOS:  HEAD COACH GARY KUBIAK AND TIGHT END OWEN DANIELS! BOTH MEN I SECURED THEIR AUTOGRAPHS IN THE 2014 RAVEN'S SEASON!  BELOW ARE SOME PICTURES AND SIGNED CARDS FROM BOTH EX-RAVENS!  

 ABOVE ARE CARDS SIGNED BY COACH KUBIAK AND TE OWEN DANIELS

 ABOVE TE OWEN DANIELS SIGNING FOR THE FANS!!

 ABOVE IS COACH GARY KUBIAK SIGNING FOR FANS!

FORMER BALTIMORE ORIOLE STEVE PEARCE SIGNS WITH THE TAMPA BAY RAYS!!!

TODAY, THE TAMPA BAY RAYS ANNOUNCE THAT THEY SIGNED FREE AGENT STEVE PEARCE TO A 1 YEAR DEAL!  STEVE AND HIS AGENT WERE LOOKING FOR A 2 YEAR DEAL, HOWEVER WILL SETTLE FOR A 1 YEAR DEAL!  IF STEVE HAS A SOLID SEASON, HE COULD CASH IN FOR A MULTI YEAR DEAL NEXT YEAR!  THE LAKELAND, FLORIDA NATIVE IS EXPECTED TO PLAY DH, 1B, OF AND SOME 2B FOR THE RAYS!  IT WILL BE  A HOMECOMING FOR STEVE AS HE HAS PLAYED WELL AT TROPICANA FIELD!

ABOVE IS A BOBBLEHEAD OF STEVE PEARCE!  THIS WAS THE FAN'S CHOICE BOBBLEHEAD SPONSORED BY AT&T.  ALSO, IS A STEVE PEARCE AUTOGRAPH CARD FROM HIS PITTSBURGH PIRATES DAYS!  THIS WAS OBTAINED AT LAST YEAR'S ORIOLES FANFEST!

ABOVE IS STEVE PEARCE ALONG WITH CHRIS DAVIS AT THE ORIOLES FANFEST FROM JANUARY 2015!!

FORMER BALTIMORE COLT/RAVEN HEAD COACH TED MARCHIBRODA DIES AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS OLD!

YESTERDAY, THE 1ST BALTIMORE RAVEN HEAD COACH TED MARCHIBRODA DIED AT THE AGE OF 84.  TED COACHED THE BALTIMORE COLTS FROM 1975-1979!  HE COACHED THE RAVENS FOR 3 YEARS FROM 1996-98 COMPILING A 16-31-1 RECORD!  IN 1997, I MET TED AT THE 33RD YORK SPORTS NIGHT!  TED WAS ALWAYS A GREAT SIGNER AT RAVENS TRAINING CAMP!  REST IN PEACE COACH!

ABOVE IS THE COVER FOR THE 33RD YORK(PA) SPORTS NIGHT PROGRAM!

ABOVE IS A PROGRAM PAGE SIGNED BY THE LATE OWNER, ART MODELL AND COACH TED MARCHIBRODA!  BOTH APPEARED AT THE EVENT!  SORRY I DID NOT SECURE A PHOTO WITH THE SIGNING!

THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES RESIGN 1B CHRIS DAVIS TO A 7 YEAR/$161 MILLION DEAL!!!

TODAY, THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES ANNOUNCED THEY RESIGNED ORIOLE 1B CHRIS DAVIS!  I MUST ADMIT I AM SURPRISED THE ORIOLES AND OWNER PETER ANGELOS OPENED THE CHECKBOOK TO SIGN DAVIS!  THE 29 YEAR OLD WILL BE AN ORIOLE THROUGH 2022!  THE ORIOLES SHOULD HAVE A POWERFUL LINEUP, HOWEVER IT WILL REMAIN TO BE SEEN WHAT THEIR STARTING PITCHING WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE 2016 SEASON!  IN JANUARY 2015, I MET CHRIS DAVIS AT THE ORIOLES FANFEST!  BELOW IS THE ITEM SIGNED AND A PICTURE!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED COPY OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SIGNED BY CHRIS DAVIS INSCRIBED WITH 53 HR!

ABOVE IS FROM THE JANUARY 2015 ORIOLES FANFEST, A SIGNING STATION WITH STEVE PEARCE AND CHRIS DAVIS!!!

2012 WWE HALL OF FAMER RON SIMMONS MAKES AN APPEARANCE AT THE LANCASTER (PA) EXPO CENTER!!

TONIGHT, MY GIRLS AND I ATTENDED A KEYSTONE PRO WRESTLING EVENT IN LANCASTER, PA!  THE LANCASTER HOST RESORT EXPO CENTER DREW 300 FANS TO ITS MONTHLY SHOW!  THE HEADLINER FOR THE EVENT:  2012 WWE HOF RON SIMMONS!  RON WAS THE 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION WITH WCW!  MOREOVER, RON WAS A STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER AT FLORIDA STATE AND WAS INDUCTED INTO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN 2008!  ALSO APPEARING WAS FORMER TNA AND CURRENT GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLER: SONJAY DUTT!  I MET DUTT LAST YEAR AT A GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLING EVENT IN HARRISBURG, PA!  THE NEXT KEYSTONE WRESTLING EVENT WILL BE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH FEATURING FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR BOB "HARDCORE" HOLLY!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 1990 GALOOB WCW ACTION FIGURE SIGNED BY RON SIMMONS!  HE WAS LOOKING AT THE FIGURE AND WAS AMAZED I HAD ONE!  HE SAID HE DOES NOT SEE THIS VERY OFTEN!

THE FRONT SIDE OF A 1990 WCW GALOOB RON SIMMONS ACTION FIGURE!

ABOVE ARE CARD SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING WRESTLERS:
SONJAY DUTT (THIS WAS OBTAINED FROM A GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLING EVENT LAST AUGUST IN HARRISBURG,PA!  HE APPEARED AT THE SHOW TONIGHT)
RON SIMMONS (I HAD HIM INSCRIBE HOF 2012 (WWE) AND HE ADDED APA) THIS CARD HE WAS LOOKING AT AND MENTION ALSO HE DID NOT SEE THIS ONE!

ABOVE IS 2012 WWE HOF RON SIMMONS AND MY CREW!

ANOTHER PHOTO WITH ALL OF US AND RON SIMMONS ACTION FIGURE ON THE TABLE!

FORMER TNA AND CURRENT GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLER SONJAY DUTT FROM LAST YEAR'S GLOBAL EVENT IN HARRISBURG,PA!







 

FINDING YOUR PATH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE @ THE SECU ARENA ON THE CAMPUS OF TOWSON UNIVERSITY IN MARYLAND!!!

I ATTENDED THE 2ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE HELD IN TOWSON, MD @ THE SECU ARENA ON THE CAMPUS OF TOWSON UNIVERSITY!  SEVERAL HUNDRED PATRONS ATTENDED THIS LECTURE SERIES!   IT WAS "WELL WORTH" ATTENDING!!!  THE LINEUP INCLUDED:  MATT EVERSMANN (THE BASIS OF THE MOVIE BLACK HAWK DOWN), 2X OLYMPIC CHAMPION MIA HAMM, MARK BUTLER (OLLIE'S BARGAIN OUTLET CEO), MARIN ALSOP (1ST FEMALE CONDUCTOR/BSO), AND THE HEADLINER'S BUCK SHOWALTER AND JOHN HARBAUGH!  THE DAY WAS FULL OF ENRICHMENT AND INSPIRATION BY THE SPEAKER'S!  FROM MATT'S TELLING TALE OF SERVING IN SOMALIA TO MARK'S BUSINESS ACUMEN, THE SERIES OFFERED A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!  I HOPE TO ATTEND NEXT'S YEAR'S LECTURE SERIES!  THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION IS FORMER ORIOLE HALL OF FAMER, B.J. SURHOFF!  THIS EVENT WAS  INSPIRING AND MOTIVATIONAL!  MOREOVER, THE AUTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOS EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS!  A 5 STAR EVENT/DAY!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE FROM OLLIE'S BARGAIN OUTLET CEO, MARK BUTLER!  ONE OF MY FAVORITE SPEECHES OF THE SERIES!

ABOVE IS A PROGRAM PAGE SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING:
BUCK SHOWALTER
JOHN HARBAUGH
THEY BOTH TOOK THE STAGE FOR A Q & A HOSTED BY LOCAL SPORTSMAN, MARK VIVIANO

ABOVE IS A PROGRAM PAGE SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING:
MARK BUTLER  (OLLIE'S BARGAIN OUTLET CEO)
MARIN ALSOP  (THE 1ST FEMALE CONDUCTOR IN THE US AND CURRENTLY LEADS THE BSO)

ABOVE IS A PROGRAM PAGE SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING:
MATT EVERSMANN  (THE MAN BEHIND THE MOVIE, BLACK HAWK DOWN;  THE MOST MOVING LECTURE OF THE DAY REGARDING HIS EXPERIENCE IN SOMALIA!)
MIA HAMM  ( THIS WAS MY 2ND X HEARING A HAMM LECTURE AND SHE DID NOT DISAPPOINT; A 2X OLYMPIC SOCCER CHAMPION)

ABOVE I GOT BUCK SHOWALTER TO SIGN MY BOBBLEHEAD!

ABOVE ARE CARD SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING:
JOHN HARBAUGH INSCRIBE WITH SB 47
MIA HAMM WITH JERSEY #9

ORIOLE MANAGER BUCK SHOWALTER AND I!  A GREAT Q AND A WITH JOHN HARBAUGH TO CLOSE THE SERIES!!!

RAVENS COACH JOHN HARBAUGH AND I!!

THE FIRST FEMALE CONDUCTOR AND WITH THE BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, MARIN ALSOP!  HER SPEECH WAS A WONDERFUL TESTAMENT TO OVERCOMING OBSTACLES!

MARK BUTLER AND I!  TRULY A MAN I WOULD LOVE TO WORK FOR!  AN INSPIRING TALE OF STARTING OUT IN RETAIL AND TAKING THE ELEVATOR UP!

MIA HAMM AND I!  THIS WAS THE 2ND TIME I HEARD HER SPEAK!  THE STORY NEVER GETS OLD!

MATT EVERSMANN AND I!  HE WAS THE COMMAND LEADER FOR THE MISSION IN SOMALIA WITH BLACK HAWK DOWN!  AN VERY INSPIRING TALE OF HIS SERVICE AND MISSION!  MY FAVORITE ALONG WITH MARK BUTLER'S STORY!  MATT RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION ENTERING AND EXITING THE STAGE!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH ORIOLE HALL OF FAMER, B.J. SURHOFF AND I!!

FORMER BALTIMORE ORIOLE WEI-YEN CHEN SIGNS WITH THE MIAMI MARLINS FOR 5 YEARS 80 MILLION DOLLARS!!!!

TODAY, THE MIAMI MARLINS SIGN FREE AGENT P WEI-YEN CHEN TO A 5 YEAR 80 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT!  A 6TH YEAR OPTION FOR $16 MILLION IS ON THE TABLE FOR CHEN IN MIAMI!  THE 30 YEAR OLD PLAYED 3 SEASONS FOR THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES!  HE PROVIDED A LEFT HANDED ARM FOR A BELOW AVERAGE ROTATION IN 2015 FOR BALTIMORE!  

ABOVE IS A 2013 ORIOLE CALENDAR SIGNED BY WEI-YEN CHEN!  THIS WAS OBTAINED IN 2012 @ BARCS IN BALTIMORE, MD!

THE 1ST MEMBER OF THE 2016 WWE HALL OF FAME CLASS: STING!!!!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED NWA CARD FROM STING!  THE CARD WAS SIGNED IN JANUARY 1991 IN YORK,PA!  STING WILL BE THE 1ST MEMBER OF THE 2016 WWE HALL OF FAME!  THE INDUCTIONS WILL BE HELD IN DALLAS, TEXAS!  THE ANNOUNCEMENT SHOULD BE MADE TONIGHT ON RAW!

FORMER OAKLAND RAIDER/PHILADELPHIA EAGLE JON RITCHIE STARTS HIS CAMPAIGN FOR A STATE SENATE SEAT IN PENNSYLVANIA!

AFTER WORK THIS AFTERNOON, A COLLEAGUE AND I ATTENDED JON RITCHIE'S 1ST CAMPAIGN EVENT OF THIS POLITICAL SEASON!  HE IS RUNNING FOR A STATE SENATE SEAT CURRENTLY HELD BY  SEN. PAT VANCE  WHO WILL BE RETIRING THIS YEAR!  THE 31ST DISTRICT REPRESENTS PARTS OF YORK (PA) AND CUMBERLAND (PA) COUNTIES IN THE COMMONWEALTH!  JON WAS A PHENOM AT CUMBERLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED MICHIGAN AND TRANSFERRED TO STANFORD UNIVERSITY!  RITCHIE HAD A 7 YEAR CAREER IN THE NFL WITH THE OAKLAND RAIDERS AND PHILADELPHIA EAGLES!  HE CURRENTLY IS AN ON-AIR PERSONALITY/ANALYST FOR THE NBC SPORTS NETWORK AND DIRECT TV!  THIS IS THE 1ST OF MANY POLITICAL EVENTS I PLAN TO ATTEND IN 2016!  WITH THE COMMONWEALTH BEING A KEY STATE FOR PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS, I HOPE TO ADD SEVERAL "BIG TIME" POLITICAL FIGURES THIS YEAR!!!!!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED CAMPAIGN FLIER FROM JON RITCHIE!  HE INSCRIBED THE CARD TO TODD: THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH PA STATE SENATORIAL CANDIDATE, JON RITCHIE AND I!  HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN NICER TALKING FOR 15 MINUTES WITH HIM AND HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER! 

THE BALTIMORE RAVENS HELD THEIR STATE OF THE RAVENS ADDRESS TODAY!

THE RAVENS HELD THEIR ANNUAL STATE OF THE RAVEN'S ADDRESS TODAY!  I BELIEVE THIS IS THE EARLIEST THEY HAVE HELD THIS EVENT!  WITH THIS DISMAL SEASON, PRESIDENT DICK CASS, GM OZZIE NEWSOME, OWNER STEVE BISCIOTTI, AND COACH JOHN HARBAUGH FIELDED QUESTIONS FROM THE BALTIMORE PRESS CORP!  YOU CAN WATCH ON THE LINK BELOW:
 http://www.baltimoreravens.com/videos/videos/Full-2015-Season-Review-Press-Conference/31e48ac6-a267-4a40-805d-d57c8cfeaad5

BELOW ARE A FEW AUTOGRAPHS FROM THE AFOREMENTIONED PARTICIPANTS FROM THE YEAR END ADDRESS!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED SUPER BOWL XLVII MINI HELMET BY OWNER STEVE BISCIOTTI!!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO FROM GM OZZIE NEWSOME AND AN INDEX CARD SIGNED BY PRESIDENT DICK CASS