THE 2017 ROYAL RUMBLE IS TONIGHT FROM THE ALAMODOME IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS!

TONIGHT, IS THE 30TH ANNUAL ROYAL RUMBLE AT THE ALAMODOME IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS!  1988 WAS THE 1ST YEAR THE ROYAL RUMBLE WAS HELD IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO AT THE COPPS COLISEUM!  THE 1ST WINNER WAS 2011 WWE HALL OF FAMER, HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN!  IN 1987,  MY FAMILY MET JIM AT RICHARD CHEVY/OLDS, INC. IN NEW FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO FROM 2011 WWE HOF'ER AND 1ST ROYAL RUMBLE WINNER!

THE 2017 BALTIMORE ORIOLES FANFEST HELD AT THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION CENTER!!!

TODAY, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED THE ANNUAL ORIOLES FANFEST HELD IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER!    AN ESTIMATED CROWD OF  OVER 15,000 FANS TURNED OUT ON A SUNNY, CHILLY DAY IN CHARM CITY!  VISIONS OF HOT, LONG, SUMMER DAYS WITH GREEN GRASS ARE IN OUR FUTURE HERE IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE UNITED STATES!  I TRIED TO FILL IN MY NEEDS FOR AUTOGRAPHS/PHOTOS!  I NEEDED THE NEWEST ORIOLES TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION.  THE ORIOLES CONTINUE TO MAKE IT MORE CHALLENGING TO OBTAIN SIGNATURES FROM THE EVENT!  MOREOVER, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WERE TOO MANY IN ATTENDANCE!   I SUPPOSE THIS IS THE PRICE OF SUCCESS COMPARED TO WHEN THE TEAM WAS LOSING!  BELOW IS WHAT I OBTAINED!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 2017 MAGNET SCHEDULE FROM THE FOLLOWING ORIOLES:
DONNIE HART
ROCH KUBATKO
CALEB JOSEPH
MIKE WRIGHT
ROGER MCDOWELL
T.J. MCFARLAND

ABOVE ARE PHOTO CARDS FROM A KID'S AUTOGRAPH SESSION:
ALAN MILLS
ROGER MCDOWELL
ANTHONY SANTANDER
JASON GARCIA
ANEURY TAVAREZ

ABOVE IS SOME ORIOLES "SWAG" THAT WAS GIVEN OUT!  THE LINE WAS RIDICULOUSLY LONG!  FOLLOWING ITEMS GIVEN AWAY:
EMOJI T-SHIRTS
ORIOLES MARYLAND FLAG BASEBALL HATS
BASEBALL CARDS
2-GIRL ORIOLE BOBBLEHEADS
PEDOMETERS ALONG WITH MONEY POUCHES

ABOVE IS A SELFIE WITH P MIKE WRIGHT!

ABOVE IS A SELFIE WITH MASN COMMENTATOR: ROCH KUBATKO

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BASKETBALL COMMIT AND SPRING GROVE (PA) ROCKET ELI BROOKS PLAYS IN FRIDAY NIGHT BASKETBALL!

TONIGHT, THE FAMILY WATCHED SOME FRIDAY NIGHT BASKETBALL FEATURING TWO OF THE TOP TEAMS IN YORK COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA!  THE SPRING GROVE ROCKETS HOSTED THE NORTHEASTERN BOBCATS! THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE BOBCATS 77-67 FOR THE WIN! THE ENERGY INSIDE THE GYMNASIUM  WAS ELECTRIC!  MICHIGAN COMMIT ELI BROOKS SCORED 38 POINTS, 18 REBOUNDS AND SIX ASSISTS.   HE BUILDS ON HIS 2,000 POINTS SCORED IN HIS SCHOLASTIC PLAY.   ELI IS THE 6TH BOY TO SCORE OVER 2,000 POINTS IN THE YAIAA! AFTER THE GAME, ELI MET FANS AND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS AND POSED FOR PICTURES!

AFTER THE GAME POSTING UP WITH UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMMIT ELI BROOKS WITH MY DAUGHTERS POST GAME ON THE HARDWOOD!!

AFTER THE GAME, ELI WAS SURROUNDED BY FANS FOR PHOTO/AUTOGRAPH REQUESTS!  HE FINISHED THE GAME WITH 38 POINTS!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED INDEX CARD FROM ELI BROOKS!  HE PLANS TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IN THE FALL!

MIKE PENCE IS SWORN IN AS THE 48TH VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!

TODAY, WAS INAUGURATION DAY IN AMERICA!  A TRUMP/PENCE ADMINISTRATION START A NEW ERA IN THE U.S.A.  AFTER 8 YEARS OF OBAMA/BIDEN, THE COUNTRY WILL BE LEAD BY REPUBLICANS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND U.S. CONGRESS!  HERE IS HOPING TO GREAT START AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH CAMPAIGN SIGN FROM VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE!

VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AT A RALLY IN LANCASTER, PA!!

2ND LADY OF THE UNITED STATES JILL BIDEN FINISHES OUT HER FINAL DAY!!

TODAY, MARKS THE FINAL DAY FOR THE OBAMA/BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.  TOMORROW DONALD J. TRUMP WILL BECOME THE 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A.  HE WILL TAKE THE PRESIDENCY AT 12 NOON TOMORROW IN DOWNTOWN DC!  IN THE 2012 POLITICAL CAMPAIGN DR. JILL BIDEN CAMPAIGNED IN HARRISBURG, PA!  SHE WAS JOINED AT THE CAMPAIGN STOP WITH HER DAUGHTER, ASHLEY!  AFTER THE SHORT SPEECH, I MADE A BREAK FOR AN AUTOGRAPH AND PICTURE!  DR. BIDEN AND ASHLEY OBLIGED FOR BOTH REQUESTS!  BELOW ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THE EVENT!

ABOVE IS A SHOT WITH 2ND LADY OF THE UNITED STATES: DR. JILL BIDEN!!

SECOND DAUGHTER, ASHLEY BIDEN!

DR. JILL BIDEN SPEAKING TO THE CROWD AT A CAMPAIGN STOP IN HARRISBURG, PA FROM 2012!!

ABOVE IS A POLITICAL PHOTO CARD SIGNED BY JILL BIDEN AND ASHLEY BIDEN!!

TIM "ROCK" RAINES IS ELECTED TO THE 2017 BASEBALL HALL OF FAME!!!

TODAY,  TIM "ROCK" RAINES RECEIVED 86.0% OF THE VOTE FROM THE BBWAA!  RAINES WAS ELECTED IN HIS FINAL YEAR ON THE BALLOT.  RAINES MADE HIS MARK WITH THE MONTREAL EXPOS AS AN OUTFIELDER.  HE PLAYED ONE SEASON FOR THE ORIOLES IN 2001 WITH HIS SON, TIM RAINES, JR.  HE IS THE ONLY PLAYER IN MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY WITH 600 STOLEN BASES, 150 HOME RUNS AND 100 TRIPLES.  HIS NUMBER 30 IS RETIRED WITH THE MONTREAL EXPOS.  HE WAS A 7X ALL STAR AND A 3X WORLD SERIES WINNER!  

ABOVE IS A SIGNED BASEBALL FROM ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE 2017 BASEBALL OF FAME: TIM RAINES!  THIS WAS OBTAINED WHEN TIM MANAGED THE NEWARK BEARS IN 2008 AT A YORK REVOLUTION GAME!  TIM MANAGED THE BEARS FOR 2 SEASONS IN THE ATLANTIC LEAGUE!

THE 1ST INDUCTEE TO THE 2017 WWE HALL OF FAME CLASS: KURT ANGLE!!

YESTERDAY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE 1ST MEMBER OF THE 2017 WWE HALL OF FAME IS KURT ANGLE!  THE PITTSBURGH, PA NATIVE WAS A 2X ALL-AMERICAN AT CLARION UNIVERSITY!  HE THEN WENT ONTO THE 1996 SUMMER OLYMPICS AND WON A GOLD MEDAL!  IN 1998, KURT JOINED THE WWE AND HAD A STELLAR CAREER WITH THE COMPANY WINNING THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP 4 TIMES!

 CIRCA 2003/2004, I MET KURT AT MY LOCAL GYM!  HE WAS TRAVELING FROM WASHINGTON, DC TO HERSHEY, PA!  HE STOPPED OFF FOR A MORNING WORKOUT THEN ONTO THE SWEETEST PLACE ON EARTH!  I HAD HIM SIGN A MEMBERSHIP CARD FROM THE GYM!

HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY WITH THE 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN WRESTLING CHAMPION RON SIMMONS!!

WITH TODAY BEING MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING ATTENTION TO THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING CHAMPION: RON SIMMONS!  RON WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY!  RON FINISHED 9TH IN HEISMAN TROPHY RACE IN 1979.  HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN 2008!  SIMMONS WAS INDUCTED INTO THE WWE HALL OF FAME IN 2012!  IN 1992 RON SIMMONS DEFEATED BIG VAN VADER IN BALTIMORE, MD TO BECOME WCW HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION!  RON THEN WENT ONTO ECW AND THE WWE AND EARNED TITLE SHOTS WITH BOTH COMPANIES!

A PHOTO WITH WWE HOF'ER RON SIMMONS FROM LAST YEAR IN LANCASTER, PA!!

ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH FIGURINE FROM RON SIMMONS!!

1996 WWE HOF'ER JIMMY "SUPERFLY" SNUKA PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 73!

TODAY,  IT WAS ANNOUNCED WITH HEAVY HEARTS THAT 1996 WWE HOF'ER JIMMY "SUPERFLY" SNUKA DIED IN POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA AT THE AGE OF 73.  SNUKA WAS BATTLING STOMACH CANCER!  SNUKA ENTERTAINED MANY  FANS IN THE 80'S WITH HIS TOP ROPE FLYING IN THE SQUARED CIRCLE!  JIMMY WAS ONE OF THE 1ST TO FLY OFF THE TOP ROPE!  HE MADE MANY APPEARANCES IN YORK, PA WRESTLING AT HANNAH PENN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND RED LION HIGH SCHOOL!  I WITNESSED SNUKA WRESTLE MR. FUGI IN THE MAIN EVENT AT THE OLD RED LION HIGH SCHOOL GYM!  THE ENERGY INSIDE THE GYM WAS INCREDIBLE FOR A THEN 10 YEAR OLD!!  SNUKA JUMPED OFF THE TOP ROPE TO PIN MR. FUGI!  EVEN THOUGH BOB BACKLUND WAS CHAMPION, JIMMY WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR AND WAS A TOP ATTRACTION ALONG WITH ANDRE THE GIANT FROM THAT ERA IN THE EARLY 80'S!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO FROM JIMMY SNUKA!  THIS WAS THE OLD PROMO PHOTOS FROM THE 80'S THAT THE STARS WOULD SIGN!!  OBTAINED FROM HOUSE SHOW IN YORK, PA IN THE EARLY 80'S!!!

ABOVE IS AN WWF EVENT POSTER FROM A HOUSE SHOW IN 1983 FROM RED LAND HIGH SCHOOL!  THANKS DAVE FOR THE PHOTO!  I WISH I COULD LAND MY HANDS ON ONE OF THESE EVENT POSTERS!  IF ANY READER HAS ONE FROM A YORK, PA, HARRISBURG, PA OR LANCASTER, PA WWF HOUSE SHOW EMAIL ME!  WE COULD WORK OUT A DEAL  ( TRADE OR CASH, SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY)

FORMER BALTIMORE RAVENS PRESIDENT DAVID MODELL PASSES AWAY!!!

YESTERDAY,  FORMER BALTIMORE RAVENS PRESIDENT DAVID MODELL PASSED AWAY FROM LUNG CANCER AT JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL.  DAVID WAS 55 YEARS OLD AND ATTENDED WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY!  CALLED THE 'UNSUNG SON," MR. MODELL WAS CONSIDERED AN ARCHITECT OF THE SUPER BOWL XXXV SEASON IN 2000.  AT 2000 BALTIMORE RAVENS TRAINING CAMP IN WESTMINSTER, MD I MET DAVID!  HE WAS ALWAYS A REGULAR ATTENDEE OF TRAINING CAMP ALONG WITH HIS FATHER, ART!  REST IN PEACE TO DAVID AND THE MODELL FAMILY!  MR. MODELL IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MICHEL,  AND HIS SIX CHILDREN.  (3 SONS AND 3 DAUGHTERS)

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 2000 TRAINING CAMP PROGRAM SIGNED BY THE LATE, DAVID MODELL.  ALSO ON THE PROGRAM:  BRIAN BILLICK, PRIEST HOLMES,  BENNIE THOMPSON, AND JAMAL LEWIS TO NAME A FEW ON THE COVER!!

INSIDE THE TRAINING CAMP PROGRAM I FOUND AN AUTOGRAPH FROM 2009 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMER: ROD WOODSON!!!

THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS MOVE TO LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA!

TODAY, THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL RELOCATE TO LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA!  OWNER DEAN SPANOS WILL MOVE THE TEAM AND BEGIN PLAY THIS YEAR IN L.A.  THE CHARGERS HAVE BEEN IN SAN DIEGO FOR 56 YEARS.  THEIR 1ST SEASON IN 1960 WAS PLAYED IN LOS ANGELES!  THE CHARGERS WILL SHARE A STADIUM WITH THE RAMS.  UNTIL THE NEW STADIUM OPENS, THE L.A. CHARGERS WILL PLAY AT THE STUBHUB CENTER LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLS IN CARSON, CALIFORNIA!  IN 2015, I WAS ABLE TO MEET OWNER DEAN SPANOS AND SOME OF THE TEAM IN BALTIMORE!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED LICENSE PLATE WITH OWNER DEAN SPANOS, JOHN SPANOS AND CHARGERS PLAYERS SIGNED PRE GAME IN BALTIMORE, MD IN 2015!

OWNER OF THE LOS ANGELES RAMS DEAN SPANOS!

KEENAN ALLEN SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS PRE GAME!

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FORMER CHARGER AND CURRENT RAVEN ERIC WEDDLE!

WAR STORIES WITH OLIVER NORTH BEGIN A NEW SERIES ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL!

STARTING TONIGHT AT 8PM IS THE RENEWAL OF WAR STORIES WITH OLIVER NORTH ON THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL!  THE SHOW TELLS THE STORIES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN BATTLE FROM WORLD WAR II, KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS!  THE VETERANS RECOUNT IN THEIR OWN WORDS THE MISSIONS, BATTLES, AND INTRIGUE FROM AMERICA'S CONFLICTS!  THIS NEW EPISODE IS ENTITLED "FIGHTING ISIS IN THE BATTLE FOR MOSUL".  THE NEW SERIES LOOKS TO FOCUS ON THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN IN THE MIDDLE EAST.  IN 2005, I MET OLIVER NORTH AT A BOOK SIGNING AT BORDERS BOOK STORE IN HARRISBURG, PA!

 ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH OLIVER NORTH!

ABOVE IS AN AN AUTOGRAPH FROM OLIVER NORTH.  THE BOOK SIGNED IS ENTITLED: "THE JERICHO SANCTION".

THE COVER OF A SIGNED EDITION FROM OLIVER NORTH!