BALTIMORE RAVEN FB KYLE JUSZCZYK HEADLINES THE 28TH ANNUAL HANOVER(PA) ROTARY SPORTS NIGHT IN HANOVER, PA!!

THIS EVENING, THE HANOVER, PA ROTARY CLUB HOST THEIR 28TH ANNUAL HANOVER SPORTS NIGHT.  THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE SAVES SOCIAL HALL IN CONEWAGO TOWNSHIP, PA! ATTENDING!  THANKFULLY, I HAVE MET KYLE A COUPLE OF TIMES IN BALTIMORE!  KYLE COMPLETED HIS 4TH YEAR IN BALTIMORE MAKING THE PRO BOWL LAST SEASON!  HE IS ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AGENCY NEXT MONTH!  KYLE ATTENDED HARVARD UNIVERSITY!

 ABOVE IS A PHOTO FROM THE 2014 BALTIMORE FOOTBALL FESTIVAL FEATURING KYLE!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO FROM THE 2014 BALTIMORE FOOTBALL FESTIVAL SIGNED BY KYLE WITH AN INSCRIPTION OF HARVARD & JUICE 44!!

DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE IS THE NEWEST INDUCTEE TO THE 2017 WWE HALL OF FAME CLASS!

TODAY, DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE WAS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2017 WWE HALL OF FAME CLASS!  THE ROLLING STONES MAGAZINE 1ST REPORTED THE NEWS!  DDP STARTED IN THE AMERICAN WRESTLING ASSOCIATION, THEN MOVED ONTO WCW, AND THEN THE WWE!  HE NOW RUNS DDP YOGA, A FITNESS PROGRAM BASED AROUND THE EXERCISES THAT HELPED HIM STAY IN THE RING GAME SO LONG.  IN 2005, I MET DDP AT WRESTLE REUNION AT THE VALLEY FORGE CONVENTION CENTER NEAR PHILADELPHIA, PA!  BTW, THIS IS MY "500" POST ON MY BLOG!  THANKS TO MY READERS FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM FROM WRESTLE REUNION IN 2005!!
 DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE
DOMINIC DENUCCI
TERRY FUNK
TOMMY ROGERS
BOBBY FULTON ( DECEASED)
PRETTY BOY LARRY SHARPE (SIGNED IN SILVER)
DORY FUNK
DICK WOEHRELE (OLD TIME WWWF REFEREE)(DECEASED)

FORMER WWWF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, IVAN KOLOFF DIES AT THE AGE OF 74!!

BACK TO BACK SAD DAYS IN THE WRESTLING WORLD!  YESTERDAY WITH THE PASSING OF GEORGE STEELE AND TODAY WITH THE PASSING OF IVAN KOLOFF!   IVAN DEFEATED BRUNO SAMMARTINO IN 1971 TO END BRUNO'S 7 YEAR REIGN AS WWWF CHAMPION!  KOLOFF WOULD HOLD ONTO THE TITLE FOR 21 DAYS TIL PEDRO MORALES BEAT HIM FOR THE TITLE!  A TRANSITIONAL CHAMPION AS IT WAS CALLED BACK IN THE DAY!  IN 2005, I MET IVAN AT WRESTLE REUNION AT THE VALLEY FORGE CONVENTION CENTER NEAR PHILDELPHIA, PA!  IVAN WAS  A DEEP MAN OF FAITH AS I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT COMING TO OUR CHURCH TO SPEAK!  THE CHURCH TURNED DOWN THE REQUEST, BUT WE SPOKE FOR OVER 1 HOUR ABOUT FAITH AND WRESTLING!  I MOMENT I WILL NOT FORGET!  REST IN PEACE TO IVAN'S WIFE AND FAMILY!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH FORMER WWWF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION:  IVAN KOLOFF!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO FROM IVAN KOLOFF!  BY THE WAY, IVAN IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE WWE HALL OF FAME! 

REST IN PEACE TO 1995 WWE HALL OF FAMER, GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE!!

TODAY, NEWS BROKE THAT 1995 WWE HOF'ER GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE DIED AT THE AGE OF 79!  STEELE TURNED PRO IN 1967 AND WAS A MAJOR "HEEL FOR THE THEN WWF!  THE ANIMAL HAD FEUDS WITH BRUNO SAMMARTINO, BOB BACKLUND, AND PEDRO MORALES!  GEORGE WOULD BITE OPEN AND BITE THE TURNBUCKLE PADS!  GEORGE SPOKE IN GRUNTS ON CAMERA WHILE PROTRAYING AN IMBECILE DURING HIS CAREER!  OUTSIDE THE SQUARED CIRCLE, STEELE WAS A TEACHER AND EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY!  I WATCHED GEORGE WRESTLE THEN WWF CHAMPION BOB BACKLUND IN 1983 @ THE YORK SUBURBAN HIGH SCHOOL GYM!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH THE ANIMAL IN CIRCA THE LATE 90'S!  HE GRABBED MY HEAD AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE IT OFF!  TALKED TO HIM ABOUT HIS CAREER!  TOLD ME HE WOULD SUCK A LIFE SAVOR TO GET A GREEN TONGUE.  MOREOVER, THE EATING OF THE TURNBUCKLE PADS STARTED WHEN SOMEONE THREW A PILLOW IN THE RING!  HE TOLD ME HE HAD 2 OPTIONS: THROW IT BACK OR BITE IT AND CHEW IT UP!  THE REST IS HISTORY!!  THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!  GODSPEED TO HIS FAMILY!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 1985 WWF TOPPS CARDS BY GEORGE THE ANIMAL STEELE!!

A GIFT OF AN AUTOGRAPHED 8X10 PHOTO OF BASEBALL HALL OF FAMER, JOE MORGAN!!

LAST THURSDAY AT YORK SPORTS NIGHT, I RECEIVED AN 8X10 PHOTO SIGNED BY BASEBALL OF FAMER: JOE MORGAN!  A FRIEND GAVE ME THE PHOTO FROM A 2015 SIGNING IN READING, PA!  WITH PLAYERS REPORTING TO SPRING TRAINING THIS WEEK, THE PHOTO RINGS IN THE START OF THE 2017 SPRING TRAINING SEASON!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO FROM HOF'ER JOE MORGAN!  JOE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN 1990!  A 10X ALL-STAR AND 2X WORLD SERIES CHAMPION WITH THE CINCINNATI REDS!  JOE DID PLAY A SEASON IN PHILADELPHIA. (THE 1983 SEASON)

THE HERSHEY BEARS "ROARING TO READ" GAME VS THE HARTFORD WOLF PACK!

TONIGHT, THE FAMILY ATTENDED AN AHL HOCKEY GAME FEATURING THE HERSHEY BEARS VERSUS THE HARTFORD WOLF PACK!  THE GAME WAS PART OF OUR DAUGHTER'S ROARING TO READ PROGRAM THROUGH THEIR SCHOOL!  THEY RECEIVED FREE TICKETS WHILE WE RECEIVED DISCOUNTED TICKETS!  THE 1ST 5,000 FANS THROUGH THE DOORS RECEIVED A HERSHEY BEARS BASEBALL HAT!  A SELL OUT CROWD OF 10,531 FANS WATCHED THE BEARS DEFEAT THE WOLF PACK 4-2!  THIS WAS THE BEARS 3RD STRAIGHT HOME WIN!  THE FOLLOWING BEARS SCORED GOALS:  PAUL CAREY, TRAVIS BOYD, CHRISTIAN DJOOS, AND RILEY BARBER!  I WAS NOT PLANNING ON DOING ANY AUTOGRAPHING, HOWEVER I RAN INTO THE VOICE OF THE HERSHEY BEARS: ZACH FISCH!  HE WAS HOSTING A PRE GAME SHOW AT THE BUD LIGHT CHAMPIONS CLUB!  

A PHOTO WITH COCO JUST AS WE WALKED INTO THE GIANT CENTER WITH OUR HERSHEY BEARS BASEBALL HATS!

A SELFIE WITH THE VOICE OF THE HERSHEY BEARS:  ZACH FISCH!  CURRENT WASHINGTON CAPITALS ANNOUNCER JOHN WALTON GOT HIS START IN HERSHEY!

ABOVE ARE THE PROMOTIONAL HATS GIVEN AWAY TO THE 1ST 5000 FANS THROUGH THE DOOR OF THE GIANT CENTER!  ALSO, TICKETS FROM THE GAME AND A PROMO BOOK MARK FOR ROARING TO READ!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED HERSHEY BEARS POCKET SCHEDULE SIGNED BY THE VOICE OF THE HERSHEY BEARS: ZACH FISCH!!



 

THE 53RD ANNUAL YORK (PA) AREA SPORTS NIGHT HELD AT THE HERITAGE HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER IN YORK, PA!!

THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER MY CAREER I ATTENDED THE 53RD ANNUAL YORK, PA AREA SPORTS NIGHT AT HERITAGE HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER IN YORK, PA!  ROUGHLY 100 SPORTS FANS TURNED OUT FOR THIS YEAR'S EDITION! THE GUEST LIST INCLUDED 2006 MLB HALL OF FAMER: BRUCE SUTTER, 2010 NFL HALL OF FAMER: JOHN RANDLE, PENN STATE ALUMNI SHANE CONLAN AND DERRICK WILLIAMS!  ROUNDING OUT THE LINEUP: ANDREW ZELLER: RED LION GRAD/MARYLAND TERRAPIN (FOOTBALL) AND MEMBERS OF THE YORK REVOLUTION:  MARK MASON, ENOHEL POLANCO, AND FRANK GAILEY.  I DID NOT BOTHER WITH OBTAINING THE YORK REVOLUTION GROUP!  THE SHOW IS JUST AN AUTOGRAPH SESSION.  IN YEARS PAST, THE SHOW WOULD INCLUDE INTERVIEWS AND DEMONSTRATIONS HELD AT A HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR AREA!  I MISS THAT FORMAT FROM THE SHOW!   I STARTED ATTENDED THIS SHOW IN THE EARLY 80'S WHEN THE GUEST LIST INCLUDED SUCH TALENT AS TED WILLIAMS, ARTHUR ASHE, AND JOE DIMAGGIO, TO NAME A FEW STARS OF THE PAST!  HERE ARE TO MANY MORE YEARS OF YORK SPORTS NIGHT TRADITION!!!  BELOW IS WHO I SECURED AT THE EVENT!  IT TRULY WAS A NIGHT OF LEGENDARY SPORTS CELEBRITIES!

ABOVE ARE CARDS SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING ATTENDEES:
BRUCE SUTTER (INSCRIBED HOF 06)
SHANE CONLAN  (INSCRIBED 50TH ALL TEAM,  HE MADE THE BUFFALO BILLS ALL 50 GREAT TEAM)

ABOVE IS A PROGRAM PAGE SIGNED BY SHANE CONLAN INSCRIBED WITH HIS JERSEY NUMBER!  I HAD HIM ADD CHOF '14!!  COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

FORMER PENN STATE WR AND CURRENT PENN STATE FOOTBALL RADIO SIDELINE REPORTER DERRICK WILLIAMS!  I HAD HIM INSCRIBE BIG TEN CHAMPS 08!!

ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH FROM RED LION (PA) GRAD AND MARYLAND TERRAPIN ANDREW ZELLER!  I HAD HIM INSCRIBE THE YEARS HE PLAYED AT MARYLAND

ABOVE IS A PROGRAM PAGE SIGNED BY MLB HOF'ER BRUCE SUTTER!  I ALSO HAD HIM SIGN A PHOTO CARD FROM HIS HALL OF FAME PLAQUE!  HE SIGNED IT EXTREMELY SMALL AT THE TOP OF THE CARD!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE FROM NFL HOF'ER JOHN RANDLE.  ALSO PICTURED IS A PHOTO CARD SIGNED BY JOHN RANDLE!!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH 2010 NFL HOF'ER JOHN RANDLE AND I!!!

ABOVE IS PHOTO WITH PENN STATE AND BUFFALO BILL LB SHANE CONLAN AND I!  HE IS LISTED AS ONE OF THE BEST LB TO PLAY AT PENN STATE!  COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE ACCOMMODATING TO THE FANS AT THE SHOW!  TOOK THE TIME TO HAVE SMALL TALK WITH THE ATTENDEES!

ABOVE IS PHOTO WITH 2006 MLB HOF'ER BRUCE SUTTER AND I.  BRUCE IS A LANCASTER, PA NATIVE AND DONEGAL ALUM!  A SOLID RELIEF PITCHER IN THE 70'S AND 80'S!!

ABOVE IS THE PROGRAM COVER FROM THE 53RD ANNUAL YORK AREA SPORTS NIGHT AT THE HERITAGE HILL CONFERENCE CENTER IN YORK, PA!!

THE ROCK & ROLL EXPRESS WILL BE PART OF THE CLASS OF 2017 WWE HALL OF FAME!!

TODAY, THE WWE ANNOUNCED THAT THE SECOND PICK FOR THE CLASS OF 2017 WWE HALL OF FAME:  THE ROCK & ROLL EXPRESS!  RICKY MORTON AND ROBERT GIBSON WERE "WAY OVER" IN THE 80'S AS THEY WRESTLED FOR THE NATIONAL WRESTING ALLIANCE!  THEY WERE 4 TIME TAG TEAMS CHAMPIONS!  SOME OF THEIR MORE MEMORABLE BATTLES INCLUDED THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS,  THE FOUR HORSEMEN, AND THE KOLOFFS!  IN 2002, MARYLAND CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING HOSTED A LEGENDS SHOW WITH RICKY MORTON!  NO ROBERT GIBSON AT THE SHOW, THIS WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED  1991 WCW IMPEL CARD SIGNED BY 2017 WWE HALL OF FAMER: RICKY MORTON FROM A 2002 MCW SHOW IN GLEN BURNIE, MD!!!

12x WWE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION & 2017 ROYAL RUMBLE WINNER RANDY ORTON APPEARS AT THE WASHINGTON AUTO SHOW!!

THIS YEAR THE 75TH ANNUAL WASHINGTON AUTO SHOW HOSTED CURRENT WWE SUPERSTAR AND 2017 ROYAL RUMBLE WINNER, RANDY ORTON!  A MASSIVE CROWD OVER 1000 FANS ATTENDED THE EVENT.  SPECIAL THANKS TO THE WRESTLING COMMUNITY FOR THE INVITE AND EARLY ENTRY TO MEET RANDY!  NO SELFIES WERE ALLOWED & ONLY 1 ITEM BEING SIGNED AT THE SIGNING DUE TO THE LARGE CROWD AND ALLOWING EVERYONE TO GO THROUGH THE LINE!  RANDY STAYED TILL HE MET EVERYONE!  SPECIAL THANKS TO NBC4/DC FOR REPORTING ON THE MEET AND GREET!  IN ADDITION TO RANDY, I MET FORMER WWE REFEREE/AGENT TIM WHITE!  HE WAS IN ATTENDANCE OVERSEEING THE SIGNING AT THE CAR SHOW!  

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO FROM TIM WHITE!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED WWE TOPPS CARD FROM THE 2017 ROYAL RUMBLE WINNER, RANDY ORTON!

ABOVE IS A SELFIE WITH FORMER WWE REFEREE AND CURRENT AGENT TIM WHITE!

ABOVE FUTURE WWE HOF'ER RANDY ORTON AT THE SIGNING STATION!

ABOVE RANDY SIGNING MY CARD!  NO SELFIES WERE ALLOWED AT THE SIGNING!

RANDY MAKING HIS WAY TO THE SIGNING STATION!

RANDY MEETING A CANCER SURVIVOR FOR HIS GUEST AT THE SIGNING!

RANDY POSING FOR A PHOTO PRE SIGNING!