SPECIAL OLYMPIAN LORETTA CLAIBORNE THROWS OUT THE 1ST @ PEOPLESBANK PARK IN YORK, PA!!!

TONIGHT, MY FAMILY AND I ATTENDED MY EMPLOYER'S NIGHT AT THE YORK REVOLUTION.  THE TEAM HOSTED THE SUGAR LAND SKEETERS.  THE REVOLUTION WON 8-3 OVER THE SKEETERS IN FRONT OF 5,172 FANS ON A HOT, SULTRY NIGHT FOR BASEBALL @ PEOPLESBANK PARK!  THE 1ST PITCH WAS THROWN OUT BY MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND SPECIAL OLYMPIAN CHAMPION LORETTA CLAIBORNE!  I WAS NOT PLANNING ON DOING ANY AUTOGRAPHING, HOWEVER I DID NAB A PICTURE WITH HER AS SHE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE CONCOURSE!  A MOVIE WAS MADE ON HER STORY ENTITLED THE LORETTA CLAIBORNE STORY BY DISNEY!  THE MOVIE IS AVAILABLE ON DVD!  LORETTA IS A YORK COUNTY PA NATIVE AND CURRENTLY RESIDES IN YORK, PA!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH SPECIAL OLYMPIAN CHAMPION LORETTA CLAIBORNE AND I!

OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER BRIANA SCURRY KICKS HER WAY TO PEOPLESBANK PARK IN YORK, PA!!

TONIGHT, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED SOCCER NIGHT @ PEOPLESBANK PARK IN YORK, PA!  THE YORK REVOLUTION HOSTED THE LANCASTER BARNSTORMERS.  THE MAIN EVENT WAS 2X GOLD MEDAL WINNER BRIANA SCURRY!  SHE WON GOLD MEDALS IN THE 1996 AND 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES AS THE GOALKEEPER FOR THE UNITED STATES!  IN 2000, THE WOMEN'S TEAM TOOK THE SILVER MEDAL IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA!  AN ANNOUNCED CROWD OF 5,005 WATCHED THE YORK REVOLUTION DEFEAT THE LANCASTER BARNSTORMERS 9-3 ON A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FOR A BASEBALL GAME!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH 2X OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER BRIANA SCURRY!  SHE ALLOWED US TO WEAR HER 2 MEDALS FOR THE PHOTO!  A GREAT GESTURE FROM THE KEEPER!  1996 & 2004 GOLD MEDAL WINNER, A SILVER MEDAL WINNER IN THE 2000 SUMMER GAMES!

ABOVE IS AN AD FOR SOCCER NIGHT FEATURING BRIANA!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM FROM BRIANA SCURRY!  THE REVOLUTION FINALLY  HAD A PROGRAM COVER WITH THE ADVERTISED TALENT!  SO MANY APPEARANCES IN THE PAST THEY HAVE FAILED TO PUT THE TALENT ON THE COVER OF THE PROGRAM!  RIDICULOUS!

ABOVE ARE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SIGNED BY BRIANA:
A PHOTO CARD SIGNED BY BRIANA
A TICKET STUB SIGNED BY BRIANA

NXT INVADES THE APG FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ARENA ON THE CAMPUS OF HARFORD COMMUNIITY COLLEGE IN BEL AIR, MD!

LAST EVENING, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED THE NXT SHOW IN BEL AIR, MD!  A CROWD OF APPROXIMATELY 1,500 WATCH THE STARS OF NXT LIVE IN THE APG FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ARENA!  THIS HAS BEEN THE 2ND NXT SHOW TO BE HELD IN BEL AIR, MD! AN ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD WATCH AN ENTERTAINING NIGHT OF MATCHES.  MATCH RESULTS ARE LISTED BELOW ALONG WITH SOME OF THE AUTOGRAPHS I ACQUIRED FROM THE SHOW!  IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT!  AFTER THE SHOW I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME PICTURES AND AUTOGRAPHS FROM THE STARS OF NXT!  THEY WERE BOARDING A CHARTER BUS AS THEY WERE LEAVING FOR POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK!

MATCH RESULTS:

HEAVY MACHINERY (OTIS DOZOVIC & TUCKER KNIGHT) DEFEATED RIDDICK MOSS & TINO SABBATELLI

IN A WOMEN'S SINGLE MATCH: EMBER MOON DEFEATED NIKKI CROSS

ALEISTER BLACK DEFEATED THE VELVETEEN DREAM

WWE NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS THE AUTHORS OF PAIN (AKAM & REZAR) DEFEAT SANITY ( ALEXANDER WOLFE & KILLIAN DAIN)

DREW MCINTYRE DEFEATED ANDRADE ALMAS

KASSSIUS OHNO BEAT ENHANCEMENT TALENT CEZAR BONONI

ASUKA & RUBY RIOT BEAT MANDY ROSE & SONYA DEVILLE IN AN EXCELLENT WOMEN'S TAG TEAM MATCH

THE MAIN EVENT:  NXT CHAMPION BOBBY ROODE DEFEATED RODERICK STRONG IN THRILLING MATCH

ABOVE IS A SELFIE WITH DREW MCINTYRE!

ABOVE IS A BLURRY SELFIE WITH NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION ASKUA!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH HEAVY MACHINERY!

ABOVE IS A SELFIE WITH EMBER MOON!

ABOVE IS A SELFIE WITH KAYLA BRAXTON!

ABOVE IS A SHOT PRE SHOW INSIDE THE APG FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ARENA ON THE CAMPUS OF HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE!

ABOVE ARE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SIGNED BY NXT STARS:
KAYLA BRAXTON ( A SIGNED PHOTO)
ASUKA ( TOPPS NXT CARD_

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 EVENT PHOTO FROM NXT BEL AIR:
EMBER MOON
HEAVY MACHINERY (OTIS DOZOVIC & TUCKER KNIGHT)
RODERICK STRONG (ONLY AN AUTOGRAPH, AFTER THE MAIN EVENT HE WENT AROUND THE RING TO SHAKE HANDS AND TAKE SELFIES!  I HAD HIM SIGN MY PHOTO, I COULD NOT GET A PICTURE!
DREW MCINTYRE

BALTIMORE STALLIONS HEAD COACH DON MATTHEWS DIES AT THE AGE OF 77!

TODAY, NEWS BROKE THAT BALTIMORE STALLIONS HEAD COACH DON MATTHEWS PAST AWAY AT THE AGE OF 77 OF PNEUMONIA.  DON COACHED THE BALTIMORE STALLIONS IN 1994 AND 1995 SEASON IN THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE!  THE STALLIONS WON THE GREY CUP IN THEIR 1995 SEASON!  DON WON FIVE GREY CUPS AS A HEAD COACH TYING A RECORD FOR THE CFL!  DON'S CAREER SPANNED FOUR DECADES AND INCLUDED AN INDUCTION TO THE CFL HALL OF FAME IN 2011!  IN 1995, YORK SPORTS NIGHT HOSTED DON MATTHEWS ALONG WITH THE OWNER OF THE BALTIMORE STALLIONS, JIM SPEROS!  BELOW IS AN PROGRAM PAGE SIGNED BY BOTH THE OWNER & COACH!  REST IN PEACE TO THE MATTHEWS FAMILY!

ABOVE IS A PROGRAM PAGE SIGNED BY THE LATE DON MATTHEWS!  ALSO, THE OWNER OF THE 1995  GREY CUP BALTIMORE STALLIONS JIM SPEROS!  BOTH WERE SECURED FROM THE 1995 YORK SPORTS NIGHT IN YORK, PA!

WR JEREMY MACLIN SIGNS WITH THE BALTIMORE RAVENS!

TODAY, THE BALTIMORE RAVENS ANNOUNCED THE SIGNING OF FREE AGENT WIDE RECEIVER JEREMY MACLIN!  HE WAS RECENTLY WITH THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS!  HE IS A 1ST ROUND PICK OF THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES IN 2009! JEREMY IS SIGNED FOR 2 YEARS AND TERMS OF THE DEAL WERE NOT DISCLOSED!  JEREMY SHOULD PROVIDE SOME SPARK TO AN ANEMIC OFFENSE! WITH THE RETIREMENT OF STEVE SMITH, SR. AND DENNIS PITTA THE RAVENS ARE LOOKING FOR SOME OFFENSE!  TIME WILL TELL WHETHER THIS IS A GOOD SIGNING!  3 OUT OF THE PAST 4 YEARS NO PLAYOFFS:  I DO NOT EXPECT MUCH THIS SEASON EITHER!!!

ABOVE IS JEREMY MACLIN SIGNING AN AUTOGRAPH FROM THE 2013 EAGLES FAN FEST IN LANCASTER, PA!!

ABOVE IS A 2010 SCORE FOOTBALL CARD SIGNED BY JEREMY MACLIN!

LONGTIME ORIOLE RADIO ANNOUNCER FRED MANFRA RETIRES FROM THE BROADCAST BOOTH!

YESTERDAY, ORIOLE RADIO BROADCASTER FRED MANFRA CALLED HIS LAST GAME ALONGSIDE LONGTIME PARTNER JOE ANGEL!  FOR 25 SEASONS FRED CALLED ORIOLES GAME IN THE TOWN HE WAS BORN AND RAISED!  DUE TO HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY AND THE NEED FOR KNEE SURGERIES HIS HEALTH HAS FORCED HIM TO RETIRE!  AT 70 YEARS OLD, FRED AND HIS WIFE MARLENE WILL RETIRE TO FLORIDA TO BE WITH THEIR DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILDREN!  AS A "RADIOHEAD" I WILL MISS HEARING FRED!  HE HAD GREAT CHEMISTRY WITH JOE ANGEL.  WHEN THE ORIOLES WERE PERENNIAL LOSERS, THEY MADE THE BROADCAST ENTERTAINING & INFORMATIVE!  MOREOVER, THEY BECAME PART OF MY SUMMER LISTENING TO GAMES ON AM/FM  RADIO AT THE BEACH, POOL, ON THE DECK, OR CAMP FIRES!  BEFORE ALL OF THE NETWORKS BEGAN TO BROADCAST GAMES ON TV, RADIO WAS THE MAIN CONDUIT FOR FANS TO LISTEN TO EVERY GAME!  GAMES WERE LIMITED ON BROADCAST TV!  HERE IS HOPING TO A GREAT RETIREMENT, FRED!  THANKS FOR THE FINE BROADCASTS AND BEING PART OF SO MANY OF MY SUMMERS!

A PHOTO WITH THE FRED!  HE APPEARED AT A HOT STOVE BASEBALL TALK IN 2014 IN YORK, PA!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED MAGNET FROM FRED MANFRA!  I STARTED LISTENING TO ORIOLES GAME WITH CHUCK THOMPSON, JON MILLER, AND THEN FRED!  GOING, GOING , GONE!!! OR THAT RYTHMIC APPLAUSE AS THE FANS STAND ON THEIR FEET!  (2 OF FRED'S FAMOUS BROADCAST LINES)

WWE PAY PER VIEW EXTREME RULES @ THE ROYAL FARMS ARENA IN BALTIMORE, MD!!

LAST EVENING I ATTENDED THE RAW BRAND PPV EXTREME RULES @ THE ROYAL FARMS ARENA IN BALTIMORE, MD!  A SELL OUT CROWD OF 11,769 WAS ROWDY AND VOCAL FOR THE WHOLE SHOW IN CHARM CITY!  A RETURN DATE WAS ANNOUNCED FOR A MONDAY NIGHT RAW ON OCTOBER 30, 2017!   THIS VENUE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PRO WRESTLING DATING BACK TO WHEN THE ARENA OPENED IN THE EARLY 60'S!  THE LUNATIC FRINGE, DEAN AMBROSE HAD A BOOK SIGNING AT THE BARNES AND NOBLE AT THE POWER PLANT IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE!    I THEN WENT TO THE ARENA FOR SOME PRE SHOW AUTOGRAPHING!  I SECURED A FEW AUTOGRAPHS AND 1 AFTER THE SHOW INSIDE THE ARENA.  LISTED BELOW ARE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SIGNED WITH MATCH RESULTS!   A FEVER HOT CROWD AND MATCHES MADE FOR AN ENTERTAINING EVENING!  THE ONLY SLOW MATCH SEEMED TO BE NEVILLE/ARIES!  THE CROWD  YELLED BORING AND WE WANT BEACH BALL!

MATCH RESULTS:

PRE SHOW MATCH:  KALISTO DEFEATED APOLLO CREWS WITH TITUS O'NEILL

THE MIZ DEFEATED DEAN AMBROSE FOR THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

RICH SWANN/SASHA BANKS DEFEATED NOAM DAR/ALICIA FOX

RAW'S WOMEN CHAMPION ALEXA BLISS DEFEATED BAYLEY

SHEAMUS/CESARO DEFEATED THE HARDY BOYZ IN A STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION NEVILLE DEFEATED AUSTIN ARIES

IN A FATAL 5-WAY MATCH FOR THE #1 CONTENDER FOR THE RAW CHAMPIONSHIP : SAMOA JOE DEFEATED FINN BALOR, SETH ROLLINS, ROMAN REIGNS AND BRAY WYATT!  A WILD MATCH TO END AN EXCITING NIGHT!

CURRENT WWE NETWORK'S JAPAN BROADCASTER & FORMER WWE STAR FUNAKI AND I AFTER THE PPV SHOW!

A SHOT INSIDE A SOLD OUT ROYAL FARMS ARENA IN BALTIMORE, MD!

205 CRUISERWEIGHT NOAM DAR AND I!  HE WAS WALKING TO THE ARENA FROM HIS HOTEL!

FORMER WWE MANAGER HARVEY WIPPLEMAN AND I!  HE MANAGED IN THE 90'S AND IS A ROAD AGENT FOR THE WWE!

FORMER WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION DEAN AMBROSE AND I AT A BOOK SIGNING AT THE POWER PLANT IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE!

ABOVE ARE TOPPS WRESTLING CARDS SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING:

DEAN AMBROSE ( I HAD HIM SIGN HIS CARD ALONG WITH HIS BOOK!  HE HAD NO PROBLEM SIGNING ANOTHER ITEM)

FUNAKI (I OBTAINED HIS AUTOGRAPH AFTER THE PPV! HE WAS BROADCASTING FOR THE WWE NETWORK JAPAN)

THE COVER OF THE WWE BOOK OF TOP 10'S!  THIS WILL BE A NICE ADDITION FOR WRESTLERS TO SIGN, PARTICULARLY IF I DO NOT HAVE A CARD OR PHOTO FOR THEM TO SIGN!

INSIDE THE BOOK IS SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING WWE STARS:

HARVEY WIPPLEMAN

NOAM DAR

RICH SWANN ( HE WAS COMING OUT OF THE BOX OFFICE TO DROP OFF TICKETS FOR FAMILY!  I ALREADY HAD A PICTURE WITH RICH, SO I HAD HIM SIGN MY BOOK!

RICH AND I FROM THE HERSHEY, PA HOUSE SHOW FROM MARCH OF THIS YEAR!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED COVER PAGE FROM DEAN AMBROSE!  

AN EVENT POSTER FOR THE BOOK SIGNING WITH THE LUNATIC FRINGE, DEAN AMBROSE @ THE POWER PLANT BARNES AND NOBLE IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE!