2010 NAISMITH BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER BOB HURLEY, SR. MAKES AN APPEARANCE @ PENN STATE YORK, PA!

TODAY, PENN STATE YORK (PA) CAMPUS HOSTED 2010 BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER: BOB HURLEY, SR.  HE HAD A COACHING CLINIC ON THE CAMPUS AND I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MEET AND GREET AS WELL!  GREAT INSIGHT FROM COACH!  HURLEY AMASSED 28 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.  HE HAD MORE THAN 1000 WINS IN 39 YEARS AS A COACH!  HE IS ONLY THE 3RD HIGH SCHOOL COACH IN HISTORY TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME!  HIS SON BOBBY PLAYED FOR DUKE UNIVERSITY AND IS THE HEAD COACH FOR ARIZONA STATE.  HIS OTHER SON DAN COACHES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH 2010 BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER, BOBBY HURLEY, SR. AND I ON THE CAMPUS OF PENN STATE YORK, PA!!!

ABOVE IS A PICTURE OF COACH'S HALL OF FAME RING FROM THE CLASS OF 2010!

ABOVE IS THE COVER PHOTO FOR BOB HURLEY'S MEMOIR, CHASING PERFECT!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED COVER PAGE FROM COACH HURLEY INSCRIBED WITH HOF 2010!!

JUSTIN TURNER PLAYING IN THE WORLD SERIES FOR THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS!

AS I WAS WATCHING SOME OF THIS YEAR'S WORLD SERIES, I NOTICED A FORMER ORIOLE PLAYING FOR THE DODGERS.   DODGERS 3B JUSTIN TURNER WAS A FORMER ORIOLE PLAYER!  I REMEMBER MEETING HIM AT THE 2010 ORIOLE FANFEST!  HE WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A FIELD HAND FOR THE ORGANIZATION.  HE SPENT 2 UNEVENTFUL SEASONS IN BALTIMORE AND WAS LEFT GO ON WAIVERS!  HE WENT TO THE METS AND HAS HAD A DECENT POSTSEASON FOR THE DODGERS!  BELOW IS A PHOTO CARD FROM JUSTIN!  BACK THEN HE WAS CLEAN SHAVEN AND HAD NO LONG HAIR OR A BEARD!

ABOVE IS AN ORIOLE PHOTO CARD SIGNED BY JUSTIN TURNER!

ABOVE IS THE BACK OF THE SIGNED PHOTO CARD!

1996 SUMMER OLYMPIC SWIMMER WHITNEY METZLER MAKES AN APPEARANCE @ THE 2017 DALLASTOWN, PA HALLOWEEN PARADE!

TONIGHT, MY DAUGHTERS AND I ATTENDED OUR ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARADE!  A FRIEND OF MINE IS RUNNING FOR RE ELECTION FOR A LOCAL JUDGESHIP!   LOCAL POLITICIANS WERE PART OF THE PARADE!   I NOTICED ONE OF THE AIDES AS FORMER OLYMPIC SWIMMER WHITNEY METZLER!  SHE COMPETED IN THE 1996 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA!  SHE PLACED EIGHTH IN THE WOMEN'S 400 METER INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY!  SHE CONTINUED HER SWIMMING CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA!  THE 39 YEAR OLD IS CURRENTLY AN ATTORNEY FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES!  I DID NOT BRING A SHARPIE TO THE PARADE (NOT EXPECTING AUTOGRAPHS), HOWEVER I WAS ABLE TO SNAG A PHOTO WITH WHITNEY!  I REMEMBER I WAS WORKING DURING HER RACE AND WENT TO THE BREAK ROOM TO WATCH WITH A COLLEAGUE!  WE WERE DISAPPOINTED SHE DID NOT WIN A MEDAL, HOWEVER TO ACHIEVE THAT LEVEL OF SUCCESS IS A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT!  SHE IS A GRADUATE OF DALLASTOWN AREA HIGH SCHOOL IN DALLASTOWN, PA!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH 1996 SUMMER OLYMPIC SWIMMER WHITNEY METZLER AND I!

TRICK OR BEAT 2 FEATURING 2005 WWE HALL OF FAMER NIKOLAI VOLKOFF IN CAMP HILL, PA!

THIS AFTERNOON, I WAS A RING ANNOUNCER FOR A CLASSIC CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING SHOW IN CAMP HILL, PA!  THE SHOW WAS ENTITLED WEST SHORE WARS 2 TRICK OR BEAT HELD AT THE WEST SHORE ELKS LODGE!  THE HEADLINER FEATURED 2005 WWE HALL OF FAMER NIKOLAI VOLKOFF!  IT WAS A PLEASURE WORKING A SHOW WITH A HOF'ER!  GREAT INSIGHT ON THE BUSINESS, FITNESS/HEALTH TALK, ALONG WITH HIS TRAVELS IN PENNSYLVANIA TOURING WITH THE WWE!  THANK YOU, NIKOLAI FOR YOUR TIME AND ADVICE!

A PRE SHOW PHOTO WITH 2005 WWE HALL OF FAMER NIKOLAI VOLKOFF AND I!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED WWE TOPPS CARD FROM NIKOLAI VOLKOFF!

BALTIMORE COLT STAN WHITE RELEASES HIS 1ST BOOK, "IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK"!

BALTIMORE COLT AND CURRENT RAVEN COLOR ANALYST STAN WHITE HAS A BOOK SIGNING THIS THURSDAY!  THE SIGNING WILL BE HELD AT GREETINGS AND READINGS IN HUNT VALLEY, MD FROM 7-8:30PM!  THE TITLE OF HIS 1ST BOOK, "IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK BALTIMORE RAVENS".  STAN HAS BEEN A COLOR ANALYST FOR THE RAVENS SINCE 2006!  STAN PLAYED FOR THE BALTIMORE COLTS FROM 1972 THRU 1979!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 1977 TOPPS FOOTBALL CARD FROM STAN WHITE!

LONG TIME MEMPHIS WRESTLING ANNOUNCER LANCE RUSSELL PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 91!!

TODAY, SAD NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING WORLD AS LONGTIME MEMPHIS WRESTLING ANNOUNCER LANCE RUSSELL PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 91.  LANCE'S CAREER BEGAN IN THE LATE 1950'S AND SPANNED NEARLY 40 YEARS UNTIL HIS SEMI-RETIREMENT IN 1997!  IN THAT ERA, PRO WRESTLING WAS BROKEN INTO TERRITORIES AND MEMPHIS WRESTLING WAS OFTEN WILD AND CRAZY!  LANCE DEVELOPED A LEVEL OF CREDIBILITY AND TRUST WITH TV AUDIENCES THAT RIVALED WALTER CRONKITE!  LANCE WENT ONTO WCW BUT NEVER WORKED IN THE WWF!  IN 2005, I MET LANCE AT WRESTLE REUNION 2 IN VALLEY FORGE, PA!  I DID NOT GET A PICTURE BUT HE SIGNED MY PROGRAM! REST IN PEACE TO LANCE'S FAMILY!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH JERRY THE KING LAWLER AND LANCE RUSSELL!

ABOVE IS A PROGRAM FROM WRESTLEREUNION 2 IN 2005: 
SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING:
LANCE RUSSELL
LEE MARSHALL
BOBBY EATON
MANKIND
DR. DEATH STEVE WILLIAMS
STEVE CORINO
STAN LANE
JOEY STYLES
JIM CORNETTE
LOVERBOY DENNIS

AN AUTOGRAPH COPY OF WILL THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF G. GORDON LIDDY!

I RECENTLY RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A READER WONDERING IF I HAD ANY EXTRA AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL FROM G. GORDON LIDDY!  HIS FATHER SERVED WITH MR. LIDDY IN THE KOREAN WAR AND PASSED RECENTLY!  I MET MR. LIDDY AT THE BARNES AND NOBLE IN WHITE MARSH, MD IN 2006!  HE WAS CONDUCTING A BOOK DISCUSSION AND SIGNING!  I HAD LIDDY SIGN WILL, HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY!  I WAS ABLE TO SNAG A PICTURE WITH THE "G" MAN!  LIDDY HAS WORN MANY HATS IN HIS CAREER:  AN ARMY OFFICER, LAWYER, FBI AGENT, POLITICIAN, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST, ACTOR, AND WRITER!  MR. LIDDY WAS INVOLVED WITH THE WATERGATE SCANDAL IN 1972!  I ENJOYED LISTENING TO HIS TALK SHOW THAT AIRED FROM 1992 THRU 2012!!

ABOVE IS THE COVER OF WILL, THE "G" MAN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED COPY OF WILL BY G. GORDON LIDDY!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH G. GORDON LIDDY!