What do Oscar Robertson and Matt Groening have in common? Well, nothing really...but I'm combining stories about them for this blog.…

Some pretty big names rolled through the Cleveland area this summer and I had some success in meeting some and getting their autographs, while others I missed out or was denied…

You know what bothered me about the show “American Pickers”? As entertaining as it is, watching them discover all these hidden gems among a trash heap someone has…

I love sports, but baseball kind of bores me. That doesn’t mean I don’t like baseball collectables. I remember being a kid and the excitement of getting Pete Rose…

Recently, a WNBA game between the Las Vegas Aces…

I’ve told this story before, but as a kid I…

I haven’t gone to Comic-Con the last few years,…

Most of us remember the Saturday Night Live bit that had William Shatner at a Star Trek convention. He’s answering bizarre, detailed questions about the show that…

I was bummed when Sacha Baron Cohen dropped out…

Everywhere I’ve ever lived, my places have pens…

Tab Hunter died just a few days shy of his 87th birthday. I didn’t really want to write a blog about him, for a few reasons. First, anybody under the age of 55…

I was talking to rapper Ice Cube one time, and told him I thought about bringing an empty ice cube tray to have him autograph. He looked at me like I was nuts, but…

I was tempted to blog about the autograph Paul McCartney signed on the famous “Carpool Karaoke” segment on James Corden’s Late Night show. They drove down Penny…

I find this story interesting for two reasons, One, it involves an incredible collectable. A signed letter from Neil Armstrong along with a vial of moondust. Two,…

May turned out to be a very good month for adding some autographs.  

First up, Michael Keaton came to town to speak at my alma mater, Kent State.  We got him coming off the plane and he was…

Elvis Presley’s first Las Vegas contract is up for auction. I thought about blogging that story, but I’m so burned out on Elvis items. Instead, as a movie critic, I…

My favorite “Wizard of Oz” autograph story…

I almost wrote a blog today about baseball…

I loved the first Deadpool movie, and the second…

There have been a number of clips of Arnold…

Everyone knows R. Lee Ermey, even if you don’t…