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Woodstock, MD – Schulte Sports, Inc., a full-service sports marketing and public relations agency, today announced that it has been retained by The National Sports Collectors Convention, the nation’s premier showcase event for the sports and entertainment collectibles industry, to spearhead marketing and public relations initiatives for their

Despite corporate giants Accenture, AT&T and Proctor and Gamble distancing themselves with Tiger Woods based on his admitted infidelity to his Swedish wife Elin Nordegren, other prominent companies are standing by the #1 ranked professional golfer in the world. Upper Deck, EA Sports and Nike all announced continued support for the philandering golfer

“The Blind Side” – a film based the life of Baltimore Ravens number one draft pick and current rookie Michael Oher, has captured the hearts, admiration and respect of men, women and children throughout the country. Even though Michael Oher was first introduced to the world in 2006 with the release of the best selling book, The Blind Side by author

Vincent Greco, born and raised in Baltimore during the early thirties was a pioneer in the game of baseball. Already a professional photographer during his early forties Vince was approached by Orioles management Lee McPhail and Joe Hamper in the late fifties, to see if they could use film to evaluate the players performance during workouts and actual

SchulteSports.com is proud and excited to announce that former Baltimore Colts greats and Football Hall of Fame members, raymond Berry and Gino Marchetti will be coming to Baltimore and Sports Legends Museum on Sunday, November 29th to meet and sign autographs for the public courtesy of SchulteSports.com. Sports Legends Museum, located adjacent

Rick Dempsey broke into the big leagues on September 23, 1969 with the Minnesota Twins. The “Rookie” went on to enjoy a twenty-four (24) year career playing for such teams as the Yankees, Dodgers, Indians, Brewers and of course, the Orioles. An Oriole fan favorite since his playing days, Rick currently provides us with great baseball insight as

Schulte Sports conducted a private signing with former New York Yankee superstar and current LA Dodgers hitting coach, Don Matitngly. Mattingly under exclusive signature agreement with Schulte Sports was in town (September 22-24) as Washington Nationals hosted the LA Dodgers.

Newly inducted 2009 Baseball Hall of Famer, Jim Rice and JSA Authentication, the nation’s most notable authority of signature authenticity, are coming to Baltimore and Sports Legends Museum in September. Sports Legends Museum and SchulteSports.com have teamed up to bring in high caliber athletes and companies such as JSA Authentication to Baltimore

Schulte Sports recently conducted a private signing with former New York Ranger great and Hockey Hall of Famer, Rod Gilbert in New York. This beautiful collage illustrates the highlights of Rod's career which he played entirely with the New York Rangers. Signed photos come in both 8x10 and 16x 20 sizes. Anyone interested in purchasing one of

Woodstock, MD August 7, 2009. - For the past thirty years the multi billion dollar sports collectible industry has looked upon The National Sports Collectors Convention, referred to as “The National”, as their crown jewel event. A place where collectors and dealers can meet annually to buy, trade and discuss collecting memorabilia, trading cards,

Schulte Sports confirmed today that JSA, the country's premier signature authenticating company, will be coming to set up at Sports Legends Museum, adjacent to Camden Yards, Thursday, September 24th. JSA will be set up between the hours of 10am - 5pm for the public to bring in their signature items to get authenticated. If

Schulte Sports is excited to announce the addition of former New York Yankee 20 game winner Fritz Petersen to the Sports Legends Museum player signing schedule. Having played with the likes of Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Thurman Munson, Fritz has just completed writing a book about his playing days, his relationship with the New York media and fellow

Called Julia Ruth Stevens this morning (July 17th) to wish her a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! Julia, 93 young, always has been and continues to be a great ambassador for the game of baseball, especially when it comes to keeping Babe's legacy alive for young kids around the country. She was in great spirits and told me her son Tom (Stevens) was taking her

On Friday, June 26th I flew down to Houston, Texas to attend the Tri-Star Productions Collectors Show which is held annually at the George Brown Convention Center. In addition to the many memorabilia, trading card and collectible dealers, Tri Star presented over thirty (30) past and present baseball and football greats, who signed for the public. While

Congratulations to the Los Angeles Lakers as they beat the Orlando Magic last night to win their 15th NBA Championship - Phil Jackson won his 10th NBA Championship as well! Photo File released an image to celebrate the victory (see left). Photo File is the # 1 licensed photo manufacturer in the sports industry! Check out their website www.PhotoFile.com

Upper Deck just released product information and images concerning its release of the 2009 SP Authentic baseball set which will include a Matt Wieters signature "Rookie Card". The Future Watch card of Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters and the SP product arrives in September with each 24-pack box containing 12 short-printed base set cards,

Baseball America’s 2008 # 1 ranked prospect Matt Wieters made his much anticipated Major League debut Friday, May 29, 2009 at home against the Detroit Tigers. President of Orioles Baseball Operations, Andy McPhail was convinced Matt had shown enough production at Norfolk (AAA) to warrant bringing the future Baseball Hall of Famer to the big leagues.

It was back in the mid-eighties when a friend gave me a “Safe at Home” lobby card (11’x14”) as a gift in exchange for some advice I provided him concerning his baseball collection. At first I thought it was a nice gesture especially since the movie starred Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. At that time, I was unfamiliar with collecting vintage movie

We-Be-Hockey, Inc., the Anaheim, California based company who secured the exclusive rights to sell the 2010 Olympic logo pucks in the United States, announced today (4/29/09) that Schulte Sports has been approved to distribute and sell 2010 Olympic licensed logo hockey pucks (see photo image) in the US. The release date will be June

Schulte Sports and MAB Celebrity are excited to announce that they will be bringing the newest Baseball Hall of Fame induction member, Jim Rice into Baltimore on Saturday, September 19, 2009. The former Bosten Red Sox great will be in town to participate in a public autograph signing at Sports Legends Museum, located at Camden Yards adjacent to the

It was a beautiful chilly Saturday and baseball was back! The 2009 Orioles held their annual FanFest at Camden Yards April 4th. Schulte Sports was on-site exhibiting to the many thousands of fans and collectors who showed up to have fun and support their favorite O's. We had many of the Vincent Greco Collection items on display at our

When the Baltimore Orioles played the final game in Yankee Stadium against the Bronx Bombers this past September, it was Brian Roberts, the Orioles All-Star second baseman who gave me his game used jersey, bat, helmet, batting gloves and cleats from that historic game. Per Brian’s request, I took those items and we auctioned them off on-line with

Upper Deck entered the licensed sports trading card business in 1988 and quickly revolutionalized the industry, capturing the excitement and passion of collectors nationwide. All the league licensed trading card manufacturers sales soared in the late eighties and early nineties. However, we will never experience the magnitude of business the licensed

Last night I attended the second annual Wizards Care benefit where players, sponsors, and planholders interacted while bowling, playing pool and bidding on great signed memorabilia, The "Ballers Bowl" at Lucky Strike Lanes (Chinatown) real purpose was to raise funds for the Capital Area Food Bank, one of the Wizards charitable partners. Washington

Yesterday, I travelled south to Chantilly, Virginia to visit with friends and some former players who were signing at the CSA Show over the weekend. I ran into Bobby Mintz from Tri-Star Productions who is an old friend. He brought in former Green Bay Packer great Bart Starr to sign for CSA Shows card and memorabilia event this weekend. Bobby

The recession has already taken a bite out of the sports-marketing and collectors world and adding to the recessionary times, for eight months Tiger Woods was home recuperating from major knee surgery. The PGA, their sponsors, fans and collectors all experienced a tremendous void while he was on the sidelines. When Tiger announced he was making

The $93 million Sports Museum of America opened to the public ten (10) months ago with great fanfare and just recently closed its doors, in downtown New York. The all sports museum was expected to be a major tourist attraction for New York. Building and operating a sports museum is very difficult to run in good economic times never mind the

Last night former Redskin's great, Larry Brown and his wife Janet were special guest of Comcast SportsNet for the CSN televised taping of Any Ockershauser's birthday tribute. A pioneer of the Washington DC radio and television legacy, Andy was responsible for establishing and then supporting sports related media relationships throughout the years. In

Newport Beach based PSA/DNA Authentication Services is now accepting championship rings, trophies and awards for certification. Certified items will be issued an illustrated Letter of Authenticity that includes a detailed description of the item and photographic images from several different views of it. “To help collectors and dealers avoid unknowingly

During a recent visit to Evansville, Indiana, to attend a charitable event I had the opportunity to meet and spend time with someone very special, a real hero. I was bringing in my friend former Phillies great Steve Carlton to be honored by the Tri-State Hot Stove, a charity Don Mattingly attends and supports throughout the year. Steve and I met

You would never know we were experiencing recessionary times given the star studded line-up Collectors Showcase of America (CSA) has confirmed for their March 20-22, 2009 annual show in Chantilly, Virginia. Players from the 2009 Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl Championship team, including James Harrison, Hines Ward and Hall of Famers such as John Elway,

The NFL announced yesterday that Commissioner Roger Goodell had to reduce the NFL corporate staff by 15% or approximately 169 positions due to the recessionary economy. Goodell voluntarily took a cut of 20 to 25 percent from the $11 million salary / bonuses he was to receive in the 2008 fiscal year, which ends March 31. In addition, all 2009

Mattingly Sports and Schulte Sports announced today that Don Mattingly will be conducting a two (2) hour hitting clinic, in support of his company Mattingly Sports, at the El Segundo, California Dick's Sporting Goods store. The Saturday, April 18th hitting clinic will start at 10am and run for one and one-half (1.5)

Schulte Sports, representing former NY Rangers great and Hockey Hall of Famer, Rod Gilbert (#7) has secured licensed agreements on behalf of Rod with authentic jersey manufacturer, Mitchell and Ness and Photo File for the use of his name and likeness to manufacturer and sell Gilbert licensed jerseys and photos nationwide. The

Upper Deck Authenticated just released "Legends of Sports" a celebration of three of the world's greatest athletes, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. Signed by all three legends, this limited-edition art print is licensed by all three athletes, the NBA and authenticated by The Upper Deck Company. The print measures 49" x 25" while

Let's face it, A-Rod lied to us on 60 minutes and he only came out because he was brought out by writer Selena Roberts and Sports Illustrated. Then Peter Gammons sat dowbn with A-Roid, asked the right questions but never followed up after A-Rod responded with answers that provided no more insight other than he was stupid. A-Fraud didn't acknowelge

When the widely circulated photo of Michael inhaling from a marijuana pipe was published, I assumed his representatives at Octagon recommended he immediately admit to the authenticity of the photo, smoking marijuana and apologize rather than have the media spend significantly more time investigating and speculating on whether the photo was doctored.