One of our more loyal readers, Larry Harris, emailed us to share his story of the recent Baltimore Basketball Night for Villanova alumni and friends. Below is Larry’s story from the night, which he asked me to share it with all of you. He also included a picture from the evening.

I encourage anyone in the future to please email us to share your stories so we can share them with the rest of the IBBW community!

Enjoy!

Tom O'Keefe, Sarah Klein-Harris and Jay Wright.

Sirs:

Jay Wright, Harry Peretta and several Villanova assistant coaches made an appearance in Baltimore on 9-17 before an enthusiastic crowd of alumni and supporters at the Admiral Fell Inn in the area of the city known as Fells Point.

Wright gave his always-inspirational speech about the ‘Cats’ chances for the coming season and told great stories about the “reunion” of former players a couple weeks back. He also indicated Baltimore has become “fertile ground” for recruiting and said fans could expect to see him in this area more frequently. Also on hand was Artie Donovan, the 85-year-old NFL Hall of Fame tackle who was a guest of Frank Culotta, Villanova’s biggest alum and supporter in the Baltimore area. Wright admitted that in younger days he was a big fan of the old Baltimore Colts who featured players like Donovan and Jay’s favorite, the great quarterback John Unitas.

Attached is a photo of Jay with two ‘09 grads — Tom O’Keefe (left), who is doing a year of service in Baltimore inner city schools, and Sarah Klein-Harris, who recently signed on as a nurse at Baltimore’s Mercy Medical Center.

Best for the coming season,

Larry Harris