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RAVENS' TORREY SMITH AND REDSKINS' RYAN KERRIGAN HOST BATTLE OF THE BELTWAY ALL-STAR CELEBRITY BASKETBALL GAME TO BENEFIT FOUNDATIONS

Baltimore
Ravens’ Wide Receiver Torrey Smith and Washington Redskins’ Linebacker Ryan
Kerrigan are taking the battle off the field and onto the courts in an All-Star
Celebrity Basketball Game.  



On
March 29, Smith and Ravens teammates will take on Kerrigan and Redskins
teammates in a friendly game of basketball at the University of Maryland
Comcast Center. Proceeds will benefit The Torrey Smith Foundation and Ryan
Kerrigan’s Blitz for the Better Foundation.  Past celebrities in attendance include players
like Smith, Joe Flacco, Joe Haden, Anthony Armstrong and many more.  



This
is Smith’s fourth All-Star Basketball Game. “It’s my favorite Foundation
Event,” says Smith. “We’ve been getting bigger and better. We used to hold it
in my hometown, but there wasn’t enough space this year. We’re trying to get 5,000
people out here.” 

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To
take the event to the next level, Smith suggested it be held at his alma mater,
the University of Maryland.  “I think
it’s really cool to be back here,” he says. “It’s all about giving back to the
people that got you where you are.” 



While
Smith is a veteran to the event, Kerrigan is a fresh face.  “I just started the Blitz for the Better Foundation
last year,” Kerrigan says. “I think this event will be a lot of fun. Torrey has
a jump start on me since he has been doing this for years. I’m hoping our
Redskins fans are there to support, sporting burgundy and gold. Hail to the
Redskins!” 

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Tickets
for the Battle of the Beltway are $15 in advance and $20 week of. They are
available today at TorreySmith.org and RyanKerrigan.org or by calling the Comcast Center Box Office at
1-800-462-TERP.



Doors
open at 4 p.m, tip off is at 5 p.m. 



**Please
note: there will be no allotted time for autographs at this event.



About the Torrey Smith Foundation

The mission of the Torrey Smith
Foundation is to better the lives of Baltimore-area youth by providing
educational support, opportunities and resources. The goal is to have touched
the lives of more than 35,000 children by 2016.  Learn more at TorreySmith.org.



About Ryan
Kerrigan’s Blitz for the Better Foundation


Ryan Kerrigan’s Blitz for the Better
Foundation was founded in 2013 with the mission to provide opportunities,
support and resources to children and families in need in the Greater
Washington D.C. area. The foundation’s primary focus is to provide support and
encouragement to seriously ill, physically challenged and special need children
and their families. Learn more at RyanKerrigan.org




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