Millie Bright jumped up and down, testing willpower and strength between pristine white kitchen drawers filled with cutlery and dog kibble. A change of direction. Left, right, a rogue jumping jack. “(My partner) Levi was looking at me with all sorts of faces,” the Chelsea and England defender tells The Athletic. “I was just like,…
Louisville Slugger has been synonymous with Major League Baseball for more than 100 years, but now Marucci Sports, a company founded in 2002, has replaced it as MLB’s official bat. “I created (Marucci) in my backyard, in a shed, and it’s now the official bat,” said Marucci co-founder and CEO Kurt Ainsworth, a 46-year-old former…
The 1993 Classic Hockey Draft set consists of 150 standard-size cards. Production was reported to be 14,500 sequentially-numbered ten-box cases. More than 15,000 autographed cards from Manon Rheaume, Doug Gilmour, Mark Recchi, Mike Bossy, Jeff O’Neill and other hockey stars were randomly inserted throughout the packs. Subsets featuring foil-stamped cards are Top 10, The Class…
The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic’s daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox. Hello! Trent Alexander-Arnold is set to sign a deal with Real Madrid. Hopefully, his signature is more legit than the Lionel Messi autograph we’re writing about today. A ‘signed’ Lionel Messi…
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“The card looked perfect.” Nick Bruce and his son “freaked out” when they pulled an autographed Lionel Messi card from a pack around the Christmas holidays at their Ferndale, Mich. home. It was a normal reaction for sports card enthusiasts discovering a rare autographed card of a superstar athlete. “Perfect” for Bruce meant sharp edges…
In Season 3, Episode 2 of the Simpsons (“Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington”), there’s an interaction between Homer Simpson and a flight attendant. Attendant: “Yes sir, can I get you something?”Homer: “Playing cards, note pad, aspirin, sewing kit, pilot’s wing pin, propeller-shaped swizzle stick, sleeping mask, and anything else I’ve got coming to me.”Attendant: “…I’ll…
The 7th Inning Sketch OHL Hockey set contains 400 standard-size cards. The front features a full color photo, enframed by different color borders. The player’s position appears in a star at the lower left hand corner, with his name and “OHL” in the bar below the picture. The back has another color photo, with biographical…
Set Description from Beckett Database Randomly inserted in low series foil packs, this ten-card “Hockey Heroes” standard-size set pays tribute to Wayne Gretzky by chronicling his career. Inside white borders on a gray ice background, the fronts display color photos that are cut out to fit a emblem design. On a gray ice background accented…
Inserted in both U.S. and Canadian product at a rate of one card per pack, this 40-card standard-size set features female hockey players who represented Canada (1-21) and the U.S.A. (22-40) at the 1994 World Women’s Ice Hockey Championships. The fronts have color action player cutouts superimposed over a Canadian or American flag with a…