The Man Utd fan who designed their record-selling kit: ‘Football was a religion, but so was Adidas’

Inigo Turner is Adidas’ design director and creative lead. That means he is the man who designed the current Manchester United strip; one which, despite the team’s poor league position and managerial upheaval, is selling in record numbers. He tells The Athletic about his favourite United shirts over the years, what inspired this season’s kit,…

JuJu Watkins becomes first active NCAA athlete to inspire a Funko Pop figure

Funko Pop figures have been ubiquitous for years now, representing seemingly every famous person and fictional character in existence at this point, but there was never one made of an active NCAA athlete from any sport — until now. University of Southern California sophomore guard JuJu Watkins is now the first, with a figure that…

San Diego Wave and Alex Morgan top list of best selling jerseys in NWSL

In the first year that retailer Soccer.com has had all 14 NWSL jerseys available, they’ve seen plenty of demand amid an overall growing appetite for women’s soccer in the United States. Chief marketing officer Brian Berklich told The Athletic that while he can’t give exact dollar figures, Soccer.com has “seen significant growth in our NWSL…

2021-22 Upper Deck Premier Hockey Checklist, Teams, Box Info

2021-22 Upper Deck Premier Hockey Checklist – Memorabilia Cards 20th Anniversary Jersey Checklist 49 cards. AJ-AK Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings /300AJ-AL Anton Lundell, Florida Panthers /300AJ-AM Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs /300AJ-AN Alex Newhook, Colorado Avalanche /300AJ-AO Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals /300AJ-AT Alex Turcotte, Los Angeles Kings /300AJ-AV Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning /300AJ-CA…

2021-22/2022-23 Upper Deck Clear Cut Hockey Checklist, Box Info

2021-22 Upper Deck Clear Cut Hockey Checklist Base Autographs 110 cards. Veterans 1:7 packs. CC-AO Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals SSPCC-AP Mason Appleton, Seattle KrakenCC-AV Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning SSPCC-BN Brock Nelson, New York IslandersCC-CA Cam Atkinson, Philadelphia FlyersCC-CJ Calle Jarnkrok, Seattle KrakenCC-DB Drake Batherson, Ottawa SenatorsCC-FH Filip Hronek, Detroit Red WingsCC-HC Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg…

Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball goes on display inside Taiwan skyscraper

After selling at auction last month for $4.392 million, a record for a game-used baseball, Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball is now on display and under tight security inside Taipei 101, the tallest building in Taiwan. Security guards oversaw Shohei Ohtani’s 50/50 home run ball while it was on display at the Dream High…

2019-20 Upper Deck The Cup Hockey Checklist, Box Info, Team Set Lists

Base Set Checklist 158 cards.Veterans – #1-60Rookies – #61-158 1 John Gibson /2492 Phil Kessel /2493 Keith Tkachuk /2494 David Pastrnak /2495 Brad Marchand /2496 Jack Eichel /2497 Sam Reinhart /2498 Matthew Tkachuk /2499 Doug Gilmour /24910 Sebastian Aho /24911 Andrei Svechnikov /24912 Patrick Kane /24913 Alex DeBrincat /24914 Nathan MacKinnon /24915 Patrick Roy /24916…

Elly De La Cruz, Paul Skenes ‘ultimate rookie cards’ highlight 2024 Topps Chrome Update release

Topps has officially released its highly-anticipated 2024 Chrome Update Series, which the company is calling “arguably the biggest baseball set of the last decade.” Given the current hype around the class of players with rookie cards in this set, headlined by Elly De La Cruz and Paul Skenes, and their one-of-a-kind autographed Debut Patch cards…