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Do you want to buy Wayne Gretzky’s sweaty things? NOW YOU CAN.
The man behind the biggest collection of all things No. 99 is selling his prized memorabilia.
Insurance is a big reason. Collections such as Chaulk’s are hard to buy coverage for and the thought of a fire makes him blanch. Also, he’s already got most of the main Gretzky items likely to come on the market, so the thrill of the chase is getting rarer.
“There’s not a lot of chase left. It’s like I’ve gotten to the top of the mountain.
(Photo: Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)
David Beckham is retiring: The end of an era
The 38-year-old Beckham, who recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain, has become a global superstar since starting his career at Manchester United.
“I’m thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest level,” Beckham said in a statement Thursday. (Photo: Getty Images/AFP/Files)
The fun just doesn’t stop: Here is Dennis Rodman dressed in a brightly flowered jacket standing in front of the Vatican as the world waits for cardinals to elect a new Pope. Or as he probably calls it: “Wednesday.” (Photo: Andrew Medichini/The Associated Press)
Rival teams the ‘Up’ards and Down’ards’ battle for the ball in the river during the annual Ash Wednesday ‘no rules’ football match on February 13, 2013, in Ashbourne, England.
First played in the 17th Century between teams from opposite ends of the Derbyshire town, hundreds of participants aim to get a ball into one of two goals that are positioned three miles apart at either end of Ashboune.
The match starts on Shrove Tuesday and can last until 10 PM. If a goal is scored before 6 PM, then a new ball is ‘turned up’ again and a new game started. If the goal is after 6 PM then the game ends for that day and continues into the next day - known as Ash Wednesday. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
(Source: nationalpost.com)
![This is not just any toilet! After the Toronto Maple Leafs moved out of Maple Leaf Gardens in 1999, the team sold off much of the history associated with its legendary home, from the original Stanley Cup banners to a dressing room toilet.
Sherm Cunningham, a diehard fan and suite holder, spent close to $500,000 in November 2000, acquiring more than 100 items up for sale.
Now, more than 13 years later, his collection is available again, giving the public a chance to own the historical items.
“[Sherm] had visions of grandeur of what he was going to do with everything and it never happened,” said Hersh Borenstein, the owner of the sports memorabilia store Frozen Pond. “The stuff has been sitting in his basement for the past decade and he decided, ‘You know what, time to pass it on to people that are going to appreciate it a whole lot more than me.’”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbqjaiDjga1r1thtao1_1280.jpg)
This is not just any toilet! After the Toronto Maple Leafs moved out of Maple Leaf Gardens in 1999, the team sold off much of the history associated with its legendary home, from the original Stanley Cup banners to a dressing room toilet.
Sherm Cunningham, a diehard fan and suite holder, spent close to $500,000 in November 2000, acquiring more than 100 items up for sale.
Now, more than 13 years later, his collection is available again, giving the public a chance to own the historical items.
“[Sherm] had visions of grandeur of what he was going to do with everything and it never happened,” said Hersh Borenstein, the owner of the sports memorabilia store Frozen Pond. “The stuff has been sitting in his basement for the past decade and he decided, ‘You know what, time to pass it on to people that are going to appreciate it a whole lot more than me.’”
For the first time, the Teddy Roosevelt mascot won the Presidents Race in the middle of the fourth inning at Nationals Park — a pursuit that drew attention even from a White House spokesman and Sen. John McCain.
McCain gave a pep talk to Roosevelt in a video shown on the scoreboard during their game against the Phillies in Washington on Monday.
Teddy — Mr. Rough Rider, himself — had lost more than 500 times since 2006, when the Washington Nationals baseball team began having races among 10-foot-tall foam renderings of Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abe Lincoln at home games.
Then & Now: It was like a death in the family for Brooklyn baseball fans when their beloved Dodgers left the borough behind in 1957 for the California coast.
Times were grim for Brooklyn back then. Residents were leaving en masse for the suburbs. Crime was on the rise. And there was little hope that the borough’s plight would improve.
“When the Dodgers left, it was another punch in the face to the fact that Brooklyn’s best days may not be ahead, but may have been behind us,” said Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, who was 12 years old at the time. “It was depressing.”
After decades without a professional sports team, New York City’s ascendant borough is hitting the major leagues again on Friday when the Brooklyn Nets’ new arena opens to the public. The state-of-the-art, 18,000-seat arena will be officially christened Saturday night with a rap concert by Nets co-owner and native Brooklynite Jay-Z. (Photos: AP files/Getty Images)
One of the most influential owners in the history of the NFL, Art Modell helped mold the foundation of the league.
The innovative Modell, whose reputation was forever tainted when he moved his franchise from Cleveland to Baltimore, died early Thursday. He was 87.
David Modell said he and his brother, John, were at their father’s side when he “died peacefully of natural causes.”
Art Modell was among the most important figures in the NFL as owner of the Cleveland Browns, who became the Ravens after he took the team to Baltimore in 1996 - a move that hounded him the rest of his life.
“It’s a shame that one decision hurt how some people think of him, because he did so much good,” said Doug Dieken, an offensive lineman whose 14-year run in Cleveland was the longest in Browns’ history.
Another historic day for women in Saudi Arabia: Sarah Attar became the first female track and field athlete to represent the country at an Olympics when she competed in the 800 metres heats on Wednesday.
The 19-year-old, who wore a white head cover, a long-sleeved green top and black leggings and sported luminous green running spikes, received a generous ovation from a capacity crowd at the Olympic stadium as she trailed in last of the eight runners.
“It’s an incredible experience,” Attar, who has dual United States citizenship and is a student at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, told reporters. “It is the hugest honour to be here to represent the women of Saudi Arabia. ”It is an historic moment. I hope it will make a difference. It is a huge step forward. It’s a really incredible experience.“
(Source: sports.nationalpost.com)
Two Swedish researchers compiling an encyclopedia of hockey history have made a few significant new discoveries, including what they’re calling the earliest known image of a hockey player — a well-dressed skater with a curved stick and flat-edged puck striding along England’s ice-covered Thames River in December 1796.
Sport historians Carl Giden and Patrick Houda have also unearthed an extremely rare book published in 1776 that includes the first detailed description of field hockey — ancestor of dozens of derivative sports, from NHL hockey to ringette to the underwater game of “octopush” — as well as another vintage illustration of a group of boys at play that’s considered the earliest of its kind.
The engraving of the Thames River skater came to the researchers’ attention after a U.S. collector purchased it from an antique shop in Maine. Though the image was printed in 1797, Giden and Houda believe the scene depicted took place in December 1796, when a spell of unusually cold weather swept across Britain and froze rivers and ponds throughout Greater London.
The picture’s background even contained a clue — a distinctive obelisk situated on the riverbank behind the skater — that allowed the Swedes to pinpoint the location of the scene as a bend of the Thames near the Kew Observatory west of downtown London.
A second boy seen lacing up his skates is believed to be sitting on the edge of Islesworth Ait, a large, teardrop-shaped island in the middle of the river.
