SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — I thought that watching Pudge Rodríguez go 4-for-4 with two home runs in San Juan during the World Baseball Classic in 2009 would be hard to top. It’s something I’ll never forget, especially because I almost caught one of the home run balls. But being in Puerto Rico for the…
Rob Gronkowski made a choice between Tom Brady and Drake Maye. And Gronk chose Maye. Really, he did. Context is key here, though. I asked the former All-Pro and four-time-Super Bowl champion tight end if he would rather have a Tom Brady rookie card or a Drake Maye rookie card. “Oh, that’s a great question….
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Full disclosure: Bad Bunny’s music is not part of my usual hip-hop/R&B rotation. Do I know some of the songs? Yes, but it’s not my go-to in the gym or in the car. Guess what? For 13 minutes Sunday, I couldn’t stop dancing to Bad Bunny’s music. Bad Bunny promised a…
The Athletic has live coverage of Seahawks vs. Patriots in Super Bowl 60. The Athletic also has live coverage of the Super Bowl LX halftime show featuring Bad Bunny. Hip-hop stylist Sankara Xasha Turé knew whom to turn to for Coco Jones’ Super Bowl moment — legendary fashion designer Karl Kani. Considered by many as the…
The Athletic has live coverage of Seahawks vs. Patriots in Super Bowl 60. Numismatics, the study of coins, currency and medals, rarely takes center stage at the Super Bowl. However, for a few moments before Sunday’s game, Ellen Feingold’s life’s work will be on display. Feingold is the curator of the numismatic collection at the…
The Athletic has live coverage of the Super Bowl LX halftime show featuring Bad Bunny. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The buzz for the “Boricua Bowl” in Puerto Rico’s capital city has hit a fever pitch. That’s a Puerto Rican way of saying the hype for the Super Bowl 60 halftime show is real and unprecedented,…
New England Patriots’ quarterback Drake Maye has quickly worked his way into the hobby spotlight, putting together an MVP-caliber campaign in 2025 and leading the team to Super Bowl 60. He finished the season as the most searched NFL player on eBay. He was so popular among football card collectors that he had 31-times more…
Nothing screams “Da Bears” more than Mike Ditka’s iconic Chicago Bears sweater vest that he sported most notably in the team’s 46-10 clubbing of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 20. The sleeveless sweater Ditka wore in the Superdome during the Bears’ lone Super Bowl title sold for $183,000 on Saturday via auction through…
As a serial over-analyzer of Topps odds, one of the most common comments I hear is that we are in “Junk Wax Era 2.0.” That assertion contains multiple layers, not the least of which is “What exactly is your definition of ‘Junk Wax Era’?” Though technically there is no hard and fast definition, the guidelines…
OTTAWA — Native Ottawan Farrah Sanjari didn’t have New Year’s Eve plans. So, when she was invited to hang out at a friend’s house to celebrate, she obliged. Especially if it meant watching “Heated Rivalry,” the fictional hockey-themed romance show that has taken pop culture by storm and sent ripples across the sport’s community, for…