#championship-ring

#championship-ring

The 1969 Mets opened the season with 100-to-1 odds to win it all, trailing the Chicago Cubs by 10 games in mid-August before their remarkable turnaround.

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Whether it was Bill Belichick's surly repetition, Ted Williams's ageless ambition, or David Ortiz's unexpectedly poignant f-bomb, New England has enjoyed (or been subjected to) more than its share of memorable quotes in the press. With that in mind, the topic of this year's annual Boston.com March Madness-themed bracket is a simple question: What is the best soundbite in Boston sports history?

O'Leary had the 1-of-1 numbered, PSA 10-graded card slab -- the first year Triple Logoman cards were produced -- inserted into a bespoke Tiffany's & Co. case, with "2.2 pounds of white gold," diamonds and rubies embedded, and affixed to a chain.

CardVault by Tom Brady, the industry's premier national retailer of sports cards and memorabilia, opened a new store at 80 Flatbush Ave. last week, marking its latest expansion into the New York market. A grand opening ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. The first 25 customers in line will receive a free New York CardVault-branded hat, and the brand is also giving away a mini football helmet signed by New York Giants legend and two-time Super Bowl champion Eli Manning.

Dubbed as "The Game at Radio City", the WNBA hosted an exhibition game between the U.S. Olympic team and a group of WNBA stars. Some of the biggest names in the history of the sport, like Lisa Leslie, Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird took the court in one of the most iconic entertainment venues ever. The game was set up as a way to excite fans for the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Athens.

A lot of this stuff is sentimental, emotional and important to Tom's family. It's always a tough decision, and [the items are] going to go to people that are ultimately going to love, cherish, enjoy and display this stuff.

Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks on their victory, but all they and the New England Patriots proved is that sometimes the big game is nothing but a big boring slog. Especially compared to the 2025 World Series in which the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers told a story full of drama, excitement and memorable moments over a seven game series that went down to the wire.

It had been almost 20 years since the last team that won back-to-back championships, the 1968-69 Celtics, and yet there was the "calculating" Riley making his guarantee. "We're all sitting there at the Forum and he's on the damn pedestal talking and he said, 'I'm guaranteeing everyone here next year we are going to win it again.' We were just like, 'What did he just say? We're still trying to enjoy this one,'" Scott recalled, laughing.

Tom Seaver's 1969 World Series ring was sold at auction last weekend for $854,122, according to Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. Seaver, known as "The Franchise" to Mets fans, passed away in 2020 at the age of 75. His family put up 188 items from the Hall of Famer's collection.

After all, he was about 70 miles away from his hometown of Vallejo with his family and friends. Not to mention the additional 71,088 watching his every move live and the 167 million watching at home. Yep, turns out Anderson's big gift he opened early was also a big gift for the city he grew up in. He became the first Vallejoan to win a Super Bowl.

We don't know if none of this happens without him - the 10 trips to the Super Bowl this century, the six championships secured, with a seventh pending Sunday night's outcome. Tom Brady probably becomes a superb quarterback even if Adam Vinatieri had shanked that 45-yard, tying field goal on that snow-globe Saturday night against the Raiders in February 2002. Bill Belichick probably wins dozens, maybe even hundreds, of football games as a head coach.