Bobby Orr

Sports-Memorabilia -gt; Sports-Collectibles Every ice hockey fan knows the name Bobby Orr, and even most people who know nothing about hockey have heard the name, whether or not they have any idea who he is. Born in 1948 in Ontario, Orr became one of the most well-known, and some consider him one of the greatest, hockey players of all time. Bobby Orr was a Boston Bruin and a Chicago Black Hawk during his career as a player in the National Hockey League. Orr could ice skate when he

Layups: Simmons Visits the National Sports Collectors Convention

This isn’t specifically basketball-related, though he did encounter his share of hoops memorabilia: Bill Russell ’s signed Converse All-Stars, a replica of Larry Bird’s Wooden Award, this awesome collection of throwbacks , a copy of Dr. J. vs. Larry Bird in: One on One , old-school card sets like this and this , a 1969 Minnesota Pipers Schedule featuring Connie “The Hawk” Hawkins , a Robert Parish RC Cola can, and… a game-worn Keith Closs Clippers jersey. (Which one of these doesn

Tony’s Twitter Tweet Trophy

This is old news to anyone who follows Tony Hawk on Twitter , but last night he casually tweeted that a sports museum that he had loaned some memorabilia to had just gone bankrupt and the court wanted him to pay $1,500 to get his stuff back. Apparently, his stuff was being treated as an asset. Today, CNBC sports business reporter Darren Rovell blogged about the tweet today and added a little detail: We’re not 100 percent sure, but we think Hawk is talking about the Sports Museum of