A 25-year-old New Jersey man was sentenced to three years in federal prison for posing as Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady in order to buy and then sell New England Patriots Super Bowl rings. Scott V. Spina Jr., of Roseland, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in February to one count of mail fraud, three counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. He first bought a Super Bowl LI ring in 2017 from a former Patriots player with a bad check and then flipped it to a “broker… Source link
Read More »Ex-Laker Slava Medvedenko auctioning championship rings to support Ukraine
Two-time NBA champion Slava Medvedenko is auctioning his championship rings to support Ukraine in its war against Russia. A Ukraine native, Medvedenko played seven seasons in the NBA, winning two championships alongside Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant with the Los Angeles Lakers. He joined the Lakers as an NBA rookie in 2000 to win the last two titles of a three-peat secured by the Bryant-O’Neal core. Medvedenko, 43, lives in Kyiv. He told the Associated Press on Sunday that he decided to… Source link
Read More »Bulls’ ex-security guard’s 6 rings sell for $255,840
A security gaurd’s six championship rings from the Chicago Bulls 1990s dynasty sold at auction this week for a combined $255,840. They belonged to former Bulls security guard John Capps, who worked for the organization for 52 years. His close relationship with Michael Jordan was featured in “The Last Dance” on ESPN earlier this year. Bulls championship rings sell for $255K The rings were part of Huggins & Scott Auction and were up for auction individually starting at $5,000 each. The… Source link
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