🧵Happy President’s Day! Sports Illustrated has featured Presidents on the cover five times. Kennedy, Ford, Reagan twice and Clinton. The only one I own is the Clinton, but I do have a number of other publications graded featuring Presidents and those are posted in the thread.

Today in 1998 Michael Jordan makes his 39th cover appearance on Sports Illustrated. This issue came out during the famous Last Dance season where the Bull won their second 3-peat beating the Utah Jazz to win their 6th overall title.

This is the best take I’ve seen all day on the Logan Paul Pokemon card selling for $16 million last night. Most people are either over hyping the sale, or crapping all over it. This take puts it into perspective for the average person in the hobby.

Happy 63rd birthday to the greatest of all-time, Michael Jordan! Here are some of my favorite Jordan magazines from my collection. 1. His 1st Sports Illustrated cover appearance from 1983 2. Jordan’s 1st SLAM magazine cover from 1995 graded at CGC 9.8. This copy is a pop

Today in 2012, Jeremy Lin made his Sports Illustrated cover debut. This copy graded at CGC 9.6 is a pop 6 with none graded higher. For a few months in 2012, Jeremy Lin was the best player in the NBA. Linsanity was an incredibly fun moment in time!

Here’s a CPR (crack, press, regrade) project I’m working on for a fellow collector. This is a Tiger Woods 1st cover that was a CGC 9.0. I got some nice results fixing several bends that were on the back cover. This copy is being crossed over to PSA for grading. My new grade

The very 1st Sports Illustrated swim suit issue landed on newsstands today in 1955. SI wasn’t consistent in the beginning producing a swim suit issue in 1955, 1956 and 1958. The issue has been distributed annually since 1965. This copy graded in newsstand at CGC 8.5 is a pop

First, shout out for the great autograph placement and sharpie color on this one! One of the most asked questions I get right now. “Can you clean and press autographed issues?” I can do it, but I wouldn’t trust just anyone. Cleaning and pressing autos can damage the

The last time the US Men’s Olympic Hockey team won the gold medal was the famous Miracle on Ice team in 1980 from Lake Placid New York. The US team beat the USSR in the semi-final game shown here, they went on to beat Finland in the gold medal game. The cover photo of this

As USA 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦 battle for Olympic gold, we’re reminded of 1980’s “Miracle on Ice.” Dec. 22, 1980 Sports Illustrated team-signed cover — 22 autos incl. Brooks, Eruzione & Craig. PSA 6.0 | PSA/DNA Pop 1 — None Higher Lone signed subscription copy in PSA Census. Bid

46 years ago today…. 🏒🇺🇸 🏆

Mood right now

Miracle part II. Team USA beats Canada to win the gold medal at the Olympics. It’s the 1st US gold medal in hockey since the 1980 Miracle on Ice!

I thought we were having fun. Guys can’t have fun anymore?

Hockey

James

Topps make this photo a #ToppsNow card or we riot

lol, done!