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1989 Fleer #616 Bill Ripken error card

The 10 Greatest Error Cards of All Time — and the Two Famous Stories About Them That Aren't True

Every card collector has a mental museum of mistakes. The batboy who got a big-league card. The obscenity that made it through Fleer's quality control. The rookie whose name fell off. Errors are the hobby's folklore: they're the cards people tell stories about,

Vince Young steps over a USC defender on his game-winning touchdown run in the 2006 Rose Bowl

Every Time Texas Has Beaten the No. 1 Team in the Country — All Six, Ranked

George Bellows painting Dempsey and Firpo, 1924: Dempsey falling through the ropes

On This Date: Dempsey, Firpo, and the Wildest Four Minutes in Boxing History (Sept. 14, 1923)

Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance standing together in Chicago Cubs uniforms

On This Date: Tinker, Evers and Chance Take the Field Together for the First Time (Sept. 13, 1902)

1984 Topps USFL Steve Young rookie card, Los Angeles Express

The 1984 Topps USFL Set: 132 Cards From the League That Stole Three Heisman Winners and Died in Court

Ralph Boston in mid-air during the long jump at the 1960 Rome Olympics, U.S.A. across his chest

On This Date: Ralph Boston Sets the Long Jump World Record — for the Sixth Time (Sept. 12, 1964)

Aerial view of a packed Beaver Stadium at Penn State

The 10 Largest College Football Stadiums — and Why America Owns This List

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1989 Fleer #616 Bill Ripken error card

The 10 Greatest Error Cards of All Time — and the Two Famous Stories About Them That Aren't True

Every card collector has a mental museum of mistakes. The batboy who got a big-league card. The obscenity that made it through Fleer's quality control. The rookie whose name fell off. Errors are the hobby's folklore: they're the cards people tell stories about,

Vince Young steps over a USC defender on his game-winning touchdown run in the 2006 Rose Bowl

Every Time Texas Has Beaten the No. 1 Team in the Country — All Six, Ranked

George Bellows painting Dempsey and Firpo, 1924: Dempsey falling through the ropes

On This Date: Dempsey, Firpo, and the Wildest Four Minutes in Boxing History (Sept. 14, 1923)

Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance standing together in Chicago Cubs uniforms

On This Date: Tinker, Evers and Chance Take the Field Together for the First Time (Sept. 13, 1902)

1984 Topps USFL Steve Young rookie card, Los Angeles Express

The 1984 Topps USFL Set: 132 Cards From the League That Stole Three Heisman Winners and Died in Court

Ralph Boston in mid-air during the long jump at the 1960 Rome Olympics, U.S.A. across his chest

On This Date: Ralph Boston Sets the Long Jump World Record — for the Sixth Time (Sept. 12, 1964)

Aerial view of a packed Beaver Stadium at Penn State

The 10 Largest College Football Stadiums — and Why America Owns This List

On This Date

George Bellows painting Dempsey and Firpo, 1924: Dempsey falling through the ropes

On This Date: Dempsey, Firpo, and the Wildest Four Minutes in Boxing History (Sept. 14, 1923)

On this date in 1923, at the Polo Grounds in New York, Jack Dempsey defended the heavyweight championship against Luis Ángel Firpo of Argentina. The fight lasted three minutes and 57 seconds. In that time there were eleven knockdowns, the champion was thrown clean out of the ring onto a

Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance standing together in Chicago Cubs uniforms

On This Date: Tinker, Evers and Chance Take the Field Together for the First Time (Sept. 13, 1902)

Ralph Boston in mid-air during the long jump at the 1960 Rome Olympics, U.S.A. across his chest

On This Date: Ralph Boston Sets the Long Jump World Record — for the Sixth Time (Sept. 12, 1964)

Pete Rose swinging at Riverfront Stadium against the Padres, Sept. 11, 1985

On This Date: Pete Rose Passes Ty Cobb — Two Men Who Played the Game the Same Way (Sept. 11, 1985)

Abebe Bikila crossing the finish line barefoot at the 1960 Rome Olympic marathon, arms outstretched

On This Date: Abebe Bikila Runs Barefoot Past His Country's Stolen Obelisk (Sept. 10, 1960)

Arthur Ashe with his father, Arthur Ashe Sr., at the 1968 US Open trophy ceremony at Forest Hills

On This Date: Arthur Ashe Wins the First US Open — and Can't Accept the Check (Sept. 9, 1968)

On This Date: Bob Feller Wins No. 20 at Age 20 — a Record Built to Last 46 Years (Sept. 8, 1939)

On This Date: Bob Feller Wins No. 20 at Age 20 — a Record Built to Last 46 Years (Sept. 8, 1939)

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1989 Fleer #616 Bill Ripken error card

The 10 Greatest Error Cards of All Time — and the Two Famous Stories About Them That Aren't True

Every card collector has a mental museum of mistakes. The batboy who got a big-league card. The obscenity that made it through Fleer's quality control. The rookie whose name fell off. Errors are the hobby's folklore: they're the cards people tell stories about,

Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance standing together in Chicago Cubs uniforms

On This Date: Tinker, Evers and Chance Take the Field Together for the First Time (Sept. 13, 1902)

Pete Rose swinging at Riverfront Stadium against the Padres, Sept. 11, 1985

On This Date: Pete Rose Passes Ty Cobb — Two Men Who Played the Game the Same Way (Sept. 11, 1985)

Willie McCovey swinging for the San Francisco Giants

The 10 Greatest Late-Summer Debuts in Baseball History

On This Date: Bob Feller Wins No. 20 at Age 20 — a Record Built to Last 46 Years (Sept. 8, 1939)

On This Date: Bob Feller Wins No. 20 at Age 20 — a Record Built to Last 46 Years (Sept. 8, 1939)

Johnny Mize following through on a swing in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform

On This Date: Johnny Mize Homers in His 15th Ballpark — Right Before the Map Exploded (Sept. 7, 1952)

On This Date: J.R. Richard Strikes Out 15 in His Debut — the Start of Baseball's Great What-If (Sept. 5, 1971)

On This Date: J.R. Richard Strikes Out 15 in His Debut — the Start of Baseball's Great What-If (Sept. 5, 1971)

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The 10 Largest College Football Stadiums — and Why America Owns This List

Who Has Won the Most US Opens? The 12 Players With Five or More

The 10 Best Rookie Cards in 1986-87 Fleer — the Set That Caught a Whole Lost Generation

The 10 Greatest Late-Summer Debuts in Baseball History

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When Baseball Cards Listed the Player's Day Job

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The 10 Greatest Late-Summer Debuts in Baseball History

On This Date: Bob Feller Wins No. 20 at Age 20 — a Record Built to Last 46 Years (Sept. 8, 1939)

On This Date: Johnny Mize Homers in His 15th Ballpark — Right Before the Map Exploded (Sept. 7, 1952)

On This Date: J.R. Richard Strikes Out 15 in His Debut — the Start of Baseball's Great What-If (Sept. 5, 1971)

On This Date: Ty Cobb's Last Hit — and the Number Nobody Can Agree On (Sept. 3, 1928)