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1986-87 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan rookie card

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

Here's the strangest fact about the most important basketball card set ever made: not one player in it was actually a rookie. The 1986-87 Fleer set is 132 cards, and it contains the recognized rookie card of Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone,

Willie McCovey swinging for the San Francisco Giants

The 10 Greatest Late-Summer Debuts in Baseball History

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)

The 10 Best Multi-Player Rookie Cards: Superstars Who Shared Their Debut

The 10 Best Multi-Player Rookie Cards: Superstars Who Shared Their Debut

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)

10 College Football Coaches Who Stayed Too Long

10 College Football Coaches Who Stayed Too Long

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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Willie McCovey swinging for the San Francisco Giants

The 10 Greatest Late-Summer Debuts in Baseball History

On Aug. 15, a 23-year-old Cardinals outfielder named Joshua Báez walked into Wrigley Field for his first major league game and homered on the first pitch he saw — 449 feet to dead center. Then he homered again. Then he homered a third time. Nobody in the history of

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)

10 College Football Coaches Who Stayed Too Long

10 College Football Coaches Who Stayed Too Long

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)

The 10 Most Controversial National Champions in College Football History

The 10 Most Controversial National Champions in College Football History

The 10 Best Mascots in College Football, Ranked

The 10 Best Mascots in College Football, Ranked

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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 in 1968, at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, a 25-year-old Army lieutenant on leave from West Point won the very first US Open — the first American Grand Slam of the "Open era," when professionals were finally allowed in. Arthur Ashe

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)

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)

On This Date: Mark Spitz Wins His 7th Gold — 12 Hours Before Munich Changed Forever (Sept. 4, 1972)

On This Date: Mark Spitz Wins His 7th Gold — 12 Hours Before Munich Changed Forever (Sept. 4, 1972)

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

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

On This Date: Wilma Rudolph Wins Her First Gold — 11 Seconds That Started It All (Sept. 2, 1960)

On This Date: Wilma Rudolph Wins Her First Gold — 11 Seconds That Started It All (Sept. 2, 1960)

Jerry Rice in Mississippi Valley State red, No. 88

On This Date: Jerry Rice Catches 17 Passes for 294 Yards — And Nobody Is Watching (Sept. 1, 1984)

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1986-87 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan rookie card

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

Here's the strangest fact about the most important basketball card set ever made: not one player in it was actually a rookie. The 1986-87 Fleer set is 132 cards, and it contains the recognized rookie card of Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone,

The 10 Best Multi-Player Rookie Cards: Superstars Who Shared Their Debut

The 10 Best Multi-Player Rookie Cards: Superstars Who Shared Their Debut

When Baseball Cards Listed the Player's Day Job

When Baseball Cards Listed the Player's Day Job

Wes Unseld: The Where's Waldo of 1970s Basketball Cards

Wes Unseld: The Where's Waldo of 1970s Basketball Cards

O-Pee-Chee vs. Topps: Why the Canadian Card Is Worth More

O-Pee-Chee vs. Topps: Why the Canadian Card Is Worth More

1981 Donruss wax packs — bubble gum and cards

1981: The Year the Baseball Card Monopoly Broke — And the 25-Year War Fleer Fought to Break It

1965 Topps tallboy football card

Tallboys: The 6 Years Topps Made Cards That Don't Fit Anything

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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: 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)

The 5 Worst Work Stoppages in Sports History (Read Before December)

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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: 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)

The 5 Worst Work Stoppages in Sports History (Read Before December)

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