Von Miller has his Super Bowl 50 helmet back.
Just as it did with Tom Brady’s stolen Super Bowl jerseys, the FBI delivered the helmet to the MVP of Denver’s 24-10 win over Carolina.
It was recovered in Mexico—along with those Brady jerseys—at the home of a collector of pro football memorabilia who apparently didn’t always obtain his items legally.
Watch the story here.
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The Lofaro family has been in the sports card business since the late 1980s. Their TNT Cards and Memorabilia has been a fixture in South Philadelphia, surviving where other stores have been closed for years.
Tom Lofaro Jr. gets help from his father and son to keep serving up the vintage and modern cards but he acknowledges they might have a tough time making it without their involvement in gaming.
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Mike Newall stopped in for a visit.
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You won’t meet many more avid collectors of Minnesota Vikings memorabilia than Todd Walkingstick.
The Owatonna resident has turned his basement into a purple and gold shrine with hundreds of autographed football cards, dozens of jerseys, tickets to key games and other memorabilia.
Three rooms of his home, in fact, have Vikings memorabilia in them.
Check out the story and pictures at Owatonna.com.
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