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Notes: Ruth Museum Seeks Space; Travis Hunter’s Contract Relic; A League of Their Own Cast Signing; Ovechkin Jerseys

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The Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore holds not only artifacts from his life and career in the three-story rowhouse where he was born, it’s also holding the history of the Baltimore Colts and other Maryland sports memorabilia. 

Much of the latter isn’t on display and the museum is hoping the 50th anniversary of its opening might spur a plan to find a bigger home to hold it.

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Along with the usual cast of current and former athletes at the upcoming Chicago Sports Spectacular show:  Geena Davis (Dottie), Lori Petty (Kit)  and other cast members from the 1992 movie A League of Their Own.  They’ll appear on Sunday.

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University of Colorado star Travis Hunter’s new NIL deal with personal finance website NerdWallet includes a relic card—but it’s not part of a uniform—and the only way to get it is to win a contest.

Travis Hunter with his NIL contract and trading card. -Photo courtesy Deutsch LA.

The company signed Hunter to an NIL deal that forced him to put some of the money away for safe keeping. They then clipped a small piece of the contract and put it in a card that’ll be given away to one of his Instagram followers after he posts about the deal on Friday.

As part of the deal, Hunter had to go through a self-evaluation of his finances and complete a “smart money action.”  

Hunter plays both offense and defense for the Buffaloes and is expected to be among the top picks in the 2025 NFL draft as either a cornerback or receiver.

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The start of a new NHL season is about three weeks away, with Alex Ovechkin resuming his chase of Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record. 

Ovechkin has 853–41 short of Gretzky’s mark–as he opens his 20th NHL season.

MeiGray currently has the jersey he was wearing back in 2006 when he scored his 100th career point. It’s one of 19 jerseys and other game-used items for sale.

They also have added jerseys from the last two seasons, including the one he was wearing during is 300th career power-play goal on Oct. 24, 2023

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