You won’t find a bigger fan of the Portland Trailblazers—or a more avid collector of Blazers memorabilia—than Steve Davies. The Oregon man has been all about hoops for 50 years. His stash was worth a lot of money but now he’s turned some of it back over to the team, which knew he was the go-to guy for its history. KGW-TV got a tour of what he still has and what it … [Read more...]
Dawn of the Dance: Rare 1939 NCAA Championship Program at Auction
For the first time in 81 years, there will be no NCAA basketball championship game in 2020. If you're missing the Madness, the memorabilia can help recall some of those games from the past. There's no more important program than the one from the first Final Four--which in this case was just a Final Two-than the one from the first NCAA Basketball Tournament in … [Read more...]
Barnyard Game: 1936 Olympic Basketballer’s Medal at Auction
Forty-eight years before Michael Jordan helped Team USA to victory and took off his shoes that sold Sunday for over $190,000, the gold medal game of the 1936 Olympics had been played on a court made of sand and clay-- outdoors in the pouring rain. Now, the family of one of the players has consigned a gold medal from that first Olympic basketball final in Berlin, Germany … [Read more...]