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11 hours ago
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Can't find it anywhere else? Try the national sports card convention
Every collector has their grail, the piece that feels just out of reach. For many, It's not about price — it's usually just impossible to find. The National is where those impossible-to-find diamonds in the rough finally show up. This isn't your local card show; it's the hobby's last resort … My own collecting journey began with my grandfather. When I was a kid, he'd take me to flea markets searching for Harry Heilmann cards, a Hall of Famer who played alongside Ty Cobb for the Detroit Tigers between 1914-1930. My grandpa shared Heilmann's last name and claimed we were related. I've come to terms with that most likely being untrue, however any seasoned collector will tell you, collecting's more fun when it has a purpose. When my grandpa passed away, I inherited his Harry Heilmann collection. Regular card shows rarely have Heilmann, but The National always comes through. I'm not alone. For many collectors searching for their grails The National is their hail mary. We asked our Mantel community what they'll be searching for at The National that they can't find anywhere else. Here is some of what we heard: CardPortfolio is searching for an elusive PSA 10 Hulk Hogan from the 2013 Upper Deck Employee 6 card set. He writes: I am one Hulk Hogan PSA 10 away (my BGS 9.5 pictured) from completing this 2013 Upper Deck Employee 6 Card Set in a perfect PSA 10 set which is incredibly hard to do considering: There were only 125 of each card produced These grade incredibly hard with the highest pop of the 6 card set in a PSA 10 being the Michael Phelps in a Pop 8 I haven't seen one PSA 10 Hogan card at auction since I started trying to complete this set in 2020, HELP PLEASE! More info on set. Mantel user clrshonuff is searching for one of the longest running card sets you've never heard of. He says: I will be searching for 1938, 2011, & 2013 Horrors of War cards for my sets/collection. There are 1st Bowman's and then there is this. Mantel user CPFJAY is looking for John Smoltz' very first baseball card and it's not from Topps. It's a card from his junior year at Waverly High School. For many collectors searching at the National, it's all about the aesthetic. And perhaps a little bit about price. Some people like McFarm21 are very specific about their grading company, for him it's SGC Black Labels only ... He says: I will pay PayPal plus shipping and a finders fee for any of these three at a reasonable price. SGC black label slab. Color is more important than grades. Pirates Topps team cards: 1966 #404, 1967 #492 and 1970 #608. Whether you're chasing vintage gems or modern rarities, every collector can find a reason to make the pilgrimage. What are you looking for at The National? Let us know on Mantel.
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4 days ago
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Fact Check: Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said president is 'worse than anyone in our history'
Claim: In early July 2025, former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said Trump was "worse than anyone in our history." Rating: In early July 2025, a rumor spread that Ty Cobb, a lawyer and former member of the White House legal team during the first administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, said Trump was "worse than anyone in our history." For example, a post on Facebook shared the alleged quote (archived): The post, which included a photograph of Cobb, read in part: [Trump} (sic) is worse than anyone in our history in my experience and opinion. As people seem to have forgotten, I was very critical of Biden and despite knowing him and his family well, I spent 4 years writing about his cognitive decline and weak foreign policy. He had competent advisors though including very decent men as AG and head of the FBI. While you could fairly question their effectiveness you couldn't doubt their character. Trump has real contempt for the country, appoints wholly unqualified people to key positions and just kicked 12 million people off Medicaid, eliminated child food support and killed worldwide healthcare efforts monitoring pandemic producing diseases including Ebola (among countless other dangerous things). Other Facebook posts relayed Cobb's supposed quote, and it also appeared on X and Reddit. The rumor seemingly first appeared in a July 5, 2025, post (archived). Indeed, Cobb confirmed the quote was correctly attributed. "I didn't realize it was being so widely circulated," he said in an email. Cobb added he had written these words in response to an acquaintance's private post on Facebook. While Cobb asked Snopes not to publish the exchange to respect the person's privacy, Snopes was able to see the original comment and verified that the text internet users reproduced and shared matched what Cobb wrote almost word for word — except for the first word. In his original comment, Cobb had written "He," referring to Trump, as the president had been one of the topics of the exchange. "Former White House Attorney Ty Cobb: 'Big Lie Has Been Good Only for Trump.'" NBC News, 14 Jul. 2022,
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07-07-2025
- Politics
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Fact Check: Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb said Trump is 'worse than anyone in our history'
Claim: In early July 2025, former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said Trump was "worse than anyone in our history." Rating: In early July 2025, a supposed quote by Ty Cobb, a lawyer and former member of the White House legal team during the first administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, circulated online. In it, Cobb allegedly said Trump was "worse than anyone in our history." For example, a post on Facebook relayed the long quote (archived): The post, which included a photograph of Cobb, read in part: [Trump} (sic) is worse than anyone in our history in my experience and opinion. As people seem to have forgotten, I was very critical of Biden and despite knowing him and his family well, I spent 4 years writing about his cognitive decline and weak foreign policy. He had competent advisors though including very decent men as AG and head of the FBI. While you could fairly question their effectiveness you couldn't doubt their character. Trump has real contempt for the country, appoints wholly unqualified people to key positions and just kicked 12 million people off Medicaid, eliminated child food support and killed worldwide healthcare efforts monitoring pandemic producing diseases including Ebola (among countless other dangerous things). The post had garnered 1,000 reactions and 16,000 reshares as of this writing. The quote also appeared on X and Reddit. Indeed, Cobb confirmed the quote was correctly attributed. "I didn't realize it was being so widely circulated," he said in an email. Cobb added he had written these words in response to an acquaintance's private post on Facebook. While Cobb asked Snopes not to publish the exchange to respect the person's privacy, Snopes was able to see the original comment and verified that the text internet users reproduced and shared matched what Cobb wrote almost word for word — except for the first word. In his original comment, Cobb had written "He," referring to Trump, as the president had been one of the topics of the exchange. "Former White House Attorney Ty Cobb: 'Big Lie Has Been Good Only for Trump.'" NBC News, 14 Jul. 2022,
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05-06-2025
- Sport
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Today in Sports - First Grand Slam Tournament in over 30 years a U.S. man didn't make the 3rd round
May 26 1925 — In Detroit's 8-1 win over the Chicago White Sox, Ty Cobb becomes the first to collect 1,000 career extra-base hits. He finished his career with 1,139. 1959 — Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches 12 perfect innings before losing to the Milwaukee Braves, 1-0 in the 13th on an error, a sacrifice and Joe Adcock's double. Advertisement 1963 — French Championships Men's Tennis: Australian Roy Emerson beats home favourite Pierre Darmon 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. 1963 — French Championships Women's Tennis: Australian Lesley Turner wins the first of 2 French titles; beats England's Ann Jones 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. 1972 — Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title. 1982 — 26th European Cup: Aston Villa beats Bayern Munich 1-0 at Rotterdam. 1983 — LA Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws. 1985 — Danny Sullivan misses almost certain disaster and holds off Mario Andretti and the rest of the fastest field in auto racing to win the Indianapolis 500. On the 119th lap, Sullivan spins his racer 360 degrees, narrowly avoiding both the wall and Andretti. Advertisement 1987 — Boston's Larry Bird steals an inbounds pass from Detroit's Isiah Thomas and feeds over his shoulder to a cutting Dennis Johnson for the winning basket as the Celtics pulls out an improbable 108-107 win over Detroit in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. 1988 — The Edmonton Oilers, with MVP Wayne Gretzky leading the way, beat the Boston Bruins 6-3 to complete a four-game sweep and win their fourth Stanley Cup in five years. 1991 — Rick Mears passes Michael Andretti with 12 laps to go and wins his fourth Indianapolis 500, by 3.1 seconds. Mears joins A.J. Foyt and Al Unser as the only four-time winners. 1993 — In Major League Baseball, Carlos Martinez famously hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a home run. Advertisement 1993 — 1st UEFA Champions League Final: Marseille beats Milan 1-0 at Munich. 1994 — Haiti's Ronald Agenor wins the longest match since the French Open adopted the tiebreaker. Agenor takes the 71st and final game of a second-round match with David Prinosil of Germany. His five-hour, 6-7 (4-7), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-4, 14-12 victory involves the most games in a French Open match since 1973. 1999 — 7th UEFA Champions League Final: Manchester United beats Bayern Munich 2-1 at Barcelona. 2000 — New Jersey finishes the greatest comeback in a conference final when the Devils win the last three games of the series, beating the Flyers 2-1 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final. Patrik Elias scores his second goal of the game with 2:32 to play for the win. Advertisement 2004 — Andy Roddick loses at the French Open — to Frenchman Olivier Mutis, who is ranked 125th. With the five-set loss, Roddick joins Andre Agassi and eight other compatriots on the way home, making it the first Grand Slam tournament in more than 30 years without a U.S. man in the third round. 2005 — Americans Andy Roddick, James Blake and Vince Spadea fail to make it through the opening week at the French Open. For the second year in a row — and the second time at a Grand Slam event in more than 30 years — no American man makes it out of the second round. 2008 — Syracuse wins its 10th NCAA men's lacrosse championship, beating defending champion Johns Hopkins 13-10 behind three goals from Dan Hardy. The crowd of 48,970 at Foxborough, Mass., is the largest to see an NCAA championship outdoors in any sport — the BCS football championship game isn't an NCAA event. 2009 — NHL Eastern Conference Final: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Carolina Hurricanes, 4 games to 0. Advertisement 2012 — Toronto FC ends its MLS record nine-game losing streak to open a season with a 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Union on a late goal by Danny Koevermans. 2013 — Tony Kanaan ends years of frustration by finally winning the Indianapolis 500. Kanaan drives past Ryan Hunter-Reay on a restart with three laps to go, then coasts across the finish line under yellow when defending race winner Dario Franchitti crashes far back in the field. The Brazilian finished second in 2004 and twice finished third. 2013 — Senior PGA Championship, Bellerive CC: Kōki Idoki of Japan wins his lone PGA event by 2 strokes from Jay Haas and Kenny Perry. 2015 — Cleveland Cavaliers win the NBA Eastern Conference. Advertisement 2018 — UEFA Champions League Final, Kiev: Real Madrid beats Liverpool, 3-1 for third straight title. Zinédine Zidane first manager to win 3 consecutive titles. 2019 — Indianapolis 500: 2016 IndyCar Series champion Simon Pagenaud of France finishes just two-tenths of a second ahead of Alexander Rossi for Team Penske's record-extending 18th victory in the event. 2019 — Senior PGA Championship, Oak Hill CC: American Ken Tanigawa wins his first career major title by 1 stroke ahead of Scott McCarron. _____
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31-05-2025
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CNN Host Claims Trump Is ‘Clearly Rattled' by TACO Nickname
Donald Trump is 'clearly rattled' after being confronted with the his new 'TACO' nickname during a press conference earlier this week, says CNN's Erin Burnett. The president had a meltdown on Wednesday after being made aware of the acronym, which stands for 'Trump Always Chickens Out.' The term was coined by Wall Street traders due to his habit of repeatedly backing down from his threats. 'That's a nasty question,' he said in response to the reporter who asked about the name at a White House press briefing this week. 'Don't ever say what you said. That's a nasty question… To me, that's the nastiest question.' Talking to former White House lawyer Ty Cobb about the incident on Thursday, Burnett referenced an AI-generated picture of Trump wearing a suit made out of tacos which was posted on the Drudge Report website following the incident. 'This came through after he was asked about the TACO trade, and it was by a reporter from CNBC, and it rattled him, clearly,' said Burnett. 'How much is it bothering him right now?' 'Well, I think it bothers him very much,' Cobb said in response. 'I mean, what you heard there was the rant of a wounded narcissist. You know he doesn't take criticism well, and he responds typically with these riffs like that. 'He just… when he gets deeply into his own fears and insecurity like this, he's capable of saying anything. This is very troubling to him.' He added: 'It's an affront to him that judges hold him to account. It's an affront to him that when the facts are not with him, that he's confronted with them. He's not capable of saying 'I made a mistake', he's not capable of saying 'let me see if I can clear this up,' it's all very, very personal.' Trump has yet to make any further comment on the nickname since his rant on Wednesday, but the term has since been picked up by several leading Democratic figures and proliferated on social media. California Governor Gavin Newsom mocked the blocking of Trump's tariff policies by a federal court by quipping 'it's raining tacos today' while Jon Cooper, a former campaign chair for Barack Obama, penned a taco-themed diss poem aimed at the president on X, and captioned it with the hashtag #TACOTrump. 'Taco Don' memes have also begun to flourish amongst users on X and Bluesky, many of which involve AI-generated images of the president entombed in various taco-related items or dressed as a chicken. Responding to the court rulings which kickstarted the tariff chaos and minting of his new nickname on Thursday night, Trump posted on Truth Social: 'Radical Left Judges, together with some very bad people, are destroying America. Under this decision, Trillions of Dollars would be lost by our Country, money that will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.' 'It would be the harshest financial ruling ever leveled on us as a Sovereign Nation,' he added. 'The President of the United States must be allowed to protect America against those that are doing it Economic and Financial harm.'
