John Leptich

Like the sport itself, soccer memorabilia is extremely popular throughout the world. In this country, soccer memorabilia also mirrors the public`s interest in the world`s game: very little. Although millions...

Opening Day in Chicago is Saturday. No, not that Opening Day. Rather, Opening Day for the Legends of Football Tour `90. Living Legends International of Elk Grove Village will present...

Most baseball fans here Saturday and Sunday for the St. Louis Sports Collectors` Spring Classic were happy Lockout `90 is over. So are owners and players. But baseball card dealers...

As a rookie in 1989, Upper Deck captured the imaginations of baseball card collectors everywhere. Not since 1953, when Bowman issued a 160-card photo-quality set, had a newcomer made such...

About this time last year, an obscenity on the knob of Billy Ripken`s bat did more for Fleer Corp. than anything in the history of baseball cards. The company`s sales...

For the last several years, Donruss baseball cards have been quite popular with collectors. Innovative borders, sharp photography, good player selection and some interesting specialty cards have earned Donruss a...

When questioned on the quality of girls basketball players in southern Illinois, Immaculate Heart of Mary coach Dave Power answered succinctly: ''Just because you don`t see them,'' said Power, ''doesn`t...

For 26 years, Topps had the baseball card market cornered. The majority of today`s collectors grew up with the Brooklyn-based company`s products and bought them, no matter what. Competition began...

The closing of Interstate Highway 57 much of Saturday because of inclement weather seemed more irony than fact. After all, the roads to Saturday night`s girls Class AA title game...

If nothing else, Montini girls basketball coach Don Riley says his Broncos` second straight unsuccessful trip to Assembly Hall for the Class A state quarterfinals taught him to pack light....