Okay... Time for my meaningless rant of the day. I'm getting a little frustrated that time after time I am seeing two of my favorite football players, Bronko Nagurski and Brett Favre's names being misspelled by card companies, auction houses, etc..

It happened to Brett on his 1991 Stadium Club card and Bronko is faced with it all the time. Nagurski's name isn't spelled "Bronco," and Favre is not "F-A-R-V-E" no matter how it is pronounced or how you think it should be spelled. Show these guys some respect and learn how to spell their names.

I told you it was a meaningless rant. You were warned.


Anyway, the sports world is still buzzing over Tiger Woods' amazing victory from yesterday. I just hope the Lakers can show some magic of their own to extend the NBA Finals to one more game. How electric would that be? A GAME 7 in Boston?! This has been the best NBA season since the days of MJ, Bird and Magic. Lets just hope it keeps rolling.

Two things I will mention briefly that are hobby related before you decide to boycott Gavel Chat for not having any industry chatter. I just had a chance to check out the autograph lineup for this year's National Convention in Chitown, and I would have to say I'm more than impressed, especially as a vintage football fan. Jim Taylor (who really doesn't do shows anymore), Joe Namath, LT, Terry Bradshaw, Y.A. Tittle will all be on hand at the Donald Stephens Convention Center ... Wow. Click here for the total list from Tri-Star's website.

To the next line of business. Hunt Auctions continues to impress. I just took a quick peak at Hunt's Fanfest auction catalog, and holy crap! If you're Yankee collector, you're gonna be in heaven. As if the killer Whitey Ford Collection wasn't enough, Hunt also secured the Thurman Munson collection.

What surprised me about these collections is how much was kept from each player. Old credit cards, check books, social security cards, trophies, rings, golf bags ... Heck, Whitey was a collector of all sorts of other pieces of memorabilia featuring other players, and in great quantity.

Very impressive.