Ben Burrows

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Managing Editor, News at The Athletic

Senior Editor, News @TheAthleticFC

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Super Bowl champion Eagles will host Cowboys to kick off 2025 NFL season

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Kamila Hinkson |Ben Burrows

The road to a Super Bowl repeat for the Philadelphia Eagles will begin with a familiar foe: the Dallas Cowboys. The defending world champions will kick off the 2025 season by hosting their NFC East rivals on Thursday, Sept. 4. The league made the announcement Monday ahead of the full schedule release Wednesday. The details were revealed on NBC's "Today" show; NBC and Peacock will broadcast the game. We'll be waiting all summer for this INCREDIBLE NFL Kickoff showdown. Cowboys. Eagles. Sept. 4.
Top 10 most expensive sports cards of all time

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Burrows

Sports cards sometimes get so famous, you know them merely by their nicknames. The Honus. The '52 Mantle. The Goudey Babe. The Luka Logoman. All those cards rank among the ultimate grails in hobby history, but where do they fall on the list of the 10 most expensive sports cards to ever sell publicly? AdvertisementWell, cllct has searched the archives to produce this list of the 10 most valuable cards ever.
Al Ahli win Asian Champions League for first time

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ben Burrows

Al Ahli won the Asian Champions League for the first time in their history after beating Kawasaki Frontale in the final in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Goals from Brazilian winger Galeno and former Barcelona midfielder Franck Kessie secured a 2-0 win in front of more than 58,000 fans at Al Ahli's home stadium, King Abdullah Sports City Stadium.
USMNT's Daryl Dike scores first goal in 483 days after return from Achilles tear

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ben Burrows |Ali Rampling

USMNT striker Daryl Dike has finally ended his run of 483 days without a goal. Dike, who has missed much of the last two years with a string of serious injuries, ended his barren spell by scoring for his English Championship club West Bromwich Albion in their 5-3 win over Luton Town on Saturday. The 25-year-old, making his first start for Albion since April 2023, headed in their second goal from close range.
Crystal Palace vs Man City FA Cup final kick-off time confirmed

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ben Burrows

The FA Cup final between Crystal Palace and Manchester City will kick off at 4.30pm (11.30am ET) on May 17, the Football Association has confirmed. The showpiece game has traditionally been played at 3pm although the kick-off time has been switched in recent years to accommodate broadcasting and safety requests. Last year's final, between City and rivals Manchester United kicked off at 3pm as did the previous year.
Fanatics distributed high-end cards fairly, KPMG examination finds

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Burrows

Fanatics maintained proper quality controls to distribute high-value cards to customers randomly, according to an examination over the last year by KPMG, a leading audit, tax and advisory firm. KPMG’s report, which was commissioned by Fanatics and released Friday, examined Fanatics Collectibles’ collation, packaging and distribution processes from April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025.
Topps announces Red Rookie Redemptions for 2025 Bowman Baseball

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Burrows

A new red rookie card with its own redemption program is coming to 2025 Bowman Baseball later this year. Announced by Fanatics Collectibles CEO Mike Mahan during the Topps Industry Conference in Atlanta on Tuesday, the Bowman Red Rookie Redemption program will make its debut as part of this year’s Bowman Baseball release May 7. AdvertisementAccording to Topps, a limited number of base rookie cards will be stamped with a new red rookie shield and randomly inserted into all Bowman products.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 14, becomes youngest player to hit IPL hundred

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ben Burrows

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest player to hit a hundred in cricket's Indian Premier League (IPL) - aged just 14. The left-hand batter clubbed Rashid Khan for six - one of 11 maximums in his record-breaking innings - to reach the milestone off just 35 balls. Only West Indian great Chris Gayle (30 deliveries) has scored a faster century in the history of India's premier domestic cricket competition. Suryavanshi's ton was also the fastest by any Indian player in IPL history.
Upper Deck buyback program returns with Alexander Ovechkin rookie autographs

2 weeks ago | cllct.com | Ben Burrows

Upper Deck’s popular buyback program returns this summer when the company places eight autographed Alexander Ovechkin Young Guns rookie cards into 2024-25 Extended Series Hockey. Acquired by Upper Deck on the secondary market, the eight cards were recently signed and hand-numbered by Ovechkin. The final card in the sequence is hand-numbered “Gr8” as a nod to Ovechkin’s nickname and jersey number.
Caleb Williams, Drake Maye 1/1 rookies set records with $100,000-plus sales

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ben Burrows

Key cards for two of the top three picks from the 2024 NFL Draft topped $100,000 in Goldin’s April Elite Auction on Saturday to set public sales records for each player. Selected No. 1 overall by the Chicago Bears, Caleb Williams’ 2024 Panini Prizm Black Finite 1/1 PSA 9 sold for $122,000, more than tripling the previous record for any Williams card.