We tried tracking down the holy grail of American sports memorabilia.
What to Read This Weekend |
 | | Each member of the undefeated 1920 Akron Pros were given a gold football fob.Lyndon French for The New York Times |
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There’s a missing trophy. It’s a 100-year-old masterpiece made of sterling silver shaped like a cup with handles, perfect for the winners to hoist it overhead. |
The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Cup was presented to the first winners of the N.F.L. championship in 1920. It isn’t known to have been seen since. Naturally, our reporter Bill Pennington considered this a challenge. |
Largely forgotten, the trophy is the holy grail of American sports memorabilia, he writes. The winners of the trophy were supposed to hand it to the next season’s winners in 1921. But that never happened. |
Could it be in someone’s basement? Is it in yours? Have you been unknowingly eating popcorn out of it for years? No, really, we want to know. |
Read the full article here. |
What to Watch This Weekend |
 | | The versatility of the San Francisco 49ers offense led to plenty of group celebrations in the end zone this season.Kyle Terada/USA Today Sports, via Reuters |
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Nothing major really, this weekend. KooKoo versus Jukurit in Finnish hockey, Munakata Sanix versus Spears Kubota in Japanese rugby (turns page). The game! We forgot about the game! |
Benjamin Hoffman, our crack prognosticator, points out that while the 49ers have become known for their running game, everyone seems to have forgotten that Jimmy Garoppolo can flat-out pass. |
Having both weapons makes the crafty offense in which all plays look the same at the line of scrimmage all the more dangerous. For their part, the Chiefs have Patrick Mahomes, and no one has been able to stop him. |
Hoffman likes the 49ers plus 1½. Of course we know that some viewers will be interested to see only if the final scores end in, maybe, 5 and 9. (They won’t.) (Sunday, 6:30 p.m., Fox) |
The first Grand Slam event of the year comes to its conclusion with the women’s and men’s finals. Garbiñe Muguruza will face Sofia Kenin on Saturday at 3:30 a.m., (ESPN) and Dominic Thiem will try to stop Novak Djokovic from winning his career Grand Slam title No. 17 on Sunday, at 3:30 a.m. (ESPN) |
When the Premier League season began, this weekend looked to have none of the attractive “Big 6” matchups that usually draw all the attention. But lo and behold, there’s Leicester up in third place, a spot ahead of Chelsea, which it hosts. (Saturday, 7:30 a.m., NBCSN) The surprise is in Germany. Bayern Munich, winner of seven straight titles, is not in first place. Admittedly, it is in second, just a point back, and is not likely to drop points at 15th-placed Mainz. (Saturday, 9:30 a.m., FS1) |
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