Looting and pure disasters, sadly, go hand in hand. We’re now listening to about an early case of stolen sports activities artifacts, as tennis nice Pam Shriver’s grand slam trophies are gone.
“My son and I are at a police station reporting our automobile was stolen from the resort car parking zone we evacuated to when fires began. This was the automobile that had most of my main trophies being saved till we might safely transfer again dwelling,” Shriver posted on her X account.
Sympathetic responses poured in shortly. “Pam, we’re so sorry to listen to about this—it’s extremely robust, particularly with these trophies having a lot historical past,” mentioned Bob Larson’s Day by day Tennis Information.
“Sorry to listen to this Pam. Some dangerous characters on the market utilizing these instances to profiteer. That is unhappy,” added Dan Elston.
Shriver, who’s an ESPN commentator amongst different post-player gigs, informed the channel’s web site that 10 trophies, together with 5 every from the US Open and French Open in addition to an Australian Open championship, have been stolen in her automobile, which was parked at a resort the place her household was staying when the fires first broke out.
“Now, my household’s a sufferer of a criminal offense, too, Shriver mentioned. It’s actually unhappy on so many ranges that when individuals are at their lowest and of their most tough instances, individuals are doing issues like this.”
Shriver, a Los Angeles native, received 133 WTA titles in her profession and was inducted into the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame in 2002.
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Jon Waldman is a Winnipeg-based author. He has written for Beckett, Go GTS, Canadian Sports activities Collector, and several other different pastime shops over his 20 years within the pastime. His expertise additionally contains two books on sports activities playing cards and memorabilia. Join with Jon on Twitter at @jonwaldman.
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