UVA basketball in Batman comics and Babe Ruth rookie cards for a jump rope?

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A couple fun stories from us at The Athletic:

David Betancourt talked to Batman '89 writer Sam Hamm about his love of University of Virginia basketball (cc: @alexisohanian) and how it's seeped into his current comic run:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5908955/2024/11/12/batman-virginia-basketball-comics/

And then Michael Salfino wrote about Babe Ruth's rookie card and how it was originally used to get a free jump rope or "dandy" bat and ball set:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5911783/2024/11/10/babe-ruth-rookie-card-red-sox/

The Batman writer who puts UVA basketball Easter eggs in his work

Long before Sam Hamm wrote one of the greatest superhero movies ever, he was a fan of Virginia basketball.

www.nytimes.com

What’s Babe Ruth’s rookie card? Originally a means to getting a free jump rope

Now highly valuable, Babe Ruth's earliest trading cards originally served other purposes

www.nytimes.com

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