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Buyers should note the specific set and insert type, the card number, and the PSA 10 grading on most of these pieces when comparing options.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cj-stroud-2023-pro-set-metal-campus-vip-autographs-crystal-pink-vipcjs-rc-5-5-psa-9-rookie-card-serially-numbered-5-5","title":"CJ Stroud Pink Crystal Auto Card Ohio State Buckeyes","description":"\u003ch2\u003e🏈 CJ Stroud Pink Crystal Autographed Card, Ohio State Buckeyes\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCJ Stroud lit up the Horseshoe for Ohio State before becoming an NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, and this PSA 9 pink crystal parallel captures him in Buckeyes scarlet and gray. A sharp early piece from a quarterback already writing his own legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ A great addition for Ohio State collectors and CJ Stroud rookie-era card enthusiasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003e📋 Item Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e🔹 Player: CJ Stroud\u003cbr\u003e🔹 Team: Ohio State Buckeyes\u003cbr\u003e🔹 Parallel: Pink Crystal, autographed\u003cbr\u003e🔹 PSA 9 graded\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition: PSA 9 graded.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Price Is Right Miami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47675280326888,"sku":"47675280326888","price":315.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/psa-9-cj-stroud-pink-crystal-auto-card-ohio-state-buckeyes-vintage-treasures-antique-363.webp?v=1757694500"},{"product_id":"graded-2023-topps-now-cj-stroud-d2-rookie-rc-football-card-psa-10-gem-mint","title":"Graded PSA 10 Gem Mint CJ Stroud 2023 Topps Now #D2 Rookie RC Football Card","description":"\u003cp\u003e🏈 \u003cstrong\u003eCJ Stroud 2023 Topps Now Draft Day #D2 Rookie RC PSA 10 GEM MINT — Born October 3 2001 Rancho Cucamonga California, Ohio State Buckeyes, Houston Texans #2 Overall Pick 2023 NFL Draft — 2023 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, AFC South Champions, Playoff Win as Rookie — The Topps Now Draft Day Rookie Card in the Maximum PSA 10 GEM MINT Grade\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 A PSA 10 GEM MINT certified CJ Stroud 2023 Topps Now Draft Day #D2 rookie card — the Draft Day issue in the Topps Now series that captures the moment of the 2023 NFL Draft, when Stroud was selected with the second overall pick by the Houston Texans, his selection commemorated in the Topps Now draft-specific product line that Topps releases in conjunction with the NFL Draft each spring. The card number D2 designates its position in the Draft Day series — a product that documents the draft selections of that year's rookie class in real time alongside the actual draft broadcast. PSA 10 GEM MINT: the maximum grade. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🌟 \u003cstrong\u003eRancho Cucamonga, California — The Inland Empire — Ohio State — The Buckeyes — The Path to Houston\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCordell Rashaun Stroud was born October 3, 2001, in Rancho Cucamonga, California — the city in San Bernardino County in the Inland Empire, the large metropolitan region east of Los Angeles in the valley between the San Gabriel Mountains and the Santa Ana Mountains that has grown dramatically as Southern California's residential expansion moved inland from the coastal basins. Rancho Cucamonga sits along the historic Route 66 corridor at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, and its Rancho Cucamonga High School has produced professional athletes across multiple sports. Stroud attended Rancho Cucamonga High School before being recruited to Ohio State — the Columbus program that has been one of the most consistent pipelines for NFL quarterback talent in the country, producing quarterbacks who go to the first round of the NFL Draft at a rate few programs match. At Ohio State under head coach Ryan Day, Stroud won the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year award twice, set Ohio State records for passing efficiency, and finished as a Heisman Trophy finalist. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ \u003cstrong\u003eThe 2023 NFL Draft — #2 Overall — The Houston Texans — The Texans Rebuild Around Stroud\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2023 NFL Draft featured two quarterbacks at the very top — Bryce Young of Alabama at #1 overall to the Carolina Panthers, and CJ Stroud at #2 overall to the Houston Texans. The Texans, coming off several difficult seasons and rebuilding under general manager Nick Caserio and head coach DeMeco Ryans, committed to Stroud as the franchise quarterback who would anchor their roster construction for the coming decade. What followed in Stroud's first professional season was among the most impressive rookie quarterback performances in NFL history. He led the Texans to the AFC South division championship — their first division title in six years. He led the Texans to a playoff victory over the Cleveland Browns in the Wild Card round, throwing for 274 yards and three touchdowns in the win, a performance that produced the highest single-game passer rating (157.2) by a rookie quarterback in NFL history. He was named the 2023 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year — the league-wide recognition that confirmed what the Texans' season demonstrated. The 2023 Topps Now Draft Day #D2 RC PSA 10 is the first-year certified card from the moment of that selection. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏆 \u003cstrong\u003e2023 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year — The Texans' Playoff Run — The Immediate Impact\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCJ Stroud's 2023 regular season: 4,108 passing yards, 23 touchdowns, 5 interceptions, and a 100.8 passer rating — the third-most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in NFL history, and a touchdown-to-interception ratio that led the entire league. He played efficiently, made smart decisions, kept turnovers at a minimum, and elevated the Texans offense from one of the weakest in the league in the prior season to a playoff-caliber unit in his first year. The AFC South title and the playoff victory followed as natural results of the on-field performance. The NFL recognized it with the Offensive Rookie of the Year award — the confirmation from the league's coaches and personnel departments that Stroud's debut season was the best first-year performance at the position in the 2023 class. The PSA 10 GEM MINT 2023 Topps Now Draft Day #D2 captures Year Zero — the selection moment, before the first snap of the first regular season game. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e📦 \u003cstrong\u003eItem Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItem: CJ Stroud 2023 Topps Now Draft Day #D2 Rookie RC. Grade: PSA 10 GEM MINT (Professional Sports Authenticator). Player: CJ Stroud (Cordell Rashaun Stroud). Born: October 3, 2001, Rancho Cucamonga, California. College: Ohio State Buckeyes. NFL Draft: 2023, #2 overall, Houston Texans. 2023 season: 4,108 yards, 23 TD, 5 INT, 100.8 rating; AFC South champions, playoff win over Cleveland. Award: 2023 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈⭐ Rancho Cucamonga. San Bernardino County. The Inland Empire. Ohio State. Columbus. Ryan Day. The Buckeyes. The Big Ten. The Heisman finalist. 2023. The NFL Draft. Pick two. The Texans. Houston. DeMeco Ryans. The rebuild. The first season. 4,108 yards. 23 touchdowns. 5 interceptions. The passer rating. The AFC South title. The playoffs. Cleveland. The playoff win. The rookie year playoff victory. The Offensive Rookie of the Year. The award. The recognition. The Draft Day card. Topps Now. D2. PSA 10. GEM MINT. Year Zero. The selection. Certified. 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The 2023 Panini Chronicles Draft Picks #2 Zenith in PSA 10 GEM MINT condition is the graded document of that historic entry into the NFL — a card from the Chronicles multi-brand rookie card product, specifically from the Zenith subset within the Chronicles Draft Picks configuration, graded at the highest standard the Professional Sports Authenticator applies. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🌴 \u003cstrong\u003eRancho Cucamonga, California — Inland Empire to the NFL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🌴 Coleridge Bernard Stroud IV — known universally as C.J. — was born on October 3, 2001, in Rancho Cucamonga, California, a city in the Inland Empire of San Bernardino County located approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Rancho Cucamonga's position in the greater Southern California sports development ecosystem — close enough to Los Angeles to draw elite competition and coaching resources, part of a region that sends dozens of players to major college programs every recruiting cycle — gave Stroud the competitive environment that developed the processing speed, the arm talent, and the football IQ that Ohio State coaches identified when they recruited him. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏆 \u003cstrong\u003eOhio State University — Heisman Finalist and Big Ten Excellence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏆 C.J. Stroud played at Ohio State University — one of college football's most celebrated programs for developing NFL quarterbacks — and produced consecutive seasons of elite statistical output that placed him at the top of every major efficiency category for Big Ten quarterbacks. His 2022 season was particularly dominant: completing 66.3 percent of his passes for 3,688 yards and 41 touchdowns against 6 interceptions, earning him a Heisman Trophy finalist position in a year when Caleb Williams won the award but Stroud's production was a legitimate competitor for the hardware. Ohio State has sent a consistent stream of first-round quarterbacks to the NFL Draft in the modern era, and Stroud's performances at the position validated the program's reputation for developing professional-caliber talent at the most demanding position in football. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ \u003cstrong\u003e2023 Offensive Rookie of the Year — The Best Debut Season of His Era\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ C.J. Stroud won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award for the 2023 season — completing his first professional year with a statistical résumé that placed his debut among the greatest rookie quarterback seasons in league history. His 4,108 passing yards made him just the fifth rookie quarterback in NFL history to surpass 4,000 yards in a season, joining Andrew Luck, Cam Newton, Jameis Winston, and Justin Herbert on that list. His 23 touchdowns against only 5 interceptions produced a touchdown-to-interception ratio that few previous rookie quarterbacks had matched at that level of volume. His passer rating of 100.5 was among the highest first-year marks the position had produced. And beneath the individual statistics was the organizational achievement that they produced: the Houston Texans won the AFC South division title, ending a playoff drought and giving the franchise its first division championship in several years — with a rookie quarterback as the primary driver. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🎴 \u003cstrong\u003ePanini Chronicles Zenith — A Multi-Brand Rookie Card Premium\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🎴 The Panini Chronicles product is the hobby's multi-brand rookie card set — a product that collects designs from across Panini's brand library (Zenith, Threads, Score, Select, Prestige, and others) into a single release, giving collectors access to multiple card designs featuring the same rookie players. The Zenith subset within Chronicles Draft Picks carries the visual premium of one of Panini's most aesthetically distinctive brands — a design lineage that collectors have followed for decades across multiple sports. C.J. Stroud's #2 card in the Zenith subset of 2023 Chronicles Draft Picks is the specific issue graded PSA 10 in this listing — a perfect-grade specimen of one of the most distinctive non-Prizm rookie card designs in the 2023 product lineup. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈💎 C.J. Stroud. Rancho Cucamonga, California. Ohio State University. 2022 Heisman finalist. Houston Texans. 2023 NFL Draft, 2nd overall pick. 4,108 passing yards. 2023 AFC South champion. 2023 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. 2023 Panini Chronicles DP #2 Zenith. PSA 10 GEM MINT. 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The product includes athletes from multiple disciplines — professional football players alongside baseball stars, Olympic champions, and historical subjects — presented in a format that treats athletic excellence as a subject worthy of the same curatorial care that museum collections bring to objects of historical significance. Card #83 places CJ Stroud in the 2023 Goodwin Champions checklist as a Rookie RC in the first year of what became one of the most celebrated debut seasons in recent NFL history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 Stroud was born on October 3, 2001, in Rancho Cucamonga, California — in the Inland Empire, the vast inland valley east of Los Angeles that has emerged as one of California's most productive athletic development environments across the past two decades, producing significant numbers of Division I football recruits and professional athletes from its high school circuits. He played college football at Ohio State under head coach Ryan Day — the Buckeyes of the Big Ten, one of college football's most productive pipelines to the NFL — where his three seasons as a starter produced multiple Heisman Trophy finalist appearances and the kind of statistical production that made him the consensus second-overall pick when he declared for the 2023 NFL Draft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 The Houston Texans selected Stroud second overall in 2023, pairing him with first-year head coach DeMeco Ryans in an organizational rebuild that exceeded every expectation in its inaugural season. Stroud's 2023 performance — a combination of accuracy, poise, decision-making speed, and the ability to process complex defenses quickly — produced the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year award and a playoff run that included the Texans winning their first playoff game in several seasons. The partnership between Stroud's quarterbackin, Ryans' defensive scheme, and the receiving talent surrounding them gave Houston a franchise identity that the organization had not possessed since the peak Andre Johnson years, and Stroud's composure as a 22-year-old leading a playoff team made him one of the most watched young players in professional football. Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) awarded this card PSA 10 GEM MINT. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 CJ Stroud. Rancho Cucamonga, California. Ohio State Buckeyes. Houston Texans. 2023 NFL Draft 2nd Overall. 2023 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year. AFC South Champion. 2023 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions #83 Rookie RC. PSA 10 GEM MINT. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. 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PSA 10 GEM MINT is the highest standard grade Professional Sports Authenticator assigns, reserved for cards that present as near-perfect specimens with sharp corners, crisp edges, clean surface, and centered image — a PSA 10 on any rookie card is the version collectors chase above all others, and on a card from the most important Panini football set of any given year, it represents the top of the collecting hierarchy for that player.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 CJ Stroud was born October 3, 2001, in Rancho Cucamonga, California — the Inland Empire city east of Los Angeles that sits at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains and has produced a consistent stream of elite level California high school football talent. Stroud played at Rancho Cucamonga High School, where his combination of arm strength, accuracy, football intelligence, and competitive makeup drew recruiting attention from the country's top programs before he committed to Ohio State. At the Ohio State Buckeyes, Stroud developed under coach Ryan Day into one of the most polished college quarterbacks in the country, throwing for 8,123 yards and 85 touchdowns across his two seasons as starter while leading the Buckeyes to the College Football Playoff both years. His 2022 Heisman Trophy finalist season — one of the highest-rated passer seasons in Ohio State history — cemented his status as the most pro-ready quarterback prospect in the 2023 draft class.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 The 2023 NFL Draft saw the Houston Texans hold the second overall pick and the Carolina Panthers hold the first. The Panthers selected Alabama quarterback Bryce Young first overall, and the Texans took Stroud at number two — a pick that, in retrospect, went exactly as Houston hoped. Stroud's 2023 rookie season rewrote expectations: he threw for 4,108 passing yards (the most ever by a rookie quarterback in NFL history at the time), totaled 23 touchdown passes, and quarterbacked the Texans to a wild card berth and a playoff victory — the franchise's first postseason win in years. The AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award that followed documented the statistical and competitive achievement in the way the league's most respected individual honor can, and the collector market for Stroud's rookie cards responded accordingly from the moment the 2023 season concluded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 The 2023 Panini Phoenix football set holds a well-established position in the hobby as one of Panini's most visually distinctive and collector-desirable products. Phoenix is known for its bold, fiery design aesthetic that translates beautifully into the premium parallel and base card format, and its rookie cards have consistently attracted collector attention across multiple years of the product's run. Card #102 in the base set is Stroud's primary Phoenix rookie — the card that defines his presence in the set and anchors the product for collectors focused on the Houston Texans' quarterback. In PSA 10 GEM MINT condition, this card represents the top-grade version of one of the hobby's most sought-after 2023 NFL rookies. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 CJ Stroud. Rancho Cucamonga, California. Ohio State Buckeyes. Houston Texans. 2023 NFL Draft 2nd Overall Pick. 2023 AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. 4,108 Rookie Passing Yards. 2023 Panini Phoenix. Card #102. Rookie RC. PSA 10 GEM MINT. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. 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The “University” designation within Bowman Best identifies cards produced with college imagery – the version of a player's early documentation that carries their school colors and college identity rather than a professional team affiliation, preserving the college chapter of a prospect's story in the licensed card format that the hobby uses to track a player from the amateur level forward. Card #75 in the 2022 Bowman Best University set is CJ Stroud's Refractor RC in that configuration, graded PSA 10 GEM MINT as the finest condition classification Professional Sports Authenticator assigns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 CJ Stroud was born October 3, 2001, in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and developed into a quarterback prospect whose combination of pocket presence, arm accuracy, and pre-snap processing distinguished him from most of his recruiting class before he ever took a college snap. His career at Ohio State University in the Big Ten Conference placed him in one of college football's most scrutinized quarterback programs – a tradition of producing NFL quarterbacks that gave Stroud the competitive environment, the coaching staff resources, and the national media attention to develop his game against the most competitive defensive preparation college football offers. Back-to-back Heisman Trophy finalist seasons at Ohio State in 2021 and 2022 produced the statistical body of work and the national recognition that confirmed what evaluators had been saying about his quarterback profile throughout his college career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 The Houston Texans selected CJ Stroud with the second overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft – the franchise's commitment to installing the quarterback they believed could anchor a professional offense in the AFC South for the coming decade. His rookie season with the Texans produced immediate results that justified the draft position, including a playoff appearance that gave Houston its first postseason victory in years and confirmed that the pocket efficiency, decision-making speed, and accuracy that his Ohio State career had documented translated directly to the professional level against NFL defensive schemes. The 2022 Bowman Best University Refractor #75 PSA 10 GEM MINT is the graded RC document from his Ohio State chapter – the college card whose refractor finish preserves his pre-NFL identity in the most premium Bowman format available. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏅 PSA 10 GEM MINT is Professional Sports Authenticator's highest grade – four sharp corners, centered printing, and a surface free of any scratch or print defect. On a 2022 Bowman Best University Refractor RC, PSA 10 confirms this card was independently graded at the pinnacle of the condition scale. 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The Houston Texans selected him 2nd overall in the 2023 NFL Draft, and what he produced in his first NFL season answered every evaluator who had placed him at the top of that class. Stroud threw for 4,108 yards and 23 touchdowns, led the Texans to the playoffs for the first time since 2019, and won the 2023 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year award by unanimous decision – one of the most complete first-year quarterback performances in recent NFL history. This PSA 10 Gem Mint Chain Reaction insert captures Stroud in his debut year. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 The Chain Reaction insert within 2023 Panini Donruss Optic is a specific subset defined by its connecting design concept – the card's visual identity revolves around a chain motif that gives the insert its name and creates a visual distinction from the base Optic RC and other inserts within the same product. Donruss Optic applies a chrome-surface treatment to the Donruss football platform, giving the cards a high-gloss finish that catches light differently than standard cardstock and produces colors with greater saturation and edge definition. The chain reaction design on that chrome surface creates a piece that stands apart visually from the standard Optic base card, and #CRCJ is Stroud's specific designation within that subset. PSA 10 Gem Mint confirms corners, centering, and a surface meeting the highest standard on a chrome format that reveals every flaw. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ 2023 Panini Donruss Optic. CJ Stroud. Chain Reaction. #CRCJ. Rookie RC. PSA 10 Gem Mint. Houston Texans. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 CJ Stroud. 2023 Donruss Optic Chain Reaction. #CRCJ. PSA 10 Gem Mint. Texans QB. Hall of Fame Sports. Collectible Trading Cards. 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What followed was the kind of debut season that reminded the sport what a transcendent young quarterback looks like at the professional level. Stroud demonstrated accuracy, poise under pressure, and an ability to read defenses that typically takes quarterbacks years to develop – and he capped that debut by earning the 2023 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award, one of the most coveted individual honors a first-year player can receive. The Texans advanced deep into the playoffs in his first season, further cementing Stroud's status as one of the most exciting quarterback prospects the sport had seen in years. This 2023 Panini Select #41, graded PSA 10 Gem Mint, is from one of the most widely collected NFL trading card brands at the highest possible grading condition. 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The Chrome Prospects format gives the card its reflective, refractor-quality surface treatment, placing the player's image in the visual language that chrome collectors recognize across both football and baseball applications. For a quarterback of C.J. Stroud's standing in the 2022 college football season, the #100 position in the set reflects the product's recognition of his place in the prospect hierarchy. 🏈\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 C.J. Stroud spent three seasons at Ohio State developing the quarterback profile that the Houston Texans evaluated as worth a second overall selection – the most significant organizational bet available short of the top pick. His processing speed, accuracy at all levels of the field, and the pocket presence that allowed him to read coverages and find open receivers within the framework of Ohio State's offense convinced the Texans that the combination would translate. The 2023 NFL season validated that assessment with a totality that first-round picks rarely achieve in their debut year: 4,108 passing yards, 23 touchdowns, 5 interceptions, a Houston Texans playoff appearance, and the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award that formalized what the regular season had been demonstrating across seventeen games. 🏈\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 PSA 10 Gem Mint on a pre-draft Bowman University Chrome card of a quarterback who immediately justified his draft position at the highest level. Condition: NOS. 🏈\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 C.J. Stroud. 2022 Bowman University. #100. Chrome Prospects. Rookie RC. PSA 10. Gem Mint. Houston Texans. Ohio State. 2023 NFL Offensive ROY. Hall of Fame Sports. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 Graded 2022 Bowman University CJ Stroud #100 Chrome Prospects Rookie RC Football Card PSA 10 Gem Mint. Hall of Fame Sports. 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