On Thursday night, the Green Bay Packers received their Super Bowl rings as a reward for a tough season of work, culminating in a 31-25 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers for the NFL’s top prize. The Packers were given a special exemption to hold the ceremony during the lockout despite rules preventing teams and…
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Mark Cuban Won’t Give His Mavericks Rings
Bill Russell has 11 rings.Kobe has five. MJ has six rings.Would you believe Robert freakin’ Horry has seven rings?Dirk’s got one now.Lebron is ringless.There’s no simpler statistic in basketball than “rings”. They are the metric by which we separate transcendent players from great ones. They are the dominant consideration when judging the success or…
Why is it called a Tennis Bracelet?
It’s not often that a piece of jewellery is named for an accident, but such is the case with tennis bracelets. The Tennis Bracelets got their unusual name from an incident involving Chris Evert during a 1987 match at the US Open tennis championships. fully story at LewisMalka.com — Why is it called a…
BBC News – Is Olympic torch too ‘bling’?
The torch is aluminium not gold The Olympic torch for London 2012 has been unveiled but is it a tasteful piece of perforated, gold-coloured design or a slightly gaudy bit of “bling”? Here jewellery mogul Gerald Ratner and celebrity jeweller Jacob Arabo give their own evaluation. London 2012′s gold torch has already been likened to…
The $3,000 Gold Plated Golf Club
It may not be the fancy jewel encrusted beauty that Odyssey came out with, but the Gold Golf Putter from Barth & Sons holds its own class. That’s not to say that you could not further customize it with gems, diamonds or anything that gets you going, since Barth & Sons are pretty happy to…