Tag: jacket

Michael Jordan’s Famed ‘Dream Team’ Olympic Jacket Heading to Auction

The jacket that Michael Jordan famously and grudgingly wore while receiving an Olympic gold medal has been in Brian McIntyre’s possession for more than three decades now. He figures the time is right to let someone else enjoy it. The red, white and blue Reebok jacket that Jordan—a Nike athlete—was forced to wear on the…


Jurors Hear About Blue Rain Jacket in Alex Murdaugh Trial

Jurors at Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial in South Carolina heard evidence Tuesday that gunshot residue was found inside a rain jacket found at his mother’s home three months after his wife and son were killed. A judge’s decision to allow the testimony was the second win for prosecutors in as many days. Judge Clifton…


Teen Finds Valuable Jewelry in Donated Jacket Pocket, His Aunt Helps Track Down Grateful Owner

A teen who found a bag of valuable jewelry tucked inside the pocket of a donated jacket has returned the precious stash to its rightful owner, thanks to the detective work of his aunt, who encouraged him to “do the right thing.” Luke Coelho, 17, who was born to Brazilian parents has been living with…


Thrift Store Employee Stumbles On Ultra-Vintage Leather Jacket Dating Back to Red River Natives in 1800s Canada

Experts in vintage clothing at a UK thrift store stumbled on an amazing discovery in a shipment: a handmade, hand-embroidered leather jacket believed to have ties to indigenous Red River Canada. Alice Leadbetter, head of marketing at Glass Onion vintage store in South Yorkshire, told The Epoch Times, “When I held the jacket I was…


A Real-Life Scooby-Doo: This Great Dane Loves Stealing His 67-Year-Old Owner’s Jackets

A Great Dane living his best life on a farm in Ireland has a very unique way to show love to his owner: by stealing and running off with his jackets. Six-year-old purebred Great Dane Cooper lives with his owner, 67-year-old farmer Tommy Carolan, in the Irish town of Drumconrath, County Meath, and Tommy’s family just…


Bidder Pays $2.8 Million for Jacket Worn in Space by Buzz Aldrin

NEW YORK—Buzz Aldrin’s jacket worn on his historic first mission to the moon’s surface in 1969 has been auctioned off to a bidder for nearly $2.8 million. The $2,772,500 paid for the Apollo 11 Inflight Coverall Jacket is the highest for any American space-flown artifact sold at auction, according to Sotheby’s, which handled the sale….


Matsuyama Becomes First Japanese in Masters Green Jacket

AUGUSTA, Ga.—The pressure was even more than Hideki Matsuyama could have imagined when he stood on the first tee Sunday at Augusta National. So was the emotion when he walked off the 18th green as the first Masters champion from golf-mad Japan. His arms securely inside the sleeves of the green jacket, he thrust them…