Two Lakers legends anchor Sotheby’s latest jersey sale. Kobe Bryant’s No. 24 from the 2006-07 season sold for 889,000 (1/1 inscription, authenticated). Jerry West’s 1964-67 Lakers jersey fetched 533,400. Gretzky’s final Rangers jersey, projected to top 1M, failed to meet the reserve. The results show vintage gear fueling fantasy nostalgia and long-term value.

Chip Bowers is RFK Racing’s new president, bringing championship culture from the Golden State Warriors and other pro franchises. He says the team will prepare for the tipping point and operate as if they will win a Cup, aiming for sustainable success and authentic messaging for fans and sponsors.

His approach centers on total organizational alignment, transparent communication, and listening first. With five races left in the Cup season, RFK sits with Buescher, Preece, and Keselowski in the hunt; the last Cup win came in 2004, and leadership change signals a cultural reset to chase a title.

Thunder Wire seals No. 45 as part of a 51-number franchise history, tracing nine wearers from Seattle to Oklahoma City. Bob Rule opened the No. 45 chapter in Seattle (1967-71), delivering elite scoring and rebounding before a 1971 move to Philadelphia. The Sonics’ legacy remains woven into the Thunder’s identity, showing how a digit can bind eras and shape fan lore as the franchise evolves.

Greg Foster wore No. 44 for Seattle in 1999-2000, a brief but notable chapter in the franchise’s jersey-number history that now sits inside Thunder lore. He averaged 3.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game that season, after a career path that started with the Bullets and moved through Hawks, Bulls, Timberwolves, Jazz and Lakers. The piece catalogs 15 players who wore No. 44, showing how a single number threads through multiple eras without signaling fantasy upside.

This digest treats the No. 44 lineage as a brand-new lens for fans and fantasy players, tying a specific season to the wider Seattle Supersonics and Oklahoma City Thunder heritage while underscoring that jersey numbers rarely forecast future production.