Pete Sampras Burglarized... :(

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Permalink Reply by Mark T. on December 8, 2010 at 11:15am

This a sad for Pete. He is a great champion and I hope he gets his Tennis Memories back from who ever stole them. Pretty classless act by whoever did this.

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Permalink Reply by Kelvinator on December 8, 2010 at 11:22am

Well they aren't sure if he was targeted or it was random and his trophies just happen to be among those things...regardless tho...

kt

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Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on December 8, 2010 at 12:12pm

WaIT?
All but his grand slam trophies were being stored in boxes at a mini-storage complex???

"The items were stolen from a public storage facility in West Los Angeles. Sampras had rented two units and stored furniture and the boxes of memorabilia. All, except for some large furniture, was taken.
"We've had some housing issues," Sampras said, "and we stored things while we were sorting that out."

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Permalink Reply by Mike Dong on December 8, 2010 at 12:22pm

This is so unfortunate. A sad day in tennis. I hope whoever is responsible for the theft of all those trophies can return them undamaged. Maybe he can offer an award for them, and then have the jerks arrested and get his money back! Set up a sting operation or something.

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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on December 19, 2010 at 5:04pm

The police found two scrapbooks and a trophy at Griffith's Park, where I play. I wonder exactly where in the park they found it.

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Permalink Reply by Kelvinator on December 19, 2010 at 8:04pm

i wonder if they are in good condition still...

 

kt

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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on December 19, 2010 at 10:31pm

I wonder why it was left there. Just sounds bizarre.

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Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on December 20, 2010 at 10:07am

Right.  Sounds like a problem only a true champion would have - so many trophies that you just chuck 'em in boxes and store them at the local mini-storage!  LOL!  But these weren't childhood versions:  plastic soccer, BMX and tennis trophies!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Dong on December 19, 2010 at 10:53pm

The ITF plans on replacing Pete's Davis Cup trophies with replicas.

http://www.tennistalk.com/en/news/20101210/ITF_ready_to_replace_sto...

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Permalink Reply by Kelvinator on December 20, 2010 at 11:55am

yea saw this too...nice gesture...

 

kt

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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on December 20, 2010 at 3:31pm

Remember what happened to Bobby Fischer at a public storage in Pasadena. All his memorabilia were sold off because he was late on rent while abroad in other countries. He was mad!

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