Outside The Lines
Sports Heroes and Their Autographs

Bob Ley, ESPN host, - If you're making a list and checking it twice, there's a pretty good chance there are some sports memorabilia items on your holiday shopping list. You may shortly be revising that list. And if you have bought such items in the past, you might find yourself quoting the San Diego federal judge who recently sentenced several sports autograph forgers to prison.

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Ley- The ink is still drying on a freshly forged signature.

Unidentified male- This is a $6,000 baseball now.

Unidentified male- Oh, yeah. Oh, look at that.

Unidentified male- Have you ever -- Greg, Greg. Have you ever done one this nice?

Ley- Rather than a genuine keepsake, that ball is new product for an extensive ring of forgers and distributors, a multi-million-dollar conspiracy that forged the signatures of nearly every prominent sporting figure.

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