Tom Brady hit a major milestone this year, and we’re not talking about winning his seventh Super Bowl.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB saw his rookie card sell for $1.32 million at auction house PWCC Marketplace this week — the most expensive sale of a football card ever.

Just one of 100, the autographed card is a Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket from 2000. It was one of two cards that received a grade of 9 or higher from Beckett.

“Given Brady’s uncontested status as GOAT in football, this card is an important piece of sports history and of any collection,” said buyer James Park.

The price drowns the $861,000 spent on a one-of-five Patrick Mahomes rookie card in early February. Mahomes’ card had taken Brady’s spot at the top briefly — a different Brady card sold for $555,988 in January.

“This sale was record-setting but also largely predicted,” PWCC Marketplace CEO Brett Huigens said. “The trading card market is rapidly maturing among tangible asset investors, and record prices are becoming increasingly frequent, especially among the market’s most desired issues.”

Global trading card sales grew by 162% in 2020, with more than 4 million sold on eBay.

NBA champion Kevin Garnett is no longer in the running to buy the Minnesota Timberwolves, the franchise where he spent his first 12 seasons. 

“Just got the news that this process in trying to acquire the TWOLVES IS OVER,” Garnett wrote on Instagram.

Last year, Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor teased the idea of selling the team, prompting Garnett to organize a group to purchase. The plan failed to come to fruition due to a lack of urgency and poor communication between the parties, according to CBS Sports.   

Garnett and Taylor’s relationship has been fractured for some time. Sources of tension:

• Taylor’s failure to include Garnett in Minnesota’s front office
• Issues with how Taylor handled a tribute to late coach Flip Saunders
• Garnett’s refusal to let the franchise retire his number while Taylor is around 

“Kevin never contacted me at all saying that he was interested,” Taylor told The Athletic. “Nor was his name listed on any of the buying groups that asked for financial information to review.”

Garnett continued to voice his frustration on Instagram: “Crazy that some of these special players that helped build these franchises like a home can never own them, only rent.”  

The Timberwolves are near the bottom of NBA teams in terms of valuation at $1.4 billion, ranking 28th out of 30 teams.

After the All-Star Game’s 8% increase in viewership last year and the league’s ratings bounceback this season, Turner Sports is hoping to build on that momentum Sunday.

Turner completely sold out its ads for the ASG broadcast on TNT, which will also feature slam dunk and skills contests. The success comes after the NBA’s 34% uptick in viewership from the previous year in a four-week period ending on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

• Turner attracted advertisers by bundling All-Star Game and NBA Playoff commercial time. 
• Advertisers were also able to book space on NBA.com and Bleacher Report, as per usual for Turner broadcasts.
• Low ratings for events like the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, and World Series have yet to turn off networks and advertisers. The NFL is finalizing its next round of TV contracts, which are believed to roughly double the value of its previous deals.

TNT will broadcast the midseason competition for the 19th consecutive year — perhaps the only current ASG streak longer than LeBron’s 17th straight start — and the game will be simultaneously broadcast on TBS, another Turner property.

The NBA has been billing the night as a TV-only event in an effort to dissuade people from congregating in Atlanta, but many fans are ignoring that request.