Daily News finds treasures amid trash as we head for new digs

THE STUFF YOU SEE here might look like a bunch of junk, but to us in the Daily News sports department, these are treasures.

The move to our new office at 8th & Market has allowed us to take stock of what we've collected. We've been at Broad & Callowhill since 1964, and, buried beneath the dust and mouse droppings was a cache of memories.

Today, Friday the 13th, of all days, is our last day here on North Broad Street and the building services people kept sending threatening emails to either pack up the stuff or get rid of it. But before we ship it along (or toss it in the recycle bin), we thought we'd take a moment to share some of the fun things that have been discovered:

1. The back page of the Daily News when Keith Primeau scored his five-overtime goal in the 2000 playoffs.

2. Ted Silary's scorebook from the day Rasheed Wallace picked up his first technical foul in high school in 1991. Wallace played 15 NBA seasons and retired as the all-time leader in T's.

3. A brochure from the golf outing we had to raise funds for the family of beloved sports editor Caesar Alsop. Everyone remembers June 5, 2004, as the day Smarty Jones lost to Birdstone. We remember it as the day we lost Caesar.

4. Paper of April 14, 2009, after Harry Kalas died. That, too, was a rough day.

5. Enough sobbing. Mike Kern found a University of Tennessee notebook with Peyton Manning on the cover.

6. Ted Silary's wonderful high school basketball reference book, published in 2000.

7. The Larry O'Brien Trophy.

8. Byron Leftwich bobblehead. No idea how that got here.

9. Philadelphia Charge (women's soccer) 2003 media guide.

10. A 2001 XFL guide and football. We used to throw the football around, which would drive the office moms nuts.

11. Shawn Bowney, Philadelphia Kixx.

12. Donovan McNabb and the closing of Veterans Stadium following the 2003 season.

13. John Chaney and Mike Kern.

14. Day after the Phillies won the 2008 World Series with David Maialetti's terrific photo of Chooch and Brad Lidge.

15. Former sports editor Mike Rathet, who retired in 2000 and still lives in Florida.

16. Special section commemorating the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier, published April 9, 1997.

17. The late, great Phil Jasner alongside colleague Dick Jerardi.

18. Jimmy Rollins.

19. Harvey Pollack, Sixers' stat maven.

20. Ed Rendell for mayor. That was a Stu Bykofsky contribution.

21. Personal favorite: the shot chart from the Duke-Kentucky game in 1992. It's impossible to see, but the No. 32 circled at the foul line indicates Christian Laettner's unforgettable buzzer-beater.

22. Our book when the Big 5 turned 50 in 2005.

23. A placard Kern must have picked up at the 2009 Walker Cup.

24. The 1976 Eagles media guide with Dick Vermeil on the cover.

25. The 1994 Eagles book, Jeffrey Lurie's first year as owner.

26. Program from when Mike Schmidt and Richie Ashburn were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995.

27. The Olympic record book, 1992 edition — the same year as the real "Dream Team."

28. A 2007 poster with Ryan Howard admiring a certain home run.

29. The 1987-88 Flyers media guide, the season after rookie Ron Hextall took the team to the finals.

30. That's Moses Malone on the cover of the Sixers' 1985-86 guide.

31. A Stanley Cup figurine. The real thing is coming to Philadelphia any day now.

32. A Comcast SportsNet baseball. We didn't throw that thing around.

33. Jim Thome bobblehead, but we lost the bat it came with. Talk about ironic.

34. The Sporting News 1994 guide with Lenny Dykstra on the cover. Poor Lenny.

35. We had the Sixers on the front page for 32 consecutive days during their run to the NBA Finals in 2001. They were so popular, we made a poster.

36. The paper of Feb. 4, 2005 — the Friday before the Super Bowl — featured an 84-page special section.

37. Broad Street Run paperweight.

38. Ben Franklin touting Philadelphia hosting the 2002 NBA All-Star Game.

39. Dallas Eliuk, former Wings' lacrosse goalie.

40. The 2002 NCAA Basketball record book.

41. The Ring Record Book was absolute gold before the Internet. Here's the 1973 edition.

42. Our pullout of Philadelphia's greatest sports moments, published Sept. 25, 1986.

43. Bill Fleischman's copy of the program from the historic 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in Houston.

44. Veterans Stadium poster.

45. Another Ted Silary donation. The scorebook from Edison-Lamberton baseball game in 1986. Lamberton's Chris Calciano went 3-for-5 with three ribbies that day. In February, Calciano was named the top scout in the Red Sox organization for 2011.

46. The 1987 NFL Fact & Record Book with Phil Simms throwing a pass in the Super Bowl.

47. Our terrific 1985 special section after Pete Rose became baseball's all-time hits leader.

48. Another special section, this time on Muhammad Ali published in 2000.