Open houses start Saturday for CAL RIPKEN JR .'s 24-plus acre Reisterstown, Md., estate. Ripken "plans to auction the lavish home" in Worthington Valley on May 12. The estate has "six bedrooms, 10 full bathrooms and five half-baths, an in-home theater, pool and pool house and plenty of other sports-related amenities." There is also a "gym with a full-size basketball court, batting cage, training room, locker room and a full-size baseball diamond" ( BALTIMORESUN.com, 4/13 ).
GRIDIRON HOMES : Texans CB JOHNATHAN JOSEPH 's gated mansion in the Seven Eagles neighborhood of Charlotte is slated for auction. The auction, handled by Charlotte-based Interluxe, will "begin Monday morning and is scheduled to end the following day." The 15,454-square-foot home "includes eight bedrooms and eight full and three half-bathrooms." The outdoor space has a "kitchen, vanishing-edge pool and basketball court." The mansion had "originally been listed" at nearly $5M last August and "dropped in price" to $4.69M at the end of January ( BIZJOURNALS.com, 4/16 ).... ELI MANNING sold his waterfront home in Hoboken, N.J., for $3.55M. A spokesperson for real estate company Douglas Elliman said that it is the "most expensive price anybody has ever paid for a condo in the city's history." The three-bedroom, 3 1/2 bathroom home comes with 10-by-12 foot windows that "overlook the Hudson River" and the N.Y. skyline ( NYPOST.com, 4/16 ).
OFF THE HARDWOOD : Former NBAer CARLOS BOOZER sold his Mediterranean-style mansion in the Pinecrest neighborhood of Miami for $2.375M. The one-story home, set on an acre of grounds, has "approximately 6,800 square feet of living spaces." Included in the floor plan are seven bedrooms and 8 1/2 bathrooms. Outside the home is a "spacious entertainment area" that includes a "swimming pool with a spa, an outdoor kitchen, a cabana and a fire pit." There is also a "full-sized basketball court" ( SUN-SENTINEL.com, 4/16 )....Former NBAer JUWAN HOWARD recently listed his three-bedroom, 3,116-square-foot town home in the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago for $980,000. The four-level home has 2 1/2 baths, two fireplaces, a "heated two-car garage" and a "den with stone flooring" ( CHICAGOTRIBUNE.com, 4/16 ).
