Hate him or love him, Lebron James recently made headlines by publicly mentioning on Twitter that he would consider playing in the NFL. How else is he supposed to earn a living with the NBA in lock-out mode? “From what I heard, he wants to be a playmaker and wants to catch the ball,” Tony [...]
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Panini – Behind The Scenes
Posted by tgbrown on July 25th, 2011
Continuing to provide behind-the-scenes views into the making of sports card products, Panini is revolutionizing what we know about the hobby. Above are the 2010-11 National Treasures Basketball memorabilia cards stacked on two large tables inside the Panini America printing facility. With the cards ready for the hand-collation process, it’s the final step before pack-out.
Tags: Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts
Posted by tgbrown on June 19th, 2011
From ESPN.com by Chris Olds There’s been plenty of discussion about the career of Shaquille O’Neal and will likely be plenty more soon as the Tweets keep on coming from The Big Aristotle in his “golden years.” And while the inevitable recap of his points scored, titles won and backboards broken will offer some interesting [...]
Dirk! Dirk! Dirk!
Posted by tgbrown on June 13th, 2011
The monkey is off his back. Dirk Nowitzki is now an NBA Champion and a Finals MVP. The Dallas Mavericks walked into Miami and took the NBA Championship crown with a 105-95 thumping in Game #6 of the NBA Finals. Not only that, but Jason Kidd’s first championship also might boost him into the discussion [...]
Slam Dunk!
Posted by tgbrown on June 7th, 2011
If anything would steal the basketball media away from the Heat/Mavericks NBA Finals series, it would be this. A pristine copy of Michael Jordan‘s 1986-87 Fleer Rookie Card was sold in an auction by Memory Lane Inc. on Sunday evening. The card which had been graded 10 by Beckett Grading Services pulled in $100,000 in bids [...]
Hobby News – The Saturday Edition
Posted by tgbrown on April 23rd, 2011
From Topps: The Topps Diamond Giveaway was offline Thursday and much of Friday due to problems with their Amazon infrastructure. They did their best to work around the problems and try to restore the site. Topps apologized for the inconvenience and the site was back up and running on Friday evening. From The Want List: [...]
Hobby News – The Saturday Edition
Posted by tgbrown on April 9th, 2011
From Panini: Panini America has inked Los Angeles Clippers slam-dunk sensation Blake Griffin to an exclusive multi-year agreement. Griffin joins a growing roster of exclusive athletes that are part of the Panini family, including Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and John Wall, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. Panini originally signed Griffin to [...]
Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts
Posted by tgbrown on February 13th, 2011
After the success and excitement of yesterday’s National Hockey Card Day in Canada, we’ll take a 180-degree turn and check out this basketball video from the few years ago. Topps visited Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves and he showed off some great trick shots. How about this fact… Love is averaging 21 points and [...]
Happy New Year from CCW!
Posted by tgbrown on January 1st, 2011
Canada Card World would like to wish you and your family a Happy New Year. We hope that 2010 was a good year for your collection and hope that 2011 is even better. With Panini joining the hockey trading card world this season, it’s a great time for hockey collectors. Choices abound and it’s been a solid rookie [...]
Santa Claus Pack Break – 2010 Ultimate Collection Basketball
Posted by tgbrown on December 15th, 2010
In this video, the jolly old man himself, Santa Claus, pays a visit to Upper Deck Headquarters to help open some packs of 2010 Ultimate Collection Basketball. Joining him is Gregg Kohn, the UD employee who helped build the product for Upper Deck! As you can see, Santa has good taste and good luck. Hopefully [...]
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