A Panini Unwrapped Watch & Win Edition Starring 2011 Rookies & Stars Football

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRxdp_GaP0k&w=585&h=363] To help celebrate the official end of the NFL lockout, Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Scott Prusha late yesterday afternoon tag-teamed an early box of 2011 Rookies & Stars Football, out everywhere tomorrow. The break revealed the first look at Rookies & Stars' crisp, clean design and a bevy of newly engineered autograph, memorabilia and parallel cards -- many of which…

Panini America Quality Control Gallery and Checklist: 2011 Rookies & Stars Football

  Amid the barrage of high-end hoops and hockey being produced and promoted at a frenzied pace around Panini America headquarters these days, it's easy for a product like 2011 Rookies & Stars Football to fly quietly under the radar. So when Panini America Football Brand Manager Carlos Torrez called me late yesterday afternoon to see if I wanted to take a peek at the…

Father’s Day First Look: The Studio Rookies Insert Inside 2011 Rookies & Stars Football

In the name of providing a little Father's Day football card fun to get all of you collecting dads through this afternoon made for you, I thought this sneak peek at the nicely done Studio Rookies insert in the forthcoming 2011 Rookies & Stars Football would hit the spot. The 36-card insert includes autogrpahed and memorabilia versions, but this partial…

Panini Peek: 2011 Rookies & Stars Football

Panini America's Rookies & Stars Football, one of the sport's most eagerly pursued  early season products, returns to enchant collectors in late July boasting a bevy of rookies, a new wrinkle in the embroidered patch arena and a resplendent array of veteran stars to ensure the product lives up to its name. 2011 Rookies & Stars, the 14th installment of the venerable brand, arrives…