Playoffs Heating Up with Move into Round of 12
Pull on your boots. Grab your hat. Saddle up. The Round of 12 in the NASCAR playoffs begins Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. The 1.5-mile track in Fort Worth hosts its 19th postseason event for the Cup Series (2:30 p.m. CDT, USA Network) with 12 drivers within 36 points of each other. That includes the "hometown" entrant, Chris Buescher of…
Beautiful Addition: Score with Panini Exclusive Kylian Mbappé
There are few prettier sights in sports than those provided by the beautiful game. Football, or soccer as it is referred to in America, is arguably the most good-looking of them all, and not many footballers make the game more attractive than Kylian Mbappé. Now, you can add a piece of the alluring icon to your collection. For the first…
Reddick Calmly Wins Wild One in Kansas
You need to know the name Tyler Reddick. It belongs to a 27-year-old driver from California who is becoming a force in NASCAR. The racer's win at Kansas on Sunday in the second race of the first round of the playoffs put him in the Round of 12 and thus guaranteed the best points finish of his career. The racer…
Larson Opens Playoffs with Big Victory
After one race in the 2023 NASCAR playoffs, some drivers may be against the wall. Not Kyle Larson, who advanced to the Round of 12 with his win at Darlington on Sunday night — although he didn't mind being literally against the wall during the opening round of the 10-race playoffs. "Been really, really fast here my whole career," he…
Panini Weekly Redemption Card Updates: August 28-Sept 1 Dirk Nowitzki, Jarren Duran, Sam Howell
In an effort to keep collectors updated on the status of those Panini America redemption cards that are currently being processed, like the one included in the attachments below, detailing the most recent cards being fulfilled last week. Check back every Friday afternoon for an updated list. The following list is intended to inform collectors about which redemption cards from which products…
Drivers Start Their Engines for NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
Get your brackets. NASCAR has its Sweet 16 on the starting grid for the playoffs. It starts Sunday night at historic Darlington Speedway, where Cup racers have been running since 1950. But the NASCAR postseason is a relatively new circumstance, barely two decades old since the sport parked the season-long points system. Kevin Harvick is back for another run at…
Stars Align with 2022-23 Panini Spectra Basketball
Basketball is a game dominated by space and air. Floaters seem to touch the moon before falling through the basket. The game’s high fliers launch off the hardwood and defy gravity to either rock the rim or send an opponent’s shot into orbit. The top long-distance shooters’ shot charts look like a collection of shooting stars. Some players put on…
Legends and Prospects Highlight Panini’s Immaculate Collection Baseball
Are you the type of fan who dines on nostalgia? Feasting on the glory days before finishing things off with a dessert of recollection? Or are you the type to constantly think of the future? Filling your mind with wunderkinds who can change the direction of your fanhood? Either way, Panini America's 2023 Immaculate Collection baseball is for you. The…
The NBA’s International Talent Pool Takes Center Stage at 2023 FIBA World Cup
As the highest level of professional basketball, the NBA funnels high-end talent from across the world into America (and Toronto). During the 2023 offseason, those international stars returned home and represented their native countries in the FIBA World Cup. There are a record 55 current NBA players on a FIBA roster this year, and 107 in total that are in…
The Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2023 Includes Texas, European and Female Flair
Over the weekend, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame got a little bigger. The class of 2023 was officially enshrined, cementing its place in hoops history. Continuing a long-running partnership, Panini America was there to help celebrate and to authenticate some autographs as well. The weekend was full of parties, signing sessions and plenty of speeches. There were a…