On The Routing Table: National Treasures Football, Pinnacle Hockey, More . . .

As per its custom, Panini America's fabled Routing Table was its resplendent, revelatory self in the last few days before Christmas break. On it late last Thursday evening were scene-setting sneak peeks of such ballyhooed coming release as 2010 National Treasures Football, 2010-11 Contenders Patches Basketball and 2010-11 Pinnacle Hockey. The table provides an eye-candy buffet virtually every time I…

Happy Holidays from Panini America!

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvfmZbY-ln0&fs=1&hl=en_US] Join Tracy Hackler and Scott Prusha for a very special holiday greeting from Panini America. Oh, and those 12 boxes of sweet sports cards you see are not just there for decoration. They're gifts that you can win by sharing your favorite sports card holiday memories as a comment to this post. Here's wishing everyone out there a tremendous…

Willa Ford, Mike Modano’s Better-Looking Half, Is a Card Collector’s Dream

The lovely and talented Amanda Lee Modano -- stage name "Willa Ford" -- made her ballyhooed sports trading card debut earlier this month in 2010-11 Donruss Hockey's Fans of the Game insert. Turns out the do-it-all entertainer perhaps best known for being easy on the eyes, "Dancing With The Stars" and marrying NHL legend Mike Modano also happens to be a rather spirited signer. Ford penned no…

Twas the Night to Grow Twitter . . .

Look, we're just going to come right out and say it: We want more people to follow the Panini America Twitter account. And we're not afraid to use cardboard bribes, either.   So in the spirit of giving and receiving this holiday season, here's our proposal: From now until, well, the forseeable future, we're going to award one of the 15 sweet…

Winner Announced in the December ‘Whose Autograph Arrived Today?’ Contest

Last week we launched our second 'Whose Autograph Arrived Today?' contest and asked loyal The Knight's Lance visitors to guess the identity of 14 random, recently received autographs. Once again, the response was overwhelming and we sincerely appreciate everyone's participation. In all, just six out of the more than 30 respondents correctly identified all 14 signatures correctly. We dropped those six names…

Panini America Makes Quick Work of Key Limited Hockey Redemptions

The long-awaited release of 2010-11 Limited Hockey finally arrived today to rave reviews. Of course, the product also arrived with a few redemptions (if you ask us, even one redemption is one too many). But passionate hockey collectos can take solace in knowing that a good many of those outstanding signatures requiring redemptions -- including must-haves like Mario Lemieux and…

Panini Unwrapped: 2010-11 Limited Hockey

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiPg9mwt4lY&fs=1&hl=en_US] Clint Hall and Scott Prusha have their way with two early boxes of 2010-11 Limited Hockey, in which they pull one of the sweetest oversized Sidney Crosby swatches you'll ever see. Watch to find out more, including who Hall spent time with last night.

Panini Peek: 2010-11 Pinnacle Hockey

Three months from now, at a time when most young hipsters are smack dab in the middle of spring break, Panini America will be giving hockey purists the real reason to party with the serendipitous return of Pinnacle Hockey after 12 seasons away. The March 16 release of 2010-11 Pinnacle Hockey will mark the celebrated reemergence to the market of…
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