Panini America Documents the ‘Memory of a Lifetime’ at Pro Football Hall of Fame
In the span of 14 days and five different cities, the Panini America team pulled off nothing short of a miracle in what will go down as one of busiest and most talked about stretches in company history. With teams and events in Toronto, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Canton and New Jersey, the Panini America family was everywhere, doing what it does…
Panini America On Location from 2013 Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Weekend
CANTON, Ohio -- Walking into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Museum in Canton, Ohio, for the first time is an awe-inspiring experience. Panini America officials were on-hand for the kickoff to the 50th Anniversary Enshrinement festivities and celebration Friday. In what’s been viewed and discussed as one of the deepest Hall of Fame classes in years, this afternoon seven legends worthy…
Draw Plays: Panini America Appreciates the Artwork of the NFL’s Top Rookie Stars
The Panini America Original Player Sketch Card. It's a personality-projecting art project that tests future NFL superstars unlike anything at the scouting combine ever could. It's an annual write, er, rite of passage for players attending the NFLPA Rookie Premiere every year, a fun-loving and quite literal draw play executed by quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and linebackers alike. Every…
Top NFL Rookies Speak Out During Special Panini America Rookie Roundtable
Now that NFL training camps have officially kicked off around the league, it's finally time for us to take a look back at a special event Panini America hosted in conjunction with GTS Distribution and the NFLPA during the 2013 NFLPA Rookie Premiere. On a fittingly sunny Thursday afternoon in May, Panini America brought top 2013 NFL rookies DeAndre Hopkins, Giovani Bernard,…
A Difference You Can See Through: Peeking 2013 Elite Football’s Laser-Cut “Portraits”
Are you ready to see the likes of Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers and Adrian Peterson in a whole new light? Or through a whole new light? If so, then Panini America's 2013 Elite Football, due out everywhere next Wednesday, has a nifty new insert set for you. After a few solid months of research and development, the intricately…
30 Picks, 30 Pics: The First-Round Phenoms of the 2013 NHL Draft (A Must-See Gallery)
NEWARK, N.J. -- On a marathon Sunday inside an at-times uproarious Prudential Center, the 2013 NHL Entry Draft unfolded before a packed, passionate and partisan Devils crowd that watched more than 200 new players became part of the NHL's bright future. All the while, in the relative obscurity of an auxiliary dressing room in the Prudential Center bowels, Panini America's…
Name That Voice: Golden Age Baseball Stars in Contest Edition of Panini Unwrapped
Panini America's Chris Reed sat down (from behind the camera) with Baseball Product Development Manager Mike Payne and Baseball Acquisitions Manager Tone Stakes for a special unveil of the released-yesterday 2013 Golden Age Baseball. In addition to pulling some of the most heroic baseball stars from the past, Payne and Stakes also provide an inside look into a checklist that combines…
Gallery: Panini America’s Fun-Filled Friday at the 2013 NFLPA Rookie Premiere
LOS ANGELES -- At one table, Denard Robinson played "MC Shoelace" and Quinton Patton spun the wheels of steel in a signing room they came to call "Club Panini." At another, Matt Barkley discussed wedding plans across the room from Knile Davis and Tavon Austin, who quietly signed autographs while rapt in their new Panini America Skullcandy Crushers. Minutes later, Manti Te'o free-handed a…
Panini America, CEO Mark Warsop Profiled in May/June Edition of D CEO Magazine
Compelled by the mid-February announcement that Panini America had extended its exclusive agreement with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, D Magazine writer Peter Simek reached out to us about doing a story on the company for D CEO Magazine. By early March, Simek was sitting in Panini America CEO Mark Warsop's office finishing a lengthy interview before embarking on…
Panini America On Location at the 2013 NFL Draft: The NFLPA Rookie Debut (Video)
NEW YORK -- Long before they slipped into their best suits to rock the red carpet or stroll across the Radio City Music Hall stage and into the NFL, some of the top prospects from this week's 2013 NFL Draft first walked into the Panini America room at the 2013 NFLPA Rookie Debut. Once there, they signed some of their…