Tackling Flawless: Panini America Peeks the Jumbo Juiciness of 2014 Flawless Football
This is how I felt every December 24 as a kid growing up. Stomach in knots and battling butterflies at the same time. Nervous. Anxious. Excited. Indeed, waiting for one of your favorite products to arrive -- in this case, Panini America's 2014 Playbook Football -- is like the night before Christmas. (As a guy whose job it is to…
Kelvin Benjamin Offers Must-See First Look at 2014 Contenders Football (Gallery)
As far as NFL days off go, the one Carolina Panthers rookie wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin spent with Panini America on Tuesday was quite productive. For starters, he helped Panini America kickoff the 2014 NFL Player of the Day promotion in grand style with a special appearance at Cardiacs Sports and Memorabilia in Cary, N.C. Benjamin's larger-than-life presence gave the…
The Many Flawless Returns of Seahawks QB Russell Wilson: A Panini America Gallery
Panini America's upcoming 2014 Flawless Football just keeps getting better. Earlier this week we brought you many of the reasons why. But had we known then that Seattle Seahawks superstar quarterback -- and Super Bowl XLVIII champion -- Russell Wilson was going to return his cards today, we might have waited to post that Tuesday Teaser gallery. On second thought, no we…
Tuesday Teaser: Panini America Provides an Update on 2014 Flawless Football Autos
Every day, it seems, a new NFL superstar returns his on-card autographs for the upcoming 2014 Flawless Football to Panini America HQ. Tom Brady. Brett Favre. Lawrence Taylor. Johnny Manziel. Wes Welker. Earl Thomas. Eddie Lacy. And that's just the short list of heavyweights that have arrived in the last week or so. Clearly, 2014 Flawless Football is shaping up…
The Panini America NFLPA Rookie Premiere Recall: Buffalo Bills WR Sammy Watkins
The first receiver taken in the 2014 NFL Draft, Buffalo Bills rookie speedster Sammy Watkins is a big play personified, a blazing, blue-and-red blur with surefire hands to match. Watkins is blessed with a quick laugh and kilowatt smile, both of which could light up any room -- or stadium. On the field and off, Watkins is an electric Bill -- but…
Panini America Offers a Preliminary Peek at 2014 Flawless Football (Must-See Gallery)
Pssst . . . Panini America's fabulously, famously high-end Flawless brand that redefined what a super-premium product could be in basketball is coming to football -- and it's bringing the precious gems, the sickest patches, the on-card opulence and the wow-factor wizardry that made the briefcased brand an instant classic on the hardwood. Due out October 31, 2014 Flawless Football…
The Panini America NFLPA Rookie Premiere Recall: Kelvin Benjamin, Carolina Panthers
The first thing you notice about Carolina Panthers rookie wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin is his freakish physique. The 6-6, 240-pound frame that somehow seems even bigger. Massive mitts roughly the size of iPads. The athletic ability that defies conventional wisdom. After all, players that big simply aren't supposed to be able to do what Benjamin does. But Benjamin does. He did…
KD, Carmelo, Cam and Cordarrelle Headline Newest Panini America Autograph Arrivals
Evan as Panini America's new 2013-14 Immaculate Basketball continues blazing a trail in the collecting community during its second day of release, the full-steam-ahead plans for upcoming products continue unabated inside Panini America HQ. Case in point: Today's mail call that included some downright filthy new on-card autograph arrivals from the likes of Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Cam Newton and…
A Tip of the Kap: Panini America Catches Up with Colin Kaepernick for Key Signing
Late last week, while he was leading the San Francisco 49ers through the final stages of training camp in preparation for next Sunday's 2014 NFL season-opener against the Dallas Cowboys, superstar quarterback Colin Kaepernick made the most of rare downtime by signing some of his Panini America trading cards. In the process, he unwittingly made many collectors' days. On the to-do…
World Premiere: Panini America Delivers a Weekend Peek at 2014 Flawless Football
CLEVELAND -- As the 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention speeds through a fascinating Saturday, traditionally the busiest day of the show, The Knight's Lance has another exclusive treat for all of those collectors who can't make it to Cleveland: A world-premiere sneak peek of the upcoming 2014 Flawless Football, the most super-premium product in Panini America football history. The high-end…