A Small Dust-Up: Panini America Addresses Powder Mystery in Prizm and Crusade

With 2014 Prizm Baseball and 2013-14 Crusade Basketball releasing this week, many collectors opening those products are discovering what it must feel like when NBA superstar LeBron James tosses talcum powder into the air at the scorer's table just before tip-off. Indeed, there's a distinct powdery residue adhering to many of the Prizm-technology cards in both of those products that has…

Boxes of Prizm Baseball, Crusade Basketball Offered in Panini's 'Where Is It? Weekend'

Another weekend here on The Knight’s Lance brings with it another chance for loyal Panini America collectors to win some sweet cards. For this exciting installment of “Where Is It? Weekend,” we’ve hidden four smaller, perhaps-somewhat-manipulated versions of the Panini America knight that appears at the top of this post — and we’re giving you all weekend to find them and submit your answers. To be…

The Best Prizm Yet? Panini America Offers a Sneak Peek at 2014 Prizm Baseball Autos

As you read this, Panini America's baseball brand team is steadfastly working on what just might be the most impressive Prizm-branded release to date. And when you consider just how strong the Prizm brand has become in a few short years, well, that's saying something. When 2014 Prizm Baseball arrives next month, it will benefit immeasurably from all the things…

Pirates Top Prospect Jameson Taillon Talks Incubus, Marisa Miller and More

Jameson Taillon, the top pitching prospect in the Pittsburgh Pirates' organization, was born in Florida, raised in Texas and claims dual citizenship in the U.S. and Canada because both of his parents were born north of the border. To be sure, the 6-6, 235-pound righthander is a well-traveled young man who cuts a rather imposing figure on the mound. Off…

Michael Wacha, Travis d’Arnaud Lead First Panini Spring Training Road Trip Video

TAMPA, Fla. -- Over the course of three sun-soaked days during the just-completed Florida leg of Panini America's premiere Panini Spring Training Road Trip, company officials interacted with 18 of professional baseball's young stars and promising prospects in a laid-back atmosphere riddled with laughs, Tweets, autographs, good times, pics and lots of discussion. Over the course of the next several days,…