Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Boxes of 2016 Black Gold Collegiate Basketball

With its calling-card Shadowbox base cards, manufactured Team and Rated Rookie Symbols and distinctive gold-paint-on-black-acetate signatures, Panini America's Black Gold is easily one of the most instantly recognizable products in the sports card universe. And that's as true with the company's new 2016 Black Gold Collegiate Basketball as it has been on the NFL and NBA sides. Releasing in hobby shops across…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Black Gold Collegiate Basketball

Another Wednesday is precariously close, which means we're just hours away from one more banner new-release day for Panini America products. And given this week's loaded lineup (which includes the highly anticipated 2016 Impeccable Football, 2016 Black Gold Collegiate Basketball and the 2016-17 U.S. Soccer Boxed Set), chances are good that hobby shops across North America and online breaks across…

Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2016 Black Gold Collegiate Basketball

The trend continues. It started earlier this summer when Panini America's 2016 Black Gold Collegiate Multisport kicked out all of the other sports and became 2016 Black Gold Collegiate Football. It will follow suit in 2016 Immaculate Collegiate Football and, in late October, will crossover to the hardwood with 2016 Black Gold Collegiate Basketball. The single-sport transition is a direct response…