Panini America Must-See Video: 4 Minutes of 2011 National Treasures Nastiness
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3SzhDf1gE&w=600&h=335] The hits keep coming out of 2011 National Treasures Football, Panini America's high-end pigskin juggernaut that released a few weeks ago and is currently sending thrills and chills throughout the world wide web and in hobby shops and living rooms across the country. Video man extraordinaire Tom "The Ripper" Key scoured the web recently to find a few…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011 Playbook Football — Chapter 2
Last Thursday we opened the book on a most captivating Quality Control Gallery for 2011 Panini Playbook Football with a 31-image reveal that gave collectors the first extended sneak peek at this unique new product from Panini America. But a product like Playbook gets only better with each new image you see. So today we're delivering another chapter's worth of…
The Panini America QC Gallery: 2011 Plates & Patches Football (39 Must-See Images)
A week from now, Super Bowl XLVI combatants from the New England Patriots and New York Giants will have long since landed in Indianapolis, gone through the rigors of Super Bowl Media Day and will be well on their way to finalizing preparations for the big game itself. Meanwhile, passionate collectors of those two teams -- and every other team…
The Panini America Interview: Cincinnati Bengals Superstar Receiver A.J. Green
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIGUYwFCWmk&w=585&h=327] Cincinnati Bengals standout wide receiver A.J. Green enters today's tilt against Baltimore -- the final game of his first regular season -- leading all rookies in receptions (63) and receiving yards (1,031). He's also tied with Baltimore's Torrey Smith for the lead in rookie touchdown receptions with seven. A highly touted first round pick out of the University…
And the Nominees Are . . . Voting Begins for the Week 15 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week
Want to know who gets more excited than Panini America and NFL collectors about NFL Rookie performances each week during the season? Pepsi with its NFL Rookie of the Week initiative. So it comes as no surprise after months of behind-the-scenes work that Panini America and Pepsi would come together to help promote Pepsi Rookie of the Week voting and Panini America NFL Rookie trading cards. The payoff for collectors…
San Francisco 49ers LB Aldon Smith Voted Week 5 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week
Voters on NFL.com have made their choice. Linebacker Aldon Smith of the San Francisco 49ers is the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for games played on October 9-10, the NFL announced today. (more…)
Panini Unwrapped World Premiere Video: 2011 Absolute Memorabilia Football
As the buildup to next week's release of 2011 Absolute Memorabilia reaches frenzied mania stage, leave it to The Knight's Lance to inject your Thursday morning with something that should raise the anticipation level even higher: The world premiere episode of Panini Unwrapped. Panini America NFL Brand Manager Carlos Torrez joins Tracy Hackler in breaking the first two boxes of this heavy-hitting hobby superstar, a bountiful eight-pack…
And the Nominees Are . . . Voting Begins for the Week 5 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week
Want to know who gets more excited than Panini America and NFL collectors about NFL Rookie performances each week during the season? Pepsi with its NFL Rookie of the Week initiative. So it comes as no surprise after months of behind-the-scenes work that Panini America and Pepsi would come together to help promote Pepsi Rookie of the Week voting and…
Video & Gallery: On the Production Line with 2011 Absolute Memorabilia Football
Last Friday we gave you a tantalizing peek into the packout process for 2011 Absolute Memorabilia Football, an image-filled appetite-whetting precursor to today's exclusive video footage taken right there on the production line. In addition to the brief-but-compelling piece of cinematography that follows, we also managed to get our hands on some additional cards from packout that will shed just a little more…
Carolina Panthers Quarterback Cam Newton Voted Week 4 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week
Voters on NFL.com have made their choice. Quarterback CAM NEWTON of the Carolina Panthers is the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for games played on October 2-3, the NFL announced today. Newton threw for 374 yards, one touchdown and one interception, and rushed for 35 yards and two scores in the Panthers’ 34-29 loss to the Chicago Bears. Newton currently…