The Panini America Interview: Cam Newton, the Carolina Panthers Superstar QB

The Cam Newton Era officially kicks off later today when the Carolina Panthers' Heisman Trophy-winning former National Champion makes his first NFL start on the road against the Arizona Cardinals. But all of us here at Panini America have been on the Newton bandwagon since April. That's when we produced his first officially licensed NFL trading cards inside 2011 Prestige Football --…

Panini Peek: 2011 Gold Standard Football

The prospects for America's most passionate sports card prospectors just keep getting better. Panini America started the industry's great collecting gold rush late last season with the inclusion of real 14-karat gold Golden Tickets in 2010 Playoff Contenders Football. Those precious-metal pieces of history fueled an absolute feeding frenzy that paved the way for similar innovation in 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Hockey and helped launch the stand-alone…

Panini America Quality Control Gallery and Checklist: 2011 Rookies & Stars Football

  Amid the barrage of high-end hoops and hockey being produced and promoted at a frenzied pace around Panini America headquarters these days, it's easy for a product like 2011 Rookies & Stars Football to fly quietly under the radar. So when Panini America Football Brand Manager Carlos Torrez called me late yesterday afternoon to see if I wanted to take a peek at the…

Panini Peek: 2011 Crown Royale Football

As one of the top three vote-getters in our Knight’s Lance Readers Choice Weekend poll, this story is being brought to you by . . . well . . . you. Stay tuned throughout the weekend for the additional content that you voted for, including your top two choices: More first looks at 2010-11 National Treasures Basketball and a gallery of some of our…

Yo, VIP. . . Let’s Kick It! Panini America Begins Unveiling Plans for The National

With the National Sports Collectors Convention less than a month away, officials at Panini America today released information announcing their plans for VIPs attending the National. The base set, available to those purchasing one of the VIP packages, will feature Panini spokesmen Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, John Wall and Blake Griffin. The first four cards will be inserted into VIP…

The Panini America Routing Table Today: Sweet NFL Rookie Cards Headed Your Way

As football collectors everywhere continue confiscating their respective cardboard targets in 2011 Panini America football products such as Prestige, Donruss Elite and Score, know this: Some of tomorrow's most collected Rookie Cards are taking shape as we speak back on the Panini America Routing Table. I just returned to my desk with the photographic evidence to prove it. (more…)

Score Keepers: A Comprehensive Gallery of Every RC Variation in 2011 Score Football

Panini America NFL Brand Manager Carlos Torrez hand-delivered two heaping handfuls of 2011 Score Football cards to me this morning. What at first glance appeared to be dupes of several of the top rookies from the 2011 Draft Class turned out to be something much, much more. In all, there were 86 different cards -- 36 base Rookie Cards from those players who attended…

Panini America Preview Gallery: Your First Look at 2011 Absolute Memorabilia Football

During the first 10 years of its existence as a stand-alone product, Absolute Memorabilia built considerable brand equity by consistently delivering some of the most popular Rookie Cards in football every year. But when the venerable brand enters its second decade with the September release of 2011 Absolute Memorabilia Football, Panini America product developers are looking to accentuate an already-sterling reputation by delivering, for the first…

Father’s Day First Look: The Studio Rookies Insert Inside 2011 Rookies & Stars Football

In the name of providing a little Father's Day football card fun to get all of you collecting dads through this afternoon made for you, I thought this sneak peek at the nicely done Studio Rookies insert in the forthcoming 2011 Rookies & Stars Football would hit the spot. The 36-card insert includes autogrpahed and memorabilia versions, but this partial…
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