Panini Peek: A Look Inside 2016 Immaculate Collegiate Basketball (Preview Gallery)
Panini America's release last week of the loaded 2016 Immaculate Collegiate Football was a trailblazer of sorts as the company's first single-sport-focused Immaculate Collegiate product. As many college football fans and collectors have discovered in the last six days or so, that product is delivering a crash course in the finer points of the Immaculate experience. In early November, college…
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…
Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2016 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
Following an impressive freshman campaign that benefited greatly from the likes of Karl-Anthony Towns, Kristaps Porzingis and the rest of the impressive 2015 NBA rookie class, Panini America's iconic Contenders brand is preparing for its sophomore season in the college arena -- where it once again will honor the collegiate careers of the NBA's hottest newcomers and its more decorated veterans…
Panini America Identifies Short Prints, SSPs in 2015 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
Seeing as how Panini America’s 2015 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball has enjoyed more than two months on the market, now’s probably a good time to pull the curtain back on the bevy of Short Prints and Super Short Prints permeating the set’s various autograph checklists. As you’ll see in the attachment below, we’ve kept it simple by breaking things down into…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
One week from today, Panini America's first standalone college basketball product -- 2015 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball -- will arrive in hobby shops across North America equipped with the requisite stable of collectible bells and whistles fans have come to expect from the iconic Contenders brand. In addition to taking the NBA's biggest current stars back to college, 2015 Contenders…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2015 Immaculate College Multi-Sport
Panini America is on the verge of adding some high-end heat to its college repertoire -- and it's calling on the fabled Immaculate brand to do it. Set to release in early December, 2015 Immaculate College Multi-Sport will pay tribute to the greatest college baseball, basketball and football players of today and yesterday with a compelling, content-rich program that delivers…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2015 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
In the months since entering the college trading card arena, Panini America has offered brief glimpses of its basketball vision by incorporating college variations of NBA players in both 2014-15 National Treasures Basketball and 2014-15 Flawless Basketball. But later this month, Panini America will unveil its first standalone college-only hoops product with 2015 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball. Following in the…
Panini America Reaches Exclusive Trading Card Agreement with University of Oregon
Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced today that it has reached an exclusive multi-year trading card agreement with the University of Oregon that will allow the company to use the schools’ team logos and university marks in its trading card products for college-specific trading card sets as well as Panini’s professionally licensed products for the…
Hook ‘Em: Panini America Lands Exclusive Agreement with the University of Texas
Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced today that it has reached an exclusive multi-year trading card agreement with The University of Texas that will allow the company to use the school's team logos and university marks in its trading card products for college-specific trading card sets as well as Panini’s professionally licensed products for the…
Panini America Lands Exclusive Agreements with Mississippi State, Baylor, More Than 200 Additional Universities
Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced today that it has reached exclusive trading card agreements with Mississippi State, Baylor, NC State, K-State and more than 200 additional universities that will allow the company to use the schools’ team logos and university marks in its trading card products for college specific trading card sets as well…