Jets QB Geno Smith Wins 2013 Pepsi NEXT Week 5 NFL Rookie of the Week Honors
Voters on NFL.com have made their choice. Quarterback Geno Smith of the New York Jets is the Week 5 2013 Pepsi NEXT NFL Rookie of the Week for games played October 3-7, the NFL announced today. Smith completed 16-of-20 passes for 199 yards and three touchdowns in the Jets’ 30-28 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. Smith also rushed three times for 21 yards. Smith was selected from among…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Playbook Football (with Bonus Video)
As one of the most unique NFL trading-card products on the market, Panini America's Playbook Football has provided a virtually unrivaled box-busting experience during its first two years. But for year three, that experience promises to grow even richer thanks to several new additions, a few modifications, some unique new content and an earlier release date. 2013 Playbook Football hits hobby…
Voting Begins for Week 5 Pepsi NEXT NFL Rookie of the Week (Virtual Card Gallery)
Want to know who gets just as excited as Panini America and NFL collectors about NFL Rookie performances each week during the season? Pepsi NEXT with its NFL Rookie of the Week initiative. So it comes as no surprise that once again this season — for the third straight year — Panini America and Pepsi would join forces to help promote Pepsi NEXT Rookie of the Week voting and Panini America…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Two Early Boxes of 2013 Certified Football
The newest rendition of one of football collecting's most anticipated products every season -- Panini America's Certified Football -- is on the verge of release once again. And when 2013 Certified Football arrives in hobby shops on Wednesday, it will deliver all of the shimmering assets hardcore brand loyalists have come to expect. A resplendent rainbow of Mirror parallels, Freshman Fabric…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Certified Football (108 Must-See Pics)
Of the many longstanding NFL brands in the Panini America product portfolio, precious few of them are as storied, as anticipated and as annually widely consumed as Certified. In one form or another, Certified has been a colorfully captivating staple of the NFL card-collecting landscape every year since 1995. The brand's calling-card cards today, now as always, remain those vibrant Mirror…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks First Box of 2013 Rookies & Stars Football
One of the longest-running football brands in collecting history is kicking off its 16th NFL season this week -- and when Panini America's 2013 Rookies & Stars Football releases on Wednesday, it will do so packing many of the comfortable niceties that have made the product such a football staple for so many years. But the one that's likely to…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013 Elite Football (Must-See Preview)
When a product packs as many exciting new developments as 2013 Elite Football does, it's hard to figure out where to start gushing. Do you begin with the laser-cut captivation found in the Portraits insert? Or perhaps you start with the vibrant new colors shining brightly in the landmark Status and Aspirations parallels. Or, just maybe, you talk about the…
Paternal Pigskin: Panini America Previews 2013 Father’s Day Football Content
As the calendar rapidly ventures toward the month of June, there are any number of collecting developments taking place on the various fields of play that we so adore. The NBA Playoffs and NHL Playoffs are reaching their dramatic final stages, the buzz is still intact from the recently completed 2013 NFLPA Rookie Premiere and the baseball season is steadily…
Gallery: Panini America’s Fun-Filled Friday at the 2013 NFLPA Rookie Premiere
LOS ANGELES -- At one table, Denard Robinson played "MC Shoelace" and Quinton Patton spun the wheels of steel in a signing room they came to call "Club Panini." At another, Matt Barkley discussed wedding plans across the room from Knile Davis and Tavon Austin, who quietly signed autographs while rapt in their new Panini America Skullcandy Crushers. Minutes later, Manti Te'o free-handed a…
The Essential Primer: Panini America at the 2013 NFLPA Rookie Premiere (Gallery)
One of the most important four-day stretches on Panini America's 2013 calendar kicks off tomorrow in Los Angeles at the 2013 NFLPA Rookie Premiere. One of the sports card hobby's marquee events, the actual 2013 NFLPA Rookie Premiere takes place Saturday inside the historic Rose Bowl. But the three days prior to that are filled with meaningful activities, too. A…