Panini America’s Pink Prizms Pay Tribute to the NFL’s “A Crucial Catch” Campaign
The NFL and its players will be taking a decidedly pink tint to the field in Week 5 with the kickoff of the league’s annual “A Crucial Catch” breast cancer campaign, an October partnership with the American Cancer Society focused on the importance of annual breast cancer screenings for women. So when the Minnesota Vikings face the Green Bay Packers later…
Photo Variations Add Rare Rookie Chase to Panini America’s 2014 Prestige Football
Panini America's 2014 Prestige Football has been live for all of six days now -- but that's more than enough time for astute collectors to discover the existence of rare photo-variation SSPs of 10 top rookies in the set: Blake Bortles, Derek Carr, Eric Ebron, Jadeveon Clowney, Johnny Manziel, Marqise Lee, Mike Evans, Sammy Watkins, Teddy Bridgewater and Tre Mason.…
On Eve of Packout, Panini America Provides First Look at 2014 Elite Football RCs
Tomorrow morning, Panini America officials will begin packout for 2014 Elite Football, one of the longest-running brands in sports cards history that's prepping for its 16th annual installment. Despite delivering several innovative chases over the years (most notably Passing the Torch, Turn of the Century and Inscriptions autographs, and Aspirations and Status parallels), the product's iconic numbered foilboard Rookie Cards…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Prestige Football (141 Sweet Images)
Whatever it is that you appreciate most in an NFL trading card set, chances are 2014 Prestige Football has it. Acetate. Die-Cuts. Oversized Draft Picks box-toppers. Microetching. On-card autographs from the game's top rookies in their NFL uniforms. Crisp action photography of the game's top rookies in their NFL uniforms. Prime-stuffed patch cards. A nod to fantasy football. Venerable inserts…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Early Boxes of 2014 Hot Rookies Football
Now that we're two days into one of the busiest weeks in recent Panini America history, it's time to get cranking. Tomorrow, three new products release to the hobby (2014 Hot Rookies Football, 2013-14 Contenders Hockey and 2013-14 Select Basketball); Thursday the USA plays Germany in a huge FIFA World Cup matchup and then the 2014 NBA Draft tips off…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Hot Rookies Football (49 Torrid Pics)
Over the weekend, the NBA and NHL crowned their respective champions for the 2014 season, bringing closure to those two seasons -- and officially initiating the full-blown countdown to the start of the 2014 NFL season. In 2014, perhaps more so than in any recent season, 2014 in the NFL will be all about hot rookies. And as a result,…
Super Saturday: Panini America's Must-See Scenes from 2014 NFLPA Rookie Premiere
LOS ANGELES -- For Panini America officials, departing the NFLPA Rookie Premiere always presents such bittersweet emotions -- and that is especially true now that the headline-grabbing 2014 edition officially came to an end late yesterday afternoon. The excitement of capturing and expediting so much spectacular content -- images, video, audio, autographs, memories -- back to Dallas for the upcoming…
Panini America Reviews Action-Packed First Days of the 2014 NFLPA Rookie Premiere
LOS ANGELES -- In a whirlwind first two days at the 2014 NFLPA Rookie Premiere, one of the most important events on the collecting calendar every year has more than lived up to its sterling reputation, delivering a year's worth of highlights -- and seemingly an entire season's worth of autograph cards -- for Panini America. One by one, more…
As NFLPA Rookie Premiere Gets Underway, Panini America Bringing NFL Rookies to Special Hobby Event in Los Angeles
Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles, Panini America will bring a select group of NFL Rookies participating in the 2014 NFLPA Rookie Premiere to one titanic hobby event geared toward showing appreciation for some of the country’s top sports card shops -- and preparing football fans and collectors for one of the most exciting NFL seasons in recent memory. In addition to representatives from Panini…
The Legend Returns: Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2014 Score Football
Next month, Panini America returns one of football's longest-running and longest-adored collecting icons to the gridiron with a bold, new logo, several new insert sets and tons of Rookie Cards honoring the ballyhooed 2014 NFL Draft Class. For most collectors, Score Football, an annual collecting staple since that historic debut back in 1989, signals the official kickoff of a new…