The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Absolute Football (111 Must-See Pics)
It's safe to say that Panini America's 2014 Absolute Football is a product two decades in the making; a stunning tribute to the Absolute brand's 20th anniversary that sheds the four-pillow-pack configuration of recent releases in favor of a new 10-card, one-box format, several nostalgic nods to Absolute's first 20 years and the usual stunning assortment of rich memorabilia content.…
Sunday Showcase: Panini America Peeks the Heavy Hitters in 2014 Contenders Football
Week 16 Sunday of the 2014 NFL season will kickoff later today and across the league, superstar rookies will play pivotal roles in big games -- just as they have all season. Long before the 2014 NFL Draft even took place last May, football experts, fans and collectors held high hopes for the potential of such a stacked rookie class. All…
Wicked ‘Checkerboard’ Parallels Deliver Pop to Panini America’s 2014 Boxing Day Set
While our Canadian neighbors are no doubt counting down the days until next Friday's Boxing Day, it's a safe bet that our collecting comrades north of the border are more eagerly anticipating Panini America's 2014 Boxing Day promotion than they are Canada's biggest shopping day of the year. Panini America's second annual Boxing Day promotion is shaping up quite nicely…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2014 Immaculate Football (Preview Gallery)
It's coming. The highly anticipated football debut of Panini America's epic Immaculate brand will arrive in late January and will be equipped to impress even the most discerning collectors. Each six-card box of 2014 Immaculate Football will deliver five autograph or memorabilia cards (on average), and an autograph and memorabilia checklist steeped in current superstars, all-time legends and the hottest…
Great Catch: Panini America Appreciates the Spectacular 2014 NFL Rookie Receiver Crop
We like declarations, have for some time. Instead of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, though, this one is about receiving yards, touchdowns and the pursuit of greatness of this year's rookie class of wide receivers. There's this almost compulsive rush to declare this or that the best ever. Heck, Odell Beckham Jr.'s catch a few weeks back against…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Select Football (144 Revealing Pics)
As the 2014 NFL season sprints into the heart of playoff-positioning season, it's safe to say that things are heating up on the field. Obviously, it's pretty hot in hobby shops across the country, too. Even as Panini America's most recent football releases -- including 2014 Limited Football, 2014 Totally Certified Football and 2014 Crown Royale Football -- continue fanning…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2014 Contenders Football (Gallery)
One of football's favorite all-time trading card brands will join forces with one of the most prolific rookie classes in recent NFL history to create a star-studded and stacked 2014 Contenders Football. The perennial, ink-packed powerhouse is slated to release in early January with a hobby version that will deliver five autographs per box (with at least two on-card). Each…
Immaculate Inception: Panini America Eyes First Returns for 2014 Immaculate Football
Following two impressive editions of Immaculate Basketball and the recent debut of Immaculate Baseball, Panini America officials are diligently preparing to usher in the Immaculate era in football. And when 2014 Immaculate Football arrives later this season, it will bring with it those intrinsic Immaculate qualities that have worked wonders for the brand in other arenas, including an impeccable design,…
Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater Takes Home Week 13 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week
Voters on NFL.com have made their choice. Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater of the Minnesota Vikings is the Week 13 2014 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week, the NFL announced today. Bridgewater passed for 138 yards and two touchdowns for a 120.7 passer rating in the Vikings’ 31-13 win against the Carolina Panthers. Bridgewater was selected from five finalists through fan votes on NFL.com. The other Week 13 finalists…
Teaser: Panini America Rips Three Boxes of 2014 Crown Royale Football Hobby
Over the weekend here on The Knight's Lance, we brought you the Teaser Gallery previewing three early boxes of 2014 Crown Royale Football Retail. Today, we're following up with a similar Teaser Gallery previewing the contents of three early boxes of 2014 Crown Royale Football Hobby, which releases in hobby shops across North America on Wednesday. Every four-pack hobby box of…