Panini America Bringing NFL Rookie QB Ryan Nassib to Times Square Modell’s
NFL rookie quarterback Ryan Nassib will serve as Panini America's special guest Tuesday as the company partners with Modell's Sporting Goods in New York City's Times Square to kick off Panini America's 2013 NFL trading cards and stickers collectibles season. Nassib, the former Syracuse quarterback who was drafted in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft, will appear at…
Prince Charming: Amukamara Impresses in 2012 NFL Player of the Day Appearance
UNION, N.J. -- When the phone rang last Saturday morning as Panini America officials were going through the final frantic stages of preparing for Hakeem Nicks to deliver the 2012 NFL Player of the Day grand prize to winner Frank Rosato and Steve Mandy at Attack of the Baseball Cards, the news on the other end of the line wasn't…
Panini NFL POD Winner Spending Saturday with New York Giants Star Hakeem Nicks
Frank Rosato, an avid trading card collector from New Providence, N.J., turned one lucky pack of officially licensed Panini America NFL trading cards into one fantastic grand prize -- the opportunity for him, his friends and family to spend this Saturday with New York Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks. Nicks will attend a private party at the Rosato home while…
New Jersey Collector Claims Grand Prize in 2012 Panini NFL Player of the Day Promo
Frank Rosato, an avid trading card collector from New Providence, N.J., turned one lucky pack of officially licensed Panini America NFL trading cards into one fantastic grand prize -- the chance for him, his friends and family to spend a day with New York Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks on Saturday, April, 27, 2013. Nicks will attend a private party…
Kevin Ogletree’s Top Rookie Cards Soaring to New Heights Following Giants Stunner
Many diehard Dallas Cowboys fans bemoaned the free-agent defection of wide receiver Laurent Robinson to the Jacksonville Jaguars this past offseason, apparently skeptical of the team's pass-catching depth behind veteran tight end Jason Witten and the sometimes-fragile Miles Austin and Dez Bryant. But all summer long, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo continued reiterating his confidence in seldom-used fourth-year pro Kevin Ogletree, who entered…
The Countdown to 2012 Elite Continues: An Interview with Giants WR Rueben Randle
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvV8uz2EUVo&w=600&h=338] As football collectors around the country set their clocks to Elite Standard Time (and the release today of 2012 Elite Football), we continue our “Countdown” series of interviews that began with the launch of 2012 Prestige Football and stars the NFL’s top rookies who attended May’s 2012 NFLPA Rookie Premiere. We kicked off our Elite series last week with Buffalo Bills blazer T.J. Graham before turning our attention to…
Panini America Rewind: The Knight’s Lance Super Bowl XLVI Week in Review
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Panini America crew hit town Monday morning in preparation for an unprecedented six-day Super Bowl span that included seemingly countless blog posts, Tweets, Facebook status updates and a monumental slate of marketing activation. In fact, with so much going on, it's quite possible that you might have missed some key Panini America developments in the last 144…
Panini America Must-See Video: Super Bowl XLVI Media Day with the Patriots & Giants
INDIANAPOLIS -- On Tuesday, Panini America made history of sorts by becoming the first NFL trading card manufacturer ever to attend a Super Bowl Media Day. That's right, The Knight's Lance was canvassing the congested Lucas Oil Stadium turf alongside sports media giants such as Rick Reilly (more on him later), Rich Eisen, Deion Sanders and even Grammy-nominated songstress Ciara in…
Panini America On-Location Gallery: Media Day Madness at Super Bowl XLVI
INDIANAPOLIS -- There were more than 2,000 media credentialed for Super Bowl XLVI Media Day on Tuesday inside Lucas Oil Stadium. The Knight's Lance was one of them. We hit the ground running, doing our best to soak in the sensory overload that accompanies such a circus environment -- all while keeping tunnel-vision focus on the task at hand: Asking as…
Panini America Reveals Grand Show Plans for the Super Bowl XLVI NFL Experience
Beginning Friday inside the Indiana Convention Center, the spectacle known as the 2oth NFL Experience will kickoff nine straight days of participatory games, displays, entertainment attractions, kids' football clinics, free autograph sessions and the largest football memorabilia show ever in conjunction with Super Bowl XLVI. As in past seasons, those last two events -- the free autographs and the memorabilia show…