Panini America Going Wild in Honor of NFL Wild Card Weekend (#PaniniWildCard)
We're not sure what your plans are for this weekend, but if you have any intention of watching the first four games of the NFL Playoffs, then you'll want to make plans to keep a close eye on us here at Panini America. Beginning tomorrow, we're going to put the "wild" in Wild Card Weekend with a two-day celebration marked…
Happy New Year: Panini America Presents a Special Contest to Kick Start Your 2013
First things first: Happy New Year from all of us at Panini America. Thanks to you (the greatest fans and collectors on the planet), we enjoyed a simply sensational 2012 and have hit the ground running to ensure an even better 2013. But we've yet to run our first contest of the new year. That changes today. In fact, we're…
Redskins RB Alfred Morris Claims Week 17 Pepsi Max NFL Rookie of the Week
Voters on NFL.com have made their choice. Running back Alfred Morris of the Washington Redskins is the Pepsi Max NFL Rookie of the Week for games played on December 30, the NFL announced today. Morris rushed for 200 yards on 33 carries and scored three touchdowns in a 28-18 win over the Dallas Cowboys. Morris was selected from among five finalists…
Panini America Peeks Green Prizms Coming to 2012 Prizm Football Retail (Gallery)
I don't need down comforters to keep me warm this winter. I don't need Granny's quilts or my father-in-law's electric blankets, either. All I really need are a few emerald sheets -- uncut, of course -- from the upcoming 2012 Prizm Football. That's what I immersed myself in yesterday afternoon that ultimately heated up most of the Panini America Production…
Panini America Delivers a Two-Box Tease of 2012 Crown Royale Football (Hits Gallery)
Now this is what I call a happy new year: I arrived at Panini America HQ this morning following a few days off to a heaping helping of hobby bliss that included several new releases, Quality Control results and general new-product nirvana that I can't wait to share. To kick start 2013 on the right foot, I grabbed two random…
A Panini America New Year’s Day Tribute to the Ultimate Eric Decker Collector
Long before California native Patrick Clary was wooed by the receiving wizardry of Denver Broncos receiver Eric Decker on the field, the disabled American combat veteran was wowed by Decker's Wonderlic results. Indeed, it was Decker's head -- not his hands -- that first convinced Clary to begin collecting Decker's football cards. Three years later, Decker has blossomed into one of the…
Voting Begins for 2012 Week 17 Pepsi Max NFL Rookie of the Week (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 Max with its NFL Rookie of the Week initiative. So it comes as no surprise that once again this season — for the second straight year — Panini America and Pepsi would join forces to help promote Pepsi Max Rookie of the Week voting and Panini America NFL…
A Special Edition of Panini Unwrapped: The Must-See 2012 Video Highlight Reel
As we prepare to bid a fond farewell to a simply magnificent 2012, we present for your viewing pleasure the second annual Panini Unwrapped Year-in-Review Highlight Reel. From provocative player interviews and product peeks to explosive endings, outtakes, bloopers, blunders and promotions, it's all here in a true must-see video sure to leave you smiling in reflection of a profound last…
Panini America On Location: Sights, Sounds from Panini Heart of Dallas Skills Clinic
DALLAS -- On a deceptively sunny, frigid Saturday afternoon, more than 150 Dallas-area Pop Warner athletes descended upon the Bishop Lynch High School football field for the inaugural Panini Heart of Dallas Skills Clinic, a unique community outreach program held in conjunction with tomorrow's Heart of Dallas Bowl between Oklahoma State and Purdue at the historic Cotton Bowl. While the…
A Special Panini America Weekend Preview: The Golden Glow of 2012 Prizm Football
Yesterday during part one of our special world-premiere weekend preview of Panini America's upcoming 2012 Prizm Football, we shared the glimmering first glances at the set's base autographs and Prizm parallels in their spectacular uncut-sheet form. Today, things take a striking turn as we explore one dazzling uncut sheet of the set's Gold Prizm Rookie Card parallels. Graced with a…