Panini America Preparing for Grand Return of NFL Player of the Day Hobby Promo
Tomorrow night in New England, the defending champion Patriots will kickoff the 2015 NFL season with a highly anticipated primetime game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. But this time next week in hobby shops across North America, another important football initiative will start the season, too: Panini America's popular 2015 NFL Player of the Day promotion. We'll have complete details of…
Panini America Reviews Action-Packed First Day of the 2015 NFLPA Rookie Premiere
LOS ANGELES -- On a whirlwind Wednesday evening in downtown Los Angeles, one of the most important events of the collecting season kicked off in earnest as the top rookies from the 2015 NFL Draft began making their way through the Panini America Player Lounge on the first day of the 2015 NFLPA Rookie Premiere. In all, 11 of the…
Cleveland-Area Collector Earns Grand Prize in 2014 Panini NFL Player of the Day
Tom Pavich, a trading card collector from the Cleveland suburb of Fairview Park, Ohio, turned a pack of officially licensed Panini America NFL trading cards into the rare opportunity to spend a day with an NFL player. As the grand prize winner of the 2014 Panini NFL Player of the Day hobby shop promotion, Pavich will spend the day with…
Panini America Inks Dez Bryant to Exclusive Agreement for Autographs, Memorabilia
Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, the exclusive game-worn memorabilia partner of the Dallas Cowboys and an official licensee of the NFL and NFL Players Inc., announced today that it has reached an exclusive multiyear trading card, autograph and memorabilia agreement with Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl wide receiver Dez Bryant. Bryant’s autographed memorabilia will be featured…
Oakland Raiders QB Derek Carr Wins Week 14 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week Honors
Voters on NFL.com have made their choice. Quarterback Derek Carr of the Oakland Raiders is the Week 14 2014 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week, the NFL announced today. Carr passed for 254 yards and three touchdowns for a 140.2 passer rating in the Raiders' 24-13 win against the San Francisco 49ers. Carr was selected from five finalists through fan votes on NFL.com. The other Week 14 finalists…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Rookies & Stars Football (126 Pics)
This is another reason we know that football fans and collectors are building a voracious appetite for the upcoming NFL season and the Panini America cards that come with it: In the last few days alone, we've fielded several requests across the social media universe asking for any and all details regarding 2014 Rookies & Stars Football, due out in…
Breaking: NFL Players Inc., Panini America Announce Exclusive Long-Term Agreement
NFL Players Inc. (NFLPI), the licensing and marketing arm of the NFL Players Association, and Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced today that the two entities have entered into an exclusive long-term and industry-shaping agreement that will make Panini America the sole manufacturer of NFLPA-licensed trading cards and collectible stickers beginning with the 2016 NFL…
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…
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…
Panini America On Location: Wednesday at the 2014 NFLPA Debut (Must-See Gallery)
NEW YORK -- As has become customary the day before the NFL Draft, Panini America officials set up shop Wednesday inside a Manhattan hotel to engage and interact with several of football's brightest future stars during the 2014 NFLPA Rookie Debut. One by one earlier today, top draft prospects such as quarterback Aaron Murray (Georgia), Tajh Boyd (Clemson), running back Lache…