Award-Worthy: Panini America Sneaks Peek at 2014 Select Football Award Selections
For collectors who might have been taking a wait-and-see approach to submitting their winning cards in the 2014 Select Football Award Selections interactive redemption program, the wait is over. Now it's time to see. Panini America officials earlier this week put the finishing pre-production touches on the 100 total cards that are part of the unique program (52 devoted to…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Early Boxes of 2014 Immaculate Football
There might not be a better way to return to the office following five days away (four at the 2015 NBA All-Star Game in New York, yesterday at home for President's Day) than this: Being greeted by a few early boxes of Panini America's 2014 Immaculate Football. That's what was waiting in the marketing office I share with Scott Prusha this…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2014 National Treasures Football (Gallery)
A national collecting holiday is coming. A new installment of the iconic National Treasures Football brand is one the way. And when Panini America's 2014 National Treasures Football arrives in early April, it will pay tribute to the stellar 2014 NFL rookie class, the game's biggest current superstars and the NFL's all-time legends like only one of the industry's most…
Panini America Offers a Deeper Look Inside 2014 Immaculate Football, Scavenger Hunt
The countdown to the release of Panini America's 2014 Immaculate Football began in earnest earlier this week when we started an all-out assault here on The Knight's Lance previewing the diverse array of game-worn and player-worn memorabilia cards produced for the premiere Immaculate Football release. In fact, today's preview gallery featured below is the third one we've provided since Tuesday.…
Panini America Initiates Packout Process for 2014 Immaculate Football (Gallery)
Early this morning at the Panini America production facility across town, company officials began packing out the highly anticipated premiere edition of Immaculate Football, a unique trading-card experience inspired by similar memorabilia-card masterpieces that have received rave reviews in both basketball and baseball. 2014 Immaculate Football arrives in hobby shops across North America on February 18 and will deliver an…
Panini America Provides Key New Details on 2014 Select Football Award Selections Sets
The New England Patriots' scintillating last-second victory over the defending-champion Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday -- before a record 114 million U.S. viewers, no less -- brought a fittingly fascinating end to the 2014 NFL season. But for many football collectors, the NFL Honors broadcast one night earlier packed its own fair share of hair-raising moments. Indeed, when the league…
Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater Claims 2014 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year Honors
Minnesota Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater is the 2014 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year, Pepsi and the NFL announced Friday. Bridgewater was recognized as the 2014 PEPSI NFL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner during Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX festivities in Arizona, as well as online at nfl.com. Bridgewater, a University of Louisville product who was selected 32nd overall in the 2014…
iCollectPanini.com Brings Back Spectacular Promotion to Honor Super Bowl XLIX
Right this very moment, an international audience of fans, collectors and media are eagerly descending upon the Arizona desert to revel in all of the festivities planned for and around Sunday's Super Bowl XLIX clash, a must-see matchup of epic proportions between the defending-champion Seattle Seahawks and the AFC Champion New England Patriots. And trust us when we tell you: iCollectPanini.com is ready…
Panini America Provides a Pro Bowl-Worthy Preview of 2014 Immaculate, NT Football
I had the distinct pleasure of venturing over to the Panini America production facility twice earlier this week -- once to check out the final stages of packout for 2014-15 Gold Standard Basketball and once to capture images for the upcoming Super Bowl Private Signings promotion that will kickoff tomorrow over on iCollectPanini.com. While I was there, though, I couldn't…
Short Report: Panini America Identifies SPs, SSPs within 2014 Contenders Football
When it comes to The Knight's Lance coverage of 2014 Contenders Football's more detailed product information, we've so far brought you the breakdown of RPS Rookie Ticket Variations and the extensive list of retail-exclusive autographs. Today, we're providing the complete breakdown of Short Prints and Super Short Prints in the product. For many hardcore Contenders collectors, much of the information…