The Panini America Routing Table Reveals a Scorching Start to the 2011 NFL Season

You want to know how the Panini America football team is passing the time these days? Simply take a look at the images that follow. Indeed, there's no rest for the weary in the trading card industry. Just five weeks removed from launching its final football release of the 2010 season, the Panini America gridiron juggernaut is currently working on no less than three different…

World Premiere Gallery: 2010 Playoff Contenders Rookie Ticket Autographs

Playoff Contenders Football -- like the EA Sports Madden franchise, Christmas or Eminem's next album -- is one of those wildly anticipated "events" whose every arrival generates considerable buzz and bona fide cause for celebration. That should make next Wednesday, the official release date for 2010 Playoff Contenders Football, at least a red-letter day and absolutely a national collecting holiday. As I type this, Ben Ecklar…