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I’ve just spent the better part of the afternoon with a good book. Actually, a lot of great books. Indeed, the first few quality control cases of 2011 Panini Playbook Football arrived today and I simply couldn’t put their contents down. At last count, I downloaded more than 100 pictures of...

In this special double-feature edition of Panini Unwrapped, Panini America’s Tracy Hackler and NFL Brand Manager Carlos Torrez rip through a 10-box mini case of the new 2011 Prime Signatures Football and two boxes of the somewhat-new 2011 Totally Certified Football. For a chance to win some of...

I would’ve posted this particular gallery much earlier today, but the fact of the matter is this: I’ve been speechless for the last several hours, literally left with nothing to say — or type — after seeing, for the first time, the world’s longest trading card that will be inserted via...

Until today, the considerable buzz surrounding next week’s release of 2011 National Treasures Football has served to push 2011 Prime Signatures Football, also releasing next week, just under the radar. But that changes in a big way right now. I walked into the marketing office this morning to...

The bombshells just keep dropping in Denver. On Wednesday afternoon, just one day after announcing that Peyton Manning would be their new franchise quarterback, the Denver Broncos appeared to jettison Tim Tebow, their former fleeting franchise quarterback, to the New York Jets, setting off a...

Over the last few weeks, we here at The Knight’s Lance have been gradually letting the cat out of the bag regarding print runs for the various Rookie Card subsets and inserts randomly inserted into 2011 Playoff Contenders Football. Today, the SP train keeps chugging with a look at the...

Panini America and Peach State Sports are teaming up to bring former University of Alabama running back and future NFL superstar Trent Richardson to the 2012 Industry Summit for a special Sunday night signing for Summit attendees. Richardson will sign one free autograph for each registered...

No matter what most NFL fans did last Saturday afternoon, chances are they have nothing on how Byron Guerra, a 17-year-old collector from Phoenix, Ariz., spent the first day of his weekend, rubbing elbows with Arizona Cardinals superstar running back Beanie Wells and thoroughly enjoying the...

Panini America blew the lid off much of the mystery surrounding the various short prints in 2011 Playoff Contenders Football last week, revealing essential information on Rookie Ticket photo variations and autograph short prints for Rookie Tickets and Rookie Ink. Today, the revelations continue...

By now, you’ve likely heard about the collectible commotion we created yesterday with the revelation that photo variations exist for each of the 36 RPS Rookie Tickets subjects dotting the 2011 Playoff Contenders Football checklist. In addition to spicing up a slow-moving Monday afternoon, our...

In some cases, the differences are more recognizable. In others, they’re seemingly undetectable. In every case, though, this much is certain: There are short-printed photo variations for each of the 36 RPS Rookie Tickets Rookie Cards inside 2011 Playoff Contenders Football — and we’re...

Spoiler alert for all of us card collectors: Tuesday is Valentine’s Day. But it’s the following day, February 15, when we’ll likely fall in love all over again. That’s when 2011 Playoff Contenders Football hits hobby shops nationwide. There’s certainly much about the product to be...

The Knight’s Lance loyalists (and we thank you) will remember a particular post from early January that included the discovery of what appeared to be a new mystery NFL product on the Panini America Routing Table. Well, I’m happy to report that just minutes ago, the seeming cloak of secrecy...