05.31
By Chris Olds | Baseball Editor
The long-running Topps Heritage baseball line is taking a trip this summer.
A trip down to the farm.
Topps unveiled the basic product information and preview images for a new Minor League Baseball line on Tuesday afternoon, 2011 Topps Heritage Minor League Edition, which will arrive in mid-September with three very notable inclusions.
Bryce Harper, Bryce Harper’s autographs and Bryce Harper’s first professional non-1/1 game-used Relic cards. (And they won’t be easy pulls.)
Each 24-pack box of this hobby-only product that carries the design of the 1962 Topps set will contain two autographs, one Relic and four numbered parallel cards. It’s only the second overall product line used for MiLB cards by Topps since it landed the exclusive license beginning last year.
Read more and see additional images after the jump.
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05.31
By Chris Olds | Baseball Editor
We’re in the heart of the baseball season, so Upper Deck is right in the thick of its baseball release calendar as well.
First, 2011 SP Legendary Cuts arrives this week but on Tuesday Upper Deck pulled back the curtain a bit further on a product that will arrive on July 5, packing a whole lot besides baseball.
It teased a bit more about 2011 Goodwin Champions.
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05.31
By Chris Olds | BSCM Editor
Danica Patrick‘s No. 7 Chevy will sport nearly 3,000 stars on its black paint scheme for a Sept. 9 NASCAR race, according to images released Tuesday by Lionel NASCAR Collectables.
The Sept. 9 Nationwide Series race will take place at Richmond International Speedway in Richmond, Va., just two days before the 10th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. Each star is to represent those who died during the attacks.
As with most of her cars, there will be diecast replicas made for the No. 7 GoDaddy.com/GetYour.net with a 1:24 scale Elite model selling for $129.95.
Patrick will not be the lone driver with a 9-11 paint scheme that weekend as Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray, Josh Wise and Tony Stewart also are set to drive American-themed stock cars.
Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.
05.31
By Chris Olds | BSCM Editor | Commentary
No matter what you think of Hollywood, there will be plenty to think about when 2011 Leaf Pop Century arrives this week.
Pick a name you might have read about in the news … Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Mickey Rourke, Britney Spears … they’re in there as autographs.
Also in there will be a 1/1 dual cut autograph booklet of President John F. Kennedy and the man who murdered him, Lee Harvey Oswald … a card that also includes a piece from the limo driven on that infamous day in Dallas.
And the product also includes an autographed card of Jeff Conaway, the former Grease actor, who died Friday after battling drug problems for years.
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05.31
By Chris Olds | Baseball Editor
A “Heard on the Street” item published by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday suggests that Michael Eisner may be looking to sell Topps, the longest-running manufacturer of baseball cards.
“We overhear the former Walt Disney chief may be looking to sell Topps. The firm is famous for its baseball and football trading cards, not to mention Bazooka Joe bubble gum and Ring Pops. Mr. Eisner teamed with Madison Dearborn Partners to buy Topps in 2007 for about $385 million.
“No word on what Topps could fetch now. The company denies it is on the market. But it likely would draw some interest.”
Topps is the exclusive official licensee for Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, USA Baseball, WWE and Ultimate Fighting Championship trading cards while also holding licenses for the NFL and other non-sport properties.
Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.
05.31
By Chris Olds | BSCM Editor
The National Sports Collectors Convention is little over two months away but that hasn’t stopped Press Pass from unveiling its promo card plans for the annual event.
And the folks at the Charlotte, N.C.-based company are bringing some style to the show … 3D style.
Nine of the company’s 10-card Hot Pursuit promo cards will be included in the gift bag of any collector who buys a VIP admission package … the final card — of Dale Earnhardt Jr. — along with an ultra-necessary pair of 3D glasses will be available at the Press Pass booth during the event.
The other drivers who’ll appear in the set include Danica Patrick, Carl Edwards, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin, Mark Martin and Kevin Harvick.
This year’s NSCC is set for Aug. 3-7 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. For more on the event, click here.
Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.
05.28
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor
Former WNBA player Margo Dydek died on Friday after being placed in a medically induced coma after suffering a heart attack last week. She was 37.
Dydek led the league in blocks nine times. The 7-foot-2 center, who was once the tallest player in WNBA history, remains the league’s all-time leader in blocks with 877.
This is a sad story coming out of Australia, where she lived. Dydek was pregnant with her third child.
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05.27
Posted on May 27, 2011 – 3:40 pm | Author: tolentinotown
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