05.22
Posted on May 22, 2013 – 9:08 am | Author: Susan Lulgjuraj
Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, MMA, Multisport, Soccer | @shaq, Bill Parcells, Dr. Brian Price, Fernando Valenzuela, Frank Gifford, In The Game, Kerri Strugg, Scottie Pippen, Shaquille O'Neal, Sports Kings, Sportskings Series F, Tito Ortiz | Comments (1)
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
In The Game, Inc., and Sport Kings LP are merging as one company.
The companies owned by Dr. Brian Price were kept separate, but they will now be one, Price announced today.
“By making this acquisition, I will be able to continue the production of the Sport Kings brand as the consolidation of the brand into the ITG family makes it easier to move forward with future releases,” Price said on his blog. “In the past websites, marketing and sales were kept separately causing confusion in the marketplace, this acquisition removes that confusion.”
Price will move forward with the Sportking series releasing Series F this summer before the National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago.
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05.13
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
Topps and Major League Soccer announced an exclusive license agreement on Monday.
The license is for trading cards, player stickers, sticker albums and other collectibles.
“Exclusive is definitely something that is important for us,” said Topps brand manager Jeff Heckman. “We look to grow the category certainly. That is something that is important to us.”
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05.09
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
As soccer grows in the United States, card companies are looking to tap into the market.
Topps has secured a licensed with Major League Soccer and will produce its first MLS cards this summer.
Each hobby box will have 24 packs with 10 cards in each pack. In addition, there will be two autographs and three relic cards in every box.
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12.31
Posted on December 31, 2012 – 2:13 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, Hockey, MMA, Multisport, Non-Sports, Pro Wrestling, Racing, Soccer | @RGIII, Alabama football, Andrew Luck, Bear Bryant, Beckett Sports Card Monthly, Cal Ripken Jr., cam newton, derek jeter, Emmitt Smith, Ichiro Suzuki, Josh Hamilton, Ken Griffey Jr, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Nolan Ryan, The National, Tim Tebow | Comments (3)
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
With Beckett Sports Card Monthly, we intentionally take a step back away from the obvious — we leave that for the single-sport magazines — and instead delve into bigger topics that we feel are timed best to what’s going on, what’s coming up or what’s on the minds of collectors.
In short, it’s where we give readers a little more to read about your hobby each and every month.
Here’s a look back at its offerings of 2012 via its covers.
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