Topps institutes new ban against CT scanning, weighing trading card packages

Topps has taken its first steps to discourage trading card vendors and hobby shop owners from using CT scanning technology to reveal what’s inside packs, boxes or cases without damaging the packaging and potentially reselling them to the public. A new section within Topps’ MVP direct buying program agreement added an “Intrusive Device Policy” as…

1992-93 Upper Deck #33 Wayne Gretzky 1500 – NM-MT – THE COLLECTOR’S FRIEND

The 1992-93 Upper Deck hockey set contains 640 standard-size cards. The set was released in two series of 440 and 200 cards, respectively. Action photos on the fronts are bordered by the player’s name and team logo at the bottom. Special subsets featured include Team Checklists (1-24), Bloodlines (35-39), ’92 World Juniors (222-236), Russian Stars…

EA Sports announces College Football 26 video game will be released this summer

College football fans won’t have to wait another 11 years for the next edition of their sport’s video game. EA Sports on Thursday announced that College Football 26 will be released this summer in a social media post thanking fans and players. We said this place would be full again – thanks to our players,…

Lakers return to court amid wildfires, but normalcy must wait: ‘The fight isn’t over’

LOS ANGELES — A few hours before tip-off between the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs, Chris Paul called JJ Redick. The two started in the backcourt together for four years with the LA Clippers nearly a decade after competing against each other in the ACC (Redick as a Duke Blue Devil and Paul…

Saquon Barkley, Jahmyr Gibbs card markets thriving thanks to NFL’s running back renaissance

Vintage always seems to make a comeback. Hence why the top two seeds in the NFC playoffs’ march into the divisional round are succeeding by making old strategies new again. And it’s having an impact on football card collectors.  Which two players from the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles could put the biggest scare in…