Topps has officially released its highly-anticipated 2024 Chrome Update Series, which the company is calling “arguably the biggest baseball set of the last decade.” Given the current hype around the class of players with rookie cards in this set, headlined by Elly De La Cruz and Paul Skenes, and their one-of-a-kind autographed Debut Patch cards…
Whether he’s writing a television pilot, a comic book, or one of the greatest superhero movies of all time, Sam Hamm always has Virginia basketball on the brain. Hamm’s Cavaliers hoops fandom ignited in his native Charlottesville, Va., on his way to becoming a multi-generational graduate of his hometown college the University of Virginia. Virginia…
The 1991-92 Parkhurst hockey set marks Pro Set’s resurrection of this venerable hockey card brand. The set was primarily released in two series. Both series contain 225 standard-size cards and five (four in the second series) special PHC collectible cards randomly inserted into foil packs. First and second series production quantities were each reported to…
2024-25 Upper Deck Clear Cut Hockey cards all have two things in common. First, virtually everything’s autographed. Second, cards are done on acetate giving them a see-through appearance and a plastic-like feel. With just one card per hobby box, breaks are quick. And while there are likely to be plenty of stars and other rarities…
The 1993-94 Score hockey set consists of 661 standard-size cards. The first series contains 495 cards and the second series 166. The fronts of the first series feature white-bordered color player action shots. The player’s name and position appear at the bottom, with his team name displayed vertically on the left within a team color-coded…
The Professional Women’s Hockey League has unveiled new-look uniforms for its six franchises ahead of the 2024-25 season. The reveal comes almost two months after the league announced names — the Boston Fleet, Minnesota Frost, Montreal Victoire, New York Sirens, Ottawa Charge and Toronto Sceptres — and logos for each team. The PWHL’s new jerseys…
By Hailey Salvian, Shayna Goldman and Sean Gentille Logos are nice, but a professional sports team’s look isn’t complete until we see the jerseys — and on Thursday, the PWHL dropped a half-dozen in our lap. Which of the six new kits — the Boston Fleet, Minnesota Frost, Montreal Victoire, New York Sirens, Ottawa Charge…
Rookie cards are a collecting category all their own. When the rookie card is one of a star, a Hall of Famer or an immortal, the value relative to other cards in that set is exponentially greater. There’s never been a star more larger than life than New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth, who dominated…
The 1993-94 Upper Deck hockey set contains 575 standard-size cards. The set was released in two series of 310 and 265 cards, respectively. The fronts feature a photo with team color-coded inner borders. The player’s name, position and team name are at the bottom. The backs have a photo in the upper half with yearly…
2024-25 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Hockey features a checklist that’s all premium. The brand name could be one that’s something of a hyperbole, but Ultimate Collection has a long history of consistently delivering some of the biggest cards of any given season. From on-card autographs to premium patches to low-numbered cards and all points in…