Ludex has hired Jeff Juco, who previously spent the last several years with eBay as Category Manager of Sports Trading Cards.
He’ll be the company’s new Director of Partnerships and “has developed deep relationships in the trading card collecting community that will help Ludex grow its strategic partnerships,” according to the company.
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Fanatics brought trading cards to fans at the UFC event over the weekend.
UFC President Dana White and Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin squared off on stage at UFC X at the Las Vegas Convention Center in a second pack war event between the two.
They ripped packs of 2024 Topps Chrome UFC.
Fanatics says over 1,000 people were in attendance with more than 1,500 watching on the Fanatics Live app.
The best cards pulled: a Jon Jones Kings insert, a Daniel Cormier auto and a Paddy Pimblett Future Stars auto.
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A great story that autograph hunters—especially those who remember doing it as kids—will appreciate. This one involves a guy who grew up to work as a big time executive.
Dodgers President Andrew Friedman told a story about growing up in Houston and going to a local hotel that hosted visiting teams who were in town to play the Astros.
His favorite player was Tim Raines and the future Hall of Fame outfielder went the extra mile to make a young fan happy. It’s worth a watch.
A small act of kindness can leave the biggest impact.@TimRaines30 made a fan for life after meeting a young Andrew Friedman, now the @Dodgers president of baseball operations. pic.twitter.com/eiFaeP8XKd
— National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ (@baseballhall) June 27, 2024
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Alex Rodriguez recently his way through about 1,000 autographs during a recent three-hour private signing session.
ARod put his John Hancock on bats, baseballs, posters featuring other 500 home run club members, helmets and other items and dropped a video:
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