Cue the NFL Films music. 2012 Topps Valor is being unveiled as an ode to the idea of football players as courageous warriors. After teasing the product this summer, the company released plans for its newest brand on Monday, distributing images, a preliminary checklist and dealer costs on the issue, some four months before it will be released to the hobby. Highlighted by … [Read more...] about Topps Launches New Football Card Brand
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Hall of Fame Opens Historic Yankees Photo Exhibit
The New York Yankees’ added to their long-running history with a 27th World Series title in 2009. And as it has been for the previous 26 championships, The Associated Press was there to document it for all time. Now, during the Baseball Hall of Fame’s annual World Series Weekend salute, the two occasions will come together as a new exhibit opens in … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame Opens Historic Yankees Photo Exhibit
$315,000 Endowment to Preserve Boxing Collection
Professor Tony Cucchiara, chief archivist at Brooklyn College Library, was on the trail of what he had been assured was the largest and most extensive boxing collection in the world. “When I saw it, I was stunned,” he said. The collection filled the entire two-car garage and overflowed into two rooms of boxing historian Hank Kaplan’s home in Kendall, Florida. The … [Read more...] about $315,000 Endowment to Preserve Boxing Collection