Collecting rookie cards for Top 100 MLB players right now is a great way to keep your baseball card collection relevant and healthy!
Collecting rookie cards for Top 100 MLB players right now is a great way to keep your baseball card collection relevant and healthy!
Adding the best hockey rookie cards to your sports card collection is like adding ice to your favorite cocktail! The arrival of Connor Bedard in 2023-24 Upper Deck Series 2 and Macklin Celebrini in 2024-25 Upper Deck Series 2 cards signals a new hobby high not seen since Connor McDavid or Sidney Crosby joined the …
Looking for the best Topps baseball cards from each set, each year? It’s a common question from sports card collectors, new and old, so we listed the best rookie cards to get in each Topps Baseball card set?
It’s all about the rookies! We tracked down the best basketball rookie cards from each Topps series over more than 50 years! How many rookie cards do you have?
We tracked down the best 1st Bowman cards of the top 100 MLB prospects in baseball, so sports card collectors can improve their collection with less work!
Tracking down the best football rookie cards from every year wasn’t easy – but we did it! Bookmark this article to know all the great NFL rookie cards!
The only thing better than playing Fantasy Football is winning! We tracked down these FREE Fantasy Football Draft Tools, so you can win without spending money!
Everyone loves the premier set of Topps Baseball cards, but not everyone knows who the best baseball cards from 1952 Topps Baseball are, so we’re here to help! This first set from the greatest Baseball card manufacturer was a landmark one, of course, not just because of the amazing Hall of Famers that dot its …
Baseball card collectors love seeing the Topps All-Star Rookie Cup on their cards, so we tracked down all the players named to that team dating back to when Topps first started announcing the team back in 1959, for the 1960 Topps Baseball series. (Speaking of great rookies, we tracked down the best rookie cards from …
Finding the most valuable baseball rookie cards is a great way to improve your baseball card collection by leaps and bounds. While Topps wasn’t the original card manufacturer, we mostly look at Topps flagship sets from the past seven decades or so. Bowman ruled the card world before 1952, but Topps took over – and …
Adding a few new Fantasy Baseball rules and league ideas means adding excitement and change to something that is already awesome. Who doesn’t love that!?!
Couldn’t we all use a helping hand once in awhile? Especially if it’s free! We love great free Fantasy Baseball draft tools! Why am I always finding new tools?
Who doesn’t love free fantasy baseball tools to use during the season? We list off a bunch of great tools — all free — worth using once the season begins!
Welcome to the Buying Sports Cards on eBay Tips series! This is going to be a combination of both an article and video series, and it’s meant to build you into a better eBay shopper for sports cards. Since eBay is easily the largest seller of sports cards in the world (we make them so …
Collecting Dream Team rookie cards is a must for any basketball card collector, but it’s usually something someone works on collecting over the course of their entire lives. We list out the best Dream Team rookie cards, but we also believe in getting great rookie cards of all basketball players, as well as other sports, …
Who knew that a list of the 10 best baseball cards from 2001 Topps Baseball would be so Hall-of-Famer laden!?! Even the ones that aren’t in the Hall of Fame – probably should be, if not for baseball writers not wanting to reward players who used some questionable supplements! What Happened in 2001? “Zoolander” perfected …
Fantasy Football league ideas have been coming across my desk over the past 34 years of play, and many of them, I have personally instituted in some of my leagues. They're awesome! Back in my day, we had to wait until Saturday to watch cartoons. (It was inhumane!) And we'd get detention for passing notes …
For years, I’ve written about awesome Fantasy Football team names for multiple websites through the years, including my own. It’s always a fun piece to write, and it gets a lot of eyeballs, so I thought I’d drop my latest version of awesome Fantasy Football team names on my own site! Before we get too …
We’re talking about the best rookies from 2024 Topps Series 2 Baseball! Boxes became available on June 12, so we finally got to see what the checklist looks like! I thought it would be a fun exercise to rank the 11 best rookies from this 2024 Topps Series 2 Baseball set! (We also just ranked …
The 1984 Topps Football set could have been even better than the one we’ve come to know and love over the past 40 years. The 1984 Topps Football card set could have been one of the greatest football card sets in football card history! The 1972 Topps Basketball set combined cards for players in the …
We obsess about rookie cards over here, so it only makes sense for us to rank who we think the best 2024 Topps Chrome rookie cards upon the latest release from Topps! If you’re new to this website, just know that we try to help sports card collectors working on a limited budget. Check out …
Tracking down the best Topps Chrome rookie cards from every year was quite an endeavor! We already tracked down the best Topps flagship rookie cards from baseball and the other sports, but Topps Chrome was different because it’s newer, and it’s considered a premium product. View hobby box pricing on eBay for the latest 2024 …
Sports card supplies are a necessary evil. We’d all prefer to spend our money on awesome cards rather than sports card supplies, but then again, we need those supplies to protect, improve and display our awesome sports cards! For most of these sports card supplies, I’ve personally used what I’m sharing with you, so I …
Why are we looking back at 2023 Topps rookie cards? With the focus on the new crop of 2024 Topps Baseball rookies to collect, from both Series 1 and Series 2, I thought it would be worth checking in on some of the 2023 Topps rookie cards and the players who were overlooked by collectors …
Tracking vintage basketball cards and then ranking them by popularity is fun! You get to learn about old school players, guys from the ABA, and old white guys who played in black and white (not really, but I like to imagine everything was black and white back then). If you like vintage basketball cards, and …
Why do I love this list of the best 2nd-year baseball cards from Hall-of-Famers in Topps cards between 1953 to 1981? Let me explain. On a rainy, and thus lazy, fall day a few years ago, I opened an old shoebox in my closet. I quickly remembered that I had only kept a small handful …
There are plenty of reasons why baseball is awesome, but we’ve hammered the list down to just about 50 awesome reasons… for awesomeness.
Even the most casual of sports card collectors knows about the Connor Bedard rookie card by now. When the sports card industry made its comeback a few years back, the hockey card collectors remained somewhat of a niche group. When everyone was emptying the shelves of cards at their local Walmart and Target, the one …
"PSA buys SGC, now what!?!" That's pretty much the reaction of all sports card collectors when they woke up this morning and read Darren Rovell's breaking news. PSA, SGC make deal official. https://t.co/Tl5Ap5b6RA pic.twitter.com/yZOlhF5ioo— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 29, 2024 Technically, It's Collector's Universe that's buying SGC, and they're just the parent company to PSA. …
Any sports card collector worth his weight in commons knows that Topps rookie cards are what most of us are seeking. But what MLB rookie eligibility? What’s a true rookie card? What’s the difference between Topps rookie cards or prospect cards? Why do some cards have Topps All-Star Rookie Cups, some have “Rookie Card” logos, …
Huzzah! Pre-war baseball cards is a specific segment in the card-collecting hobby. We’re calling all history buffs, baseball fanatics, and anyone who loves a good treasure hunt! While we normally just like to track down Topps rookie cards from the past 70-plus years, we're trying to expand our horizons. We're venturing back in time to …
The first Topps flagship release means we finally get to load up on the best rookies from 2024 Topps Series 1 Baseball! Topps released their newest set on Feb. 14, 2024. Most of the sports card links on this page will take you to eBay. That means I will get a commission on the sales …
If you were a kid looking for the best baseball cards from 1984 Topps Baseball, then you were also likely excited about what else was happening in the world at that time. Most of the sports card links on this page will take you to eBay. That means I will get a commission on the …
The 2024 top MLB prospects were just announced by the MLB Network and MLB.com, and as baseball card collectors, we love it! Most of the sports card links on this page will take you to eBay. That means I will get a commission on the sales from this page. If you end up buying from …
Who couldn’t use some great tips for grading cards? Most of us have learned the benefits of submitting your best cards with SGC, PSA, CGC and Beckett, but there are some nuances we can learn that will help improve our chances at getting better grades, improving our collection’s value! 11 Tips For Grading Cards with …
Collecting as many Victor Wembanyama rookie cards is a great way to bolster your basketball collection with one of the best young players in the NBA.
Finding free card collecting tools gets me excited, so I hope you can get on board with many of these, if not all of them. Sometimes we need help to build out a great card collection, and that is what these free card collecting tools are meant to do – give you help, save you …
Submitting cards for SGC grading is easier than most people think. If you can track down great cards on eBay, or pull awesome cards from boxes and blasters, then you can certainly submit those cards online through SGC.com’s service. I assume you’ve already done your homework to see which grading service you want to use. …
The best baseball cards from the 1978 Topps Baseball set is full of Hall of Famers and stellar young players, but what was the year itself like? Mork & Mindy was on every card-collector’s television set, and John Travolta was Stayin’ Alive with the Bee Gees! In 1977, the Yankees won their first of the …
One of the most iconic cards in the hobby is the 1986 Topps Jerry Rice Rookie Card, so I tracked down some amazing facts you might not already know!
Patrick Imhoff shares some great advice on which players whose cards you should target for cheap investments!
Our “10 Best Series” continues with the 10 best baseball cards from the 1956 Topps Baseball set — one of the greatest of all time!
The 1972 Topps Basketball card set is one of the most popular and sought-after sets in the hobby. It’s simply a thing of beauty. From the set checklist, filled with great rookies, superb non-rookies, future Hall-of-Famers and eventual head coaches, to the art-show worthy card design, it’s tough to find a card set in any …
As a child of the '80s, I became a fan of wrestling in my teens, right around when I understood it was reality-adjacent, which made it much more entertaining to me! But as a card collector, especially one who loves cards from the '80s, I never really wanted to muddle my collection with non-major sports …
I joined a break for Disney cards this week, so I wanted to share the ADP (Average Draft Position) for three drafts in three breaks for the new 2023 Kakawow Disney 100 Years of Wonder Phantom Disney Cards! These Disney cards come from China and they are absolutely beautiful, with a chromium finish, silver holo …
Everyone knows the 1986 Fleer Basketball card set has the coveted Michael Jordan rookie card, so they quickly assume that's why it's such an amazing set. But in reality, there are so many other reasons why it's considered one of the all-time greatest card sets ever made, not just in basketball either! (Interestingly, the 1986 …
Welcome to our Top 10 Topps Baseball Cards in Each Year Series! While we’re talking about the 10 best baseball cards from 1960 Topps baseball set, this is just the year we chose to kick off this entire series! We’ll be going through all of the Topps years in baseball – and possibly the other …
SGC Grading has been around since 2005, but only recently have they become a very serious threat to PSA and Beckett Grading Services in the top tier of sports card grading companies. Over the past two years, I have sent about 35 cards to SGC grading, and I bought several other SGC slabs from other …
I've been doing sports card collecting videos for a little over a year now, but many times, they get buried on YouTube because people are always looking for new content. So I thought I'd share my Top 10 card collecting videos here! 1. My Painful 23-Card PSA Reveal: Learn From My Mistakes (Aug. 15) I …
The 2023 Packstravaganza might just be the greatest baseball card giveaway ever created! This article will explain what it is, how it works, and most importantly, how you can try to get into it for free! We’re holding a seven-day sports card giveaway from Thursday, January 26, to Wednesday, February 1, and we’re hoping this …
The Dandy Dozen returns with a look at who I think are the top-12 modern baseball players cards, from the '70s, '80s and '90s, whom you should collect. I already did the top-12 vintage baseball players you should collect on this video, and I'll eventually be doing a video on the top-12 baseball players from …
We’re taking a look back at the 12 best 2019 NBA rookie cards. Since there are dozens of different rookie cards for every player, I’m actually just looking at the best 2019 NBA rookies who are now in their third season. You can decide which rookie cards to buy, but I do offer up a …
One of the up-and-coming sports card grading companies is CSG Grading, which is part of Certified Collectibles Group. I sent in four cards to get graded and I got them back rather quickly — much faster than their website said I’d get it back. I believe it was right around one month total that it …
I recently turned 50, and I turned introspective for a bit, looking back at my long life. I thought back to when I lived on Walton Mountain (ask your parents), churned my own butter and watched TV with the aid of an antenna covered in tin foil. My sports cards meant the world to me …
I’ve been playing Fantasy Football for over 20 years now, and I still have magazines dating back to the early ’90s. Here are the 1992 Fantasy Football Rankings from the 1992 Fantasy Football Index Magazine that I got at a local grocery store back then. I thought I’d start posting these old rankings and cheatsheets …
Fantasy Football rule changes can be both very much welcomed – and very much reviled – by many of the other owners in your league. That's where we come in! This is part of a series we're starting for new Fantasy Football rule ideas! We’ve been tracking great Fantasy Football league ideas for several years …
Think back with me now, as you get ready for your 1997 Fantasy draft, and you’re looking over your 1997 Fantasy Football rankings from whichever magazine you grabbed that month. Think back with me about when you were wondering what the NFL was going to be like with no team in Cleveland or Houston for …
What types of Fantasy Football leagues do you think are “must-plays” every year? With about 60 million people playing Fantasy Sports – most of whom play Fantasy Football – and the hobby still growing at a ridiculous rate, it’s tough to keep things fresh every year. Every couple years or so, we meet some new …
During my time at CBSSports.com, I became friends with several of the product managers there, and I’d often suggest cool Fantasy Football tools or interesting tweaks the company could implement to the league service to make life better for owners. Invariably, I’d get shot down, with the explanation that it would take too much time/resources …
Before we get into our 2018 Rookie Quarterback Rankings, we want to look back at the best Fantasy Football rookie quarterbacks ever, just to give the new first-year phenoms something to be measured against. It's interesting to me what first-year players can do in their first years at different positions in the NFL, which makes …
Whether you're starting a new league or just trying to revamp your old league, naming it is important. Consider some of the great Fantasy Football league names we've come up with as options for your own. We also share a couple dozen great Fantasy Football team names for the 2017 NFL season! Everybody will be …
Your Fantasy Football draft can be the best day of the year, despite having to deal with several of these characters in your league. Fantasy Football owners are usually a different breed. 18 Fantasy Football Owners You Likely Deal With Every Season If none of these characters sound familiar for your league – you might …
The 2018 fantasy football first round should be full of more running backs than wide receivers compared to recent seasons. We’re talking in both standard and PPR formats and most other mock draft types. I’m a big believer in being prepared. I’m like a boy scout, only… more prepared. That’s why I break down the …
This 2018 Fantasy Baseball first base rankings page isn’t your Dad’s first basemen rankings page! This page is comprehensive, full of all sorts of helpful Fantasy Baseball information about the position that will affect your upcoming drafts – and your lineups as we get ready to enter another MLB season. What exactly are you going …
Major League Baseball announced in late January that Chipper Jones and Jim Thome were both first-ballot selections to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the summer of 2018. They'll be joined by Vladimir Guerrero (second year of eligibility) and Trevor Hoffman (third year of eligibility). There are other recently eligible players, like …
It has felt like ages since my last Interrogate the Industry post. For that I apologize. I think due to the peak of the Fantasy Football season, the Holidays, illnesses things often get put on the back burner for everyone. I wasn't ignoring the posts as much as not over concerning myself making sure folks …
CHAMPIONSHIP has arrived and if you are in the championship congratulations and best of luck! If you are not however, like myself you will likely be looking to do some Discount Diving in DFS this week. I would normally apologize for the disastrous lineup I submitted and discount plays from last week, but I won't …
I can't contain my excitement on sharing a Fantasy Football League setup known commonly as All-Play with you all.Even crazier? I have a league setup, I tried personally in my home league and it was a resounding success and fun for everyone. So, now is as good of a time as any to do it. The …
Last week by in large was a successful week for Discount Diving. Although the lineup I posted only won in one contest, I did do well in all of my other contests, using many of the same discount players. The big hitters were Justin Forsett, Roddy White, and Jason Witten performing as I projected. Jeremy Hill …
Playoffs are on the horizon for seasonal owners, but for those of us who play Daily Fantasy Football it is another week to go discount diving and try to make some moolah! As you have to do when you write posts like this you have to look at the calls in your previous week and …
This week's Discount Diving will be short and sweet. I apologize for the lack of some of the standard information, but there have been an over-abundant amount of interruptions, distractions and unique situations this week my free time to write and research was minimal. Thankful for Grandparents I am able to sneak away for a …
The Thursday night games are over, and what was a surprisingly exciting game leaves with plenty of games, and Daily Fantasy options in this weeks Discount Diving. This week I am spending most of my money on a Quarterback, I will of course list value players for each position like usual so if you want …
Another few days of Football is upon us, and with it another chance to get some winning Daily Fantasy Football lineups. After missing a post last week (I do apologize, and hope I helped those who asked on Twitter) I am back and hoping to help you all find a few of those discounted value …
With a few illnesses, technical issues and an all time awful week in the Meyers' household, I still was able to squeeze a few questions out of Michael Rathburn (@FantasyRath). Michael himself is a busy fellow, and keeps occupied at the sites www.rotowire.com/daily, and www.dailyfantasysportsnetwork.com. Be sure to follow his work, ESPECIALLY if you partake in DFS. …
We are back with another Interrogate the Industry! I have to apologize to my regular readers for the delay between posts. Perhaps it has been so long you forgot to read my Interrogation of Rumford Johnny. Either way between the kickoff of the NFL season, Fantasy Baseball playoffs and of course family obligations time dwindled …
After a busy week, a few technical difficulties and a blunder on my part I have returned with another Interrogate the Industry. This week I am featuring none other than Zach Law. Someone who has been doing a similar concept to this series, for far longer than myself. Disclaimer: I actually did not know of …