When you work with the world’s greatest athletes and help in the creation of some of the most compelling sports memorabilia on the planet, people tend to take notice. Such is the case with an online promotion we’ve been running on the Upper Deck Blog that we’re calling the 12 Days of Holiday Gift Ideas. […]

Shakeups are nothing new in NCAA Division 1 Football. There are always new teams making runs up the national rankings ladder and then fading the next year, replaced by whichever team has the hot hand and the most talented roster that season. However, the sport also remains fairly top heavy. While an upstart team can […]

Ah, yes, the old jersey number debate; everybody has an opinion on it. With so many decades of sports greatness in the books there really isn’t a number left that isn’t associated with at least one legendary athlete. More often than not, multiple great athletes have been the proud owners of the same number, and […]

Thanksgiving weekend triggers the start to the holiday shopping season where everyone is looking for a special gift for their loved ones. With so many sports fans out there, autographed memorabilia is a hot seller every holiday season, but it is also the time of year where most buyers are taken advantage of unfortunately. The […]

I remember when one of my best friends told me he made the decision to purchase season tickets for the San Diego Chargers, I was just thrilled. Truth be told, I wasn’t necessarily happy for him or the Chargers ticket office, but mostly for me. I knew that a couple times this season, I would […]

An interesting topic came up at the Upper Deck offices earlier today. Since the big news was the Vikings firing of head coach Brad Childress, this discussion produced an interesting tidbit concerning the Green Bay Packers. As it turns out, this actually marks the second week in a row that the Packers have ended a […]

Affectionately known in the collecting community as Mr. 264, Bob DePouw can be found on many hobby forums searching for sequentially numbered cards starting with 264/xxx. Otherwise known as road_runner_1964, his unique focus specifically targets the SPx Football product. Currently he owns 239 different SPx 264/xxx cards in his collection and another 267 cards with […]