Juggling editor duties for SCD and some editing duties with the upcoming 2012 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards has brought on many long days – and nights – these past few weeks. Jumping between the two has provided many reminders … Read More

The same folks who have produced the popular “Pawn Stars” and “American Restoration” shows on the History Channel have announced plans to create a show dedicated to sports memorabilia. The production company is currently looking for collectors in the Washington … Read More

Welcome to another edition of Beat the Blogger. Congrats to Martin Kelly and Elizabeth Bertel, who both correctly predicted 8 of the 10 match-ups last week. Both got the tie-breaker wrong (Texas ws shut out), so both of them win. … Read More

For the third straight year, ESPN’s Bill Simmons attended the National Sports Collectors Convention and then proceeded to feature it on ESPN, this year in the “Grantland” section of the ESPN site. It’s fun to read his work in general, … Read More

Below are this week’s match-ups, including five NFL preseason games on Saturday. As a reminder, contestants please post your e-mail address with your picks to be able to get addresses when you win. For those unfamiliar with the Beat the … Read More

Depending on who you ask, the 2011 National Sports Collectors Convention was either a rousing success or a resounding thud. Welcome to the sports collectibles industry in a nutshell. I always get a kick out of dealers’ comments regarding a … Read More

Nothing like a rainout to wash away the good intentions of a close competition. In the end, it meant more winners this week. The Yankees/Rays got rained out on Sunday, meaning of the match-ups and the tiebreaker were taken out … Read More

Below are this week’s match-ups, including five NFL preseason games on Saturday. As a reminder, contestants please post your e-mail address with your picks to be able to get addresses when you win. For those unfamiliar with the Beat the … Read More

All of the buildup leading to the National, all of the announcements of autographs guests, manufacturer giveaways and promotions, special ticket pricing is now a distant memory. With a flash on Sunday, after an armada of people came to see … Read More

Another weekend has wrapped up, and another round of Beat the Blogger is in the books. We had a lot of high scores this week, but none could touch Steven Brown, who correctly guessed all 10 games this weekend. I’ll … Read More