What's Buzzing: NFL reactions and looking forward to the title games, Drake Maye, Shaq, 2026 Topps and more.

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1 -- NFL: Looking forward to this weekend

2 -- NFL: Reacting to this past weekend 

3 -- Talking Drake Maye

4 -- A Shaq question

5 -- All your offseason MLB chatter

6 -- Talking 2026 Topps

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What's Buzzing: Broncos win but lose Bo Nix, NFL chatter, Bo Bichette, 2026 Topps, Bowman Draft and more.

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1 -- Broncos win big ... and Bo Nix done for the year

2 -- This week's NFL games are on their minds

3 -- A Caleb Williams question 

4 -- New Bowman Draft pulls ... Talking Bowman Draft

5 -- Bo Bichette to the Mets

6 -- Talking 2026 Topps

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What's Buzzing: Bo Bichette, 2026 Topps, Bowman Draft, NFL action and more in this Saturday edition.

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1 -- Bo Bichette to the Mets

2 -- This week's NFL games are on their minds

3 -- New Bowman Draft pulls ... Talking Bowman Draft

4 -- Bobby Bonds for the Hall of Fame?

5 -- Kyle Tucker to the Dodgers

6 -- Talking 2026 Topps

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My first Banana Ball was one that got gnawed on during a game -- literally -- but this one, this time?

It brings the pain.

This month's item in my Collecting Game-used series is my third gem in a triple crown of game-used baseballs landed directly from the Savannah Bananas. Despite what you see above, this is no tall tale with this baseball -- it's fully authenticated, video-documented and has some ink to detail its story, too.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and the ball in action.

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What's Buzzing: 2026 Topps, Bowman Draft, NFL action, new pull and, of course, Kyle Tucker is a Dodger.

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1 -- This week's NFL games are on their minds

2 -- Kyle Tucker to the Dodgers

3 -- New Bowman Draft pulls

4 -- Inside a Marvel Studios Chrome box

5 -- Talking Bowman Draft

6 -- Talking 2026 Topps

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What: 2026 Topps Series 1 baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 11
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per 20-pack hobby box (12 per case) + other formats seen in gallery
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The teases of the first Topps baseball card set of 2026 are here as the company starts a launch of its 75th anniversary campaign.

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What: 2025 Topps Gilded Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 13, 2026
Box basics: One Chrome auto and one framed auto per five-card box (four boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This high-end line from Topps drops for a fourth year with a pair of autographs in every box -- once again a mix of big potential with a guarantee of Gold Chrome every time.

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What's Buzzing: Bowman Draft, NFL playoff action, LeBron James patches, WWE, Living Set and, of course, 2026 Topps.

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1 -- Talking Bowman Draft

2 -- This week's NFL games are on their minds

3 -- Reactions to the LeBron James patches

4 -- Living Set chatter 

5 -- WWE is on their minds

6 -- Talking 2026 Topps

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Auction Buzz is a monthly look at some of the variety found out there on the auction block via for Dallas-based Heritage Auctions ... check 'em out.

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MODERN-DAY TREASURE OR A SUPER-FLASHY FLIP?
The Item: Shohei Ohtani & Aaron Judge 2025 Topps Chrome Update Dual Gold Logoman MVP Relic (/4)
The Price: $75,000 after 23 bids (ends Jan. 30)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This monster card came out of a pack in recent months -- well, at least its redemption did -- and it's already on the auction block for a cash-in. What is it? It's a card with the gold-threaded MLB logo patch off of game-used jerseys from the reigning MVPs from each league in 2024 as worn last year -- if you look closely at both images on the card you can see them, too. (Enhanced to make sure they stand out more? Not necessarily ... but they sure do pop on those tiny images.) Cards like these -- signed and unsigned as singles and immensely rare finds -- are some of the biggest pulls in the heavily produced brand with long odds. The back of the card has built-in windows for you to see the MLB Authentication stickers for these patches pulled from their jerseys (click to view and go look them up for yourself). Should these be a hold or moved immediately? I bet your answers are all over the place -- but the longer one waits, the more the chances other cards like this might be done over time, giving them more competition if they are all up for grabs at the same time. Ohtani and Judge are two of the game's biggest names of the here and now and figure to be later. How big among the all-timers? We'll find out when they are done ... but they are as safe as it gets right now, too.

Keep reading for more interesting pieces up for grabs right now.

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What's Buzzing: Talking 2026 Topps, Nolan Arenado, Mike Tomlin, bad centering, new NFL match-ups and more.

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1 -- Talking 2026 Topps

2 -- Nolan Arenado finally on the move

3 -- Talking Heritage High Number

4 -- Mike Tomlin's surprise exit

5 -- This week's NFL games are on their minds

6 -- Good question 

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What's Buzzing: Drake Maye, Caleb Williams, Josh Allen, Alex Bregman and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- NFL weekend reactions

2 -- A Drake Maye question

3 -- Good luck with that

4 -- Still talking Caleb Williams

5 -- Josh Allen's card prices

6 -- Alex Bregman to the Cubs

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What's Buzzing: NFL playoff reactions, a Caleb Williams question, Alex Bregman to the Cubs and much more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- A Caleb Williams question 

2 -- Alex Bregman to the Cubs

3 -- LOL

4 -- NFL weekend reactions

5 -- A $1,000 question 

6 -- Lots of card thoughts here

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Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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BROADWAY JOE
The Item: Joe Namath autographed 16-by-20 Sports Illustrated "Broadway Joe" cover photo (BAS witnessed)
The Price: $249
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: I don't normally include the actual price when I make a bigger buy, but in this case a sale price was too strong for a piece so nice ... so I am. Why? A typical price for an item like this is substantially higher than what I paid (around $400-600) and peak asking prices are sometimes even nuttier than the normal range. This was my big Black Friday buy and I landed it via Mill Creek Sports (this is their scan as I struggled to photograph mine thanks to size/glare on my top-loader) and one reason why I grabbed it (beyond the price) was that I liked this horizontal version of the photo and its autograph placement infinitely more than the vertical version. Atop that, it's also a piece where I had a chance to land one for just $150 long ago at The National but I didn't as I didn't have a way to safely get it home. This is the iconic photo that led to the nickname for the eventual Super Bowl winner and icon who helped change the game forever. He turns 83 this year, too, and I don't think demand will lessen over time.
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this ... but NFL cards are here.

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, Josh Rosen, postseason NFL chatter and some threads that'll make you think.

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1 -- Big pull for a 13-year-old

2 -- They're ready for some postseason football

3 -- "Every time I see this thread bumped, my hopes go up that something good happened and I can unload my [Josh] Rosens."

4 -- "Congrats! You just acquired a card company. Now what?"

5 -- "No ragrets" Part 2

6 -- They just don't understand 

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What: 2025 Panini Prospect Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 13, 2026
Box basics: Four autographed cards per six-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This newer brand in the Panini America lineup gets a sophomore release to showcase familiar inserts, players and more inside its packs.

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What's Buzzing: WWE chatter, new MLB pulls, soccer cards, collecting regrets, non-sports cards and ... "is set collecting still a thing?"

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1 -- Several WWE call-ups seem eminent 

2 -- Vintage: "Is set collecting still a thing?"

3 -- Inside two MLB boxes

4 -- Non-sports cards

5 -- All your soccer card chatter

6 -- "No ragrets"

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What's Buzzing: NFL chatter, NBA breaks, non-sports cards, Allen & Ginter X, one to see and ... Wade Boggs or Tony Gwynn?

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1 -- Wade Boggs or Tony Gwynn?

2 -- All your football chatter is here

3 -- NBA breaks

4 -- Plenty of non-sports chatter

5 -- Reacting to Ginter X box changes

6 -- One to see

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What: 2025 Bowman's Best baseball cards
Arrives: March 11, 2026
Box basics: Four autographs per box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: Bowman's Best drops for another year with its familiar format but some new inclusions, too, as it showcases notable veterans and prospects of this past season.

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What: 2025 Topps Pristine baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 4, 2026
Box basics: Two autographs and one auto Relic per six-pack, 48-card box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This release returns for another year on the diamond with a meaty base set, plenty of colorful flash and autographs from both past and present stars all possible in the same box.

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What's Buzzing: Here's one more name-dropping edition for this Sunday showcase of who has 'em talking.

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1 -- Sandy Koufax

2 -- Kazuma Okamoto

3 -- Brock Bowers

4 -- Zion Williamson

5 -- Caitlin Clark

6 -- Arman Tsarukyan

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What's Buzzing: Nothing but name-dropping in this Saturday edition.

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1 -- Shohei Ohtani

2 -- Nick Kurtz

3 -- Tom Brady ... Drake Maye

4 -- Jalen Hurts

5 -- Wemby 

6 -- Cooper Flagg or Kon Knueppel?

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What's Buzzing: Love-hate players, college football madness, custom cards, new pulls and more in this first edition of a new year.

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1 -- Beloved by one, hated by another

2 -- College football has 'em talking

3 -- A year of custom card creations 

4 -- Check out NBA pulls

5 -- Non-sports pulls

6 -- This one has 'em talking 

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

MJ's MOMENT
The Card: Michael Jordan 2008 Goudey Hit Parade of Champions
The Reason Graded: This moment turns 35 this year and this insert card is one that ... came out of a box of baseball cards. It's a throwback to a 1951 set with stars from a little bit of everywhere in this Goudey version. These cards are smaller -- allowing for them to bounce around inside the wrappers -- but the only even close to deterring issue for grading with this copy was an irregular spot in the card stock itself ... but you can't even see it in this image. This finally made it into a grading submission of mine last year because it's an iconic moment for one of biggest names in sports history. The moment? This was Jordan's first championship.
The Grade: CGC 9

Reality Check: Behold! The worst of the four graded. Doesn't matter to me ... I just like the card and nines are fine.

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What's Buzzing: Several links that are worth a look on the final day of 2025.

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1 -- Inside a case of Marvel Studios Chrome

2 -- New NFL pulls

3 -- Still talking Cooper Flagg

4 -- Busting a bunch of NBA hanger boxes ... and more basketball

5 -- New non-sports breaks ... and even more

6 -- Plenty of spicy baseball chatter

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Minor league baseball cards from the past can include some weird stuff ... sometimes stuff you wouldn't imagine to be found on a baseball card. Here are some some new fun cards and oddities in this latest edition of MiLB Madness. 

FORE!
The Card: Nate Alleyne 2017 Grandstand San Jose Giants
The Buzz On This: A clubhouse manager isn't somebody you'll find in MLB sets -- and this month's card isn't even this guy's first (or his last) appearance in this series. This card? It's clearly all about enjoying the natural elements of the golf course on the baseball diamond -- err, about some Photoshop -- while his other card in a past month of this series was all about fire. (OK, it's barbecue ... we can get behind that, too.) Joining these? Drink up this run of cards that reinforce the greatness that is MiLB cardboard with no tie to what it's worth. The best part? His weirdest card is still to come ...

Keep reading for more examples of some weird or fun baseball cards (and other stuff) you can find in and around MiLB.

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