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.
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What's Buzzing: Living Set and NBA chatter, the NFL postseason is here, legal challenges and collectors' thoughts.

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1 -- Talking the Topps Living Set for NBA

2 -- Even more NBA chatter

3 -- NBA breaks are here

4 -- All your NFL chatter for this weekend's action

5 -- More thoughts from collectors 

6 -- An interesting legal challenge

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What: 2026 Leaf Glory of the Game basketball cards
Arrives: Late-February
Box basics: Four "premium" hits per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf focuses purely on basketball stars of the past and present in this one -- and even some from the reel world -- which includes a variety of sets and nothing but hits.

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The box: 2025-26 Topps basketball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview with odds/checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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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'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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What: 2025-26 Topps Midnight basketball cards
Arrives: Jan. 29, 2026
Box basics: Three autographs per seven-card box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Midnight hits the officially licensed NBA hardwood for the first time with a mix of past stars, the top rookies and other intergalactic visions.

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What's Buzzing: Nothing but questions in today's edition as we march toward the end of the year.

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1 -- A weird question of our time

2 -- Still a key question

3 -- A Hall of Fame question

4 -- A $100 question 

5 -- They have questions 

6 -- No question 

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What's Buzzing: Derrick Henry and NFL Week 17 (so far), new packs, release changes, Wemby and more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- NFL Week 17 reactions (so far)

2 -- Talk about new pack pulls here

3 -- Reacting to Five Star MLB changes

4 -- Talking Living Sets

5 -- Wemby 

6 -- MLB chatter

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What's Buzzing: NFL and NFL Draft thoughts, trends from the show floor, Cooper Flagg, fake autographs and more.

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1 -- NFL Week 17

2 -- Pondering NFL Draft possibilities 

3 -- Spotting trends from the card show floor?

4 -- Cooper Flagg

5 -- One to see

6 -- Still a good question from the baseball section

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What's Buzzing: Christmas NBA chatter, NFL action, Heritage High Number and plenty more in this holiday edition.

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1 -- Basketball is on their minds

2 -- NFL Week 17 chatter

3 -- Chewing on some Heritage High Number twists this year 

4 -- Heritage High delivers Jeets again + Here's a case breakdown

5 -- Still a good question from the baseball section

6 -- Will the Federal Trade Commission look into the hobby?

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What's Buzzing: Binders, John Cena, football cards, Michael Jordan autos and more in this midweek edition.

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1 -- Binders full of cards ... and another binder thread

2 -- Talking the John Cena set ...

3 -- All your football chatter is here

4 -- Talking Michael Jordan autograph prices

5 -- Good question 

6 -- Will the Federal Trade Commission look into the hobby?

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What's Buzzing: A good question, a must-see slab, a Steph Curry question, the FTC and much more.

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1 -- Good question 

2 -- All your MLB chatter is here ... and here's NFL chatter

3 -- A must-see slab

4 -- One more PSA talker

5 -- A Steph Curry question

6 -- Will the Federal Trade Commission look into the hobby?

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What's Buzzing: Chicago's new slugger comes from Japan, the hobby and the FTC, NFL chatter, Chrome NBA, a Heritage question and ... applying some science to ink?

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1 -- White Sox land Japan's top slugger

2 -- Will the Federal Trade Commission look into the hobby?

3 -- Testing ink: Might be some science up in here

4 -- Talking 2025-26 Topps Chrome NBA

5 -- NFL Week 16 chatter

6 -- One from back in the day

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What's Buzzing: Topps Chrome NBA, Heritage High Number, the FTC, NFL, remembering Greg Biffle and new pulls in today's edition.

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1 -- Talking 2025-26 Topps Chrome NBA

2 -- Heritage boxes are among the new MLB breaks

3 -- Talking 2025 Topps Heritage High Number

4 -- NFL Week 16 chatter

5 -- NASCAR collectors remember Greg Biffle

6 -- Will the Federal Trade Commission look into the hobby?

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What's Buzzing: New pulls and chatter for NBA, MLB and NFL in this Friday edition.

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1 -- Talking 2025 Topps Heritage High Number

2 -- Heritage boxes are among the new MLB breaks

3 -- A Cleveland in 2025 Topps Allen & Ginter

4 -- NFL Week 16 already has 'em talking

5 -- Collecting NFL PSA 10s ... collecting NBA PSA 10s

6 -- New Chrome NBA breaks will be popping here

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The pack: 2024-25 Panini NBA Hoops basketball cards (value)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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What: 2025 Panini Caitlin Clark Chronicled basketball cards
Arrives: Now
Box basics: 32 cards (eight four-card packs) per 22-page book
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini commemorates the dynamic beginning to Caitlin Clark's WNBA career with a 22-page book looking at her first two seasons as a pro with packs of basketball cards from a small but meaty set also along for the ride with parallels, inserts and autographs waiting to be found.

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What's Buzzing: Wemby returns and guides Spurs, John Cena smiles because it happened, NFL Week 15 and more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- NBA: Wemby returns with a big night

2 -- Talking NFL Week 15

3 -- College football chatter and a new Heisman winner

4 -- Heritage High Number checklist reactions & more

5 -- John Cena's final match & all your WWE chatter is here

6 -- See all of the new pulls here

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What's Buzzing: John Cena's final match and more on collectors' minds this weekend.

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1 -- John Cena's final match & all your WWE chatter is here

2 -- Heritage High Number checklist reactions & more

3 -- Talking college football

4 -- Cooper Flagg

5 -- Thoughts from an NBA collector at a show

6 -- Talking NFL Week 15

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The packs: 2025-26 Topps basketball cards (jumbo)
First Buzz preview with odds/checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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