He told the world that he was coming home in the pages of Sports Illustrated and now that he's accomplished his goal of landing Cleveland its first championship since 1964 it makes the most sense to find himself on the cover of the long-running magazine once again.

Not since his debut as "The Chosen One" has there been such a potentially coveted LeBron James SI cover.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers' first NBA championship means there will be plenty of new commemorative pieces to come -- and two of the team's biggest stars' autographs will only come from Upper Deck Authenticated.

They are LeBron James and Kevin Love -- and there are already six autographed items available.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers are your NBA Champions -- and on Monday Panini America will have the cardboard to prove it.

The first real-time Panini Instant basketball cards will document the NBA Finals and the Cavs' unlikely and historic championship beginning on Monday.

The company teased the images above shortly after Game 7 on Sunday night, confirming the previously teased cardboard and giving us all a hint of what's to come.

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You probably know him as the host of Inside the NBA, the postgame show for NBA on TNT broadcasts, but there's a lot you may not know about Ernie Johnson that are perfect for this Father's Day.

Those around the Atlanta area may know that he's the son of a former Milwaukee Braves pitcher and long-time Atlanta Braves announcer, Ernie Johnson Sr., who, after a nine-year MLB career, covered the team for more than 30 years. He's one of 29 members of the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame after he was inducted in 2001.

The father appears on nearly 30 baseball cards with his Rookie Card coming in the 1954 Bowman set and his final regular-issue card in the 1960 Topps set. The son appears on just two cards -- one in the 1990-91 Hoops Announcers set, which is a rare card for its era, and the 2014-15 Panini Threads Voices of the Game autograph above.

But all of this isn't why Father's Day is the perfect time to learn more about a broadcaster and three-time Emmy Award winner we've heard plenty from since 1989.

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What: 2015-16 Panini Immaculate Collection basketball cards
Arrives: Aug. 24
Box basics:  Five autographs or memorabilia cards per six-card box (five boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Immaculate returns for another season with many of the features collectors have come to expect and some new takes on game-used memorabilia cards we've seen in the line before.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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We all know that Michael Jordan is the biggest autograph in basketball and that his exploits in the NBA's Slam Dunk Contest are still memorable to this day.

A new item from Upper Deck Authenticated combines those two things with a twist.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Scenes inside fan caves, Topps NBA chips, big breaks, big blasters & the National Sports Collectors Convention.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Bad cardboard, Doom autographs, 2016 Topps Series 2, The National & more ...

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, building a rainbow of parallel sets and finding NBA Finals stars.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Behind the scenes at Topps in the early 1990s, The National autograph tickets, 2016 Topps Archives, I got you Babe and ... four 1/1s in one case?

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, retro breaks, baseball hauls and The National.

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Father's Day is roughly two weeks away and Panini America's plans for its annual hobby shop promotion are coming together with a multi-sport release that celebrates nearly all ends of the sports world all on one place.

The Father's Day promo pack.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Allen & Ginter Rip Card finds, strong blasters, more retro NBA breaks, Ghostbusters and the best buy in MLB.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big wrestling pulls, more 1990s NBA box breaks, favorite Panini NBA releases and ... what if the Golden State Warriors lose?

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, Draymond Green's greatness and new (old) football.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Nomar Mazara's potential, a trip to the Museum, Ghostbusters breaks, another legendary blaster and retro NBA breaks.

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We all know why Oklahoma City's Steven Adams was in the headlines after Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals (and, if not, it's on heavy rotation on ESPN just tune in), but the New Zealand-born center just might be a guy on the team whose cardboard could be on the move if the Thunder can dethrone the defending champion Golden State Warriors.

Why?

He's not Kevin Durant or Russell Westbrook. The third-year star and former 12th-overall draft pick has a good amount of cardboard available so, just for kicks, let's take a look at some of his cards ...

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Busting early Topps Heritage, big NBA breaks, Steven Adams takes a hit, Johnny Manziel screws up again and ... Babe Ruth in a blaster box?

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big blasters, big pulls & big names on this Sunday afternoon.

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Panini America's newest NBA set, 2015-16 Panini Clear Vision, arrives in hobby shops today with a sleek modern design with cards on acetate but also with an element that's a bit of a throwback to the past.

There's not an autograph or memorabilia card in every box.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Showing off Superfractors, a non-sports show haul, retro rips and the Rougned Odor-Jose Bautista feud.

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At the beginning of the season it was Kristaps Porzingis, who stole all the headlines when it came to NBA rookies.

But it's Karl-Anthony Towns who got the one that mattered as he was named the NBA's Rookie of the Year in unanimous fashion on Monday -- just the fifth winner-take-all vote in the history of the award. Porzingis finished second.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Colorful 2016 Bowman autos in a case, Carson Wentz in Prime Signatures, long-gone Correas and more.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: National Treasures NBA breaks, new Ichiro & Trout cards, $250 on vintage + more. 

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One of Panini America's most highly collected high-end brands arrived in hobby shops today with what looks like more color, more prime material and more potential than in the past.

Every box of 2015-16 Panini National Treasures includes at least 10 cards and at least eight of those are autographs or memorabilia cards.

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