John Leptich

With card manufacturers issuing new products seemingly on a weekly basis, Donruss has limited itself to baseball since its inception as a card producer in 1981. This year, the Bannockburn-based...

With its first football card set last year, Score displayed a willingness to mix it up in a highly competitive market that was ready to explode. In the process, Score...

If anyone still thinks collecting sports memorabilia is a child`s hobby, this tale should convince them otherwise. On Las Vegas Boulevard, a street better known simply as ''the Strip'' in...

Clearing out a crowded national convention notebook, or ''What I did on my 4th of July holiday with around 30,000 of my closest friends.'' - At last week`s 11th National...

SkyBox, a new high-tech trading card manufactured by National Basketball Association Properties, was unveiled during Thursday`s opening session of the 11th National Sports Collectors Convention at the Arlington Convention Center....

Wanda Marcus hopes to perpetuate the myth about Texans doing things big when the 11th National Sports Collectors Convention begins Thursday in Arlington, Texas. Marcus, who promoted the 1986 national...

Until last year, rookie mania was confined to baseball cards. Then Pro Set and Score included first-year players in their initial football sets to fill the void and pique interest....

Soccer-This was one of the most exciting school years in recent history, for both boys and girls. Defending boys state soccer champion Buffalo Grove didn`t return to the finals, although...

Call it encroachment, offsides, or perhaps even thoughtful planning. Pro Set has jumped the gun-again. The Dallas-based company that last year began producing the National Football League`s official card made...

After years of fighting for a place with baseball and other major sports memorabilia, boxing takes center ring this weekend in Canastota, N.Y. The first Boxing Collectors` Convention, to be...