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Collectors Share their Love for Upper Deck during Valentine’s Day Weekend

After Upper Deck shared hundreds of thousands of packs with collectors for National Hockey Card Day through our network of Certified Diamond Dealers, we made a lot of fans. When word got out we were going to send more of these packs to fans throughout North America, collectors shared their love for Upper Deck on [...] Upper Deck Blog

College coaches share spotlight in new Upper Deck set

By Chris Olds | Editor

In the college ranks, there’s typically one man who stands above the rest.

The head coach.

While countless coaching legends have appeared on cards through the years, it’s in Collegiate Licensing Company-approved and draft pick products where the legends are often found. The likes of Bobby Knight, John Wooden, Bobby Bowden, Tom Osborne and many more have made their way into packs.

But there are still more to be found — and that’s where the latest effort from Upper Deck comes in.

Arriving today after some delays is World of Sports, a multi-sport 375-card set that features some prominent basketball coaches along with athletes from baseball, basketball, swimming, hockey, skiing and much more. Among the highlights are 30 top coaches, including: Tom Izzo (Michigan State), Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Bill Self (Kansas), Jim Calhoun (Connecticut), Bob Huggins (West Virginia) and Tubby Smith (Minnesota).

“This is an exciting venture to have college basketball coaches featured on Upper Deck trading cards,” Self said. ” It was always a thrill opening up packs of cards as a youngster to see who you had.”

Some of the other notable athletes in the set include Bo Jackson, Jose Canseco, Olympic swimmer Dara Torres, Tiger Woods, Landon Donovan, David Beckham, Sidney Crosby, Mario Lemieux and LeBron James.

Filed under: Beckett Media, college basketball, Upper Deck Tagged: 2011 Upper Deck World of Sports, Bob Hugguns, David Beckham, Joe Canseco, Tiger Woods, Upper Deck, World of Sports The Beckett Blog

Fans Share Why They Love to Open Fleer Ultra NHL® Cards!

The 2014-15 NHL® season is approaching and fans are fired up about the opportunity to score some of the first cards from the new Fleer Ultra Hockey set.  Recently we asked our fans on Twitter, “Tell us why you are excited to break some packs of this family friendly new release!” Here is some of [...] Upper Deck Blog