What: 2016 Donruss football cards
Arrives: Aug. 3
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 24-pack box (18 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini's Donruss brand hits the gridiron with aesthetic looks back to the past with today's biggest stars, two Peyton Manning tribute sets and some extra Fans of the Game who people will know throughout the galaxy -- oh, and a set that will give collectors a shot at their autographs, too.

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What's Buzzing Today: Ghostbusters, Superfractors, Satchel Paige, maildays & more.

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The box: 2016 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 42
Base set completion: 
33 of 185 (18 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Andrew McCutchen, Yu Darvish, Carlos Correa, Ken Griffey Jr., Rickey Henderson.

Rookie Cards (7) – Miguel Sano, Luis Severino, Max Kepler, Gary Sanchez, Jorge Lopez, Pedro Severino, Kelby Tomlinson.

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When 2016 Panini Classics football cards arrive next week, they will carry with them a new (old) look for the long-running brand.

They'll come printed on oldschool cardboard, too.

But that's not all that will be a throwback in the retro-styled brand -- there will be errors and variations for collectors to chase.

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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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The biggest event of the year in terms of creating new football cards takes place this week as the 22nd annual NFLPA Rookie Premiere kicks off Thursday and runs though Saturday.

It's there where players will don their uniforms for the first time for photos for upcoming Panini America football cards.

“NFLPA Rookie Premiere is one of the most important events that we participate in annually, as it helps us set the stage for our entire football trading card products that we will release over the next 15 months," said Mark Warsop, Panini America CEO. “Serving for the first time as the NFLPA's exclusive trading card partner and presenting sponsor provides us with more opportunities than ever to execute a series of unique activations throughout the event, and create our best-ever product assortment for the new season.”

Today, the NFLPA released who'll be in attendance.

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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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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 box: 2016 Score football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 12
Cards per pack: 11
Cards in this box: 132
Base set completion: 
88 of 440 (20 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notable players found on base cards: Todd Gurley, Adrian Peterson, Julio Jones.

Rookie Cards (33) – Notables include Jared Goff, Connor Cook, Will Fuller, Kenyan Drake, Paxton Lynch, Braxton Miller.

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What's Buzzing Today: The Walking Dead & Topps, Ghostbusters, Topps Heritage, big NFL pulls.

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This year's NFLPA Rookie Premiere is coming -- next week -- and it will have a new look to it as Panini America takes over as the exclusive trading card licensee for the NFL.

The company has been at work preparing for the event for months and it offered a teaser of what one product will include.

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

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Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer did something last night that had only happened three other times in MLB history.

He struck out 20 batters in a game.

It's a feat that only Roger Clemens, who did it twice, and Kerry Wood have done before, but in both of those pitchers' cases there's an iconic early baseball card to chase. For Clemens, his 1984 Fleer Update card is the one to own. For Wood, it's his 1997 Bowman Chrome.

For Scherzer?

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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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What's Buzzing Today: Bartolo Colon's home run card, The Golden Bear, vintage debates, vintage pulls and Superfractors ... plenty of Superfractors.

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Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash, LeBron James and Steph Curry.

Those are the players who have taken home the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award in back-to-back seasons -- and none of them have done it in unanimous fashion except for Curry, who made history on Tuesday.

It's an elite club for sure.

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What: 2016 Panini Black Gold Collegiate sports cards
Arrives: July 27
Box basics: Four autographs or memorabilia cards per two-pack box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: This brand arrives on the college level for the first time with four cards per pack and the familiar look that we've seen in other sports with baseball, football and basketball cards in this release.

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Sometimes you just have to let the images speak for themselves.

Check out this gallery of images -- new additions to a Blowout forum collection thread that Buzz included in yesterday's Board Buzz.

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What's Buzzing Today: Collection images, Tennessee Vols surprises, Panini Prizm & more.

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What: 2016 Certified football cards
Arrives: July 27
Box basics: Four autographs or memorabilia cards per 10-pack box (24 boxes per case via two inner cases)

What's buzz-worthy: This one will be the home of The Peyton Manning Collection, a five-card insert set that will have game-used jerseys and autographs, while every box will include one Rookie Patch Auto.

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What: 2015-16 Panini Preferred basketball cards
Arrives: July 27
Box basics:  Two autographs and two memorabilia booklets per two-pack box (eight boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Playbook gets a slight revamp to include an auto and a booklet in each pack, while continuing to include game-specific memorabilia booklets and a massive autograph set that is free of stickers.

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

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but breaks in today's edition -- everything from football to soccer to wrestling from the past and present.

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What: 2016 Donruss Optic baseball cards
Arrives: July 20
Box basics:  Two autographs per 20-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini's promise of bringing Optichrome into its baseball lineup begins here with a Prizmatic take on the Donruss baseball brand that will include 10 parallels to the basic Donruss set you've seen before with some added touches.

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

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Update: It sold for $179,100 on May 16.

Kobe Bryant's final game sparked a few fireworks with his 60 points at the Staples Center, but the show is not over.

The No. 8 added to the floor just for that game, which Bryant signed afterward, is heating things up on the auction block.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2014 Panini Golden Age trading cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (hobby box)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 48
Base set completion: 
38 of 150 (25 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Jimi Hendrix, Martin Luther King Jr., Josh Gibson, Ernie Banks, Farrah Fawcett, Joe Jackson

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