What's Buzzing: MLB and NBA chatter, Cooper Flagg, new MLB pulls, inside NFL packs and more.

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1 -- NBA Postseason reactions

2 -- All your MLB chatter is here

3 -- Cooper Flagg thoughts in advance of the NBA Draft 

4 -- New MLB pulls are here

5 -- Opening NFL packs -- new and old

6 -- Still talking modern-day MLB overproduction ... talking NBA

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What: 2025 Topps Sterling baseball cards
Arrives: June 4
Box basics: Two autographed Relics or one auto Relic and one 1/1 Relic per box (four boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Sterling once again hits the diamond for a new season with some high-end inclusions and plenty of star power from today's game with 1/1s typically found in every case.

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Shotzi Blackheart takes care of business against then-champ Asuka during a brawl on Raw. (WWE photo)

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It's the end of an era -- for now -- but the moments and the memorabilia remain.

That's how I'd sum up the recent developments in the wresting realm that tie into this fourth chapter of a memorabilia series with a tweaked name -- a tank-driven tangent in my Collecting Game-used series to be more specific. This time, it's once again an item from Shotzi Blackheart, who I collect rather seriously in the traditional realms involving Panini America and Topps cardboard, but this time it comes with a mild bummer attached yet the piece being ironclad authentic and caught on tape.

The bummer part? Well, that's got nothing to do with the item -- Blackheart's five-plus year run with WWE is over as her contract isn't being renewed as of this past weekend. However, that just means she should be able to take her name and her tank anywhere else in the globe (both things pre-date WWE so they should be hers) and get a lot more ring time and add some new stories to her wrestling tales unlike others who have to find a new name that's not a WWE-owned creation. The unique part of this? Well, it's my next-to-last item for this run -- for now -- and it comes from her brief time in WWE with a distinctly different look, one that I call her spikes era. It's from after she was attacked by Bayley who cut off chunks of her trademark long green hair before Blackheart finished the job herself and she began to unravel. This item was from one of the final steps as she joined forces with Charlotte Flair to take on Bayley's group, Damage CTRL, at Survivor Series and exact some revenge.

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What's Buzzing: Babe Ruth memorabilia cards, modern-day overproduction, NBA action, Topps Heritage and 2025 Bowman in this Friday edition.

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1 -- Talking Babe Ruth memorabilia cards

2 -- Thoughts on modern-day overproduction

3 -- NBA action is on their minds

4 -- Heritage delivers pretty well here

5 -- 2025 Bowman arrives ... Thoughts on Bowman Red

6 -- Check out Bowman breaks

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The box: 2022 Topps MetaZoo Wilderness Series 1 trading cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What's Buzzing: 2025 Bowman arrives, talking VeeFriends, new pulls, NBA postseason and more in this Thursday edition.

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1 -- Check out the Bowman breaks

2 -- 2025 Bowman is here ... Reactions to Bowman Red

3 -- Talking VeeFriends

4 -- Some new basketball breaks in there

5 -- Just don't.

6 -- All your NBA postseason chatter and more

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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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What's Buzzing: Waiting on Jordan Lawlar, meeting Chris Jericho, 2025 Bowman is here and more in this midweek edition.

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1 -- Awaiting Jordan Lawlar's arrival ... 

2 -- Checking in on the Aaron Judge chatter

3 -- 2025 Bowman is here ... Reactions to Bowman Red

4 -- Opening Topps Chrome Black 

5 -- NBA chatter is here

6 -- Meeting Chris Jericho

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What: 2024-25 Bowman University Best basketball cards
Arrives: May 29
Box basics: Four autos per four-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: The third year of Bowman U Best will arrive with top college stars from the women's and men's ranks with an array of inclusions that once again are colorful and varied in their scarcity.

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The box: 2021 Topps Chrome Major League Soccer (blaster)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2024 Topps Midnight football cards
Arrives: May 30, 2025
Box basics: Three autographs per seven-card box (eight boxes per case)
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Odds: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps heads back to the gridiron with its brand that "brings stunning contrast, rich color bursts and ethereal artwork to the hobby."

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What's Buzzing: NBA Playoffs, a long-time project completed, a card to avoid, VeeFriends Chrome, 2025 Bowman and more.

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1 -- All your postseason NBA chatter is here

2 -- A project completed 

3 -- Talking Topps Now

4 -- One to avoid

5 -- Chewing on VeeFriends Chrome

6 -- Still talking 2025 Bowman

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What's Buzzing: Postseason NBA, WNBA pulls, WWE roster changes, 2025 Bowman, Pete Crow-Armstrong keeps homering and more.

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1 -- Postseason NBA chatter

2 -- WWE releases/non-renewals still have 'em talking

3 -- Awaiting Topps NBA 

4 -- Opening more WNBA packs

5 -- Still talking 2025 Bowman

6 -- Pete Crow-Armstrong is still delivering

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What's Buzzing: Pete Crow-Armstrong emerges, Luka Doncic's title-winning ability, 2025 Bowman, WWE releases, NFL favorites and more in this Saturday edition.

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1 -- Will Luka Doncic ever win the big one?

2 -- More 2025 Bowman thoughts

3 -- WWE releases have 'em talking

4 -- Talking past NFL favorites

5 -- Pete Crow-Armstrong is on their minds

6 -- MLB over-reactions are here

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Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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IT'S ALWAYS TIFFY TIME
The Card: Tiffany Stratton 2023 Panini Immaculate Collection WWE Ruby Memorabilia Autographs (/25)
The Price: A meaty amount (for me)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Much like Rhea Ripley rookie autos in 2020, I've focused on trying to find one card from each of the lineups for Stratton's first year of ink in 2023 (RCs in 2022) with cleaner/full sigs on them and this brand was one of my targets for a while. I finally found one that looked good for a price I could pull off. Why chase? Stratton has delivered and figures to do so for some time with her latest big landmark moment being a bruiser of a win over Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania. "Buff Barbie" is an informal nickname here so far -- they're avoiding trademark claims -- but they're also playing into that more and more with her Wrestlemania debut entrance having a Barbie Dreamhouse/packaging feel before a brawl that left her, in her own words, "looking like a broke down Barbie." That spectacle of an entrance and the match were both proof that the meteoric arrival and win over an all-time great at the biggest event of the year is just the start and the WWE is still fueling that rocket. I've been buying (this was a pre-Mania pick-up) and will keep looking for more somewhat selectively -- since stuff is at times pricey.
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What's Buzzing: Aaron Judge, multi-player autos, NBA chatter, a really funky Heritage blaster, 2025 Bowman and more in today's edition.

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1 -- Judge.

2 -- Showing off multi-player NFL autos

3 -- NBA chatter as the postseason continues

4 -- Something really funky brewing?

5 -- All your MLB chatter is here

6 -- Bowman Red Rookie Redemption reactions

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What's Buzzing: MLB chatter, predicting rookie QB success, Luka Doncic, non-sports cards, Bowman Red and vintage baseball players.

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1 -- All your MLB chatter is here

2 -- Predicting 2025 rookie QB success

3 -- Talking Luka

4 -- Non-sports cards are on their minds

5 -- Focusing on vintage MLB players

6 -- Bowman Red Rookie Redemption reactions

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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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The box: 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What's Buzzing: Reactions to Bowman Red Rookie Redemptions, 2025 Score NFL, Shedeur Sanders, a cautionary grading tale and more in this midweek edition.

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1 -- Bowman Red Rookie Redemption reactions

2 -- A grading tale ... (please learn some things here)

3 -- Still talking Shedeur Sanders

4 -- Reactions to 2025 Score NFL

5 -- Still talking Topps Heritage

6 -- Chewing on Topps nuggets

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A new twist on cardboard arrives in 2025 Bowman.

It's the Bowman Red Rookie Redemption program and it allows for card-holders of certain versions of Chrome Rookie Cards found in packs to be held for Fanatics FanCash in the short term or for the long haul.

Thirty rookies will be part of the program and if one wins Rookie of the Year then it's good for $100 in credit. Then there are escalators for MVP or Cy Young awards ... and if one wants to collect for the long haul then they're good for $1,000 credit if that player makes the Hall of Fame.

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What's Buzzing: About Bo Jackson's football Rookie Card, offseason NFL chatter, Downtown cards, an interesting foil botch, Topps Dynasty and Topps Heritage.

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1 -- Bo Jackson's NFL Rookie Card: A lot of correct answers here

2 -- Offseason NFL chatter is here

3 -- Downtowns ... now or later?

4 -- An interesting foil botch

5 -- Awaiting Topps Dynasty

6 -- Still talking Topps Heritage

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The box: 2025 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster)
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What's Buzzing: Agustin Ramirez arrives with a bang, MLB chatter, NFL Draft, Shedeur Sanders and more.

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1 -- Agustin Ramirez arrives with a big bang

2 -- Even more MLB chatter here

3 -- Nuggets from the Topps event?

4 -- The Purples vanished, too ...

5 -- All your NFL Draft reactions are here

6 -- Pondering Shedeur Sanders card values after the fall

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What's Buzzing: Shedeur Sanders falls to Cleveland in the fifth round, NFL Draft reactions, Pop Century arrives and more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- All your NFL Draft reactions are here

2 -- Pondering Shedeur Sanders card values after the fall

3 -- Inside a new Pop Century case ... and another one

4 -- Still talking Topps Heritage ... and Heritage High Number

5 -- NBA postseason talk

6 -- Inside some football boxes 

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