Here is your October 29th installment of the latest sports card contests to check out. I listed them from most compelling to least compelling, though, to be honest considering we are talking about free stuff here everything is worth checking out. Topps Blog – 2010 Topps Chrome Baseball Bounty Card Contest #4. In their latest bounty contest, Topps is giving away a 1962 Topps Willie Mays card to 3 lucky collectors! They have some great contests for this Bounty promotion so keep your eyes peeled for them. The Cardboard Connection – For their latest contest they are giving away a 2010 Topps...

Wow, so my first article got some great feedback so I’ve decided to make this my new “thing” if you will to hunt down great contests and freebie opportunities to share with the collecting masses. Here is an uploaded list of the currently available contests. This time I listed them from most compelling to least compelling, though, to be honest considering we are talking about free stuff here everything is worth checking out. The Cardboard Connection – Don’t worry football card collectors they’ve got you covered. Check out their 2010 Topps Chrome Football card hobby...

Hello fellow bargain seekers. Money is tight for many these days. But fear not because I’m here to help! I will be posting contests that are giving away free cards as regularly as possible so stay tuned! The Bench – Win a couple dozen random football autographs and g/u cards. The Cardboard Connection – Win a free hobby box of 2010 Topps Triple Threads baseball cards. These babies cost like almost $200 per pop so this is big. As a sidenote, I would recommend checking them out regularly for contests as they have been giving away wax boxes just about every week since I found out...

Topps has just announced that for every 24 hobby pack wrappers of 2010 Topps Chrome baseball mailed to them, they will send back an exclusive 3-card pack of Topps Chrome Rookies and Legends inserts. One out of every ten of these packs, each of which features 3 cards, will contain refractor variations. In addition, every tenth 3-card pack will feature short printed refractor versions. The set will be made up of 15 cards. The checklist includes: Stephen Strasburg RC, Jason Heyward RC, Austin Jackson RC, Mike Leake RC, Buster Posey RC, Starlin Castro RC, Ike Davis RC, Carlos Santana RC, Mike Stanton RC,...

Last week, more than 500 hobby shops received their Panini NFL Player of the Day promotional kits to run the hobby’s most successful promotion in their shop. To find a local participating hobby shop, visit www.nflpod.com and click on the hobby shop locator and just type in your zip code. The promotion runs until Nov. 30. One lucky collector will win the chance to spend a day with an NFL player. More than 10,000 prizes are being awarded including more than 500 autographed cards and footballs. With the support of the NFL Players Association Panini has one of the most power-packed line-up of...

I was saddened to hear about the death of Broncos’ wide receiver Kenny McKinley, who died from an apparent self-inflected gunshot wound to the head on Monday.  It is so disheartening to hear that someone so young and with such great career promise would end his life, especially given that he never showed any  warning signs of being suicidal.  We may never know if his rash of knee injuries or other stressors in his life may have been the trigger, but whatever the reason this brings up an issue that is not address by the NFL or NCAA – depression which maybe triggered/linked to brain trauma.  Now...