The Guy Who Started #EndFanatics Is Meeting With the CEO Michael Rubin

Around the world, sports enthusiasts love collecting sports cards. For some, it may be a hobby, however, many are passionate about collecting memorabilia. For them, it’s like an honor or an award that recalls thousands of memories. With the significant increase in people’s interest, sports cards have become widely accessible, and readily available in chain…

Update: Burge implicated in the Probstein shill bidding scam. – LINK HERE When it comes to being a sports card scammer, Kevin Burge can do it all.  The Mooresville, North Carolina dealer has been accused of forging autographs, faking patch cards, and trimming cards as far back as 2003.  In addition to the card doctoring,…

From the company that brought you Dak Prescott Auto-Penned autograph cards… Oh, and a laundry list of other mistakes over the last decade …. it should come to no one’s surprise. Panini America Luka Doncic Autographs are fake. Luka’s signature on his Panini America cards started changing over the course of the 2018-19 NBA Basketball…

Leaked internal documents have pulled back the curtain on Fanatics Collectibles’ private meetings and partner strategies during the 2025 National Sports Collectors Convention (NSCC).  The documents, labeled “Privileged & Confidential,” detail the company’s aggressive focus on a hand-picked group of breakers, hobby shops, and distributors. The leak includes a “Participants Sales” leaderboard, ranking Fanatics’ top partners by their…