The Beckett Blog

It’s a busy time here at Beckett Media as we continue to prepare all of the sports card magazines and books you’ve come to expect — as well as a more than a few extra magazines here and there, too — but we’re not done there.

Beckett’s Tracy Hackler and Chris Olds have signed on to provide occasional sports card and memorabilia items to ESPN.com’s Page 2. So in case you haven’t bounced around online to see what’s going on in the hobby enough, now there’s another possible destination.

Why? It’s a chance to get the hobby some added widespread exposure, perhaps drawing back some of those collectors who’ve left cards behind and forgotten the likes of Topps, Upper Deck, Panini, Press Pass and others.

Here’s a quick rundown of what we’ve done for Page 2 so far …

We’ll update this list every so often after additional items are published.

Dec. 29 — Justin Bieber featured in Donruss hockey set

Dec. 25 — Tebow, now starting, racking up football cards

Dec. 21 — Brett Favre’s memorabilia surely grabbing attention

Dec. 12 — Wonder Years‘ Jason Hervey is on wrestling cards

Dec. 1 — Unlike fakes, Derek Jeter already has Red Sox card

Nov. 30 — Leslie Nielsen appeared on 2009 Upper Deck card

Nov. 20 — Football pioneer has first memorabilia card made

Nov. 18 — Bryce Harper’s first pro jersey up for auction

Nov. 12 — Help Topps pick 60 greatest baseball cards

Nov. 4 — With passing of Andy Irons, interest in card rises

Oct. 30 — How about a Yankee Stadium office chair?

Oct. 27 — Collectors eye first LeBron James card with Heat

Oct. 19 — Rookies & legends set to appear on hockey cards

Oct. 9 — Bryce Harper card sells to investment banker

Oct. 3 — Topps to give away diamonds with baseball cards

Sept. 27 — Logan Morrison goes from card shop to majors

Sept. 26 — Topps readies for 60th anniversary

Sept. 11 — Robert Horry signs 1st NBA card

Sept. 5 — Yes, that Pamela Anderson has a baseball card

Aug. 31 — Tim Tebow, John Elway join up for trading card

Aug. 29 — Strasburg created buzz on cards

Aug. 27 — MMA announcer Bruce Buffer makes name for himself

Aug. 16 — New Obak set looks at game changers

Aug. 1 — Alex Rodriguez appears on nearly 18,000 cards

July 29 — Tim Tebow’s name is on everything

July 20 — LeBron James’ first Heat card

July 19 — “Major League” manager Lou Brown passes away

July 18 — James-Wade-Bosh card surges in value

July 11 — Even Bob Sheppard had a baseball card

July 10 — Jordin Sparks, Stuart Scott in card set

July 3 — Kobayashi beats Chestnut! — in trading cards

June 28 — Baseball fan cracks code, gets card

June 23 — Landon Donovan’s trading card value rises

June 22 — For Tim Tebow, it’s the sign of the times

June 16 — Strasburg card buyer is sold on pitcher

June 8 — Harper, Strasburg see cards rise

June 4 — Tim Tebow trading cards rise in value

May 31 — Pat Tillman’s football cards not forgotten

May 29 — Is this Stephen Strasburg card really worth it?

May 22 — Fans can draw their own trading cards

May 15 — Athletes marketing own memorabilia

May 8 — Tony Hawk jumps into the trading card game

May 5 — In NHRA, Forces to be Reckoned

May 2 — Even celebrities have trading cards

April 23 — Tim Tebow’s first “card” in NFL is valuable

April 21 — Hogan, Flair autograph cards for TRISTAR

April 16 — UFC interim champ Shane Carwin collects cards

April 12 — You can have a piece of Texas Stadium

April 6 — So glad Arena League has returned

March 29 — Cards correctly predicted WrestleMania winners

March 27 — Kobe loves trading cards … seriously

March 27 — WrestleMania winners in the cards

March 19 — Abraham Lincoln appears on a baseball card

March 17 — UFC cards are all the rage

March 9 — No bull here as you can get PBR trading cards

March 7 — “Blind Side” heats up Michael Oher’s cards

March 2 —  Apolo Anton Ohno’s baseball card takes off

March 1 — You’ll be bugged by these baseball cards

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Tracy Hackler is the Editorial Director at Beckett Media, while Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an e-mail to Hackler at thackler@beckett.com or Olds colds@beckett.com. Follow Olds on Twitter by clicking here. Follow Hackler on Twitter by clicking here.