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		<title>Special Agent Phil Coulson’s Vintage Captain America Trading Cards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Carlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently saw Marvel’s The Avengers and the acclaim it is getting is well deserved in my opinion. It was great watching The Avengers “assemble” and without a doubt one of the main reasons they did so was because of Special Agent Phil Coulson’s vintage Captain America trading cards. That’s right, had it not been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Send Your Birthday Wishes to Jeff Skinner and Score!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Carlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Jeff Skinner’s birthday and we have enjoyed a great relationship with him thus far in his young career. Whether it was working with him at the NHL All-Star Game in North Carolina or helping him learn how to handle the dreaded man-crush fan, we have really had a lot of fun with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LeBron James is Proving to Be a MVP On and Off the Court</title>
		<link>http://upperdeckblog.com/2012/05/lebron-james-is-proving-to-be-a-mvp-on-and-off-the-court/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Carlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After LeBron James made “The Decision,” most basketball fans immediately resented him. Maybe that is putting it mildly. The LeBron haters swiftly came out of the woodwork and have been pumping a steady stream of angry rants against the NBA star since he moved south to play in Miami. It didn’t help when the Cleveland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Moms Collect Upper Deck Trading Cards? You Better Believe It!</title>
		<link>http://upperdeckblog.com/2012/05/do-moms-collect-upper-deck-trading-cards-you-better-believe-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 21:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Carlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Mother’s Day coming up this weekend we asked our Facebook fans if there were any mothers out there who like collecting Upper Deck cards and we were surprised to receive so many responses. Having a mom that collects has got to be a dream come true for their kids and such is the case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Wrestlers Deserve a Place in Multi-Sport Trading Card Sets?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 20:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Carlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I grew up as a closet wrestling fan spending my Saturday mornings watching Hulk Hogan, Sgt. Slaughter, Nikolai Volkoff, the Iron Shiek, George “The Animal” Steele, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and so many others squaring off in the ring. For me back then, it seemed like the fate of the world hung in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UD Makes Collectors a &#8220;Priority&#8221; at the Sports Cards and Collectibles Expo</title>
		<link>http://upperdeckblog.com/2012/05/ud-makes-collectors-a-priority-at-the-sports-cards-and-collectibles-expo/</link>
		<comments>http://upperdeckblog.com/2012/05/ud-makes-collectors-a-priority-at-the-sports-cards-and-collectibles-expo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Carlin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://upperdeckblog.com/?p=10922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Twice a year Upper Deck makes a trek to Toronto,  Canada for the Sports Cards and Collectibles Expo where thousands of rabid hockey fans turn out in droves. And we don&#8217;t come empty handed. UD spends a lot of time (and money) putting together one of the most appreciated autograph card sets in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upper Deck Shares Short Print Information on 2011-12 NHL SPx</title>
		<link>http://upperdeckblog.com/2012/05/upper-deck-shares-short-print-information-on-2011-12-nhl-spx/</link>
		<comments>http://upperdeckblog.com/2012/05/upper-deck-shares-short-print-information-on-2011-12-nhl-spx/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 17:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Carlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Puck fans have been jumping on the opportunity to grab autograph rookie jersey cards in 2011-12 NHL SPx which arrived in stores this week. There are several other solid inserts that have collectors fired up however and today Upper Deck is pleased to share short print information on many of the more popular inserts in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upper Deck Brings a Cinco de Mayo Celebration to Canada</title>
		<link>http://upperdeckblog.com/2012/05/upper-deck-brings-a-cinco-de-mayo-celebration-to-canada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 23:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Carlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most common question Upper Deck staff heard during the Spring Sports Card &#38; Collectibles Expo last Saturday was, “What’s with the sombreros?” As many fans know, Upper Deck is located only about an hour north or Mexico so we thought it would be fun to bring some Spanish flavor to the Expo for Cinco [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UD Shares Short Print Groupings on 2012 Upper Deck Football</title>
		<link>http://upperdeckblog.com/2012/05/ud-shares-short-print-groupings-on-2012-upper-deck-football/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 22:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Carlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The draft is over, but the foil is still flying as football fans crack more and more packs of 2012 Upper Deck Football. And in their quest to find some of the most sought after rookies of the season, they are also scoring some great autograph cards as well. The always popular Letterman autograph cards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pigs Fly! College Football Moves to a Playoff System for the BCS!</title>
		<link>http://upperdeckblog.com/2012/05/pigs-fly-college-football-moves-to-a-playoff-system-for-the-bcs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 20:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kramer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years we have heard excuse after excuse as to why college football will never move to a playoff system. Most fans believed we would see pigs flying before we saw a playoff system in college football. Fianlly it seems like college football fans growing disdain for the current BCS format has led to what [...]]]></description>
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