Sportkings Trading Cards

Sport Kings Comeback Announced

2008 marks the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of Sport Kings trading cards. The tradition continues as Sport Kings LP announces the release of Sportkings Series B.

Sport Kings at the Toronto Sports Expo

Sport Kings collectors will be treated to another wrapper redemption at the Spring Expo, Toronto May 2nd to 4th at the International Centre, Toronto Canada.

Collectors opening boxes of Sportkings Series A at the Sport Kings booth will receive two Special Spring Expo Redemption Cards.

Each of the Redemption Cards feature two Sportkings from the same sport along with two pieces of game-used memorabilia. Each card is numbered out of 9 of the silver version and also has a 1/1 gold version.

The redemption cards include: Jim Brown/Barry Sanders, John Elway/Troy Aikman, Pele/Freddie Adu, Randy Couture/Quinton Jackson, Mark Messier/Mario Lemieux, Ron Turcotte/Secretariat and Patrick Roy/Martin Brodeur,

The total checklist includes 20 different Redemption Cards.

New Additions to Series B

Sport Kings LP is thrilled to announce that BMX rider and Mat Hoffman will be one the world class athletes honored Sportkings Series B. Mat is considered one of the best "vert ramp" riders in the history of the sport. He is nicknamed "The Condor".

In 1985, Hoffman entered the freestyle BMX circuit as an amateur at the age of 13. At age 16, he was the youngest pro the sport had ever seen.

Mat's resume includes taking his bike base-jumping off 3,500-foot Norwegian cliffs and, in 2002, setting the record for the highest assisted "air" on a bicycle, when he rose 26'6" above a 24' ramp, reaching 50'6"above the ground. This feat was listed in the 2004 Guinness Book of World Records and there have been no attempts to break the record since it was set.

Mat is a true innovator, defining the sport with the invention of more than 100 revolutionary tricks like the 900; Flip fakie (backflip which includes landing backwards); and Flair (backflip with a 180 degree turn).

Hoffman has been a key player in building the sport of BMX Freestyle. He developed the Bicycle Stunt (BS) Series to give riders a place to compete and showcase their talents. The enormous success of the BS Series inevitably attracted the attention of ESPN, which joined forces with Hoffman Promotions in 1995 to produce and televise the series each year.

Hoffman and his team were also selected to take part in the closing ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.

George "Meadowlark" Lemon was known, for 22 years, as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. Meadowlark played in 94 countries, before various diplomats, world leaders and royalty. Over his career he played in more than 16,000 games for the Globetrotters.

In 2000, Lemon received the John Bunn Award, the highest honor given by the Basketball Hall of Fame outside of induction. In 2003 the Basketball Hall of Fame gave him their highest honor, induction.

Series B Future Star Announced

Joey Chestnut will be one of four Future Stars included in Sportkings Series B.

Joey
Chestnut

Joey Chestnut of San Jose, Calif., won the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, beating former champion Takeru Kobayashi and setting a new world record by downing 66 Nathan's Famous hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes.

The Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest has been held each year since 1916, according to archives. The 2007 contest may have been the most highly anticipated match-up in the event's storied 92-year history. Police reported that nearly 50,000 people attended the event in Coney Island.