Take one part American pastime, add a twist of gambling, and then a global health crisis: Hours-long livestreams of people opening packs ... opens new cards each day—baseball, football ...

NFL 3+ Time MVPs / (Damon Bomar II/Yahoo Sports) (sports.yahoo.com) Football cards have long been a prized possession ... symbolizing the golden age of the sport. Collectors cherish it not only ...

an unopened pack of 1948 Bowman basketball cards fetched $55,200 in a Memory Lane Auction, and basketball cards run a very distant third to baseball, our national pastime— behind football.