Dmitri Young announces his intention to return to MLB and President of ISA Grading joins host Rob Bertrand and Doug Cataldo to discuss a very special grading promotion the company is running through the month of August.

Product Discussions

We review the contents from our box of Panini's Gold Standard Basketball and run down the list of newly released product previews available to collectors, including;

2011 Certified Football

2011 Donruss Elite Football

2011 Bowman

2011 Tristar Obak

2011 Tristar TNA Impact

2011 Ace Authentic Hidden Treasures Series IV

2011 Roger Federer Grand Slam Box Set

2011-12 Upper deck Series One Hockey

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National Sports Collectors Convention Executive Director John Broggi joins hosts Rob Bertrand, Doug Cataldo and Dmitri Young to discuss the upcoming 32nd National Sports Collectors Convention. Find out what's new, whose signing, and what attendees shouldn't miss.

Product Discussions

Russ Cohen joined us for the second half of the show to discuss Upper Deck Ultimate Hockey, a high risk, high reward product geared toward high-end collectors, Hit collectors, Patch auto collectors, and 2010-11 NHL rookie card collectors. We also take a peek at the tribute product, Boston Bruins Stanley Cup Champions box set.

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Fresh off a huge day at the Hall of Fame Classic in which he earned the game's MVP award, Dmitri Young returns to Card Corner Club Radio. Joining us will be Mike Smeth from CardboardConnection.com with a huge announcement that is sure to rock the collecting world, as well as Chris Thomas of BaseballCardPedia.com.

New Sports Card Sets to Look For

There were tons of new products announced this week. For football collectors we have the higher mid end sophomore release 2011 Topps Prime Football which sports 2 autographs and 2 memorabilia cards per $100 hobby box.  2011 Topps Chrome Football, the perennial mid-end NFL rookie themed powerhouse, will for the second year in a row incorporate the Bowman Chrome brand into the mix. On the lower end of things is 2011 Panini NFL Sticker Collection. This low end set is geared towards kids and consists of 354 regular stickers, 100 Holographic Foils and 40 Micro-Etched stickers.

Next up is 2011 Press Pass Showcase, a high end NASCAR release that features 3 hits and 12 inserts / base cards per $180 hobby box. Rounding out the list is 2011 Topps WWE. In addition to the popular Divas and Legends insert set, Topps WWE will include a 50-card Heritage style Legends insert set based on the design of 1962 Topps Baseball.

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Former ECW Champion and WWE Diva, Dawn Marie, sits down to discuss life after wrestling. Her foundation Wrestlers Rescue is devoted to raising money for the healthcare needs of wrestlers after they leave the square circle. We also discuss some of her memorable career highlights, thoughts on collectibles and share a few candid laughs.

Product Discussions

As always, we also discuss recent product releases including 2010-11 Zenith Hockey. This product is geared toward fans of 90's card design, collectors looking for something different,and collectors intrigued by the possibility of pulling a National Treasures Auto RC. In addition we discuss our thoughts on 2010-11 Totally Certified Basketball which caters to set builders, parallel set builders, collectors looking for on-card autographs of the 2010-11 rookie class, collectors intrigued by Panini HRX video cards, and fans of mid-sized hobby boxes (6-packs).

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