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Lambeau Field’s hybrid grass explained
LAMBEAU FIELD, Wis. (WBAY) - Lambeau Field’s playing surface looks like a typical grass field, but it includes reinforcement built below the surface. The hybrid system has been in place since 2018, installed by SIS Pitches. How the system works About 95% of the surface is natural grass. The other 5% is made up of synthetic fibers stitched into the soil. Those fibers extend into the root zone, where the grass roots grow around them to help hold the surface together.
Goldin Is Expanding Its Franchise Playbook With the Los Angeles Rams
Following its Lakers announcement, Goldin's latest agreement with the Rams expands its role in game-used memorabilia and team-operated auctions as the company develops relationships across professional sports.
What Can Canadian Policymakers Learn from Europe’s Approach to Chinese Electric Vehicles?
This report was produced by the China Strategic Risks Institute (CSRI), an independent, non-partisan global policy think-tank providing in-depth analysis of the risks and opportunities posed by the rise of the People’s Republic of China. The report was published with support from the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and is presented here with CSRI’s permission. Executive Summary A Shared Challenge: What Can Canadian Policymakers Learn from Europe’s Approach to Chinese Electric Vehicles?
Bay Port girls flag football heads to state championship
HOWARD, Wis. (WBAY) - Bay Port's first-year girls flag football program has qualified for the state championship tournament after winning every game of a state qualifying tournament it hosted. Head coach Josh Hundsrucker said the program faced challenges finding games in its first season. “Going into it as a first-year program, first-year coach of this. And then, then Little Shoot was able to get us a game. Tonight, Oneida is able to get us a game.
Green Bay man’s cross-state run for cancer families reaches Michigan
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A run fueled by a personal mission has crossed into Michigan. Cody DeLorenzo left Green Bay on Friday, carrying a game ball to Detroit to raise money for families affected by cancer. DeLorenzo is now just outside Grand Rapids, Michigan, with 178 miles left to reach Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions. So far, he has raised more than $21,000 toward his $50,000 goal for Henry Ford Hospital’s game on cancer program.
Goldin Is Bringing Lakers History Closer to the Game
With direct access to Lakers memorabilia, the franchise's global fan base and eBay's live-commerce infrastructure, Goldin is drawing on decades of auction expertise to bring sports history to mainstream fans and established collectors alike. Magic Johnson signed his name three times across a purple Los Angeles Lakers jersey before Ken Goldin brought it to auction.
Goldin Is Bringing Lakers History Closer to the Game
Goldin Is Bringing Lakers History Closer to the Game
StockX Is Taking Its Marketplace Playbook Into Live Commerce
With its expansion into live sports-card shopping, StockX is drawing on a decade of marketplace experience, pricing intelligence and established seller relationships to shape its next chapter in commerce. StockX built its business around a simple idea: buyers should know what they're purchasing, what it's worth and whether they can trust the transaction. Its founders looked to financial markets for the answer.
Calista Initiative builds curiosity using hands-on science
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Scott Bartels built the Calista Initiative around giving kids the chance to explore water science for themselves. “They get to see, they get to learn, they don't just hear and listen and have, you know, little worksheets or whatever. They can actually figure out what's happening and why,” Bartels said. Bartels said his own experience leading teams in the military for 22 years helped shape how he works with students.
ADBLI Introduces Growth Advisory Model Combining Business Strategy and Sustainability
ADBLI Introduces Growth Advisory Model Combining Business Strategy and Sustainability New York-based firm brings growth capital, business financing and strategic advisory into a coordinated approach for companies planning long-term expansion NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, October 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- ADBLI has introduced a growth advisory model designed to help businesses evaluate expansion through a combination of strategic planning, access to capital and long-term business...
WPS proposes 15% rate increase over two years; PSC hears public input
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - For customers attending Tuesday's Public Service Commission hearing, the debate over rising energy costs isn't about politics — it's about their bottom line. Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) is seeking approval from state regulators for a 15% rate increase for residential customers spread across the next two years. The proposed hike has drawn concern from local residents worried about rising household expenses.
WPS proposes 15% rate increase over two years; PSC hears public input
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - For customers attending Tuesday’s Public Service Commission hearing, the debate over rising energy costs isn’t about politics — it’s about their bottom line. Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) is seeking approval from state regulators for a 15% rate increase for residential customers spread across the next two years. The proposed hike has drawn concern from local residents worried about rising household expenses.
WPS Proposes 15% Rate Increase Over Two Years; PSC Hears Public Input
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - For customers attending Tuesday’s Public Service Commission hearing, the debate over rising energy costs isn’t about politics — it’s about their bottom line. Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) is seeking approval from state regulators for a 15% rate increase for residential customers spread across the next two years. The proposed hike has drawn concern from local residents worried about rising household expenses.
Assault video from Parkview Middle School circulates on Facebook
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (WBAY) - A video showing an assault at Parkview Middle School is circulating on Facebook, and parents are voicing concerns. The incident occurred just after the final bell rang at Parkview Middle School last Thursday. One student grabbed the other by the hair and slammed her to the floor. The assault was filmed by another student, who then uploaded it to social media.
International student enrollment falls across UW System, mirroring national trend
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - International student enrollment is falling across the country, and Wisconsin is following that trend. The UW System is down about 1,000 international students this fall. National decline mirrored in Wisconsin The decline started showing up last year as international visa issuance fell. International applications through the Common App are down about 10% nationally, and national enrollment is down nearly 9.5% this fall. The UW System says Wisconsin is seeing the same pattern.
Brown County considers addiction treatment as alternative to jail
BROWN COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) - Brown County is considering long-term addiction treatment as an alternative to jail for people whose addiction has brought them into the criminal justice system. Adult & Teen Challenge of Northeastern Wisconsin Executive Director Vaushawn Johnson said many people who come to the program have already tried shorter treatment programs but found themselves caught in the same cycle. Johnson said he knows that cycle personally.
Asymmetric statecraft: Strengthening British power in a more geopolitical era
Image generated using Artificial Intelligence For over 30 years, the United Kingdom (UK) assumed it could shelter under the protection of the post-Cold War ‘rules-based international system’. Today, with the return of great power confrontation, war on the European continent, and the alignment of the ‘CRINK’ powers (the People’s Republic of China [PRC], Russia, Iran, and North Korea), that system is fracturing.
Fox Valley Together event honors tornado recovery volunteers
NEENAH, Wis. (WBAY) - For a few hours Sunday, the Fox Valley took a break from tornado cleanup for an event called Fox Valley Together. The event ran from noon to 7 p.m. Organizers from the New National Association of Remodeling Industry, Daizy Roots Bands, Tailgate County and Willie Beamon's joined forces for an afternoon of music, food, family activities and raffles in Neenah. Northeast Wisconsin NARI started the idea for the event. “I think it's extremely important.
Trump administration proposes changes to federal Head Start program
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - The Trump administration is proposing major changes to the federal Head Start program. Officials say the goal is to give states and local programs more flexibility and that the changes could preserve or expand as many as 236,000 Head Start slots nationwide. The proposal would also change requirements for how much time children spend in Head Start, along with staffing and other services. That is raising concerns among early education leaders in Wisconsin.
Live Commerce Is Rebuilding How Collectors Enter—and Stay in—the Hobby
Through livestreams on TikTok Shop, Ballers Bank and Hobby Box show how discovery, recurring programming and seller infrastructure are creating new paths into sports collecting. A Hobby Box customer once had a problem with a box she had purchased. The company offered her another one and invited her back to its livestream. But before returning, she wanted to know who would be working. She asked specifically for Anthony, a host who had developed a reputation for handling high-end Topps products.
Fox Valley cities hold town hall for residents following tornado
MENASHA, Wis. (WBAY) - Leaders from Menasha, Neenah, and Fox Crossing gathered at a community town hall to hear concerns from residents still dealing with damage left behind by a tornado, with questions focused on cleanup, repairs, and what comes next. Cleanup process underway Menasha Mayor Austin Hammond said the restoration effort is not a one-size-fits-all process, with crews balancing debris removal, utility restoration, and directing resources to the hardest-hit areas.
Appleton’s St. Mary Cemetery damaged by tornado; crews working to assess gravestone destruction
APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - St. Mary Cemetery in Appleton sustained significant damage from Monday’s tornado, with uprooted trees blocking paths, damaged gravesites and multiple broken gravestones. Cemetery management said they are still working to assess the full extent of damage to the gravestones because the volume of fallen trees is restricting access to portions of the property. “Well, I was driving up Prospect right in front of Xavier High School, which is about a block and a half away.
SLUG Magazine - Salt Lake UnderGround
Pie and Beer Day: More Than Just Bread and Brew Coinciding with Utah’s Pioneer Day, Utahns had the opportunity to be a part of the biggest assembly of pie and beer in the country. … read more
Tornado, severe storms hammer Fox Valley; roads closed, thousands without power
APPLETON, Wis. — A severe thunderstorm upgraded to a tornado-warned storm by the National Weather Service struck the City of Appleton on Monday. A confirmed tornado touched down west of Appleton with reported winds of 124 miles per hour, prompting tornado warnings around the western side of Lake Winnebago from the Appleton to Fond du Lac areas. The City of Appleton said it has fully mobilized all departments and is prioritizing emergency calls for service and restoring road access.
Tornado, severe storms hammer Fox Valley; roads closed, thousands without power
APPLETON, Wis. — A severe thunderstorm upgraded to a tornado-warned storm by the National Weather Service struck the City of Appleton on Monday. A confirmed tornado touched down west of Appleton with reported winds of 124 miles per hour, prompting tornado warnings around the western side of Lake Winnebago from the Appleton to Fond du Lac areas. The City of Appleton said it has fully mobilized all departments and is prioritizing emergency calls for service and restoring road access.
Inside COMC: The Business of Moving Millions of Cards
The modern sports card market operates with remarkable efficiency. A collector in Los Angeles can purchase a card from a seller in Miami with only a few taps. Prices update continuously across competing platforms. From the outside, the process can feel almost effortless. Behind every completed sale, however, is a sequence most collectors never see.
Man escapes car fire on I-41, fire officials offer safety reminders
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A vehicle fire on I-41 near Mason Street left a car completely burnt within seven minutes, and the driver with a singed arm, after the engine cut out and the car caught fire while he was driving home from work. Nate Hightower said his engine cut out shortly after getting onto I-41, and he lost his brakes. He rode the rumble strips to slow down before forcing the car into park.
Inside Burbank Sports Cards with Rob Veres
Inside Burbank Sports Cards with Rob Veres Every Saturday, thousands of collectors gather outside Burbank Sportscards at the intersection of Magnolia Boulevard and Hollywood Way. Beneath a towering mural of Shohei Ohtani sliding into home plate during his historic 50/50 season and a larger-than-life recreation of the iconic 2008-09 Topps "Basketball" Kobe Bryant and LeBron James card, collectors wait for the doors to open.
The Seven-Figure Shohei Ohtani Kanji Autograph the Market Couldn’t Buy
The Seven-Figure Shohei Ohtani Kanji Autograph the Market Couldn’t Buy A private collector from New York wanted to trade a financial package worth more than most American luxury homes. Another blind proposal arriving via text message included a brand-new 2026 McLaren, a zero-mile Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV, and roughly $350,000 worth of high-end graded card slabs, with the buyer offering to flatbed drive the vehicles cross-country directly to the door.
The $700K Trade Connecting Fine Art, Sports Cards and Luxury Real Estate
“The biggest trades are shockingly similar to the smallest ones. The conversations are the same. The negotiations are the same. The questions are the same. The only difference is the number of zeros.” – Danny Lesserman, RWT Collective Danny Lesserman has spent enough time inside the hobby to know the difference between mythology and reality.
60 Days Into the MLB Season, Here’s How the Dodgers’ Card Market Is Reacting
Roughly 60 days into the MLB season, the Dodgers still look like the team baseball expected them to be. They remain near the top of the National League standings, project as a World Series favorite, and continue operating with one of the deepest rosters in baseball. But beneath the standings, another market has been moving just as aggressively. Inside the sports card world, the Dodgers are no longer functioning as one team. They are multiple collectible economies operating simultaneously.
Cardboard and Capital: Why Prospects, Breakouts, and Superstars Don’t Trade in the Same Market
Cardboard and Capital: Why Prospects, Breakouts, and Superstars Don’t Trade in the Same Market By now, the structure is clear. Skill changes first. Opportunity expands. Narrative forms last. Prices move when those three align. The mistake most collectors make is assuming that process behaves the same way for every player. It doesn’t. The instinct mirrors the idea behind Moneyball, finding undervalued players before the market recognizes them. But in the card market, that approach is incomplete.
Cardboard and Capital: Why Prospects, Breakouts, and Superstars Don’t Trade in the Same Market
Cardboard and Capital: Why Prospects, Breakouts, and Superstars Don’t Trade in the Same Market By now, the structure is clear. Skill changes first. Opportunity expands. Narrative forms last. Prices move when those three align. The mistake most collectors make is assuming that process behaves the same way for every player. It doesn’t. The instinct mirrors the idea behind Moneyball, finding undervalued players before the market recognizes them. But in the card market, that approach is incomplete.
Beyond the Break: Inside Lucky 7 Cards and Collectibles — Austin, Texas
Beyond the Break: Inside Lucky 7 Cards and Collectibles — Austin, Texas By early evening, the tables are already full. Rows of Zion cases line the shop floor, collectors leaning over them, flipping through stacks, negotiating in real time. By the time it’s fully underway, Lucky 7 Cards and Collectibles is packed, with a few hundred people moving through the space and dozens of vendors set up across nearly every available surface. Trade night here isn’t a side event.
Fanatics Is Redefining When the NFL Rookie Card Begins
Ninety seconds after a player is drafted, a photo is taken, printed onto a trading card, signed on stage, and released to the public for purchase. The sale window lasts 72 hours. The final print run is determined entirely by how many people buy in. In that sequence, Fanatics collapses what used to take months into seconds.
Cardboard and Capital: How to Actually Read the Card Market Before It Moves
Cardboard and Capital: How to Actually Read the Card Market Before It Moves In my last article we reframed the problem. The market does not reward performance on its own. It rewards the moment performance becomes visible, understood, and widely believed. The next step is knowing how to identify that moment before it happens.
Cardboard and Capital: The Moneyball Edge in Sports Cards
For most collectors, the logic feels straightforward. If you understand sports, you should understand sports cards. You watch the games, follow the players, track the stats, and stay current on headlines. That should lead to better buying decisions. In practice, it rarely does. The sports card market does not reward improvement on its own. It rewards the moment that improvement becomes visible, understood, and widely believed.
Owning the Moment: Why Sports Cards Outlasted NFTs
Sports collectibles recently ran through a real-world experiment. Digital platforms promised fans ownership of sports moments through NFTs, offering blockchain tokens tied to highlight plays and cultural milestones. At the same time, trading cards continued operating within the hobby’s traditional infrastructure of grading companies, auction houses, and collector marketplaces. Both markets attempted to sell the same idea of ownership of sports history. The outcomes diverged quickly.
Inside the Big Money in the Sports Card Boom
Inside the Big Money in the Sports Card Boom When Shohei Ohtani hit his 50th home run of the 2024 season, the baseball itself instantly became one of the most valuable pieces of sports memorabilia in the world. Soon afterward, the ball sold for $4.4 million to a venture group based in Taiwan. The buyer was not a traditional memorabilia collector, but a group of investors treating the artifact as a cultural asset.
Cardboard and Capital: How the Sports Card Market Actually Works
Sometimes, the most valuable cards in the hobby appear quietly. Recently, collectors began whispering about the discovery of the 2013 Bowman Chrome Aaron Judge Superfractor Autograph, a true one-of-one rookie card of the New York Yankees star. The card had reportedly been sitting with a family who had no idea of its extreme rarity. When a potential buyer recognized the card, they did something unusual.
Cardboard and Capital: What Makes a Blue-Chip Sports Card
A six-figure price for a piece of cardboard can sound irrational. Yet markets routinely assign extraordinary value to objects that combine scarcity, cultural relevance, and trust in authenticity. Fine art, rare wine, vintage watches, and classic cars operate on similar principles. Sports cards increasingly do as well. As the hobby has taken on the characteristics of a structured market, the question is no longer why cards have value.
Cardboard and Capital: The New Mechanics of the Collectibles Market
For decades, sports cards were treated primarily as nostalgia. Collectors chased childhood memories, favorite players, and rare finds pulled from wax packs. Prices rose and fell with fandom, not capital markets. That dynamic has changed. The sports card market increasingly exhibits the structural characteristics of an alternative asset class, resembling markets such as fine art or rare wine.
Britain could pay a heavy price if it fails to crackdown on Chinese EVs
The European Union has joined the United States and Canada in slapping tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles (EVs). It’s a rare moment of transatlantic unity – but where does it leave Britain? For now, the UK remains the awkward man in the room. It is the only G7 country not to have imposed tariffs on Chinese EVs (or, in the case of Japan, which already has arduous non-tariff barriers to deter foreign automotive companies from entering its markets.
Detroit Lions' Rookie Aidan Hutchinson Praised By NFL Legend
Proven by his defensive rookie of the year considerations, Detroit Lions’ rookie Aidan Hutchinson had a phenomenal 1st season in the NFL. Producing unlike any rookie edge rusher in NFL history, the Michigan native propelled himself to 9.5 sacks, three interceptions, nine tackles for loss, and two fumble recoveries. His outstanding rookie year drew the attention of many NFL stars and legends alike.
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