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SportsPicks and PlayMakers 1st Half Schedule for 2011 'Gentlemen, Start Your Wallets...' Friday, October 15, 2010
Hindsight is 20/20 but we're prouder of our ability to see into the future. We're doing our part to kick-start the economy by planning several lines of can't-miss sports figures for the first half of 2011. As part of your budget-planning for next year, take a look at the upcoming SportsPicks and PlayMakers lines sure to fill out your collection. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Our football season doesn't end when the new year starts -- I mean come on, it's playoff time! Our last NFL products for this season come out right at the start of the playoffs, with NFL 25 and our Dallas Cowboys 2-pack. NFL 25 -- domestic release early January Randy Moss 5 -- Minnesota Vikings Troy Polamalu 2 -- Pittsburgh Steelers (Retro jersey exclusive to TARGET) Ray Rice -- Baltimore Ravens LeSean McCoy -- Philadelphia Eagles Julius Peppers -- Chicago Bears LaDainian Tomlinson 5 -- New York Jets Brett Favre 4 -- Minnesota Vikings (Retro jersey exclusive to TARGET) Peyton Manning 3 -- Indianapolis Colts (Retro jersey exclusive to TARGET) Charles Woodson -- Green Bay Packers/Oakland Raiders (Collector Level only) NFL Dallas Cowboys 2-pack -- domestic release early January Tony Romo 4 & Miles Austin 2 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL We're expanding our MLB series in 2011, offering four full lineups (MLB Elite, Cooperstown 8, MLB 27 & MLB 28) alongside our second series of MLB PlayMakers and a player debut 2-pack for baseball's most popular team: Cooperstown Series 8 -- domestic release early February Nolan Ryan 4 -- New York Mets Curt Schilling 3 -- Boston Red Sox Willie McCovey -- San Francisco Giants Carlton Fisk 2 -- Chicago White Sox & Boston Red Sox Rickey Henderson -- Oakland A's & New York Yankees Lou Gehrig 2 -- New York Yankees Catfish Hunter -- New York Yankees (Collector Level only) Ozzie Smith -- St. Louis Cardinals (Collector Level only) MLB Elite -- domestic release early February Robinson Cano 2 -- New York Yankees Matt Holliday -- St. Louis Cardinals Joey Votto -- Cincinnati Reds John Lackey -- Boston Red Sox Ryan Braun -- Milwaukee Brewers Roy Halladay 2 -- Philadelphia Phillies MLB PlayMakers 2 -- domestic release mid-February Kevin Youkilis -- Boston Red Sox Alex Rodriguez -- New York Yankees Roy Halladay -- Philadelphia Phillies Stephen Strasburg -- Washington Nationals Mariano Rivera -- New York Yankees Johan Santana -- New York Mets Joe Mauer -- Minnesota Twins Andre Ethier -- Los Angeles Dodgers Derek Jeter -- New York Yankees Albert Pujols -- St. Louis Cardinals MLB 27 - domestic release late April Albert Pujols 4 -- St. Louis Cardinals Chase Utley 2 -- Philadelphia Phillies Derek Jeter 5 -- New York Yankees Dustin Pedroia 2 -- Boston Red Sox Stephen Strasburg -- Washington Nationals Joe Mauer 2 -- Minnesota Twins Matt Kemp -- Los Angeles Dodgers MLB 28 -- domestic release early June Mariano Rivera 3 -- New York Yankees David Wright 2 -- New York Mets Kevin Youkilis 3 -- Boston Red Sox Andre Ethier -- Los Angeles Dodgers Ryan Howard 2 -- Philadelphia Phillies Jason Heyward -- Atlanta Braves Daisuke Matsuzaka -- Boston Red Sox (Collector Level only) NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Our NHL 27 lineup features three captains, the defending champs' new goalie, a pair of young hotshots and "The Great One." Two of our three NHL lines come out in the second half of 2011, but NHL 27 insures that we start things off right: NHL 27 -- domestic release late January Wayne Gretzky 6 -- Edmonton Oilers Jarome Iginla 4 -- Calgary Flames Marty Turco 2 -- Chicago Blackhawks Dion Phaneuf 2 -- Toronto Maple Leafs Evgeni Malkin 2 -- Pittsburgh Penguins Jimmy Howard -- Detroit Red Wings NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Our NBA 19 lineup and a special NBA 3-pack are both fueled by the massive free agent movement during the off-season. An avalanche of superstar talent filed change-of-address forms this summer, and we are happy to help fans get to know their favorite team's newest superstar with a SportsPicks figure. NBA 19 -- domestic release mid-March LeBron James 3 -- Miami Heat Amare Stoudemire 2 -- New York Knicks Shaquille O'Neal 2 -- Boston Celtics Carlos Boozer -- Chicago Bulls Chris Bosh -- Miami Heat Steve Nash 3 -- Phoenix Suns Rajon Rondo -- Boston Celtics NBA Miami Heat 3-pack - domestic release mid-March LeBron James 4 Dwyane Wade Chris Bosh COLLEGE FOOTBALL Our 2011 College Football line features some of the NFL's best players wearing the uniforms of their alma maters -- once again making their schools proud. It's the best college football lineup we've ever created, full of huge names, trophy winners and popular schools. College Football 3 -- domestic release early June Tim Tebow -- Florida Gators Charles Woodson -- Michigan Wolverines Adrian Peterson 2 -- Oklahoma Sooners Joseph Addai -- LSU Tigers Beanie Wells -- Ohio State Buckeyes Troy Polamalu -- USC Trojans Ndamukong Suh -- Nebraska Cornhuskers I think we'll stop there before your wallet taps out. According to the Chinese calendar, 2011 is the "Year of the SportsPick" so we should all prepare accordingly. Stay tuned to Spawn.com for photography and even more info about our upcoming lineups.