Sports Collectors Digest

How a traditional sports fan from the South fell in love with a new game

If you’ve read my column over the past 18 months, you know I started collecting sports cards much like every other sports-loving kid in America — fueled by an intense love for stick-and-ball games like baseball, football and basketball.

But I’m going to let you in on a little secret, one only close friends and family members know about me.

It’s not a deep, dark secret I’ve kept hidden in a closet, or shoved

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