Random Card Of The Day: Pinnacle Inside Cans 1997

Cards in a can you ask? Why yes... I know some people thought the innovations of the 90's were sometimes crazy and most didn't care for them. But what you gotta look at is the fact that this was a very popular era of collecting and one in which I joined the collecting world. This is an innovation I really enjoyed. I tried to chase down any of them I could find.

They did these cans for baseball (I have the set) , Football, WNBA. and hockey. The cans also came in gold parallel versions. The cards were unique inside with a variety of parallels and inserts. I wished some of the innovations like this would come back to now-a-days. The cans were only made in 1997-1998.

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Brett Favre returns to football as high school offensive coordinator

Brett Favre is expected to sign a contract as a high school offensive coordinator.

Favre is expected to be named the new offensive coordinator at Hattiesburg Miss. Oak Grove High within days. The move could become official as early as Monday night.

While Oak Grove head football coach Nevil Barr told WDAM that no official decision had been made, Favre's longtime agent, Bus Cook, told the Sun-Herald that Favre was definitely taking a position at the school to "give him something to do."

Barr and Favre are reportedly close friends, and the coach has expressed a great deal of flexibility in potential roles for the legendary quarterback as a way to get him involved in the program.

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