MLB to end decadeslong contract with Topps trading cards

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Major League Baseball is reportedly breaking up with its longtime trading card partner Topps, which has been releasing the player memorabilia since 1952.

The league will instead contract exclusively with sports merchandising company Fanatics beginning in 2026, the Action Network reported Thursday. Its players’ union, the Major League Baseball Players Association, will also begin an exclusive licensing agreement with Fanatics in 2023.

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