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Nikco Sports headquarters in Chesterfield, Missouri at sunset
36Years in business
375K+Customers served
$3M+Donated to charity
Who we are

Sports are the memories we hand down.

Every one of us at Nikco Sports shares a deep love for the game. The traditions, the rivalries, the seasons you remember by who you watched them with. Those moments deserve to be honored.

So for more than three decades we've designed and crafted commemorative collectibles — for the lifelong fan and the first-time collector alike — built to carry a piece of history a little bigger than yourself. We're a family of sports fans based in Chesterfield, Missouri. When you call, you're talking to one of us.

The Nikco Sports team gathered at the company's Chesterfield, Missouri headquarters
The Nikco standard

What makes a Nikco Exclusive different.

Michigan limited-edition commemorative basketball showing embossed championship graphics, the full season schedule and Wolverines branding
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Fully embossed

Every graphic is engraved and carved into the piece — not printed on to flake away. Details built to last.

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Fully licensed

Created with the full permission of the NCAA, NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA and partner teams.

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A piece of history

Super Bowls, national championships, MVP and Heisman winners, rivalries and anniversaries.

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Every panel covered

Edge to edge, every panel carries the stats and accolades that define the moment. Most pieces include a display case and a numbered certificate of authenticity.

Giving back

$3M+Donated to charity & counting

We believe in the power of sports to make a positive impact. We partner with professional athletes and teams to raise money for the causes they care about, donating a portion of sales to their foundations. That commitment has now passed $3 million.

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The team

The people behind the memorabilia.

Real sports fans. When you call Nikco, you're talking to one of us. Tap a card for the moment that made them a fan.

Leadership

Craig Bidner

Craig Bidner

Chief Executive Officer
Favorite sports momentThrowing out the first pitch at Fenway Park and "purposefully" bouncing it in the dirt to get an official smudge of game-used dirt — then getting booed by 40,000 Bostonians.
Joy Bidner

Joy Bidner

President
Favorite sports momentWatching the Cubs at Wrigley Field with my dad while growing up in Chicago. Other favorites: Mary Lou Retton winning gold in 1984, Cal Ripken's consecutive-games streak, watching my son Calvin score 6 goals in a polo match, and my daughter Ava's hat trick in high school field hockey.
Nichole Massie

Nichole Massie

Vice President
Favorite sports momentMeeting Dan Marino in a Miami hotel elevator with my dad when I was 12.

Directors

Mitchell Hampton

Mitchell Hampton

Director of Digital Marketing
Favorite sports momentItaly's penalty-kick win over France in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final.
Jonathan Trojahn

Jonathan Trojahn

Director of Amazon & 3P Sales
Favorite sports momentDavid Freese's Game 6 heroics in the 2011 World Series: the game-tying triple in the 9th, the walk-off home run in the 11th, and the Cardinals forcing Game 7 on their way to a championship.
Donell Henry

Donell Henry

Director of Retail Sales
Favorite sports momentTaking my six-year-old son to Yankee Stadium, five rows off the third-base line, to watch Jeter, Pettitte, Rivera and Bernie Williams. He spent the whole game trying to get a ball from the ball boy. Finally he looked at me and said, "Dad, I think it's my Bulls hat." That line made the day unforgettable.
Gloria Brown

Gloria Brown

Accounting & Logistics
Favorite sports momentRuffian vs. Foolish Pleasure, 1975.

Sales & operations

Rick Buchanan

Rick Buchanan

AE Supervisor
Favorite sports momentPitching baseballs to my father in the backyard growing up — and eventually throwing hard enough to make his hand hurt as I got older.
Pat Lindsey

Pat Lindsey

Retail AE Supervisor
Favorite sports momentThe St. Louis Blues lifting the Stanley Cup in 2019 after decades of waiting.
Jeff Coy

Jeff Coy

Account Executive
Favorite sports momentThe Kansas City Royals winning the 1985 World Series — and the Chiefs winning Super Bowl 54.
Lee Buchanan

Lee Buchanan

Account Executive
Favorite sports momentThe Rams' 1999 season, when the Greatest Show on Turf won Super Bowl XXXIV.
Jim Walsh

Jim Walsh

Account Executive
Favorite sports momentTeam USA's "Miracle on Ice" win over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Angus MacDougall

Angus MacDougall

Account Executive
Favorite sports momentStorming the Sydney Cricket Ground with more than 25,000 fans in 2022 after Lance "Buddy" Franklin kicked his 1,000th career goal for Sydney against Geelong.
Addison Oliver

Addison Oliver

Account Executive
Favorite sports momentExperiencing the 13-second Chiefs win against Buffalo in real time — in the stadium.
Christine Trotter

Christine Trotter

AE Sales Coordinator
Favorite sports momentSitting next to Lou Brock at my 16th birthday dinner at Robata of Japan. He tried to teach me how to eat with chopsticks. I failed, but he was totally cool.
Matt Simoncelli

Matt Simoncelli

Retail Event Coordinator
Favorite sports momentFollowing Tiger Woods for an entire round at the 2013 PGA Championship.
Carl Veile

Carl Veile

Operations Assistant
Favorite sports momentSitting in Mile High Stadium during the "Broncos Blizzard" Monday Night Football game on October 15, 1984. Fifteen inches of snow fell during the game, cars were stuck in the lot, and we hiked three miles home before getting the car back three days later.
Dino Velic

Dino Velic

Social Media Coordinator
Favorite sports momentWatching Bosnia qualify for the 2026 World Cup after beating Italy on penalties.

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Glenn Ortillo

Glenn Ortillo

Wholesale Account Executive
Favorite sports momentBack in the mid-'60s we'd just moved to the county, into an apartment while our house was being built. I was 6 or 7 and met Bob Gibson, who lived next door. He gave me a signed baseball, and I've been a die-hard Cardinals fan ever since.
Heather Smith

Heather Smith

Wholesale Account Executive
Sam Fischer

Sam Fischer

Wholesale Account Executive
Dorian Jackson

Dorian Jackson

Nikco Wholesale
Favorite sports momentGame 1 of the 2011 Miami–Chicago playoff series in South Beach. Derrick Rose and the Bulls dominated, LeBron had 2 points in the first half, and it felt brutal at the time. The Heat bounced back and closed the series 4–1.
Will Starwalt

Will Starwalt

Nikco Wholesale
Favorite sports momentThe St. Louis Blues winning the Stanley Cup in 2019.
Alex Paszkiewicz

Alex Paszkiewicz

Nikco Wholesale
Favorite sports momentAdam Wainwright freezing Carlos Beltran with a curveball to send the Cardinals to the World Series in 2006.

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