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Shop Disney x Champion’s NFL Release
The new frontier (erm, Frontierland) Disney has been making inroads into as of late? Sports, in an effort to reach even more fans across generations. And its latest athletic courting ritual comes in the form of the Disney x Champion NFL Collection, announced last month and now available to shop online at fanatics.com, nflshop.com, and disneystore.com.
A landmark partnership seeking to “fuse two of the world’s most powerful fan ecosystems — sport and storytelling,” per a press release, the collection matches all 32 NFL teams with beloved Disney, “Star Wars,” Marvel, and Pixar characters as part of a line of sweatshirts, T-shirts, and hoodies that debuted at Fanatics Fest NYC on July 16.
Only eight team pairings were initially unveiled — the Buffalo Bills and the Beast; the Dallas Cowboys and Woody; the Las Vegas Raiders and Darth Vader; the New England Patriots and Captain America; the New York Giants and Wreck-It Ralph; the New York Jets and Buzz Lightyear; the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Captain Hook; as well as the Washington Commanders and Hamm. These were revealed on-stage at Fanatics Fest in an inventive Disney Fan Draft format, “reimagining the NFL Draft through an unmistakable Disney lens,” according to Disney.
