Pin trading has become a hallmark of the Olympics in recent decades — and not just for athletes. An official trading center in Milan was a hotspot for longtime collectors and curious newcomers alike.

While taking home a gold medal is the ultimate goal at the Olympics, some athletes are also looking to collect the special edition pins at the games. Pin trading has been common practice at the ...

Olympic pin trading is back for the 2024 Paris Games — and more popular than ever. The longstanding tradition, sometimes referred to as the "unofficial sport of the Olympics," involves trading and ...

Collectors travel from all over the world to trade and purchase pins representing past, present and future Olympic Games.

While athletes in London are set on winning Olympic gold, self-described “pinheads” are focused on collecting Olympic brass. Pin traders from across the globe have gathered in London -- not just to ...

The night before he flew to France, 19-year-old London collector Josh Waller had — quite literally — thousands of pins strewn across his bedroom. He was sorting through his collection to decide which ...

MILAN — You don't have to be an athlete to leave the Olympics with a coveted piece of metal, as long as you're game to trade lapel pins. The pins come in all shapes and sizes, usually made of enamel ...

There’s a lot of mystery about what goes on behind the scenes at the Olympic Games. As a former Olympian, I'm sorry to tell you that it’s not all sex or bust as the headlines might lead you to believe ...

Disneyland has reigned in “professional” pin traders who bring thousands of collectible pins to the Anaheim theme park by extremely limiting the amount of time, number of pins and trading locations ...