B & C Sports Collectibles

River Ridge Mall's sports card stop in Lynchburg: modern and vintage baseball, football and basketball wax, singles, plus licensed NFL and MLB gear.

Walk past the food court at River Ridge Mall and you will hit B & C Sports, a family-run shop that has been selling cardboard in Lynchburg for well over three decades. The mall setting means long, predictable hours and easy parking, and the store splits its floor between two audiences: fans who want a jersey, cap or bobblehead for their team, and collectors who come for the card cases along the back wall. It is one of the few places in Central Virginia where you can buy a hobby box of Topps or Panini seven days a week.

Sports are the specialty here. Baseball, football and basketball get the most shelf space, with hockey, NASCAR and college products rotating through. Expect current-year releases in hobby, blaster and hanger form, a decent run of vintage singles from the 1970s through the 1990s, and a case of graded rookies. Non-sport product is thinner but not absent; Pokemon and Dragon Ball Super boxes show up periodically, though seasoned collectors recommend checking pack seals on any third-party sourced product before you buy. Supplies like toploaders, sleeves and storage boxes are stocked near the register.

B & C also runs a sister store in Roanoke and an online storefront, and the Lynchburg location doubles as the fulfillment hub, so inventory can be deeper than what is on display. Ask at the counter if you are chasing a particular set or player; staff will check the back and can hold items. The shop is more retail than hangout, with no trade nights or breaks, which makes it a good fit for parents shopping with kids or fans grabbing game-day gear before heading to a Liberty Flames game down the road.

Hours follow the mall: 10 AM to 8 PM Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 PM on Sunday, with holiday extensions in December. Enter through the mall's main entrance off Candlers Mountain Road and look for suite F265. For collectors visiting this Lynchburg card shop, weekday mornings offer the most attention from staff and the best odds of freshly stocked wax before the weekend crowds work through it.