Day: July 21, 2018

Nike Air Flightposite to release in Dark Neon Royal

Brandon King

This upcoming colorway of the Air Flightposite is a hats off to Penny Hardaway’s days with the Orlando Magic. It featuresm a Dark Neon Royal Foamposite upper with a black , zippered neoprene shroud with stitched royal swooshes on the lateral forefoot and at the top of the sleeve. Dark Neon Royal is also present on the front pull tab and the rear tab, which the same black and dark neon royal stripes found on the Foamposite One. A translucent outsole rounds out this shoe’s aesthetic. The “Dark Neon Royal”…

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“Work Blue” Air VaporMax Plus coming soon

Brandon King

This work blue colorway is the latest addition to the Nike VaporMax Plus family. The Air Max Plus upper outfitted in the work blue hue. A white midsole os sandwiched between the aforementioned upper and a full-length gradient Vapor Max sole unit. The “work blue” Nike Air VaporMax Plus will release soon at nike.com and select Nike Sportswear retail venues. Sticker price is set at $190 USD. Nike Air VaporMax Plus Work Blue/Cool Grey-Diffused-Blue-White 924453-402 $190

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: TX duo robs sellers of sneakers

Brandon King

Fort Worth, Texas serves as the location of our latest reporting of sneaker-driven absurdity. Here we have two teens who used Facebook to find sneaker sellers and then rob them. Ironically in addition to being their hunting grounds, social media also proved to be their undoing, as that is from where the tips that led to their capture originated. Dubbed the “sneaker robbers” by police, Brittaney Nicole Harrison,19, and Deangelo Antuan Curley,18, both of Forth Worth were the duo accused of robbing two people on two separate occasions. At approximately…

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All-Star Zoom Kobe 1 to return next month

Brandon King

The “All-Star” Zoom returns for the first time in 12 years. Like the other recently released Zoom Kobe 1s, this incarnation is is a Protro, a performance-based retro. The shoe features white leather upper with black being used heel overlay wrap, carbon fiber, and Swoosh. Red shows up on the collar, stitching, midsole and along with black, the outsole. The “All-Star” Zoom Kobe 1 Protro is scheduled for an August 2018 release. The sticker price is set at $175. Nike Zoom Kobe 1 Protro “All-Star” White/Black-Varsity Red AQ2728-102 $175 August…

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Image of Black/Red “Tinker” Air Jordan 13 surfaces

Brandon King

An image of the Black/Red “Tinker” Air Jordan 13 has finally surfaced, thanks to Jordan Brand athlete Tim Hardaway Jr. The pair depicted is very similar to the original sketch of the Air Jordan XIII, which is a low profile, sleek aesthetic. The sneaker does not appear to have the clear rubber trim of the sketch, opting for what appears to be a light mint for that location as well as on the midfoot strap. There is no word on a retail release for these but a 2018 drop seems…

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