Day: August 12, 2020

This Air Jordan 13 is coming in 2021

Brandon King

Next year will see the retail debut of a new colourway of the Air Jordan 13. At this juncture there are no images available but it has already been monikered “Red Flint” and makes use of a gym red, flint grey, black and white color palette. Early speculation is that it will share a similar aesthetic to the classic “Flint” colourway, but with gym red standing in for the blues. The so called “Red Flint” Air Jordan 13 Air Jordan 13 is planned for a spring 2021 release at nike.com…

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“Blood, Sweat and Tears” J.Cole x Puma RS-Dreamer coming this month

Brandon King

J.Cole’s Puma Basketball shoe, the RS-Dreamer, is planned to release in limited-edition colorways this August. Nicknamed “Blood, Sweat and Tears” inspired by the hard work and tenacity that one must possess in order to bring one’s dreams to fruition. It sports a red upper built of combination of mesh and suede with white piping on the later side, grey branding on the tongue pull tab and a “DREAMER” logo on the heel. The aforementioned upper sits atop a red midsole and a grey rubber outsole. The “Blood, Sweat and Tears”…

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“Laser Blue” Air Max Plus 3 on the way

Brandon King

This version of the returning Air Max Plus III sports a fading blue mesh upper overlaid with white leather. Small black Swooshes are present on the lateral and medial sides with laser blue accents wrapping the heels. On the tongues the Tuned Air logo is found, while “TUNED AIR” is found on the heels. Below this upper sits a white midsole that houses the heel tuned air unit and a forefoot Air unit and more “TUNED AIR” branding along with a black rubber outsole. These are already available across the…

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Swoosh portions are all over this Nike Air Force 1 Low

Brandon King

This Air Force 1 sports a pale yellow upper that features a combination of smooth and tumbled leathers with portions of Swooshes located throughout. The branding on the tongue, rear, and laces all show up in the same place yellow hue. The aforementioned upper sits atop a pale yellow midsole and outsole , completing this monochromatic aesthetic. The release of this Air Force 1 Low is imminent at nike.com and select retail venues. Nike Air Force 1 Low CK7214-700

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Damian Lillard’s career high propels Trail Blazers past Mavericks 134-131

Brandon King

The Portland Trail Blazers continue their fight for the post season as they got a critical 134-131 victory over the Dallas Mavericks Monday night.  The driving force behind this push is Damian Lillard. Dame who was in a bit of a row with Paul George and Patrick Beverley ( and a side of Skip Byaless) after uncharacteristically coming up short in the waning moments by missing a pair of go-ahead free throws and a game-tying three-pointer against the Clippers, has scored 112 points in the subsequent two contest, including tying…

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SOTC: AN ESSAY SneakerHead Complaints

Aaron Henderson

In my introductory piece for SST, I wanted to start of with a new Essay Series called SOTC (State of the Culture). I’ll cover a range of topics, but TODAY, let’s dig into how we, as a subculture are some of the WHINIEST consumers out there. If you don’t wanna stick around while I jump into my old man bag, feel free to exit now. You’ve clicked the link. Your traffic has been counted. SINCE WHEN DID YOU BECOME A LEATHER AND TEXTILE MASTER? People work in whole factories, go…

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Suns defeat depleted 76ers 130-117 for seventh straight win

Brandon King

While the Los Angeles teams have garnered most of the press since the NBA has resumed its season, there is another purple-clad Western Conference team that is really doing work down in the bubble. That team is the Phoenix Suns and they have not lost a game in the “bubble. Devin Booker lead the way with 35, Mikal Bridges added 24 , while Ricky Rubio chipped in with 16 points and 10 helpers. Phoenix came into resumption of the season 13th in the West. The current seven game winning streak…

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