Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Thieves breach Nike Distribution Center in the middle of the day

For a long time this column has displayed loud and clear the depths that people will sink to for a pair of shoes. Once again the spotlight is on Memphis, Tennessee for all the wrong reasons. Memphis is a shipping hub for many companies; Federal Express is headquartered in the city and NIke has their distribution center located there as well. With it masses receives and stores of sneakers and other Nike products ,the distribution center is seen to sneaker thieves the same way Fort Knox (when it had gold)…

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Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand announce $2.3 million in community grants

Courtesy of Nike/Jordan Brand What to Know In celebration of Michael Jordan’s 60th birthday, Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand announce $2.3M in Community Grant awards to 48 grassroots organizations across the United States to help create more equitable futures for Black people.  The 2023 round of community grantees includes 43 new organizations, along with a re-investment in five organizations that were awarded grants in 2021, including 1Hood Media, Mortar Cincinnati, Love Now Media, Revolution Workshop, and Good Call NYC.  Inspired by the notion that movements to create systemic change have limitless potential at the…

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An initial look at the”University Blue” Air Jordan 1 High OG

The “University Blue” Air Jordan 1 High OG is a new look of the Air Jordan 1that is part of the brand’s summer 2023 release plans. We reported on the coming of these back in November, complete with potential visual representations. Initial images of this upcoming sneaker have emerged and they are nearly identical to those representations, with the only difference appearing to be the color of the tongue label- black for the renderings and white for the actual sneaker. The “University Blue” Air Jordan 1 High OG is ,…

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