Day: April 25, 2023

An intial look at the “Citron Tint” Air Jordan 1 High Zoom CMFT

Brandon King

This women’s specific iteration of the Air Jordan 1 High Zoom sports a combination suede and mesh upper. Negative space is used to form the Swooshes on the lateral and medial sides, with sky j teal taking care of the Wings logo and the “ZOOM AIR” branding on the tongue label. Underneath resides a Formula 23 midsole and a sky j teal rubber outole. Th “Citron Teal” women’s Air Jordan 1 High Zoom CMFT is anticipated to debut sometime over the course of the coming months at nike.com and select…

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“Nothing But Net” Air Jordan XXXVII Low: Official Images

Brandon King

The “Nothing But Net” Air Jordan XXXVII Low is inspired by the outfit worn by Michael Jordan during his classic McDonald’s commerical with fellow basketball legend Larry Bird. It sports a black upper spread across a combination of materials; the mukti-colred appearacnce of the tongue is a nod to the aforementioned outfit. Jumpman branding can be seen on the tongue, rear pull tab, with MJ’s signature also found on the same rear pull tab. Underneath resides a white and black Jumpman branded outsole and a white and multi-hued rubber outsole.…

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An initial look at the 2023 version of the “Playoff” Air Jordan VIII

Brandon King

The Air Jordan VIII turns 30 in 2023 and in commemoration of that milestone Jordan Brand has wisely decided to re-release the “Playoff” colorway. The returning version of the shoe MJ wore as he and the Chicago Bulls defeated the Phoenix Suns 4-2 in the 1993 NBA Finals to cap their first three peat seems to be a fairly competent recreation of its forbear. It sports a black upper with white, black and red graphical print overlays flanking the lower heels. Red-bordered white “23” can be seen on the top…

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Joe Bryant Jr and Kierra Wheeler named Norfolk State Athletes of the Year

Brandon King

Title image via Markus Taft Photography Courtesy of Brian Howard, Asst. AD/Communications, Norfolk State Athletics NORFOLK, Va. | Norfolk State University men’s basketball player Joe Bryant Jr. and women’s basketball student-athlete Kierra Wheeler were named the athletic Male and Female Athletes of the Year, respectively, at the Spartans’ end-of-year awards ceremony on Monday night at Joseph G. Echols Memorial Gymnasium. Bryant is arguably one of the most decorated student-athletes in the program’s history as he etched himself into the NSU record books this season, earning Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of…

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“Olive” Air Jordan 5 coming next spring

Brandon King

The “Olive” Air Jordan 5 has been in cold storage since its 2007 release. Next year, Jordan Brand is apparently gearing up for their second retail run. At this early juncture there no images available, but the hope is they will be a facsimile of its 2007 progenitor (unlike the upcoming “Chambray 7) , meaning it should feature an olive green showing up on the laces and lace holes. Orange is present on the inner, lace locks and Jumpman on the tongue. Underneath resides a orange-accented green upper and translucent…

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Albany State softball ends regular season on winning note

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Courtesy of Dr. Earnest Brown, Albany State Athletics The Albany State Golden Rams softball team defeated the Trinity Baptist College Eagles in their final regular season games on Monday evening.  With the 2 wins, the Golden Rams improved to (25-14) overall.  The Eagles fell to (6-33).     In game #1, the Golden Rams won (9-0).  The Golden Rams had 10 hits and played an error free game against the Eagles.  Madison Hurt, Romona McLeod, Glory Seay and De’Laynie Hollis all had 2 hits each for the Golden Rams. Romona McLeod led the Golden Rams with…

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