Day: July 6, 2023

“Cyber” Nike Dunk Low coming in 2024

Brandon King

Nike will keep the hits coming for the ladies into 2024, as is evidenced by this upcoming Dunk Low. Said to draw its aesthetic inspiration from that of cyberpunk, it sports a an anthracite leather upper overlaid with reflective elements at the tow, eye rows, sides Swooshes wrapping the heel and sitting atop the rear heel. Nike branding on the tongue, with that of the embroidered variety on the rear heel. Underneath resides an anthracite midsole and a black rubber outsole. The “Cyber” Nike Dunk Low will come in extended…

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“Flash Aqua” Adidas Harden Vol. 7 dropping this summer

Brandon King

This upcoming iteration of the Harden Vol. 7 sports a flash aqua upper whose monochromatic aesthetic is only broken up by the bronze panels on the lateral and medial sides. Underneath this upper resides a hybrid BOOST and Lightstrike flash aqua midsole with Three Stripes branding at the heel. The “Flash Aqua” Adidas Harden Vol. 7 is scheduled to debut August 15 at adidas.com and select retail establishments; they will carry a 160 USD sticker price. Adidas Harden Vol. 7 Flash Aqua/Cloud White-Flash Aqua IF5617 $160 15 August 2023

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FAMU Women’s Hoops Coach Shalon Pillow resigns

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Courtesy of Florida A&M Athletics TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –– Florida A&M Women’s Basketball Head Coach Shalon Pillow resigned after three years and two seasons leading the Rattlers. “I am very thankful for the opportunity to lead the women’s basketball program over the last three years,” said Pillow. “I am more than grateful to have had the opportunity of working with the young women on the team and be part of their development on and off the court.”   Coach Pillow and the Rattlers went 4-14 in SWAC play in both seasons and defeated Georgia State…

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Check out these images of “NY v NY” Nike KD 16

Brandon King

This upcoming KD 16 is made for the New York vs New York , an annual summer tournament that brings together the crème de la crème from six summer leagues – Watson (Bronx), West 4th (Manhattan), Lincoln Park (Queens), Gersh (Brooklyn), Dyckman (Manhattan), and Tri-State (Manhattan). It sports a wine upper with gold piping that laps the upper. Metallic gold Swooshes flank the heel/achilles area, along with a gold button on the rear heel that reads “EASY”. The tongue reads “NY vs NY” as a reference to the tournament, replacing…

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Spurs’ security allegedly touched up Britney Spears

Brandon King

Britney Spears allegedly got the Iceberg Slim backhand when the pop star attempted to ask Victor Wembanyama for a picture on Wednesday, according to a report from TMZ. According to the report, the incident went down at approximately 8:30 at the Catch restaurant in the ARIA hotel. Spears and her husband, Sam Asghari, were entering the restaurant and as they were doing so spotted Wembanyama, the no.1 pick in this year’s NBA Draft. She went over to Wemby to ask him for a photo and as she tapped him on…

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Black/Gold Kobe IV Protro coming in December

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This upcoming Kobe IV Protro will be part of the relauncingof the Kobe line. At this juncture there are no available image of the yet-tobe-released colourway but is known it will utilize a black and gold colour palette. Initial predictive speculation assigns an aesthetic of a monochromatic black sneaker, only broken up by gold on the Swooshes and Kobe logo. The “Black/Gold” Nike Kobe IV Protro is scheduled to debut December 26. They will carry a 180 USD sticker price. Below is a potential visual representation via sneaker files.a

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An intial look at the “Aunt Pearl” Nike KD 16

Brandon King

Since the KD IV, every subsequent model in the KD line has featured one colorway commemorating Durant’s late Aunt Pearl who succumbed to that pernicious disesase, breast cancer in 2000. From the images a sneaker with a pink upper lapped with white piping and Swooshes of the same hue flanking the ankle. Pink KD logo can be seen on the tongue with a smattering of hot pink at the top lace loop and “EASY” marked button the rear heel provides some additional visual variety. Additional hot pink can be seen…

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MEAC News: North Carolina Central names Sofia Rachi Women’s Tennis Head Coach

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Courtesy of North Carolina Central Athletic Communications DURHAM, N.C. – Director of Athletics Dr. Louis “Skip” Perkins has announced the promotion of Sofia Rachi to head coach of the North Carolina Central women’s tennis program. Rachi served as the NCCU interim women’s tennis head coach in 2022-23 and was an assistant coach for the Eagles for one season prior to that in 2021-22. “Sofia proved that she is the right leader for the NCCU women’s tennis program last season,” Perkins said. “She took over as a young interim coach and immediately had success.…

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Fourteen members of Albany State soccer named to Peach Belt Conference 2022-23 Presidential Honor Roll

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Courtesy of Dr. Earnest Brown, Albany State Athletics The Peach Belt Conference has released the 2022-23 Presidential Honor Roll, presented by Barnes & Noble College.  The Honor Roll recognizes the outstanding academic achievements of PBC student-athletes who compete in the league’s 16 championship sports both at full member institutions and associate member institutions. The Presidential Honor Roll honors all PBC student-athletes who had a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the academic year. The honor roll has been divided into four groups: Presidential Scholars, Bronze Scholars, Silver Scholars and Gold Scholars.…

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“Triple Red” Nike KD 16 on the way

Brandon King

This upcoming, eye-catching colorway of the KD 16 sports a monochromatic aesthetic, with red showing up on it’s combination mesh and nubuck upper along with all of its brandings. The same hue also takes care of the midsole and outsole. More information on these, and other colours of the KD will be reported as it avails itself.

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