Brandon King, Author at Sneaker Shop Talk

SIAC announces yearly tennis honourees

April 15, 2023April 15, 2023 Brandon King

Courtesy of the SIAC Mark Chigaazira of Benedict has been named the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Men’s Tennis Player of the Year and headlines the 2023 All-SIAC Team, announced by the league on Saturday. Gregory Green of Tuskegee was named 2023 SIAC Coach of the Year. The honors were determined by votes from the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. Player of the Year, Mark Chigaazira, Benedict College Mark Chigaazira, a graduate student from Harare, Zimbabwe, was 13-2 overall and 10-1 conference play at the No. 1 singles…

An initial look at the Nike KD 16

April 15, 2023April 15, 2023 Brandon King

The signature line of Kevin Durant marches forward as images have emerged of sixteenth iteration of the series. It features a lower collared silhouette with piping and a later wing that is reminiscent of the Air Penny II. KD and Nike branding can be seen on the tongue and lateral ankle, respectively, completing an upper that sits atop a midsole that will likely house Zoom Air cushioning or we could see it implemented in a strobel fashion, as well as a rubber outsole. More information on these will be reported…

“Lakers Away” Adidas Crazy 1 coming April 15

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023 Brandon King

One of the sneakers that the late, great Kobe Bryant wore during the Lakers’ 2002 NBA Championship run is making its return to retail. It sports a black modded upper with bold gold showing up on the “bumper” on the shell toe and on the rear heel. Collegiate purple shows up on the inner, tongue branding, and rear spoiler. Underneath resides a black upper with a bold gold Torsion system and a gold-accented purple rubber outsole. The Audi TT inspired “Lakers Away” Adidas Crazy 1 is beginning its next retail…

Albany State baseball boat raced by Auburn University at Montgomery, 13-3

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 Brandon King

It was a tough day on the diamond for Albany State baseball, as they took a 13-3 donkey-kicking from the Warhawks of Auburn University Wednesday night at the AUM Baseball Complex in Montgomery, Alabama. The Golden Rams found themselves in a 6-0 hole after just one inning of play in a frame that saw them give up the first run of the game before the Warhawks got their first hit of the night, as four of the first AUM batters reached base via walks. AUM tacked on three more runs…

Norfolk State’s Kris Bankston receives Portsmouth Invitational invite

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 Brandon King

Courtesy of Alex Lehmbeck, Asst. SID, Norfolk State University NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State men’s basketball will have not one, but two representatives at a prestigious showcase event this month. Just days after his teammate Joe Bryant Jr. received the nod, Norfolk State senior Kris Bankston has earned a spot in the upcoming Portsmouth Invitational Tournament (PIT), the event revealed on Tuesday afternoon. “Kris Bankston is the prototype of today’s NBA big, I’m so excited that he got into the PIT,” Norfolk State head coach Robert Jones said. “To have two HBCU players and two from the same…

DIllion Brooks says he “wouldn’t mind” facing LeBron and Lakers in 1st round of playoffs

April 11, 2023April 17, 2023 Brandon King

The latest rsident heel of the NBA,Dillion Brooks has spent the year getting under the skin of the majority of his opponents on the court. His verbal spars with the Golden State Warriors, notably Draymond Green and Klay Thompson, who he once said resembled the PBS logom have garnered plenty of attention, but Brooks has a new target of his brand of smack talk-LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. Speaking after the team’s practice on Tuesday, the Association’s preimenent agitator had this to say about facing James and the…

These sneakers worn by Michael Jordan were sold for a record amount

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Brandon King

Michael Jordan has not dribbled a basketball on a NBA for 20 years and yet he continues to set records. The Air Jordan XIII that the consensus greatest player ever wore while scoring 37 points 5 rebounds and 2 assists in Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals- a pivotal game in which the Bulls were victorious 93-88 to tie the series at 1 game apiece – were sold at auction for $2,238,000, which was the highest price ever paid for a pair of sneakers. Brahm Wachter, Sotheby’s head of…

DeMarcus Cousins signs with Puerto Rican team Guaynabo Mets as initial step of NBA comeback

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Brandon King

According to reporting from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, NBA veteran center DeMarcus Cousins signed with Guaynabo Mets of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional , which is the first-tier professional men’s basketball league in Puerto Rico. The four-time NBA All-Star was one the league’s preimenent big man and players overall, averaging 22 points and 10 rebounds before suffering a torn Achilles toward the later part of the 2017-18 season and then tore his ACL, costing him the entire 2019-20 season. In the subsequent season, Cousins has bounced around the Association a bit. He finished…

XFL News: Vegas Vipers vs St. Louis Battlehawks highlights

April 8, 2023April 8, 2023 Brandon King

We have decided to give covering the XFL a go. Below are highloight osf the St. Louis Battlehawks and the Vegas Vipers. Be sure to check back for scores, standings and news.

Isaiah Land talks being overlooked and why he returned to FAMU

April 8, 2023April 8, 2023 Brandon King

In 2021 Florida A&M edge rusher Isaiah Land burst onto the national radar when he put together an incredible season in which he lead the nation in sacks with 19 as well as tackles for loss with 25.5. Land’s play earned him a laundry list of awards including SWAC Defensive Player Year, All-SWAC First Team, AP All-American 1st Team, AFCA All-American 1st Team, and Buck Buchanan Award Winner, among many others. Read my story on Land’s interview with NFL NOW at hbcusports.com.