Author: Brandon King

“Lapis” Air Jordan XXXVII Low coming next February

Brandon King

The “Lapis” Air Jordan XXXVII is a new colourway of the latest Air Jordan game shoe that is planned to debut in 2023. It sports a lapis leather and woven mesh upper with saturn gold showing up on the branding on the tongue, medial toe, rear pull tab and MJ signature on the heel. Black underlays the lapis at the heel and crimson bliss present at the inner. Underneath resides Formula 23 foam with a carbon fiber plate. The “Lapis” Air Jordan XXXVII is scheduled to begin its retail voyage…

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Albany State falls to Florida A&M in OT, 70-65

Brandon King

Despite forcing 20 Rattlers turnovers , poor shooting and ball security issues of their own proved to be too much for Albany State to overcome as they were defeated 70-65 in overtime to Florida A&M Monday evening. The Golden Rams got off to a strong start against their D-1 foes, building an 9-point lead at 17-9 on Jamir Moore’s three pointer with 8:01 left in the opening half. Florida A&M came roaring back with a 9-0 run, taking the lead, 18-17 on a Byron Smith jump shot. The Golden Rams…

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“Brilliant Orange” Air Jordan 12 coming next year

Brandon King

This upcoming and women’s-specific colourway is said to be inspired by the WNBA and is planned to debut in the summer of 2023. At this early juncture there are no images available , but early predictive speculation assigns a potential aesthetic of a black upper with brilliant orange lateral and medial mudguards. Brilliant orange would also be present on the tongue branding and the midsole and outsole. As it currently stands, the “Brilliant Orange” Air Jordan 12 is set to being their retail maiden voyage July 23, 2023

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Take a look at these latest images of “Aqua” Air Jordan 5

Brandon King

The “Aqua” Air Jordan 5 draws a lot of its visual cues from a Chris Paul PE from his days with the New Orleans Hornets. This upcoming 5 sports a black nubuck upper with clear netting on the lateral and medial sides. Aquatone shows up on the Jumpman on the reflective tongue and rear heel, inner as well as the lace locks. Underneath the aforementioned upper resides a black midsole accented with aquatone-speckled taxi “teeth” and an aqua translucent rubber outsole. New images have emerged out in front of its…

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An initial look at the Run The Jewels x Nike Dunk High SB

Brandon King

Killer Mike and El-P , or as they are known together, Run The Jewels have joined forces with Nike SB to birth collaborative pairs of Dunk High and Dunk Low. An initial video of the Dunk High has come to light that gives a brief look at this upcoming Dunk. It sports a blacker leather foundational layer overlaid with pink fur. Jeweled Swooshes and special golden lace dubraes complete an upper that sits atop a grey midsole and hot pink rubber outsole. The Run The Jewels x Nike SB Dunk…

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An initial look at the “Dunk on Mars” Air Jordan 3

Brandon King

This children’s-specific Air Jordan 3 is part of Jordan Brand’s 2023 release plans. It sports a white tumbled leather upper overlaid with sail suede and orange elephant print at the toe and the heel. Orange underlays the upper at the midfoot and heel, with orange also present on the inner and black Jumpman branding present on the rear heel as well as the tongue. The “Dunk on Mars” Air Jordan 3 is , as it currently stands, scheduled to debut 27 January 2023.

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Deion Sanders agrees that FAMU should have been in the FCS playoffs

Brandon King

Despite going 9-2, including winning nine consecutive games after dropping their first two contest, the selection committee saw fit to snub FAMU from the postseason. The exclusion of Florida A&M from the FCS playoffs caused consternation, only in Rattler Nation ,but many in the HBCU fanbase and media contingent. Head coach Willie Simmons in a video posted to Twitter Sunday, shortly after the announcement was made and, amongst other things , termed the turn of events “disappointing” and that the young men of his football team “got short changed”. Head…

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Albany State basketball to take on FAMU in exhibition matchup

Brandon King

Monday the Albany State University men’s basketball is taking on Florida A&M in an exhibition game. The Golden Rams have stumbled out of the gates 0-4, getting boatraced by a combined 61 points in their first two games, which took place in the SIAC/Gulf South Challenge with an 80-50 loss to Mississippi College and an 87-56 beatdown courtesy of West Alabama. Coach Patrick Gayle’s team limped into the he 2022 ATL Has Something to Say HBCU Challenge taking losses to the CIAA’s Virginia Union (78-73) and Livingstone College (63-59). The success…

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TSU’s Kaleb Mosley named OVC Specialist of the Week

Brandon King

Tennessee State kicker/punter Kaleb Mosley was named Ohio Valley Conference Specialist of the Week for his performance against Texas A&M Commerce. Saturday the senior kicker out of Montgomery, Alabama scored 10 points against the Tigers season-ending victory against the Lions. Mosley was perfect on his field goal attempts, connecting on kicks of 47, 36, and 25 yards and converted 1 out of 2 of his PATs, one was blocked. In his punter duties, Mosley averaged 38.9 yards per kick, with a long of 55-yards and 1 downed inside the 20-yard…

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Tennessee State’s Darius Harper named OVC Defensive Player of the Week

Brandon King

Tennessee State defensive back Darius Harper was named Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week. The senior had his fingerprints all over the Tigers’ 22-14 win over Texas A&M Commerce. What he accomplished in just the first half alone, would have been enough to garner Harper the weekly DPOY honours. Harper had an interception on the first play from scrimmage, which he returned 28 yards for a touchdown. His 20-yard run after a fumble recovery in the second quarter positioned the TSU offense for a subsequent touchdown. His second…

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