Category: Damian Lillard

Black” Air Jordan 4 Net coming this month

Brandon King

This take on the Air Jordan 4 seems more of a reimagining than several Jordans who carried that moniker. It takes a a feature that has been an integral aspect of the IV’s design, the netting, and transforms its into the prominent visual aspect of the classic silhouette. The supple black leather upper gives way to the aforementioned netting, which now covers the top portion of the upper, including the tongue.  Stamped Jumpman and “Flight” are seen on the leather tongue with additional Jumpman branding on the rear heel, while…

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February 3 CAA Men’s Basketball Notebook

Staff

Courtesy of the CAA DOUBLE OHHH-VERTIME Madison Durr (40 pts., 19-19 FT) and Abdi Bashir Jr. (32 pts.) led Monmouth past Drexel, 104-97, in double OT. Durr’s 40-point outing was just the eighth in program history. He also went 19-for-19 from the line, the most without a miss by a Division I player in a game this season and a new CAA record, surpassing W&M’s Mit Winter’s 17-for-17 mark on Jan. 24, 2001, against James Madison. Durr became the 26th player in NCAA history with 19+ FT made without a…

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Check out these early images of the “White/Cement” Air Jordan IV

Brandon King

As is the case with so many sneakers on Jordan Brand’s 2025 release roster, the “White/Cement” Air Jordan IV is one of the most anticipated releases of the year.  Recently we reported on initial images of this returning classic and now courtesy of SOLEBYJC, additional images have come to light. The depicted sneakers feature all of the standard visual elements of the “White/Cement” colorway- white upper and netting, red Jumpman branding on the tongue, and speckled cement areas ( which like the 1989 and ‘99 iterations, features speckling on the…

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Norfolk State women’s hoops named NCAA.com Team of the Week

Staff

title image via Fannae Webb The Norfolk State women’s basketball team earned NCAA.com Team of the Week honors following its upset victory 63-57 at Auburn on Sunday, Dec. 29. Graduate guard Diamond Johnson led the Spartans with 17 points against the Tigers, adding 11 rebounds, four steals, and three assists to her totals. Sophomore guard Da’Brya Clark also scored in double figures for NSU with 15 points. Johnson recorded her fifth career double-double against Auburn. She also became the first player since Chanette Hicks on Jan. 11, 2020 to lead Norfolk State in points, rebounds, steals…

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Another Air Jordan 1 Low coming in 2025

Brandon King

It should come to no surprise that the Air Jordan 1 in all many of it iterations- ‘85 High, OG High, Mid, Low, and Low OG- is in Jordan Brand’s 2025 release plans. One of those planned colorway is this upcoming Jordan 1 Low. It’s black upper features a combination of leather paired with nylon that appears at the mid panels. A Jumpman is perched atop the nylon tongue, with reflective Swooshes adorning the sides, along with a reflective Wings logo on the rear heel. Underneath this upper resides a…

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”Worn Blue” Air Jordan 4 coming August 2025

Brandon King

This upcoming iteration of the Air Jordan 4 will be denim’s reintroduction to the classic silhouette. At this early juncture there are no available images but what’s known is that they will utilize a sail,gum light brown,worn blue and metallic gold color palette. Initial predictive speculations assigns an aesthetic featuring a combination of light and darker denim with a distressed aesthetic on the the “Wings” and rear heel tab. Jumpman branding appears on the tongue, as well as debossed on the heel, along with a golden lace dubrae. Underneath this…

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A pair of Tigers garner weekly Big South-OVC honors

Brandon King

The Big South-OVC announces their weekly football honorees and two Tennessee State players were among the players selected.  Special Teams Player of the Week | CJ Evans | WR/KR | R-Sr | Mobile, AL After a Howard touchdown trimmed the Tennessee State lead to 20-14, the momentum of the game was up in the air. On the ensuing kickoff, Evans returned it for a 99-yard touchdown that put the Tigers firmly in charge of the game, as it returned the proceeding to a two-score TSU lead at 27-14. In addition…

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Dr. Cavil’s Inside the HBCU Sports Lab Week 8 Major Division Top 7

Brandon King

Dr. Kenyatta Cavil contributed to this report Week 8 of Dr. Cavil’s Inside the HBCU Sports Lab Major Division Poll was rife with movement. With the exception of the top spot, every position in the poll is occupied by a different team than from the previous week. 7.Florida A&M (3-3, 1-1)  After losing to Jackson State in their highly anticipated matchup, 35-21, FAMU tumbles down the standing from its previous no. 3 slot. Florida A&M, up 21-20, was snakebitten by two critical turnovers in the fourth quarter that led to…

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Take an initial look at the Adidas Dame 9

Brandon King

After years of trudging through the malaise of mediocrity with scores of designs are at best relegated to the void of the forgotten and their worst outright visual assualts. However recent designs such as the AE 1, Harden Vol. 8, D.O.N. Issue # and the upcoming Dame 9 it appears Adidas Basketball is well on the path to lifting itself out of the doldrums of design ineptutiude. This Dame 9 sports a black upper that is overlaid with red. The Three Stripes that is created via the negative space in…

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The Adidas Dame 8 officially unveiled

Brandon King

Adidas has officially taken the wraps off off the next iteration of Portland Trail Blazers superstar’s signature line, the Dame 8. The silhouette has the distinction of being the the first adidas basketball shoe to utilize recycled materials. It sports a combination mesh and synthetic upper with the Three Stripes branding prominently features on the medial side with “DAME” showing up on the rear heel and medial side and “DAME”, “DOLLA”or “TIME” present on the the other heel, depending on the colourway. Underneath the upper resides a Lightweight Bounce Pro…

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