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“Duke” Kyrie 5 PE

November 19, 2018 Brandon King

When the Duke Men’s basketball team takes the court in the Maui Invitational, they will have some new kicks on their feet. As Kyrie Irving is one of the most prominent and successful Blue Devil in the NBA, he has not forgotten about his former institution, lacing the team with a team exclusive version since his first shoe, the Nike Kyrie 1 and that trend has continued with his latest shoe, the Kyrie 5. There will be three colorways of the Duke Kyrie 5- a white based one, a black…

The Kyrie 5 Officially Unveiled

November 1, 2018November 5, 2018 Brandon King

The fifth model in Kyrie Irving’s signature line was officially unveiled by Nike Basketball. The debuted colorway is dubbed “Black Magic.” There are three crucial elements of the Kyrie 5. Designer of the 5, Benjamin Nethongkome breaks them down: 1. An articulated forefoot zoom bag This is a huge technological unlock for supporting guard play. Why? Because of its unique properties (see sidebar for more on this), the Air Zoom Turbo unit curves to wrap the bottom and sides of the foot. “In the Kyrie 5, it is distributed across the…

New Colorway of Kyrie 5 revealed

October 25, 2018 Brandon King

Over a week ago we covered Kyrie Irving breaking out the Kyrie 5 in an all black look in Celtics practice. Now more than a week later a new colorway has surfaced. This new colorway features a navy upper with silver for the large lateral Swoosh logo and the Kyrie logo on the top of the tongue. Underneath the laces is a green and purple tie-dye like pattern. A white midsole and outsole with colorful pods round out the looks of this shoe. At this juncture there is no information…

Kyrie 4 “Day of the Dead” Release Date

October 24, 2018 Brandon King

This colorway of the Kyrie 4 may look familiar to Dunk SB fans. That is because it was inspired by the Day of the Dead Dunk SB from 2006. The upper is black and is adorned with the skeletons that were present on the Dunk. A team orange side panel on both the lateral and medial sides is where black branding finds it home. Team orange is also the color foe the tongue. A purple overlay at the toe and piping of the same hue finishes off the look of…

Kyrie Irving wearing the Kyrie 5?

October 16, 2018 Brandon King

Kyrie Irving was spotted at Celtics practice wearing a shoe that was not the Kyrie 4 nor the Kyrie Low. The return. @KyrieIrving spotted at practice wearing the Nike Kyrie 5. 👀 pic.twitter.com/CR7bSfJblI — B/R Kicks (@brkicks) October 16, 2018 From the images that were leaked, the mystery shoe Kyrie is wearing is is all black with the only color is white for the Nike branding on the lateral and medial sides of the shoe and the Kyrie logo on the tongue. The lacing system appears to be…

Nike Kyrie 4 ‘Cinnamon Toast Crunch’ to release in August

July 22, 2018July 22, 2018 Brandon King

This upcoming Kyrie 4 is part of the soon-to-come Nike Kyrie 4 ‘Cereal’ Pack. Dubbed the ‘Cinnamon Toast Crunch’, the sneaker features a metallic gold coin upper. It incorporates a wavy textured pattern on the heel that is representative of the cereal. Other cues taken from the cereal include the multicolored speckling on the midsole and Swoosh that is taken from the Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal box ,the logo of the cereal on the tongue and the General Mills (the company that produces CTC) logo on heel of the right…

Nike officially unveils Kyrie Low

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 Brandon King

Today Nike officially released images of the first low top version of a Kyrie Irving signature shoe. Termed a “democratized version of Kyrie Irving’s signature series” by Nike, the sneaker is built with an emphasis on comfort. Although the Low carries over some of the same aesthetic features of its higher-collared brother ( distinctive upper modeling and curved sole) it varies from the 4 distinctively underfoot. Where the Kyrie 4 has a top loaded Zoom Air unit ( meaning it sits right below the foot), the Zoom unit on the…

Inside the mind of Kyrie Irving

June 9, 2018June 9, 2018 Brandon King

This article by Sopan Deb of the New York Times offers delves, rather interestingly, into some of the inner workings of the mind of one Mr. Kyrie Irving. Topics broached included acting, starting a television network and his thoughts on the shape of the earth.

All-NBA Teams Announced today

May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 Brandon King

The 3 All-NBA teams were announced by the league earlier today and here is how they shook out: First team LeBron James, F James Harden, G Anthony Davis, F/C Damian Lillard,G Kevin Durant, F Second Team Giannis Antetokounmpo, F Russell Westbrook, G Joel Embiid, C LaMarcus Aldridge, F/C DeMar DeRozan, G Third Team Stephen Curry, G Victor Oladipo, G Karl-Anthony Towns, F/C Jimmy Butler, F/G Paul George,F https://twitter.com/wontgottlieb/status/999713639396294656?s=20

Howard overcomes Bethune-Cookman with Newton late game heroics

September 24, 2017September 24, 2017 Brandon King

With less than two minutes to go, Howard freshman sensation quarterback Caylin Newton engineered a 9-play, 45-yard drive that was culminated in Newton himself scoring the go-ahead score on a 5-yard TD tun, putting the Bison up for good 26-24. In the first quarter the Wildcats took 7-0 lead after a 7-play, 56 yard drive was capped off by a Larry Brihm 20 yard touchdown run. Howard answered back when a few seconds into the second quarter when Guy Lemonier Jr. recovered a fumble for a touchdown. Bethune responded on…