Category: News

This 80’s football staple is retuning for the summer

Brandon King

When they initially debuted back in 1982, the Nike Field General 82 quickly cemented itself as the preferred gridiron performance option for football players across the nation. Forty-two years after its original release, Nike is bringing the Field General 82 back, with a few contemporary alterations.  It sports a white upper spread across a mesh foundational layer overlaid with tumbled leather. Suede Swooshes adorn the lateral and medial sides, with the same material present on the branded rear heel; additional Nike logos are seen on the tongue and insoles.  The…

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This holiday-themed LeBron XXI hits next month

Brandon King

This upcoming iteration of the LeBron XXI is inspired by Easter.  It sports a segmented barely grape upper with jeweled light armory blue Swooshes on the lateral sides and bordered such branding on the medial sides. Lebron’s signature is seen on the tongues, and “XXI” is present on the lace dubraes as well as on the suede rear heel.  Underneath resides a springy lilac bloom and summit white midsole paired with Zoom Air bags at the heel and forefoot, as well as a light armory blue rubber outsole.  The “Easter”…

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“Copper” Nike Air Foamposite One is the latest addition to the Holiday lineup

Brandon King

Last seen in 2017, the “Copper” is joining the “Eggplant” as re-released Foamposite Ones from that year set to make their third retail run this year.  At this juncture, there are no available images of the 2024 iteration, but what we should see is a Foam One that sports a copper Foamposite upper paired with black at the eye rows, tongue, collar, and inner. Copper should also be seen in branding on the forefoot, as well as the One Cent logos on the tongue and rear heel.  Striped tongue and…

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Another good-looking Kobe Protro that you will likely miss on

Brandon King

This upcoming Kobe VIII Protro sports a university red, engineered mesh upper with a large embroidered Swoosh on the lateral side, with smaller such branding on the medial ankle. White shows up on the Kobe logos on the tongue and rear heel as well as the Kobe signature on the lateral ankle.  Underneath the aforementioned upper resides a red midsole and a white rubber outsole.  Kobe fans will be fighting the death profiteers for a pair of these when they release this fall. They will carry a 190 USD sticker…

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”Light Orewood Brown” Nike Air Foamposite One coming this summer

Brandon King

This new color of the classic Air Foamposite is slated to be part of Nike’s summer release roster. It sports a pearlized light Orewood brown Foamposite upper paired with black leather at the eye rows and mesh of the same hue at the collar, rear heel and inner. Light Orewood brown also shows up via the One Cent logos on the tongue and rear heel, branding on the lateral side and striped tongue. Underneath the aforementioned upper resides a midfoot support shank and a team gold and black rubber outsole.…

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The “Slim Reaper” Nike KD 16

Brandon King

This KD 16 is inspired by one of Kevin Durant’s nicknames, Slim Reaper, which I read he apparently is not a fan of. It sports a wine and black multi-layer mesh upper with white Swooshes flanking both sides of the rear foot. The lower third of the upper is black and is delineated from the upper portion by silver (possibly reflective ) piping. Clear and black support wings occupy the lateral and medial sides respectively; a KD logo finds its home on the tongue with “Slim Reaper” appearing on a…

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LeBron James wears DT Max inspired LeBron XXI in All-Star game

Brandon King

In Sunday evening’s basketball farce that was the NBA All-Star game, LeBron James took the court in a pair of his LeBron XXIs inspired by Deion Sanders’ Nike DT Max This iteration of the LeBron XXI features the same black-and-white pattern seen on the DT Max and also included the midfoot strap and small gold lateral Swoosh. A mostly white and black heel midsole resides underneath the aforementioned upper and rubber outsole completes the aesthetic. No word yet on if these will see a retail release.

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“Dusty Cactus” Nike Air Force 1 Low coming this spring

Brandon King

This women’s-specific iteration of the Nike Air Force 1 Low Next Nature is part of the “Dudty Cactus” Pack. It sports construction of recycled materialals, its white leather upper is accompanied with dusty cactus that shows up on the Swooshes that adorn the sides, rear heel overlay as well as the Air Force 1 branding on the tongue label. Whire is also seen at the inner as well as the tongue, Underneath the aforementioned cooer resides a white midsole and a dusty cactus rubber outsole. The “Dusty Cactus” Nike Air…

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“Sanddrift/Dusty Cactus” Nike Dunk Low WMNS coming in April

Brandon King

This women’s-specific Dunk Low features a dusty cactus and pink foam weave foundational layer overlaid with spanddrift canvas at the toe, eye rows, and wrapping the heel. Sanddrift Swoosh’ss can be seen on the sides with additional Nike branding showing up on the tongue and rear heel. Underneath resides a sanddrift midsole and pink foam rubber outsole. As it currently stands, the “Sanddrift/Dusty Cactus” Nike Dunk Low is seceded to begin its retail voyage April 1 at nike.com and select retail establishments. They will carry a 135 USDW sticker price.…

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“University Red Gum” Nike SB Dunk Low coming this summer

Brandon King

Thi upcoming Dunk Low will be another addition to Nike SB’s Orange Label serie. It sports a university red upper adorned on the sides with white Swooshes; white also shoes ip on the rear heel via embroidered “NIKE” branding, An orange Swoosh appears on the tongue with a NIKE SB logo present on the inoles. Underneath the aforementioned upper resides a gum midsole and matching rubber outsole. The “University Red Gum” is planned to debut this summer at select Orange Label Skate shops and possible nike.com. They will carry a…

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