Category: News

Nike Announces “Black Mamba” Pack honoring Kobe Bryant

Brandon King

As we unfortunately close in on the end of the career of one Kobe Bryant, Nike is releasing a special pack commemorating and honoring the legend. The pack consists of 13 shoes ( 11 from his signature line and two that are closely associated with Kobe, the Zoom Huarache 2k4 and the Hyperdunk). The shoes in the collection start white and fade to black, a metaphor for Kobe’s career, which comes to a close on April 13. Thirteen cities are represented via GPS coordinates inside the pack boxes . Fans…

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Chronicle Aims to take High Tech Swing at Tackling Fake Sneakers

Brandon King

Fake sneakers are the nemesis of those who look to purchase kicks on the secondary market. This thorn in the side of sneaker culture has evolved to the point where in some cases, it’s difficult to differentiate the fake from authentic kicks. A company called Chronicled is taking an interesting approach to doing something about that. Their idea is to make an open-source, distributed and decentralized ledger of sneakers and luxury and other collectible goods. Chronicled has raised $3.2 million in seed funding to further its ongoing development of its…

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Day 2 of NCAA Tournament ends with a bang

Brandon King

The round of 64 wrapped up tonight and it did not disappoint. Upsets were the order of the day, the biggest of which was 15 seeded Middle Tennessee State upending 2nd seeded Michigan State, 90-81. Others included in the East, 14 seed Stephen F. Austin bouncing 3 seed West Virginia 70-56; in the South, 13 seed Hawaii ended California’s tournament,77-66. In the West bracket, 11 seed Northern Iowa defeated Texas , 75-72 on a half court heave at the end of regulation by Paul Jesperson that will no doubt go…

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Performance Innovation is front and center on the KD 9

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Kevin Durant’s latest signature ride features the most advanced builds of Flyknit and Zoom Air to date, which are specifically geared to deal with the rigors of the game of basketball.   The Flyknit featured on the KD 9 is built with a distinctive pattern that is precisely knit for basketball. The tapered Zoom bag that runs from heel to toe, makes its debut in bball, after 3 years of wear testing. The midsole is reduced to enhance the Zoom’s responsive feel.  The KD 9 will be available June 20,2016.    …

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Mateen Cleaves alleged in sexual assault 

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Former Michigan State star basketball player Mateen Cleaves has been charged of sexual assault of a 24 year Mount Morris, Michigan woman. Cleaves has been been charged with unlawful imprisonment, assault with intent tocommit criminal sexual penetration, second-degree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. The charges stem from a September 2015 incident following a charity golf tournament and could carry a 15 year prison term. According to the Wayne County prosecutor’s office, following the golf tournament, Cleaves and a group went to a bar. The…

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Buccaneers signs CB Grimes

Brandon King

Although some teams were allegedly frightened off by his wife’s antics, Tampa Bay Bucs signed free agent DB Brent Grimes to a 2 year, $16.5 million deal. The Pro Bowler had been released Wednesday by the Dolphins shortly after their acquisition of Byron Maxwell from the Philadelphia Eagles. The move looks to shore up a secondary that struggled last season, giving up 31 touchdowns through the air, which was the 5th most in the NFL. Corners Alterraun Verner and Johnathan Banks were at times benched through the course of the…

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Companies severing ties with Sharapova

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The financial implications from Maria Sharapova’s failed doping test, have already become apparent, as several companies are cutting ties with the tennis star. Shortly after news of the announcement broke, athletic apparel giant, Nike suspended the 8 year/ $70 million deal that included a clothing line, which was extended in 2010. In a statement released last night, the company had this to say:  We are saddened and surprised by the news about Maria Sharapova. We have decided to suspend our relationship with Maria while the investigation continues. We will continue…

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Maria Sharapova admits to using banned substance 

Brandon King

Tennis star Maria Sharapova announced today that she tested positive for the banned substance meldonium, which was initially developed in Latvia for heart patients to aid oxygen flow. Speaking earlier today at a Los Angeles press conference, Sharapova stated she been taking meldonium since 2006 and that she did not realize it was on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned substances list. According to WADA, the failed test was on January 26- the day she lost to Serena Williams in the quarterfinals. The charge of the violation was levied on…

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Reminder: Nike Class of ’97 Pack releases tomorrow

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Tomorrow will be dropping a pack that has not garnered nearly the attention or anticipation as perhaps it should. The Class of 97 pack shows love to two of the more sneakers prominent in Spike Lee’s 1997 Movie He Got Game( one of all-time favorite films), the Air Foamposite Pro and the Zoom Hawk Flight, both of which released in ’97. This pack will release December 19,2015 and will retail for $385.

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Nike officially unveils the Kobe 11

Brandon King

Nike unveiled official images of the Kobe 11 today.  The latest model  features an evolved,stronger version of Flyknit, which is inline with Kobe Bryant’s comments that, “For the KOBE 11, we worked to perfect Flyknit for basketball,” The sneaker features a design that Nike Innovation Director Eric Avar, who has partnered with with Bryant to pioneer many innovations through the Kobe line  that changed the paradigm of conventional thought of footwear, said: “The KOBE 11 design represents the whole being greater than the sum of the parts” The introductory colorway,…

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