Nike has released official photos of the low version of the coming Hyperdunk. This shoe is built of a Flyknit looking engineered woven jacquard upper. This upper sits atop a lunar midsole and solid rubber outsole featuring a multi-directional traction pattern. You can expect these to drop early this summer.
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Two youngsters are now facing the music for very adult crimes. Joseph Weatherford, 16 and Dominic Singh, 17 were indicted recently by a Forsyth County (GA) Grand Jury on one count of armed robbery and several counts of drug possession. According to a bill of indictment on January 29 the two, “unlawfully [took] the shoes from the [victim] by use of a Vigilante Air Pistol, a device having the appearance of an offensive weapon.” The incident reports stated the victim knew Weatherford and Singh from school and they “showed up…
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This month ten years ago Nike signed a skinny kid from the University of Texas, Kevin Durant. A decade later, the tenth model in the KD has officially seen the light of day. https://youtu.be/o9rP7VF8rCo The KD ten features a FlyKnit upper, which Nike has touted is the best yet to be utilized on a basketball. The model also features large laces and an unconventional lacing system in which the laces wrap totally across the foot from the lateral midsole to the same point on the medial side. The Zoom Air…
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Nike has announced a pair of hard-shell cases for the iPhone 7 that utilize the outsole designs of two of their most popular sneakers, the Air Force One and the Roshe Run. The Roshe cases come in bright red and mint green colorways, respectively, while the Air Force One case only comes in blue. The cases will retail for $35 and they only come in iPhone 7 size and as of the time of this writing, there is no word if they will come…
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Kimberly Nuestro was a Golden State Warriors fan and student at Homestead High School in Cupertino, California. The 16-year old sophomore, and captain of her junior varsity basketball team, was playing a club basketball game last Saturday night when she passed out and was later pronounced dead Sunday at Stanford Medical Center. Her cause of death has yet to be determined. “When students and staff came to school on Monday, a ‘large percentage’ were sporting Warriors’ gear and dressed in blue and gold in honor of Kimberly”, said Homestead principal…
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This limited edition Air Jordan I is the follow up to last year’s Air Jordan 12 Retro “Wings”. The Air Jordan 1 Wings is built using premium leather and features boot-esque laces. The Wings logo is embossed on on the tongue and a gold plated version is present on the heel. On the back of the tongue, numbering of the 19,400 is shown along with the phrase, “Everyone Can Fly”. A icy outsole that reads “WINGS” completes the aesthetic of this sneaker. The 19,400 pairs of the Air Jordan…
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This LeBron XIV was inspired by LeBron’s visit to the Philippines and commends the pinoy ballers’ fearless passion. Featuring a dark blue upper with gold accenting that sits above a navy midsole and outsole, this LeBron XIV also has special symbols that run down the tongue. These symbols pay homage to LeBron’s career and his link to the Philippines. The “Agimat” LeBron XIV will initially see an exclusive Phillpine release May 20, 2017; it will be available only at Titan Fort, Nike Park Fort BCG, and Nike Park Glorietta…
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2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the original release of the Air Foamposite One and to commemorate this milestone, many popular color ways of this shoe have or will return to retail this year. The “Royal” Foamposite One kicked off the parade of colorways, followed by the “Copper” and soon to come will be the Metallic Red color. This stays true to its original form with its Metallic Red Foamposite upper, black nubuck trim and translucent outsole. The “Metallic Red” Air Foamposite One releases May 19, 2017. It will retail…
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1998 marked the release of the Pocket Knife, a collapsible ACG shoe; the first Nike City Knife shoe followed in 2002 and the City Knife 2 came in 2010. The NikeLab City Knife 3 Flyknit is the latest in the lineage of foldable footwear. This model is composed of only five pieces, sans any stitching, which enables the shoe to easily fatten. The City Knife 3 features a one-piece 360 Flyknit upper ,a rubber strap helps to keep the foot in place, that sits atop ( and encapsulated within) a…
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It was reported last week that the major sneaker brands expressed no interest in the deal LaVar Ball pitched to them in that they would have to license his Big Baller Brand. “We said from the beginning, we aren’t looking for an endorsement deal, Mr. Ball said. ‘We’re looking for co-branding, a true partner. But they’re not ready for that because they’re not used to that model. But het, the taxi industry wasn’t ready for Uber either.” The Sports World is Forever Changed. Introducing Lonzo's 1st Signature Shoe: The ZO2…
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