Category: Sneakers

Nike gives the Golden State Warriors special Epic React Flyknit shoes

Brandon King

It’s good to be the champs. Nike gave the Golden State Warriors players and members organization special pair of their Epic React Flyknit sneakers. These special edition kicks features a white Flyknit upper with sections of black on the toebox and medial sides of the upper and is accented with golden branding on the swoosh and on the heel clip and completed with a hang tag of the Larry O’Brien championship trophy. A white react midsole with a clear outsole rounds out the shoe’s aesthetic. The 37 pairs were only…

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First look at the PG 2.5

Brandon King

We got an preview of a potential upcoming shoe from the Paul George signature line. Dubbed the PG 2.5, it appears to take elements from the PG1 and the PG2 (mostly the 2) and combines them into a single silhouette. From the image that is available it more or less looks like the PG2 with the the forefoot strap from its predecessor added on. The colorway pictured features a royal upper with green inner lining and red accenting on the medial heel swoosh and the midfoot lace loop. This upper…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: CT Man Robbed at Gunpoint While Selling Sneakers

Brandon King

The latest addition to our unfortunate collection of stories of sneaker-driven non-quality decision takes us to New Haven, Connecticut where an attempt to sell a pair of kicks nearly cost a man his life. A Hamden, Connecticut man who made arrangements to sell a pair of Air Jordans instead found himself the victim of a robbery. According to New Haven Police Spokeman Officer David Hartman the 29-year-old victim told police he was robbed of a “couple of hundred bucks” at gunpoint after being cornered by three men. Hartman said, “(The…

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Stupid Things People Do Over Sneakers: Va Man sentenced to 23 years in fatal shooting

Brandon King

Our never-ending journey chronicling sneaker fueled depravity takes us to Norfolk, Virginia where a man’s stupid decision cost another man his life and him 23 years of his own. A 21-year old Virginia man will now have over 23 years to contemplate his actions. Lloyd”Buddy”Whitley-Cuffee was sentenced on May 25,2018 for killing 23-year-old Keith “Byrd” Moore in 2017. If the fact this young man had his life snuffed out weren’t bad enough, even more tragic was the reason behind the killing- jokes over a pair of sneakers. According to a…

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Adidas is full of S—t

Brandon King

Last month we reported on Mark King, the president of Adidas’ North American operations saying that should Colin Kaepernick get signed by an NFL team, the brand would want to sign him. King said of Adidas: We’re not in the business of activism, we’re in the business of sport. But allowing our athletes to tell their story, it’s really important to us.” “We love athletes that have a platform to make the world a better place. If they’re an activist in a way that brings attention to something that moves…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Police involved in investigating robbery of Yeezys

Brandon King

The latest entry in the seemingly never-ending chronicling the soft underbelly of the sneaker world takes us to Methuen, Massachusetts, a town of approximately 50,000 people in Essex County. Police in the Massachusetts community are seeking two suspects in connection with a robbery of two people, 18 and 16,  engaging in a transaction regarding two pairs of Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 V2. According to the police, one of the victims was selling the sneakers to the other victim in a car when they were robbed at knife point. Methuen Police…

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Celtics pummel Cavaliers in Game 1 of Eastern Conference Finals

Brandon King

The Boston Celtics jumped on the Cleveland Cavaliers early, scoring 17 straight points in the game’s opening stanza in the course of building a 21-point first quarter lead. Boston would end the first quarter with a 18-point lead, 36-18. Boston continued to pour it on in the second quarter, outscoring Cleveland 25-17  to take a 61-35 into halftime. Late in the third quarter, the Cavaliers scored seven straight to bring them within 14 at 78-64. However Boston responded by getting the first three buckets of the fourth quarter and soon…

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Twenty-Nine Student-Athletes received degrees at Albany State Spring Commencement

Brandon King

Of the nearly 600 students that received their degrees Saturday during Albany State University’s Fall Commencment, twenty-nine of them were student-athletes. Split over the course of the morning and evening sessions, the twenty-nine student-athletes represented eight teams. Broken down specifically as follows: 6 football, 5 softball, 5 baseball, 3 volleyball, 3 cheerleading 3 each from men’s and women’s basketball and 2 from women’s tennis. College of Arts and Humanities Major: Criminal Justice Marvin Lewis, Football Keona Livatt, Women’s Tennis Stefan Whitehead, Football Major: Mass Communications Zane Fields, Football Bryant Prather,…

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“SVSM” Nike Air Zoom Generation rumored for May release

Brandon King

Since images of it surfaced over a decade ago, the “SVSM” colorway of the Air Zoom Generation has been a highly coveted PE. Produced for the basketball team of Lebron James’ high school St. Vincent St. Mary, the sneaker features a white leather upper with a green that wraps the heel on both the medial and lateral sides. Gold accents are present on the front “bumper”, top two lace holds and tongue logos. A white stitched, gold bordered “SVSM” on the heel completes this shoes look. According to zsneakerheadz, the…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Thieves attempt to sell fake sneakers they took off teen

Brandon King

Our ever continuing chronicling of when the intoxication of new sneakers overloads their capacity for common sense takes us to Queens, where the NYPD is seeking three men who snatched the shoes off a teenager during a robbery. The crime happened Saturday, April 28 at approximately 12:30 p.m. in Flushing. The robbery was caught on surveillance video and shows the three miscreants pull up in a white, four door sedan whilst the victim is standing using his phone. The robbers jump out of their car and approach the teenage victim.…

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