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Teen beat up and robbed of sneakers

April 7, 2016 Brandon King

In the Bensonhurst neighborhood of New York City, another meetup for a sneaker sale went horribly wrong. The victim told police he thought the arranged meeting was to sell two pair of sneakers but when he arrived at the meeting place on 86th street, one of the miscrients came up behind him with gun in hand. The other three assailants allegedly beat him up, robbed him and ran of with the kicks. This is another and unfortunate example of what can happen when you do meet ups with people you…

Chronicle Aims to take High Tech Swing at Tackling Fake Sneakers

March 19, 2016March 20, 2016 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…

Mobile sneaker resale application Flip helps ‘heads unload unwanted kicks

March 10, 2016March 22, 2016 Brandon King

Whether you have a closet full or corner full of sneakers, there are likely some pair you’d like to part ways with. The mobile application Flip has been created to help you do just that. Founded by 26 year old former Google and Apple engineer Kemar Newell, Flip is a mobile only kicks bazaar that they will buy the shoes. To set up a listing all one has to photograph the shoes to be sold and upload that and a description to the marketplace. Listings have to approved…

Michigan mall shut down over Air Jordan fervor

March 5, 2016 Brandon King

In Harper Woods, Michigan seekers of the latest round of Air Jordan retros caused such an uproar that the mall had to be shut down temporarily. Earlier in the morning, crowds had begun gathering in the hopes of picking up the White/Jordan Jordan XII retros and the “Wing It” Air Jordan II. The commotion began at Kids Foot Locker, where once the doors opened at 8 AM this morning, the crowd rushed the gate, breaking a lock, the ensuing pushing, shoving and screaming prompted police to shut the mall down.…

Sports Authority Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 Brandon King

If you have a job at the Sports Authority, you may want to dust up that resume. That’s because the sports retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday. Amongst its creditors are Nike, to whom it owes a whopping $48 million dollars , and Under Armour $23 million. The company has been adversely affected by more shoppers purchasing online, rather than brick-and-mortar locations. They are planning to close 140 of their 463 stores as well as two distribution centers in Denver and Chicago, respectively.

Adidas 3-D printed sneakers: Tailor made for your feet

December 27, 2015December 27, 2015 Brandon King

Cushioning tailored to your foot? Is this crazy, pie-in-the-sky talk? No, according to Adidas; as a matter of fact, the company says this is the future of footwear purchases. Adidas recently unveiled its Futurecraft 3D shoe, a runner with a 3-D printed midsole. The footwear maker says the midsole can be tailored to fit the cushioning needs of the wearer. To accomplish this, clients will run on a special treadmill equipped with foot scanning technology which relays that information to a computer that will fabricate a design for the personalized…

Nike officially unveils the Kobe 11

December 14, 2015December 14, 2015 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,…

Jordan Brand unveiled the Melo M12

December 12, 2015December 14, 2015 Brandon King

Jordan Brand recently officially unveiled the M12, the twelfth shoe in the New York Knicks’ star forward’s signature line. Paying homage to a rec center in Baltimore known as “the dungeon”, that allowed a young Carmelo to focus on his craft, this colorway makes it retail debut January 2 with other colors dropping throughout the spring. Check out the M12 below.

Nike Basketball Christmas Collection

December 11, 2015 Brandon King

As the the Christmas holiday looms ever closer, there are plenty of big releases that are at the forefront for many sneaker enthusiast. Not to be left out of the holiday action, are these Christmas offerings from the Lebron, KD, Kobe, and Kyrie lines, respectively. Lebron 13 KD 8 These will all be available December 26.

Damian Lillard debuts the likely Lillard 2 before Clippers game

December 2, 2015 Brandon King

In warm-ups before the December 1 game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Damian Lillard didn’t have on the Lillard 1. He was rocking a new silhouette that is thoughts likely to be next model in his signature line. The sneaker , which appears to have a slightly higher collar that of his predecessor, features a white upper which black accents on the midfoot near the laces. It also has red and black hues on the heel with the Lillard “0” logo as well. It also appears to have a gum…