Category: NFL

Post Game Apologies for Blown Calls are an Insult 

Brandon King

The closing stages of the January 21st game between the Chicago Bulls and the Sacramento Kings caused the league to have to issue a post game statement regarding the events of the contest. To clarify what happened, with under a minute to go in a game tied at 99, Dwyane Wade steals the ball from Garrett Temple, he soars in for a dunk, which he missed. Demarcus Cousins was near Wade as the swooped in for the attempted dunk, but didn’t make contact with him( I am making more contact…

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Pete Carroll Air Monarch “DE” (Dad Exclusive) 

Brandon King

Pete Carroll has had a long relationship with the Nike Air Monarch; he has been giving the shoe major run for many years and it arguably the highest profile wearer of the often glossed “dad shoes”.  Last month, Carroll broke out an exclusive blue and green pair for the Seahawks’ color rush game against the Rams of Los Angeles.   This latest edition of the Monarchs are dressed in a white leather upper, with green bordering on the on the medial and lateral Swooshes. The aforementioned branding has the same…

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Colin Kaepernick donated sneaker collection to Bay Area homeless shelters

Brandon King

Say what you will about San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick, one thing you cannot say is that he does not put his money where his mouth is. In his latest charitable act, Kaepernick donated his sizable sneaker collection, along with clothes, hats and other athletic gear, hats, to homeless shelters and homes for orphaned children.  https://instagram.com/p/BO57nN-jEPh/ <iframe src=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FcomplexmagSNEAKERS%2Fvideos%2F684337635071509%2F&show_text=0&width=560″ width=”560″ height=”315″ style=”border:none;overflow:hidden” scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″ allowTransparency=”true” allowFullScreen=”true”></iframe> You wont hear about this in the sports media because it doesn’t suit their agenda.

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Josh Brown DV scandal draws different responses from media, social groups

Brandon King

Over the past few days, it came to light that New York Giants’ kicker Josh Brown has a history of assaulting his wife. The comparison has been made to that of the Ray Rice incident, however what I found rather interesting was the reaction of the sports media, certain organizations, and that of the NFL was in stark contrast to his case.  When the news broke over the Ray Rice assault, it seemed that nearly every news outlet from The View to Sportscenter ran the video of the incident and…

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