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Lebron continues his campaign to hijack and monopolize media coverage

Brandon King

The Denver Nuggets are in their first NBA Finals, where they will face the Miami Heat, after sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. However that achievement has been an afterthought, as the mainstream sports media has been full steam ahead with force-feeding Lakers coverage. They have spent more time speculating on what moves this team that failed to make the Finals will make in a season that has yet to take place, than the team that made the Finals in the season that is currently happened.…

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This Air Kukini is coming this summer

Brandon King

The popular Nike Air Kukini debuted way back in 2000, a subsequent retro in 2012 featured a Free outsole ( Nike at that time slapped the Free outsole on several silhouettes) and then a return more in its proper form occurred in 2022. An upcoming colorway sports an orange and slate blue graphic upper overlaid with a web of black TPU that locks the foot for the laceless sneaker. Suede overlays on the heel and wrapping the heels and tongue branding completes an upper that resides atop a white midsole…

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An intial look at the “University Red” Air Jordan 1 Low OG

Brandon King

This upcoming Air Jordan 1 Low OG sports a white leather upper with university red Swooshes adorning the lateral and medial sides. University red also shows up on the “NIKE AIR” branding on the tongue, inner and rear heel, the latter being home for a Wings logo. Below resides a white midsole and a university red rubber outsole. The “University Red” Air Jordan 1 Low OG is scheduled to debut October 13 at nike.com and select retail venues; they will carry a 140 USD sticker price. Air Jordan 1 Low…

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“Field Purple” Air Jordan 12 drops August 19

Brandon King

This upcoming Air Jordan 12 leans very heavily on a 2004 Gary Payton PE when the Glove balled for the Lakers. They sports tumbled black leather upper overlaid with field purple mudguards on the lateral and medial sides. Taxi and field purple branding on the rear heel adds to the Lakers-inspired look of this sneaker, Golden eyelets and “TWO3” embroidered in field purple on the tongue completes an upper that sits atop a purple and black midsole and a purple outsole with black herringbone traction sections. The “Field Purple” Air…

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“Washed Heritage” Air Jordan 1 High OG: Official Images

Brandon King

The summer season will see the debut of the “Washed Heritage”, a new colourway of the Air Jordan 1 High OG. It sports a white leather upper overlaid with with light smoke grey suede overlaid at the toe, eye row, wrapping the heel and flanking the ankle, with Swooshes of the same hue and material adorning the lateral and medial sides. Red “NIKE AIR” branding can be seen on the black tongue label can be seen along with a white Wings logo on the lateral ankle. Underneath relies a sail…

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Take a look at these images of the “University Blue” Air Jordan 1 High OG

Brandon King

This beautiful sneaker is one of many iterations of the Air Jordan 1 that will see release over the course of the remainder of 2023 and ad infinitum. The “University Blue” Air Jordan 1 High OG sports a university blue toebox overlaid with black at the toe, which also extends up the eye rows. Black Swooshes adorn the white side panels on the lateral and medial sides with University blue leather also wrapping the heel and flanking the collar; the same hue is also present on the “NIKE AIR” branding…

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Game 7 of the 2023 East Finals: A place we never thought we’d be

Brandon King

The Miami Heat were a mere 0.1 of a second away from their seventh trip to the NBA Finals, but no one bothered to block out the inbound man, Derrick White, who had an unmolested run to the was able to tip in Marcus Smart missed three-point attempt for the most improbable sub-0.5-second game-winning basket since Derek Fisher’s infamous heave against the San Antonio Spurs back in 2004 Western Conference Semifinals. Although Jimmy Butler made some plays down the stretch, for most of the game he, nor Bam Adebayo played…

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2023 Black Student Athlete Summit in Los Angeles sponsored by NCAA

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Courtesy of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and the NCAA The NCAA department of inclusion, education and community engagement broadened its reach in supporting diversity-focused programming with its sponsorship this year of the Black Student Athlete Summit in Los Angeles. The University of Southern California hosted the summit, which wrapped up Wednesday. The Black Student Athlete Summit, which first took place in 2015, is a four-day conference that continues to grow in attendance and interest. This year’s event welcomed more than 1,400 student-athletes, professionals and influencers in athletics who discussed key…

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“OG” Nike Air Flight Huarache makes its return June 7

Brandon King

SInce its orginal release back in 1992, the Air Flight Huarache has been a hit. Made famous by 5 bragadocious, highly skilled basketball players in Ann Arbor Michigan, the Air Flight Huarache had its most recent retail run back in 2014 and is primed for a another one in 2023. It sports a white leather upper overlaid a neoprene inner bootie with a molded heel cage. Underneath resides a white midsole that houses Nike Air cushioning and multi-coloured rubber outsole. The “OG” Nike Air Flight Huarache is schedued to release…

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JJ Redick disses Stephen A. Smith and Winston Salem State University

Brandon King

While engaging in their banter of varying degrees of entertainment, sports utility, and truthfulness in some cases, On a segment with fellow LeSpychophant Brian Windhordst and Stephen A. Smith , JJ Redick was doing his job of carrying the water for LeBron James but decided to slight Smith and his basketball acuity by taking a cheap shot at his alma mater, HBCU Winston Salem State University. For those who may be unaware, Smith played basketball at WSSU under legendary coach Clarence “Big House” Gaines, but his athletic career was derailed…

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