Ben Berry

Rappers want to be ballers and basketball players want to spit raps. With the two subcultures so closely intertwined it isn’t unusual to see crossover with stars in each lane. If you’ve seen the Lance Stephenson music video to the three verses he rapped over the overwhelmingly popular Bobby Shmurda ‘Hot N****’ track then you [...]

If Reebok had released The Blast several years later instead of in 1995, Nick Van Exel could have worn this new colorway while with the Dallas Mavericks. Reebok brought The Blast back for its first Retro release in 2014 and started off with the OG two-toned colorway from 1995-96 NBA season season. After experimenting with [...]

A big reason why Stephen Curry went over to Under Armour after his Nike sneaker contract ended was because he saw how well the brand took care of one of his then-teammates. The eldest Splash Brother should definitely be feeling that UA love with this new colorway of the ClutchFit Drive releasing. Named after the [...]

Even though your shot may never look like that of Stephen Curry, your feet can look almost identical thanks to two of his Player Exclusive colorways of the Under Armour ClutchFit Drive releasing. Under Armour, once again, takes a unique approach to performance footwear by making athletic-not-aesthetic improvements to current footwear trends. No official word [...]

When the Air Jordan XIV (14) came out in 1998, the Ferrari design cues was apparent throughout the sneaker from the lines to the shield Jumpman logo. 16 years later there is a new Retro colorway taking the inspiration a step farther. Dressing the upper in a single-piece of suede and coloring it a vibrant [...]

After making our holy grail-ish list of the 23 best Air Jordans from the 1990s, we now have a 2014 Retro re-release of the Air Jordan VI (6) in a color not seen for over two decades. The proper name of the ‘SP Blue’ colored Jordan 6 has been officially cleared up by Jordan Brand [...]

Sneaker release date be damned is one of the things I took away from Chris Paul’s recent performance in a Seattle AM game on Saturday, August 23rd. Aside from recording a triple-double in effortless style, CP3 (unknowingly or not) debuted his new signature sneaker before Jordan Brand even announces it. After having the best performance [...]

When Reebok brought back their Blacktop division, which designed sneakers specifically for outdoor/streetball play in 1990, I was excited for the return of their classic Blacktop Battleground silhouettes to return. With the Blacktop Battleground III steadily releasing throughout this year and the news that the Blacktop Battleground II coming back in 2015, it would have [...]

On Thursday morning the participants arrived at The Avenue Colleges gym for the first workout of this year’s Elite 24 festivities. After a light cardio workout, the participants were divided into groups to work on different skills at different stations. Then player rotation were formed to allow teams to rotate in-and-out seamlessly while scrimmaging. Not [...]

While MANY sneaker news outlets (including us in April ago SORRY but we corrected in time for the August releases) reported this year’s Blacktop Battleground silhouette revival as the II or the second installment in the streetball sneaker line, the Reebok Blacktops that have been seen and releasing all of 2014 is actually the Blacktop [...]