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Inspired by World Environment Day, World Oceans Day, and Global Wind Day all taking place in the first half of June, FILA releases the ‘Green Pack’. Comprised of the FILA KJ7 (worn by Kevin Johnson) and the FILA Spaghetti (formerly the FILA Stackhouse worn by Jerry Stackhouse, the FILA ‘Green Pack’ is made up of [...]

While the ‘Beethoven’ colorway of the Nike Kobe 9 Elite Low doesn’t come out until mid-August, we have news that a purple pair will come out sooner. Known as the ‘Hyper Grape’ Kobe 9 Elite Low, this purple colorway of the latest Kobe Bryant sneaker features all the top-of-the-line traits that Nike has available in [...]

When Isaiah Thomas of the Sacramento Kings wore a lowtop pair of the Reebok Kamikaze II during this past regular season; people took notice. The pairs that IT22 wore were Player Exclusive colorways but the Vector brand has saw fit to general release this Shawn Kemp sneaker in a lowtop form. Despite 2013 being a [...]

Last year when Jordan Brand introduced the long-winded Air Jordan 1 High Retro OG you might have left out a word or three when referencing any of the pairs, but this new mold of the original Jordan sneaker from 1985 have made for all the greatest Jordan I releases ever. The latest iteration is this [...]

In a time where brick-and-mortar sneaker stores seem to be dying off to make room for more webstores, ruVILLA is one of the few that has been around for over a quarter decade. That is over 25 years. In celebration, VILLA created the ‘Final Draft’ edition of the adidas Top Ten sneaker. With a very [...]

When Nike introduced the ‘South Beach’ sneaker colorway into the signature sneaker series for LeBron James with the ‘Pre-Heat’ LeBron 8, I don’t think King James or the Swoosh had any (real) idea of how much waves this color combination would cause. The ‘South Beach’ colorway is arguably the most popular debuted on a LeBron [...]

FILA worked with Lemar & Dauley on the ‘Mojito Cage’, a teal pigskin collaboration colorway of The Cage basketball sneaker. Featuring all FILA branding on the right sneaker and complete Lemar & Dauley logos and phrases on the left (like “WAVE TRIBE” on the inside of the tongue), the needle point flower pattern on the [...]

Back in April we brought news that Reebok was bringing back their Blacktop series of sneakers designed for outdoor basketball by re-releasing the Boulevard and Blacktop II models from their archive. Designed with current materials, the Reebok Retaliate takes the outsole durability that the Blacktop series has been known for and adds a modern twist. [...]

When Nike unveiled the Kobe 9 Elite, many would-be consumers would be turned off by the height of the sneaker but Nike has the remedy for that with this lowtop version. We were first introduced to the Kobe 9 Elite Low a few months back with the two colorways that saw a limited release overseas [...]

The Nike Air Flight 89 is one of the greatest sneakers ever. Designed by Tinker Hatfield in 1989, the Air Flight 89 is essentially a Air Jordan IV since it was released in the same year and shares the same exact midsole and outsole as Michael Jordan’s fourth signature sneaker. While 2014 marks the 25th [...]