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After showing you the ‘Away’ pair of Sheed’s new Ones which he debuted against the Brooklyn Nets during the first Battle of the Boroughs, we take a detailed look at the other pair of this Player Exclusive set. The ‘Home’ Air Force One features a mostly white upper with a blue counter-color and orange branding. [...]

A new NBA season means a new signature sneaker for those players privileged enough, and without a doubt, Kobe Bryant is one of those players.  For his eighth signature sneaker with Nike, the Kobe 8 System has an added emphasis on being lightweight. With a snakeskin print purposely designed as such to play off of [...]

Ever since the Jordan XXIII, the Air Jordan series has used the release year in the name instead of the traditional Roman numeral from the previous 23 years but next year’s Jordan iteration looks to be a combination of that style and actual sneaker number with the Air Jordan XX8. Yesterday at the “Dare to [...]

While Penny Hardaway campaigns for a roster position on the Miami Heat, he recently spent an entire day on Instagram reminding the world just how many exclusive sneakers he has.  The year 2012 saw the return of his Air Penny line with a new signature silhouette, as well as new colorways of the four models [...]

Rasheed Wallace seems to be a creature of comfort.  Shoot threes is his thing.  Cracking jokes is his thing.  And if sneakers and basketball are your thing, I’m sure that you have noticed his affinity for the Air Force One High.  Returning to the NBA as a member of the New York Knicks means new [...]

An affiliate site of ours, Nice Kicks, recently added Charlotte Bobcats guard Reggie Williams to their staff for this season as a guest editor.  Given the unique position he is in, Williams set up a look inside the sneaker closet of Kemba Walker.  The Bobcats floor general showed off a few of the Player Exclusives [...]

Last night Northwestern took on the University of Maryland in the Big 10/ACC Challenge.  At an Under Armour showcase a few weeks back, us media attendants were advised to look out for a slew of Player Exclusives for sponsored teams and with both the Terrapins and Wildcats sponsored by UA, this presented a unique chance [...]

Matthew Walzer, a 16 year-old high school from Florida living with Cerebral Palsy wrote a blog post explaining his condition to Nike hoping to raise awareness for other people living with similar conditions as him. Already a fan of basketball sneakers, Walzer addressed how great it would be if Nike would create either a basketball [...]

Spring of 2013 will bring two new colorways of the third Air Jordan basketball sneaker.  Not as unconventional as the black/purple/green pair is what has come to be known as the ‘Bright Crimson’ Jordan III. Bright Crimson was used earlier in the year on a Foamposite Pro, so this sneaker gets its name from that [...]

The recovery process of Derrick Rose thankfully hasn’t stopped adidas from continuing with the release of colorways of the adidas Rose 3 sneaker and the latest pair to drop pays tribute to Derrick Rose’s mother, Brenda. Similar to last season’s adiZero Rose 2.5 with the same inspiration, the adidas Rose 3 ‘Brenda’ features a high-quality [...]