PE Corner

In the Ball Is Life video we showed you of the top five plays from the Under Armour Midnight Run, which really was the start of the Elite 24 events in Brooklyn this year, the dunk by Kent Bazemore was at the top of the list. What made the play to me was the pass [...]

The 2013 Elite 24 high school basketball events begins this Thursday. For the festivities, Under Armour will lace the participants with Player Exclusive versions of the upcoming Spawn Anatomix basketball sneaker. Two colorways of the Under Armour Spawn Anatomix represent the divide of the two Elite 24 teams as well as the two different sides [...]

When he began his NBA career, Kobe Bryant had an adidas sneaker endorsement which led to some of the most unique-looking basketball sneakers ever. One of the more memorable kicks was the ones he wore during the adidas EQT Elevation, being re-released for the first time in the ‘1997 Dunk Contest’ colorway worn by Kobe [...]

This past weekend the father of the whole signature sneaker series, Michael Jordan, broke out an unreleased pair of the fabled Air Jordan XI for a day during his Flight School basketball camp. Likely inspired by the Charlotte Bobcats team colors, this blindingly exclusive Jordan 11 that Michael Jordan has on features navy blue patent [...]

In a surprise move, adidas is scheduled to release the Crazy 8 in a new colorway inspired by Iman Shumpert. The adidas Crazy 8 first debuted on the feet of Kobe Bryant early in his career when he was putting on for the Stripes. The combination of synthetic leathers & suedes in grey coupled with [...]

Jrue Holiday is coming off of the best season of his career. A first-time NBA All-Star and recent bargaining chip in the trade that sent him to New Orleans for a top NBA Draft pick, Holiday is now being broken off with a special Player Edition pair of the adidas Crazy 8. Not only does [...]

CONSTRUCTION: The flagship feature from adidas on the Crazyquick is the flexable midsole designed to make your first step as fast as possible; quick if you will. There are four points on the Crazyquick outsole which are designed for different things. Called Quick Zones, the categories they are divided into are the toe zone, forefoot [...]

Just this past weekend, Lincoln HS in Brooklyn retired the high school jersey of 2009 alumni Lance Stephenson of the Indiana Pacers. For this event, AND1 created a one-off pair of their classic Tai Chi sneaker. For the former Railsplitter, a mostly navy upper surrounded by white tumbled leather features Stephenson’s face on the tongue [...]

Last night in what could have been a series-ending game, LeBron James and the Miami Heat fought their way into overtime and eventually ended up winning Game 6 inside the American Airlines Arena to force a Game 7. Leading the way of the defending champion team, LeBron recorded his second triple-double of the Heat/Spurs series [...]

Dwyane Wade came alive in a necessary Game 4 Miami Heat win while playing in another unreleased colorway from his Way Of WADE sneaker line with Li-Ning. This is a Player Exclusive gold colorway of the Way Of WADE Encore; the playoff version of his original Li-Ning sneaker from the partnership announced in October. Some [...]