Air Jordan IV – ‘Cement’ Release Date

February 7, 2012 – Ben Berry With the first month of 2012 behind us already, Jordan Brand begins to bring the heat by releasing the classic ‘Cement’ colorway of the Air Jordan IV. When the Jordan IV was chosen for as the Air Jordan for the 2011 Doernbecher collection, that meant that 2012 would see a return of the fourth signature... [Read more]...

adidas adiZero Rose 2.5 Available For Customation On miadidas

February 3, 2012 – Ben Berry Fans of the newest Derrick Rose sneaker have a lot to celebrate this week since the adiZero Rose 2.5 becomes the first signature basketball sneaker to come through the adidas miadidas program. Aside from coloring different panels of the sneaker, other customization options not seen on other sneaker creating programs... [Read more]...

Derrick Rose Debuts the adidas adiZero Rose 2.5 – ‘Brenda’ Against Knicks

February 2, 2012 – Ben Berry This pair of the adidas adiZero Rose 2.5 was dubbed ‘Brenda’ after Derrick Rose’s mother who’s favorite color is also red. A subtle monotone cement-like print can be seen on the entire upper which is fitting for the fourth sneaker of the current MVP; very reminiscent of the fourth signature... [Read more]...

Nike Air Flight One – ‘Glow in the Dark’

January 31, 2012 – Ben Berry As with the last few NBA All-Star Weekends the sneakers released have a theme that varies between companies. Since this ’11 – ’12 season has more eyes on the league than in recent memory, Nike goes for the flashy by releasing their biggest signature sneakers in glow in the dark colorways. With... [Read more]...

What’s In Derek Fisher’s Bag?

January 30, 2012 – Ben Berry adidas resurrects their What’s in the Bag series calling upon veteran LA Lakers PG Derek Fisher to be the latest Stripes player to display the contents of his backpack. At first glance the differences between this and its higher counterpart might seem minute and with good reason because the Crazy Light Low is... [Read more]...

UA Basketball – Gary Williams Pack

January 26, 2012 – Ben Berry Located on Hull St along the Baltimore Harbor, UA Basketball has outfitted University of Maryland players with equipment for years since the Prototype. Now with their basketball division taking off, Under Armour shows they haven’t forgotten where they came from with this special set of kicks honoring the recently... [Read more]...

Nike Zoom Kobe VII – ‘Great White Shark’

January 24, 2012 – Ben Berry One of the Swoosh’s favorite color from 2011 was definitely Treasure Blue and these Zoom Kobe VII “Great White Shark” edition’s use it masterfully. Peep the images of this great pair of kicks from the Kobe Predator Pack that you’ll want to pick up. Phenomenal swag…  Read More →

Under Armour Micro G Bloodline – ‘Kemba Walker’ & ‘Derrick Williams’ PE

January 16, 2012 – Ben Berry The Bloodline runs deep. Under Armour has spent the better part of the last two years building up their basketball division by taking careful steps to ensure success. [Read more]…  Read More →

adidas adiZero Rose 2.5 Release Info

January 13, 2012 – Ben Berry adidas drops the Dominate and officially debuts the adiZero Rose 2.5 as the sneaker Derrick Rose will wear during the second half of the season. Just as we saw with the last Rose model, different colorways will get a different material to wrap the upper. Whether adidas consciously chose to make the toebox out of... [Read more]...

Sneak-a-Peek: LeBron 9 – ‘Big Bang’

January 12, 2012 – Ben Berry LeBron James goes out of this world with new space-themed sneaker. Looking at these and the supposed All-Star Zoom Kobe VII, you can tell that this year Nike isn’t just going with the traditional east-wears-blue/west-wears-red we’re used to seeing. Reflective 3M materials are used on the branding and... [Read more]...