Blogs

August 8, 2012 – Ben Berry Judging by the quality that the Bloodline and Juke were made with, I knew that the Torch had to make our list of the 5 most anticipated performance basketball sneakers for the second half of 2012. The 3M reflective element that Under Armour has come to incorporate in a [...]

August 8, 2012 – Ben Berry The one color that all Olympic nations should be having their eye on is gold. We see that Jordan Brand has their eyes on the prize by the upcoming release of the ‘Golden Moments Pack’. This latest Air Jordan package features a Jordan VI and a Jordan VII, both [...]

August 8, 2012 – Dan Favale The Chicago Bulls will be without Derrick Rose for a majority of next season, essentially putting their fate on the fragile wrist of Luol Deng. Deng managed to play through the torn ligament in his left wrist for Great Britain in the Olympics, but as training camp approaches, everyone [...]

August 8, 2012 – Allen Moll Yesterday, we showed you some pretty awesome footage of Louisville point guard Peyton Siva pulling off a sweet 360 between the legs dunk at Adidas Nations.  Now it’s one of Siva’s teammates that makes the highlights as the Cardinals’ 7 foot center Gorgui Dieng flips a soccer style scissors [...]

August 8, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Are you a Barack Obama supporter? Hell, even if you’re not, but you are a basketball fan, you may want to make a nominal contribution to his Presidential campaign. Why? Because the Obama camp is putting the names of all their donors in a hat and drawing one [...]

August 7, 2012 – Allen Moll Over the past few years we’ve grown accustomed to Reece Davis, Digger Phelps, Hubert Davis, and Jay Bilas getting us up to speed on the college hoops happenings from week to week on ESPN’s wildly popular College Gameday show.  In addition, former Oklahoma State star Doug Gottlieb, Hall of [...]

August 7, 2012 – Rob De France The Orlando Magic and Dwight Howard want the same thing—to build a championship team. The question is whether or not they can achieve that goal together. Although the Magic have stopped entertaining trade offers for Howard, the Gold-medal Olympian has recently reiterated that he will explore free agency [...]

August 7, 2012 – Dan Favale Andray Blatche has a penchant for poor conditioning, inconsistent performances and exuding a toxic attitude. So, naturally the Miami Heat are interested. According to Marc Stein of ESPN, the Heat are among a short list of teams that have displayed interest in the perpetually underachieving Blatche. Free-agent rumble that [...]

August 7, 2012 – Ben Berry With Foamposite popularity at an all-time high, now is as good of a time as any to chronicle the history of this beautifully designed shoe. [...]

August 7, 2012 – Allen Moll After surviving then actually thriving under the notoriously demanding Louisville head coach Rick Pitino for 3 years, big things are expected out of point guard Peyton Siva in his final year if the Cardinals are to live up to their likely Top 5 Pre-Season ranking for the upcoming NCAA [...]