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{image via Dexter Gordon, AND1’s Director of Player Development & Grassroots} AND1 is looking to reclaim a sizable share of the basketball sneaker market. Aside from the classic Tai Chi, the Xcelerate Mid is the first real step. Check out two upcoming colorways. Rumored to be called the AND1 Xcelerate ‘Regal Pack’, these two sneakers [...]

Rappers want to be ballers and basketball players want to spit raps. With the two subcultures so closely intertwined it isn’t unusual to see crossover with stars in each lane. If you’ve seen the Lance Stephenson music video to the three verses he rapped over the overwhelmingly popular Bobby Shmurda ‘Hot N****’ track then you [...]

This past weekend, I was invited out with the AND1 design team as they toured around the Coney Island side of Brooklyn, NY with Lance Stephenson as they gather inspiration for the upcoming Born Ready collection thru AND1 apparel. Very fittingly, the first stop on the tour was famed Abraham Lincoln HS where Stephenson led [...]

AND1 is recalling their heyday by bringing back two colorways of their popular Tai Chi Mid basketball sneaker. Aside from the 20th anniversary pair, these are the first two colorways of the classic AND1 sneaker to be released in a few years and in the age of plastic and synthetic materials making up many basketball [...]

AND 1 really seems to put extra effort of personalization into the PEs they give their players like the one shown here for Isaiah Canaan or like the Lance Stephenson Tai Chi Player Exclusive we detailed a few weeks back. Isaiah Canaan is a rookie from Murray State University for currently plays for the Houston [...]

Lance Stephenson has carried AND1 on his back for the last two NBA seasons with his high level of play, and thanks to the blossoming Indiana Pacer team he is apart of, the street ball brand from 1993 is enjoying a popularity revival. Inspired by the start of the Lent season, check out this Player [...]

AND1 is one of those sneaker companies that I am going to relate to the way the sneaker OGs are into brands like Diadora & Pony. That being said, it makes me happy to be able to honestly type about a new pair of the AND1 Tai Chi celebrating the 20th anniversary of the company. [...]

During the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2012-2013 NBA Playoffs, Lance Stephenson rose to the occasion stepping up into a pivotal role with the Pacers while wearing his first Player Exclusive pairs of the AND1 Tai Chi. Being the only And1 Basketball player in the NBA at the time (now there are three), Stephenson didn’t [...]

The summer isn’t over yet, there are still a lot of basketball to be played. That being said, the AND1 brand looks to end the the season off right with the AND 1 Labor Day Summer Remix event in Philly. Spaning from August 29th to September 1st, the AND1 Labor Day Summer Remix takes place [...]

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 [...]