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Nike Makes ‘Medical Mamba’ Sneaker For Kobe Bryant To Recover Faster From Achilles Injury

Nike Makes ‘Medical Mamba’ Sneaker For Kobe Bryant To Recover Faster From Achilles Injury

Straight off of the Twitter account of Kobe Bryant we get our first word of his one-off ‘Medical Mamba’ sneakers that Nike created for him hoping it will help with his recovery from the achilles injury he sustained in April. One surprising thing Kobe shared with us about these sneakers, besides him being out of [...]

May 31, 2013 admin Exclusives, Kicks 2

SNEAK-A-PEAK: LeBron James Previews Nike LeBron XI In Practice

SNEAK-A-PEAK: LeBron James Previews Nike LeBron XI In Practice

With LeBron James and the Miami Heat moving closer to that Larry O’Brian Award this season, it makes sense for Nike to have the next signature sneaker for a marketing entity as big as LeBron to already be its final stages. During a recent Heat practice, LeBron James worked out in an entirely black version [...]

May 21, 2013 admin Kicks, Sneak-a-Peek 0

33 Sneakers Derrick Williams Wore This NBA Season

33 Sneakers Derrick Williams Wore This NBA Season

Follow our Kicks section on Twitter @THDKicks & use #THDKicks to join in the conversation. Ben Berry wrote this. Add Ben to a Google+ circle of yours and follow his Twitter feed. [...]

May 15, 2013 admin Exclusives, Kicks, Lists 0

Nike Kobe 8 System – ‘Mambacurial’

Nike Kobe 8 System – ‘Mambacurial’

Just because Kobe Bryant is injured does not mean there won’t be any more pairs of the Nike Kobe 8 System to look forward to this year. Inspired by the Nike Mercurial Vapor IX (soccer to us, football to the rest of the world) cleat, the ‘Mambacurial’ Kobe 8 takes the Fireberry colorway straight from [...]

May 6, 2013 admin Kicks 0

Nike Zoom KD IV – ‘Russell Westbrook’ Player Exclusive

Nike Zoom KD IV – ‘Russell Westbrook’ Player Exclusive

Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant are one of the best tandems in the NBA right now, and with both of them being style aficionados, it is not surprising to Westbrook in his own personalized pair of Nike KD sneakers. On the tongue you can see the WHY NOT? logo that was used on previous Russell [...]

April 24, 2013 admin Kicks, PE Corner 0

5 Pictures Of Vanessa Bryant Wearing Kobe Sneakers

5 Pictures Of Vanessa Bryant Wearing Kobe Sneakers

Follow our Kicks section on Twitter @THDKicks & use #THDKicks to join in the conversation. Ben Berry wrote this. Add Ben to a Google+ circle of yours and follow his Twitter feed. [...]

April 15, 2013 admin Exclusives, Kicks, Lists 0

Nike KD V – ‘N7’

Nike KD V – ‘N7’

Because of the deep Native American affiliation that the state Oklahoma has, the signature sneaker of Kevin Durant from the Oklahoma City Thunder was chosen once again to take part in the Nike N7 program. The said purpose of the Nike N7 program is to bring the benefits that American sports have to the Aboriginal [...]

April 10, 2013 admin Kicks, Official Releases 0

SNEAK-A-PEEK: Two Different Nike Foamposite Pro – ‘Green Camo’ Samples

SNEAK-A-PEEK: Two Different Nike Foamposite Pro – ‘Green Camo’ Samples

There is not a sneaker I can think of that is more popular right now that the Foamposite. Whether it be the one Foamposite One that Penny Hardaway wore & has his log on the heel of or the Foamposite Pro that has a big Swoosh on the outside, that is what people like. Something [...]

March 31, 2013 admin Kicks, Sneak-a-Peek 0

SNEAK-A-PEEK: Nike Lunar Hyperdunk 2013

SNEAK-A-PEEK: Nike Lunar Hyperdunk 2013

Three months into 2013 right now in March, we are getting our first good look at the 2013 Hyperdunk. Continuing to build on tech applications first seen on last year’s Nike Hyperdunk model, the 2013 editions features a mesh tongue with a Hyperfuse build which is supported by independent Flywire cables first seen on the [...]

March 29, 2013 admin Kicks, Sneak-a-Peek 0

Nike Updates Twitter RSVP Process To Prevent Cheating On Getting Sneakers

Nike Updates Twitter RSVP Process To Prevent Cheating On Getting Sneakers

Without a doubt there is more sneaker releases than ever. The days of a handful of colorway releases releasing all at once until stock ran out has been replaced with new colorways every other week of the marketing life of the sneaker. With demand also growing for basketball kicks, a new system had to be [...]

March 28, 2013 admin Exclusives, Kicks 0