NYC

There was rumblings late last year that 2016 would be the return of the Air Jordan X City Series. At first glance, this Air Jordan X looks to be constructed from two different leathers: a smooth leather seen on most of the upper, and a tumbled leather seen on panel overlays. This entirely black Jordan [...]

After officially getting the nod to start the 2015 NBA All-Star Game (and make the team for the second straight year), John Wall will be seen in the ‘NYC All-Star’ colorway of the adidas J Wall 1. The ‘NYC All-Star’ J Wall 1, along with the other signature adidas sneakers, were colorblocked with the 2015 [...]

Sneaker Con ends its 2013 early tour in New York City on Saturday, July 13th at Basketball City on 299 South Street. The adidas Originals team called on Dikembe Mutombo to officially re-introduce the Retro of his signature sneaker. Mutombo will be in the building to promote the rumored August drop of the adidas Mutombo. [...]

Pronounced “sneaker beast”, the SNKRBST launch event happens May 19th in NYC. Not to be confused as strictly a sneaker event, on SNKRBST (hosted by Angela Yee) kicks off with their first ever event. Along with all of the sneaker buying/selling/trading is one of the better music lineups I’ve seen around. SNKRBST brings together Kool [...]

With the sneaker collecting community seemingly growing everyday, sneakerheads both seasoned & new are in need of a place to congregate and discuss things relevant to us like release dates, sneaker material quality, and which starlet we would like to see in nothing but sneakers. Started back in 2005 by owner Gary Hughes after buying [...]

After two different event dates & performance lineups, it seems like “third time’s the charm” for the NYC stop of Sneaker Pimps with December 19th being the new date.  Originally set for late October, Hurricane Sandy put a stop to that also forcing the cancelation of the rescheduled time which was set for November. Besides [...]

May 10, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Now that the Knicks have been knocked out of the 2012 NBA Playoffs by the Miami Heat, its time to start thinking about the future and how they will get over the hump. Well Amare Stoudemire has one idea. [...]

April 11, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Bragging rights in the Public Schools Athletic League will be in the Bronx and Queens for the year, as the Bronx/Queens teams defeated the Manhattan/Brooklyn/Staten Island squad in the Mayor’s Cup at City College of New York. The Mayor’s cup pits the best seniors in the PSAL against [...]

April 4, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors A speed painting artist named David Garibaldi last week was hired to be the half-time show at Madison Square Garden during a Knicks game. What better way to entertain the crowd than to use the injured guard Jeremy Lin as his subject. The performance was a big hit. [...]

January 3, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors New Jersey Nets star point guard Deron Williams this week followed in the footsteps of Blake Griffin and Rajon Rondo in signing an endorsement deal with Redbull. The terms and financials of the deal haven’t been disclosed but we are assuming that since Redbull gives you wings, Williams [...]