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Grammy Award-winning rapper Macklemore recently electrified the Barclays Center in the name of the Jordan Brand Classic but that didn’t put a limit on his involvement with the legendary #23.
Jordan Brand assembled select media, and some of the nations top high school basketball players, in midtown Manhattan to unveil his latest signature shoe, the Air Jordan XX9. At the Terminal 23 gym, Michael Jordan himself and the shoe’s designer, Tinker Hatfield, debuted a technically advanced sneaker that features a woven upper.
Outsiders find it difficult to understand the intricacies of the sneaker game, but New York Times explored an aspect of commerce that’s grown increasingly popular — buying sneakers to trade or flip for profit. In an interesting comparison, the newspaper likened the process to selling and trading on the stock market.
UPDATE: It turns out that Eastbay trolled the lot of us with false promises, or at the very least, omitting major details. Each restocked sneaker will be a size 15 or higher with exception to the Air Jordan Retro 3 “Power Blue” and the Air Jordan Retro 6 “White/Infrared,” which will come in full size runs. […]
College basketball season is a wrap, but high school all star games are still going down that showcase the nation’s best amateur talent. One those marquee game is the Jordan Brand Classic, which will feature a performance from Grammy Award-Winners Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
The Nike x Supreme Air Foamposite is a reminder that sneaker culture is no longer the small, incubated society it once was. Fortunately, police officers on both coasts had the foresight to clear customers camping out at the boutique’s New York City and Los Angeles retail locations before things got ugly, but we know that […]
If you’re a sneaker fiend and missed some crucial recent releases, and happen to be attending the Final Four in Arlington, TX, you are in luck. Foot Locker is restocking a number of coveted models like the Air Jordan X Venom Green, the Air Jordan VI White Infrared and Kobe 9 Elite Maestro in Dallas-area […]
Adidas Originals has taken a beloved technical running shoe from the late 1980s (the ZX 8000) and given it a fresh contemporary makeover in the ZX Flux. With its renowned history and a bevy of crispy colorways, it’s a safe bet this is going to be one popular shoe in the streets, for those with good […]
There was a little bit of gossip spreading around the web that Michael Jordan was planning on detaching himself from Nike and Jordan Brand come next year. That baseless rumor has since been debunked by reps of the legendary basketball player.
For the first time in the United States, adidas has unveiled the Element Refine. The environmentally friendly and lightweight running shoe is made with a recycled tricot woven fabric and mesh to keep you quick in your feet and your carbon footprint to a minimum.