One of the rising faces of the NBA, Los Angeles Clipper Blake Griffin, is now one of the faces of the Jordan Brand according to CBS Sports. Joining Oklahoma City Thunder Guard Russell Westbrook, Griffin joins the sneaker brand which bears the names of the game’s greatest player.
Today is a national holiday for sports fans and game junkies alike. NBA 2K13, which is executive produced by Jay-Z this year, finally hits stores today. The dominant video game in basketball and sports recruits two of the most dominant figures in their respective fields for the latest advertisement.
The is the sneaker that started it all. Not the game in general, but the Air Jordan 1 would help turn Nike into a global athletic apparel power, ramp up the growing legend of one Michael Jordan (even if he thought he’d “look like a clown” in them at first) and become one of the […]
The summer is coming to an end and we all know that can suck. One thing that is great, however, is the return of some of our favorite sports. NFL football has already started, NBA basketball players will return to training camp shortly, the MLB playoffs are kicking off, and big fights are always around […]
As if Jay-Z didn’t need anymore props, now game geeks can thank the god MC for NBA 2K13’s latest advancement. Yesterday, 2K Sports announced that the legendary 1992 USA Olympic Basketball team, also known as “The Dream Team,” will be in NBA 2K13 and you can thank the game’s executive producer for that. “The Dream Team wasn’t going to […]
Barack Obama is using his love of basketball to raise funds for his re-election campaign. Later this year, the POTUS will be holding a basketball-themed fundraiser where top donors will be granted the opportunity to shoot hoops with the likes of Carmelo Anthony, Patrick Ewing, Kyrie Irving, Alonzo Mourning and Sheryl Swoopes. The event is being called the […]
Jay-Z is being advertised in this new spot for NBA 2K13 as the executive producer of the video game. Now as a minority owner of an NBA team, we are not sure how exactly this is supposed to work, nor how someone executive produces a video game. Is Jay-Z going to manage the music on the game? […]
The fact that Michael Jordan was hoping to land a shoe deal with adidas instead of Nike is now basic history among basketball fans and sneaker collectors. But in Jack McCallum’s new book, Dream Team, the author reveals more details about the negotiations between Air Jordan, his agent David Falk and Nike. One particularly interesting point, […]
They’re back. Michael Jordan’s iconic (no hyperbole) Air Jordan 4 in the Black/Fire Red/Cement Gray aka “Bred” colorway will make a retro return in November and there are new images of the shoe to inspire you to start saving your pennies.
If you missed last nights phenomenal documentary on the infamous “Dream Team” that dominated basketball in 1992’s Olympics and brought U.S.A. the much deserved Gold medal. Consisting of such Hall of Famers like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Clyde Drexler, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin, Christian Laettner […]
NBA TV’s The Dream Team is a documentary that takes a look at the 1992 Olympic men’s basketball team that assembled some of the greatest NBA players to ever play the game. From the looks of this extended trailer this will be must see TV for basketball fans and anyone with a pulse.
No matter what your opinion is of all the retros Jordan Brand is dropping, they still offer you a chance to cop those Js you may have missed out in back in the day or must have in your collection (to wear, right?). The Air Jordan IV in the “Military Blue” colorway (last retroed in ’06) […]
