Shoes We Love this Season
Robbie Falchi
October 16th welcomes the most magical time of the year – all the sports are on TV, ALL THE SPORTS. Today the NBA reawakens from its post-Finals slumber (pre-season doesn’t count)…
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Super-Sonics Sneakers
Sonics fans stand up! The great city of Seattle has been teamless since the start of the 2008-09 season after the Sonics failed to raise enough money to fund a…
2002 All-Star Sneaker Greatness
The NBA’s All-Star festivities stand as one of the best exhibition spectacles in North American Sports. Think about it: football’s Pro-Bowl Game in Hawaii gets as many views as Food…
RIP: Moses Malone
We dedicate today’s entry in Sneaker History to Moses Malone. Three years ago today Moses sadly passed at the young age of 60 in his sleep. The native Virginian was…
1cent Tuesday: Penny V
Throughout the ’90’s Penny Hardaway’s electrifying play landed him in the hearts of NBA fans across the globe. Touted as Magic Johnson 2.0, Hardaway’s size, vision, and athleticism separated him…
Top-5 Shoes of a Top-5 Scorer
When Kevin Durant signed with the Golden State Warriors after losing to them in the 2016 NBA Finals the league was fundamentally changed. Much like Thanos from Marvel’s Infinity War,…
HBD: David West
Today we celebrate the birth of NBA forward David West. The birthday boy (37 years) enjoyed most of his success while playing with the New Orleans Hornets (Pelicans) and Indiana…
TBT: Nike Zoom 2k3
Nike’s catalog of shoes yet to be retro’ed is both short and mysterious. There are sooo many shoes sitting in their archives that have long been lost to time and…
Top-5 Jays
We all have our top-5 favorite pairs of Jordans – it’s one of the most common ‘lists’ within the sneaker culture. Selecting five pairs of Jays is no easy task,…
Sample Sunday: LeBron x Ohio State
It’s no suprise that LeBron James would have attended The Ohio State university (my high school math teacher went to Ohio State and always made a point to emphasize ‘the’…