Where usually thousands of screaming students would fill the stands, there is just a dull silence. Instead of emotion-packed showdowns, the NCAA is experiencing a rash of game cancellations. The frustration level is high in many places. Without question, the world of college basketball looks more different than ever before. Still, the top college teams […]
Happy New Year everyone. I hope you had a wonderful time. After a brief Christmas break, I am finally back on the KICKZ Blog to talk about sneakers 🙌. This time around, I would like to share my thoughts on LeBron JAMES’ new shoes with you. Let’s have a look! Design As usual, Nike LeBrons […]
It’s adidas Dame Time ⌚️! I recently laced up the new Damian LILLARD shoe for an up-close look and performance test 📝. Just in time for the holidays and your Christmas wishlist, right? So let’s dive right into this and check out what adidas has in store for us with the new Dame 7 💪. […]
And in the end everything happened very quickly. For a long time it was said that the 2020/21 NBA season would only start in the new year … on January 18th, possibly later. But then the Covid 19 pandemic in the USA worsened, and the owners did not want to miss out on the Christmas […]
In the shadow of his first collab shoe with PUMA, we had an exclusive chance to chitchat with Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma. Of course we talked about everything fashion related but we also asked him about the championship season with LA and life inside the bubble. If you want to know what he […]
There it is! The new Jumpman flagship, the much anticipated Jordan drop and the “most important shoe we make each year” according to Craig WILLIAMS is here. And quite honestly, who is not waiting each and every year to see what the GOAT’s (Yes, I called it!) new shoes have in store for us? After […]
I am honestly pretty excited about these. Ever since PUMA checked back in into performance basketball, you could just sense some fresh vibes in this scene. Especially with the re-introduction of the Clyde franchise into the performance segment. Earlier this year, I had the chance to give the PUMA Clyde Hardwood a test ride and […]
Dr. Marcus Elliott is the Stephen Hawking of applied sports science. When I wrote an article about sports injury prevention many years ago, this guy’s name kept coming up. Now he was sitting in front of me and I had questions. Dr. Elliott had the answers. And then some… Interview: Robbin Barberan FIVE: […]
Trading cards: It seems like everyone has a couple of cards laying around somewhere. But the hobby has turned into so much more. Trading cards are an industry which is also booming during the Corona pandemic. They are just laying there: just waiting with so much promise, even seduction. They’re shiny with green and silver […]
After 10 years, the Los Angeles Lakers are back on top of the basketball world. The road there was neither a straight one nor did it follow any distinguishable long-term plan. But it did substantiate the special status of the Lakers. Here is a chronology of an odd decade. “Finally” is a word that was […]
