Saturday, Sept. 3rd 2016 is one of those days in the life of a sneakerhead, when the sun seems a little bit brighter and the smiles seem a little bit warmer. Why? One of the absolute must-have-shoes in sneaker history is being re-released. The Air Jordan 1 Retro “Banned” is coming back. It’s the shoe that took […]
History doesn’t repeat itself, they say. Well, sometimes it does. For instance, when a certain someone dribbles down the clock to deliver a championship-deciding play in game 6 of the finals – just to do it all over again the following year. Mr. Michael Jeffrey Jordan loved to make history. And he loved mimicking his […]
VICTORIOUS but not so GLORIOUS USA Basketball has done it again! The 2016 squad has captured the Gold medal at the Olympic Games in Rio in convincing fashion. In the Gold medal game at least… The 2016 Olympic tournament was a rollercoaster ride for USABMNT. After storming out the gates with two landslide victories against China […]
They simply did not want to be on the same team. Whoever got asked, basically had at least one player he did not want to play with. Michael Jordan alongside Magic Johnson? No way! Patrick Ewing pairing with David Robinson? Come on! Charles Barkley and Karl Malone? Never ever! So how did this work out? […]
It hasn’t been that long since we last saw the Air Jordan 5 Retro in the Black/Metallic Silver colorway. The last retro release was in 2011. So why this (by Jordan standards) early re-release? Well, this time around the Jumpman brand amped up the quality and the AJ V actually features the Nike Air logo on […]
Two eras meet with the release of the Air Jordan 17+ Retro “Bulls” this Sunday, May 29. When Michael Jordan returned to NBA action in 2001, he joined the Washington Wizards. The then 38-year old proved time and time again that he still had it in him. For his second comeback MJ wore the Air […]
When you think about Michael Jordan’s career there’s no doubt that countless memorable moments come to mind. The Shot, MJ’s Slam Dunk Contest performance, His Airness dunking on Ewing and Mutombo to name only a few. But one moment stands out. June 11, 1997. In the middle of the night Mike wakes up sweating, shaking […]
In cooperation with FIVE Magazine Imagine you wake up in the middle of the night. Shaking. Sweating. Nauseas. You feel partially paralyzed. So you call the medical staff who tells you that you’re either suffering from food poisoning or an intestinal stomach virus. They also tell you that you won’t be able to follow your […]
Jordan Brand’s releases on this Saturday leave almost nothing to be desired. You got the classic in form of the Air Jordan 2. And here you got a great new color option for their latest and greatest performance basketball shoe: The Air Jordan XXX releases in a “Gym Red” colorway. As you all know Russell […]
This Saturday, May 21, marks a special date as it is the first time since 1994 that we see this specific colorway of the Air Jordan 2 Low returning. The “Chicago” is inspired by the colors of the Bulls: white, red and black. During the 1987 NBA season Michael Jordan actually wore this colorway on […]
