Today, adidas Basketball introduces Harden Vol. 4, inspired by James Harden’s creative freedom on and off the court. The lightest Harden signature shoe to-date features LIGHTSTRIKE midsole cushioning Source: Free to Create: adidas Embraces James Harden’s individuality with Harden Vol. 4 Since the N3XT L3V3L arrived a year ago I’ve been waiting for the new…
adidas Basketball and Marvel announced today that they have joined forces to create a limited-edition ‘Heroes Among Us’ collection led by five new footwear designs. Source: adidas and Marvel Celebrate Basketball’s Mightiest Heroes with New Footwear Collection I was going to write a title that was less of a “check this out” and more of…
Adidas said Wednesday it will buy shoemaker Reebok for $3.8 billion, giving the company about 20 percent of the U.S. market and the potential to better challenge leader Nike Inc. on its home turf. Source: Sportswear maker Adidas to buy Reebok When adidas finalized the acquisition of Reebok in 2006 for around 4 Billion dollars,…
Source: adidas Partners with Twitter to Live-Stream High School Football Games in New ‘Friday Night Stripes’ Series There has been a push lately by media and the medical field to alter the game of football. CTE is an issue that no one wants to hear about especially in regard to high school athletes. Friday…
#11 Atmos x Nike Air Max 1 ‘Elephant Print’ images via Atmos I didn’t get it when it dropped and I didn’t get it this time around, but that doesn’t mean I don’t respect it and how much it means to the culture. The Atmos will forever be the shoe that combined the Jordan 3…
images via KITH, size? and brand websites The compilation of anything is difficult. You have to be acutely aware of more brands than the average person. The list has to try and not be biased, which is impossible, and the reason you’ve chosen shoes has to be clear or the list is just something you…
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS), the largest U.S. based full-line omni-channel sporting goods retailer, today reported sales and earnings results for the third Source: DICK’S Sporting Goods Reports Third Quarter Results Earlier this year Dick’s launched a new private label in their Second Skin apparel. DICK’S Sporting Goods…
I was having a dialogue on a social platform about the information from today’s Investor’s Day. That dialogue dealt with the other side of the Nike turnaround taking place via the Consumer Direct Offense. I was introduced to a new site today that gives the employees who were laid off by Nike a voice (https://www.thelayoff.com/nike)….
Last year I wrote an entire discussion on why Nike could recover the basketball division. I even went as far as discussing the ten topics for the season that would inspire interest in the brand and in basketball. I hung my hat on the success of the Kyrie line and built an analysis that propped…
Source: adidas UltraBOOST X All Terrain LTD Shoes – Black | adidas US Since I’ve moved away from “Should You Buy to Flip?” I’ve had to be a lot more creative in building analysis of footwear releases. Resell is all but dead except for limited release footwear. An analysis of GR shoes allows for a…
Sneaker retailers are facing a perfect storm. (pic via BI from Bennett Raglin/AP) Source: Amazon is about to claim a new victim in the retail apocalypse – Business Insider The source article fails to cover a few points I recently made in my analysis of the Foot Locker stock plunge: Foot Locker’s Stock Plunge, How…
Source: Talk of Nike selling directly on Amazon – Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) | Seeking Alpha This morning Seeking Alpha analyst Clark Schultz posted that Nike might be looking to sell on Amazon. My immediate response was “Hell No.” My secondary response was, “Nah son!” My final response was that I’m very rarely wrong and when…
Source: Flightclub.cn There aren’t many pictures being dropped online about the alphaBounce Mid, so I can’t confirm that this shoe is actually the Mid version of the popular adidas runner. The shoe does feature the Bounce midsole, and heel counter but the shroud and rugged outsole seems to hint at an adidas Football model. Not soccer,…
Source: adidas NEWS STREAM : adidas Originals – 70s Apparel adidas has been doing a very good job of mining its past to deliver the items to a public that is longing for a sense of nostalgia. I would pull pics of me rocking my adidas tracksuits (big shout out to Run DMC), but our…
Source: Kanye West Goes on Political Rant During Concert, Says ‘I Would Have Voted on Trump’ – ABC News In today’s climate no one really listens and no one really reads. Okay, that’s a generalization because those of you on this site actually read. The majority of people live in a soundbite and click bait…
Originally posted on Housakicks Oh boy, just when I thought Steph was having a quiet season, I wake up this morning with my news feed saturated with his record breaking performance flicks against the Pelicans of Anthony Davis. Today is Election Day, shouldn’t folks be concerned with who becomes our President for the next four years?…
Sign up for UA Sportwear updates. Be the first to explore modern american sportswear and functional streetwear from the mind of designer Tim Coppens. Source: UAS Modern American Sportswear | US I don’t often say I’m wrong, but I’ve been giving UA hell in the last few weeks. The stock has dropped, and I stated…
The industry is finally seeing a handful of brands legitimately challenge Nike’s supremacy. Source: Why Intense Sneaker Market Competition Is Paying Off for Foot Locker | Footwear News I love it when I what I see verification of my words. The only reason I’m sharing this is because it completely supports number 10 in my…
I usually don’t say anything about internet memes, but I’m seeing too many of my basketball family sharing this silly ass Steph Curry meme about him not signing with Nike because of a bible verse… Stop sharing that shit, it’s fake. Steph wore Nike the first four years of his career. He had a freaking…
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