I am no skater, and I’ve never been a fan of Vans, laceless or otherwise, but I am definitely on board with these Vans-like Nike Drifter 6.0. It’s basically a really simple skate shoe with a plain midsole (think Vans or All-Stars), a suede upper, and some very light stitching in the standard Nike-panel shape. [...]

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As mentioned in a previous entry, the first Air Jordan 2009 will drop tomorrow, January 31st. The limited edition shoe is the Air Jordan 2009 S23, a black model with a few gold accents throughout. I won’t get too into detail about the shoe itself (click the “previous entry” link to read about the specs), [...]

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Hearken back with me to 1996: the Yankees won the World Series, we were in the midst of the steroid era but didn’t know it yet, and Ken Griffey Jr was the best baseball player most people had ever seen. Adding to his mystique were the SICK shoes Nike made for him.
You can come back [...]

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The “Think Pink” Kay Yow Hyperdunk pack, originally scheduled to drop on February 1st, will now release on February 9th, at all three House of Hoops locations. The pack, which includes everything pictured save the jersey, supports breast cancer awareness.
Kay Yow passed away Saturday, after a third bout with breast cancer.
Original release date announcement.

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I hadn’t really given it too much thought, but being that this is the 20th anniversary of Nike ACG I guess we should probably expect some funky ACG releases throughout the year to ring in the celebration. That being said, I now present the Nike Air Wild Pegasus Black/Medium Blue-Flint Grey. This is a sportier, [...]

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You’ve got to love the Air Jordan 1 Phat. Take the Air Jordan 1 Low, give it a little more padding through the ankle, and hit it with some dope colors. While I made mention of the Air Jordan 1 Phat Laker Pack a couple of days ago, there’s a new pack to talk about [...]

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Nike is at it again with the hybrid shoes. I’m running out of different ways to say this: Nike took concept A, combined it with concept B, and got hybrid shoe C. In this case concept A is the Nike Terminator, concept B is ACG Clima-Fit and neoprene among other things, and hybrid shoe C [...]

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