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Video: Ace Hood at Nike’s “The Opening”

July 12, 2011
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Last week, Nike began hosting some the top high school football talent in the country at their Beaverton campus, as part of “The Opening.” To reward the kids after a day of hard work, one night they were treated to a performance by rapper Ace Hood, who brought down the house while, as you’d expect, [...]

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Justin Bieber-Worn/Autographed Nikes Cost a Lot

March 8, 2011

Anyone who ever wondered what kind of value Justin Bieber could add to a pair of shoes, take note. The pictured shoe has been worn and autographed by the lil fella then donated to his alma mater, Stratford Northwestern Secondary School. The standard Nike Toki runs around $75, depending on exclusivity. The Justin Bieber-autographed Nike [...]

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Video: Three Nike 6.0 Ads featuring The RZA

July 27, 2010

I have no idea what the connection between hip hop and action sports is, but check out the new RZA Nike 6.0 Ads, where he creates a soundtrack for the 6.0 riders doing their things. Your boy The RZA really is clowning man, especially in the Ryan Dungey commercial. Two more beneath the cut.

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Tyreke Evans at Cherry Hill House of Hoops

June 15, 2010

Start making travel plans, Tyreke Evans will appear this Saturday, June 19th at the House of Hoops in the Cherry Hill Mall in, you guessed it, Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The event will be hosted by Izzo, of 100.3 The Beat, and will feature DJ Truuf spinning.

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Nike Maria Sharapova French Open 2010 Pack

May 18, 2010

As Maria Sharapova is as much a style icon as an athlete, it makes sense that Nike made her the most elaborate apparel, and as usual Maria had a great deal of input on the Dri-FIT Nike Clay Court Dress. The colors, deep burgundy and soft grey, were used to compliment the red clay at [...]

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Tim Tebow Signs With Nike

April 6, 2010

While there’s no official confirmation yet from the Swoosh or Camp Tebow, it looks like Tim Tebow has signed an apparel and footwear deal with Nike for a little under $300,000/year, although certain incentives could dramatically increase that sum. While his ability to play QB at the NFL level is a huge question mark, thus [...]

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Mercurial Vapor Superfly II Art by Sølve Sundsbø

April 5, 2010

With the idea in mind of creating a fresh art concept based around the technical brilliance of the new Mercurial Vapor Superfly II, Nike commissioned innovative Sølve Sundsbø to do what he could with their groundbreaking new soccer boot. The results are beautiful, featuring a surreal style that seems to showcase the boot’s traction technology. [...]

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Nike Sportswear Stickball Tournament–04.04.10

April 1, 2010

In the New York City area Sunday, March 4th and interested in playing some stickball? Swing on by Nike Sportswear’s 21 Mercer St. location and join the NSW Stickball Tournament. In addition to the tournament, there will be a screening of the Yankees’ season opener against the BoSox as well as a Q&A with the [...]

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Ferrari Murakami Nike Trainer SB

March 8, 2010

I hate sharing super-tight shoes like this because the fact of the matter is that, as disappointing as it is, you’ll never get this shoe. There are only two pairs of the Ferrari Murakami Nike Trainer SB in the world, the shoe having been made for Murakami aka Ibn Jasper, an “image consultant” responsible for [...]

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NikeBlog.com Newsletter: The Time is Now

March 8, 2010

So at some point in the very near future I’m going to start doing a newsletter. This is a good thing because all media is good, and media that is delivered to you for free is better. Everyone knows this. It’s why RSS feeds get us all warm and tingly. Also, I’ll be conveniently summing [...]

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