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Video: Nike–Black History Month– “Julius Erving”

March 3, 2011

This is the final Nike video put together to pay tribute to Black History Month, a particular athlete—in this case Julius Erving—and a Black History Month-inspired shoe created by Nike (or Converse, as it happens). Also check out the Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant videos.

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Nike–Black History Month Collection | Release Date

January 19, 2011

There’s a good chance you saw half the NBA wearing Black History Month-inspired footwear yesterday, due to everyone in Nike’s stable wearing a pair in honor of MLK Day, and now we’ve got some good news in the form of a handful of the shoes nabbing official drop dates. The Zoom Kobe VI–Black History Month [...]

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Nike Black History Month—2011 Collection

January 14, 2011

The pictures of the Nike Black History Month Collection (2011) are finally hitting the web, and they’re looking even better than initially anticipated. Each shoe included in the back—Air Jordan 3, Air Force 1, Zoom Kobe VI, Converse Star Player—features an eye-catching colorway of black and gold, the former hue a nod to classic basketball [...]

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Video: Nike x Jordan x Converse Hybrid Shoe

August 24, 2010

Nike is always looking for new ways to innovate, and what’s the point of having subordinate companies if you can’t draw from their technology and product line? At the recent World Basketball Festival, Nike debuted the first ever collaboration between Nike, Jordan Brand and Converse, an Air Max basketball shoe with some similarities to the [...]

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Converse Star Player

July 10, 2010

The thing with Converse, as it pertains to new basketball shoes, is that, being owned by Nike, they must have access to all the technology in the Innovation Kitchen, but they don’t always take advantage of it. Perhaps they’re starting to go a different direction however, because the upcoming Converse Star Player appears to mix [...]

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HUF x Nike Blazer Mid Canvas SB

October 20, 2009

This topic was briefly touched upon a couple of weeks ago, but now it seems that a release date is imminent for the HUF x Nike Blazer Mid Canvas SB, the hybrid of the classic Blazer and the iconic Chuck Taylor with a dash of that HUF flair. The Nike SB Blazer “Chuck Taylor” will [...]

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Nike Blazer SB Chuck Taylor All-Star

October 2, 2009

I suppose this seemed inevitable when Nike bought Converse a few years back, but we’re finally going to see a crossover between one of the Nike’s iconic silhouettes and THE sneaker icon. The Nike Blazer SB Chuck Taylor All-Star sports an all canvas upper—as you’d expect from a Chuck-inspired shoe—a vulcanized rubber midsole that is [...]

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Lupe Fiasco Converse All-Stars …

April 18, 2009

… you know, Chuck Taylors. As part of the (PRODUCT) RED campaign to eliminate AIDS in Africa, Lupe Fiasco and Dr. Romanelli go together to create a very unique Converse All-Star. The shoe looks like the traditional Chuck Taylor, except rather than canvas the upper is completely patent leather, and the usually-black line is red, [...]

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