After a year of waiting, the University of Oregon has finally debuted the carbon Oregon football helmet, albeit in practice. No logos attached to it yet, but they’re still looking absolutely superlative. Check out one more view under the cut. (A close-up, to boot.) To clarify, this is a carbon-dipped silver helmet.

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Decent video here, put together by Sid Ashford for Nice Kicks recapping Nike’s World Basketball Festival. It focuses a bit more on attempting to be arty (if anyone “attempts” to do that) than I care for, and as a result suffers a bit in the actual content, but some cool highlights and a nice summary [...]

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If you missed D-Wade and Chris Paul at House of Hoops yesterday, fear not; Russell Westbrook will visit House of Hoops tomorrow night for a full two hours, from 8p-10.This guy is set to blow up, so you this is one of your last chances to meet the dude before he becomes a full blown [...]

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If you’re in the NYC-area today, stop by the Harlem House of Hoops; as part of the lead-up to the World Basketball Festival Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul will be at that Harlem HoH at 7p to chat with the crowd and push the releases of the Jordan CP3 Tribute “USA” and the Jordan 2010 [...]

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Opening this weekend in New York City, “Air Force 1: Anatomy of an Urban Legend” documents the rise of the shoe, its roots in basketball as well as in the streets and effect its had on culture. Odd title, since “urban legend” tends to take on a different meaning than the individual words convey on [...]

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I introduced the AF1 Country Pack yesterday through previews of the Puerto Rico and Brasil pairs, and now it looks like they’re hitting a little closer to home with our first look at the Nike Air Force 1 Country Pack–USA. The shoe sports what appears to be a black leather upper—although I’d assume it’s actually [...]

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OK, I realize that Puerto Rico is not a country, but “country pack” is as good as any name for this set of shoes which will include Brasil, so I’m going with the Nike Air Force 1 Country Pack–Puerto Rico. Unlike the predominantly black Brasil pair, this shoe will feature one of Puerto Rico’s national [...]

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