Sandy Dover

Sandy Dover serves as Managing Partner and Editor-at-Large of Hardwood & Hollywood, which is a content partner with Complex Networks. With the consolidation of his executive and editorial roles as Senior Editor, Leadership Board Member, and Equity Partner of H&H, Sandy has his hands in everything creative, editorial, social, and strategic for the outlet. Formerly of ESPN, SLAM, and Yahoo!, Sandy is a White House-vetted and U.S. Senate-recognized media multihyphenate with extensive, multifaceted work in communications, strategy, and marketing in boutique/startup, corporate, and nonprofit spaces throughout multiple industries, including sports and fashion.

Posts By Sandy Dover

adidas J Wall 2 Take on Summer inspired by tour in China
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adidas J Wall 2 Take on Summer inspired by tour in China

By Sandy DoverSeptember 10, 2015

John Wall, the NBA All-Star and Washington Wizards point guard, has been touring China and to make a point of it, the brand with the three stripes has released his adidas J Wall 2 Take...

BMF Gridiron Special: Aaron Rodgers partners with adidas
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BMF Gridiron Special: Aaron Rodgers partners with adidas

By Sandy DoverSeptember 10, 2015

You can't do much better than stack your team with a basketball MVP , and now with Aaron Rodgers , a football MVP, but that's exactly with adidas has done in signing Rodgers, an NFL...

Portable Empire Collection headlines Control Sector FW15 Lookbook
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Portable Empire Collection headlines Control Sector FW15 Lookbook

By Sandy DoverSeptember 09, 2015

Structured clothing. It's visually a fork-in-the-road style point for fashion. Much of the time, garb with extremely clean lines are found almost exclusively on the runway, red carpet, or concert stage, but in the Portable...

Reebok Classic Furylite Sheer, F/L Candy Girl styles close out summer
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Reebok Classic Furylite Sheer, F/L Candy Girl styles close out summer

By Sandy DoverSeptember 09, 2015

As with all things Reebok Classic, the brand has been making a push to show its most genre-defining footwear classics in a new light, and it's no different with the Reebok Classic Furylite Sheer and...

'Wildly popular' Reebok CrossFit Compete 6:14 returns
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'Wildly popular' Reebok CrossFit Compete 6:14 returns

By Sandy DoverSeptember 02, 2015

Some things, you just can't leave alone. That basically sums up the Reebok CrossFit Compete 6:14 , something of a retro by Reebok, despite the fact that it's a fairly recent shoe. Because of its...

Opinion: James Harden and adidas are heavenly-made match
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Opinion: James Harden and adidas are heavenly-made match

By Sandy DoverAugust 28, 2015

New Era/ James Harden Recently, James Harden of the NBA's Houston Rockets, a.k.a "The Beard", signed with adidas, choosing to eschew the opportunity to continue on with Nike. Harden was with Nike for the first...

Views From The 6: Derrick Rose debuts the adidas D Rose 6
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Views From The 6: Derrick Rose debuts the adidas D Rose 6

By Sandy DoverAugust 28, 2015

It's here. We've waited, and it's here. The adidas D Rose 6 . We're letting our good friends from adidas take the words on from here. A kid from Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood is not supposed...

Reebok Classic Question Low 'Black Toe Premium' rounds out summer
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Reebok Classic Question Low 'Black Toe Premium' rounds out summer

By Sandy DoverAugust 28, 2015

Few things represent the legacy of Allen Iverson better than the Reebok Question , or simply The Question. A kind of answer to the question about his play, "The Answer" himself was endowed by the...

adidas, University of Miami enlist Soles By Sir for custom football cleats
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adidas, University of Miami enlist Soles By Sir for custom football cleats

By Sandy DoverAugust 28, 2015

Well, this is interesting. The Hurricane football team of the University of Miami has enlisted the service of footwear customer, Soles By Sir, to customize the team cleats, in partnership with adidas. This is a...

Derrick Rose visits China for #TakeOnSummer Tour
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Derrick Rose visits China for #TakeOnSummer Tour

By Sandy DoverAugust 26, 2015

Derrick Rose has always been thoughtful about kids in his NBA journey, particularly when it comes to how his product impacts the youth that wear his adidas gear -- not just youth in the U.S.,...