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.

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BMF Debut: adidas Crazylight Boost 2015
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BMF Debut: adidas Crazylight Boost 2015

By Sandy DoverApril 16, 2015

adidas' Boost technology is arguably the best cushioning system the athletic sector of the footwear industry has seen in years, and somewhat surprisingly, its Primeknit technology -- which is the ends of knit athletic footwear...

PepsiCo becomes official marketing partner with NBA
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PepsiCo becomes official marketing partner with NBA

By Sandy DoverApril 14, 2015

The following is a official release made available to Baller Mind Frame, courtesy of our friends who represent the NBA: PepsiCo and the National Basketball Association (NBA) (on April 13) announced a new multiyear marketing...

BMF Debut: adidas adizero 99g, 'the lightest soccer cleat ever'
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BMF Debut: adidas adizero 99g, 'the lightest soccer cleat ever'

By Sandy DoverApril 13, 2015

For years now, adidas has made a point to make landmark footwear product that pushes the edge of light weight with its adizero designation to brand new product. Though the adizero line is no longer...

BMF Debut: Reebok Classic Furylite OG Red Rush Pack
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BMF Debut: Reebok Classic Furylite OG Red Rush Pack

By Sandy DoverApril 13, 2015

As we've learned in the last five years, not everything that has been made in the past can be remade with success. Sometimes, some things are meant to go farther, but the footwear that has...

'Three Stripes' brand debuts 'adidas Gauntlet' edition of D Lillard 1
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'Three Stripes' brand debuts 'adidas Gauntlet' edition of D Lillard 1

By Sandy DoverApril 07, 2015

It's early, but the adidas D Lillard 1 has seen a wide variety of colors already in its budding release window, commemorating an array of themes related to signature NBA All-Star Damian Lillard of the...

Kendrick Lamar stars in #beventilated film for Reebok Classic Ventilator Day Glo
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Kendrick Lamar stars in #beventilated film for Reebok Classic Ventilator Day Glo

By Sandy DoverApril 06, 2015

Kendrick Lamar just keeps putting on for his city of Los Angeles and his partners at Reebok . In the new "Be Ventilated" video, Kendrick (who is slowly taking on mononym status) debuts his own...

BMF Debut: adidas Basketball Easter Signature Collection
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BMF Debut: adidas Basketball Easter Signature Collection

By Sandy DoverApril 03, 2015

There's nothing quite like the beauty of Easter pastels, no? Light pinks, blues, purples, yellows, and greens? Well, regardless of whether you enjoy or are apathetic about the hues, The Brand With The Three Stripes...

'Robinson Cano, you're comin' with me!': Star signs with New Balance
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'Robinson Cano, you're comin' with me!': Star signs with New Balance

By Sandy DoverApril 03, 2015

Robinson Cano is one of baseball's leading men in the MLB, going from New York Yankee to Seattle Mariner, and being repped by rap superstar/billionaire business mogul Jay Z's Roc Nation Sports -- but that's...

BMF Debut: Reebok Classic Kamikaze I "I Love The 90s"
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BMF Debut: Reebok Classic Kamikaze I "I Love The 90s"

By Sandy DoverApril 02, 2015

If you were an '80s baby, you spent the 1990s as a legitimate kid and the early '90s were some of the most loud years of the 20th century when it came to fashion, LOL....

#beventilated: Kendrick Lamar debuts Reebok Classic Ventilator Day Glo
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#beventilated: Kendrick Lamar debuts Reebok Classic Ventilator Day Glo

By Sandy DoverApril 01, 2015

The Reebok Classic Ventilator continues its resurgence in the sport, lifestyle, and fashion sectors of culture, and leading the charge as always is the white-hot Kendrick Lamar, rapper extraordinaire -- now with the new Reebok...