Category: LifeStyle

It's more than kicks or sneakers, it's more than designer socks, it's more than the miscellaneous and uncategorizable. It's about giving you an insider's view of what products and the like inform the lives of the distinguished in sports and pop culture. And perhaps, you can be informed in the same way.

Dwyane Wade Li-Ning Shoe Finally Launches in U.S.
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Dwyane Wade Li-Ning Shoe Finally Launches in U.S.

By Sandy DoverDecember 03, 2013

Ever since the summer of 2012, Miami Heat superstar guard Dwyane Wade has worn Li-Ning's flagship sneaker, his own signature shoe, the Way of Wade (and WoW 2.o). Only available in limited quantities to the...

Nike Zoom (or Lunar?) Kobe 9 Debuts Tomorrow
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Nike Zoom (or Lunar?) Kobe 9 Debuts Tomorrow

By Sandy DoverDecember 03, 2013

The great Los Angeles Lakers legendary guard Kobe Bryant has been felled by his Achilles injury (kind of an epic ironic symmetry, no?) and in a way has ceased to exist to some extent as...

Beauty Shots: More Reebok Shaq Attaq "Brick City"
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Beauty Shots: More Reebok Shaq Attaq "Brick City"

By Sandy DoverNovember 27, 2013

You may have already caught wind of future Hall of Famer and "Shaqramento Kings" owner Shaquille O'Neal having his original Reebok sneaker, the Shaq Attaq, released in colors inspired by his native Newark, New Jersey...

Reebok debuts "Crossing Guard" and "Crossover" Q96
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Reebok debuts "Crossing Guard" and "Crossover" Q96

By Sandy DoverNovember 27, 2013

The Reebok Question is easily one of the greatest basketball shoes ever designed and produced. Though the shoe itself was a direct competitor to the sneaker competition of its day and somewhat an anti-Air Jordan...

Stephen Curry's UA Anatomix Spawn "Away" Shoes
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Stephen Curry's UA Anatomix Spawn "Away" Shoes

By Sandy DoverNovember 27, 2013

Up until Stephen Curry signed with Under Armour in the early fall, it was difficult to associate the company's flagship basketball shoe with any one of their endorsed point guards. With a stable of young...

Nike KD VI gets 'Crab'-by for Black Friday
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Nike KD VI gets 'Crab'-by for Black Friday

By Sandy DoverNovember 26, 2013

This Friday, on Black Friday, the Nike KD VI will release in a new Maryland-inspired animal – the blue crab. Fashioned in the relative likeness of the sea creature itself, the KD VI “Maryland Blue...

Reebok to rep Shaq's "Brick City" on Black Friday
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Reebok to rep Shaq's "Brick City" on Black Friday

By Sandy DoverNovember 26, 2013

Shaquille O’Neal is one of the greatest players to ever play basketball, one of the most physically gifted athletes anyone has ever seen, but he’s also one of the most-reppin’ ballers we’ve ever seen. Having...

Derrick Rose: Better Shoes, Worse Health
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Derrick Rose: Better Shoes, Worse Health

By Sandy DoverNovember 25, 2013

Down Derrick Rose has gone. Felled indefinitely by another non-contact knee injury , Rose exited the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Moda Center having torn the meniscus in his right knee (his...

Reebok Classic Kamikaze II "Nocturnal" drops today
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Reebok Classic Kamikaze II "Nocturnal" drops today

By Sandy DoverNovember 25, 2013

With Black Friday coming up, plenty of people will be out standing in the cold, under the moon, and liking trying to ignore their tired legs and wind-chapped lips as the temps have started to...

Reebok Classic Releases Pump Omni Lite OG
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Reebok Classic Releases Pump Omni Lite OG

By Sandy DoverNovember 22, 2013

If you don’t remember the moment, you can’t admit it. You have to know. Any lover of the game knows this moment – don’t ‘cha know? When Dee Brown won the 1991 NBA Slam Dunk...