You’re probably not surprised to hear that the Nike Air Force 1 is the brand’s bestselling and most popular shoe of all time. And almost three decades later, it’s still a staple in worldwide sneaker culture. Through the years, Nike has dropped over 1700 different models with various colorways and material combinations, keeping you fresh to death and your buddies off your swagger. Tonight, the shoe will finally get it’s own starring role in a feature-length documentary. Check out the trailer below.
The last two years have brought nothing but success for Mike Krzyzewski, better known as “Coach K.” In 2008, he guided the United States men’s national team to an Olympic gold medal in Beijing, and in 2010 — on his regular day job — he led Duke University to another NCAA championship. In between, Coach K landed some of the top high school recruiting classes in the country, and is committed to coaching Team USA through the 2012 Olympics at least, ensuring the winning won’t stop anytime soon. Read More »
So if you haven’t been up to Rucker Park yet for the World Basketball Festival, you gotta stop through. After the Jordan Breakfast Club concluded this morning, I decided to take a walk around the park and see what was going on. First stop, the Clubhouse. Read More »
This morning, 23 kids got the opportunity of a lifetime. As their summer-long program of the Jordan Breakfast Club came to and end, they had a special guest speaker at their graduation. But before they could finish for the summer, they had to get past three guys: Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade. Hopping on the court and competing against the kids, Jordan Brand‘s frontmen had a blast. Then, just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, the G.O.A.T. strutted out onto the court in All Carolina Blue Everything. Check out the photos after the jump. Read More »
Any time an NBA player goes slumming and plays with the “regular” folks on the playground — preferably in a legit summer pro-am in a legit basketball city — he’s going to gain some measure of street cred.
It happened for Gilbert Arenas and Kevin Durant when they took their million-dollar knees to Barry Farms in D.C. It happened for Kobe, Baron Davis, Nate Robinson and a host of others when they played at Rucker Park in Harlem. It happened for Paul Pierce when he ran at L.A.’s Drew League.
But then Matt Barnes had to take it a step too far. Read More »
With the World Basketball Festival commencing last night, and the World Basketball Championships just around the corner, I’ve been looking at this year’s USA roster and comparing it to years past. While the original Dream Team takes the cake as the best USA team ever, the 1996 team wasn’t bad either. While looking at the ‘96 Olympic team, I thought it would be interesting to match them up to the 1996 NBA Draft Class, widely considered one of the best ever. I put a roster together from that Draft to compete against the Olympic team, and then picked a winner. Here we go: Read More »
As we said earlier, last night set the tone for the whole World Basketball Festival. So after the live blog stopped, it was time to catch Jay-Z on center stage. While there were members of the extended Dime fam sprinkled throughout Radio City Music Hall, a bunch of us where sitting in the middle for the show. Check out some of the pictures after the jump. Read More »
Last night was bananas. And if you followed along with the live blog and read Smack, it’s kind of as if you were there. But for those of you visual learners out there, we decided to post up some photos from the night. Check ‘em out. Read More »
Even though it wasn’t much like a real game — being played in 12-minute halves with a sudden-death overtime — last night’s USA Basketball Showcase at the World Basketball Festival was more than worth the wait. The atmosphere was definitely closer to an All-Star Game than the first scrimmage we saw on ESPN a couple weeks back. Playing on a totally unique stage (Radio City Music Hall) in a totally unique setting clearly inspired dudes to bring out their A-game material. Read More »
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