Between the Swizz Beatz-curated Basquiat collabos to the Dream Team-ish ‘USAB’ colorway and last summer’s NFL Pack, we haven’t seen all that many ‘regular’ Reebok Pump Omni Lites hit retailers of late.  That means these three new pairs come as a nice surprise, and it’s clear...

From clues like the various ‘destination’ luggage tag-style hangtags and an almost DNA sequence-like multicolor print on each pair’s tongue, we can reasonably surmise that the ‘RTTG’ editions of Jordan Brand’s upcoming Super Fly basketball shoe are telling (at least part of) a story...

Here comes a new Nike Huarache Basketball 2012 that despite featuring the same dual-colored mesh toe as many of this year’s other Free-soled drops, ends up feeling like a left field drop. But regular Sneaker News readers will remember this as one of the first colorways from this model we previewed back in July 2011,...

This upcoming Jordan Super Fly is a part of the still nebulous ‘RTTG’ collection, a set that’s been proposed to commemorate Jordan Brand’s ‘Road to the Gold’ this Olympic summer.  We’re still waiting on more details to bring this whole story together, because along with that...

Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers head back to Staples Center down 0-2 against the impressive Oklahoma City Thunder.  After a blowout in game 1, the Lakers were able to accomplish their goal of slowing the young Thunder’s transition game last night, but a seven-point lead proved one too few with two minutes to play...

Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers head back to Staples Center down 0-2 against the impressive Oklahoma City Thunder.  After a blowout in game 1, the Lakers were able to accomplish their goal of slowing the young Thunder’s transition game last night, but a seven-point lead proved one too few with two minutes to play...

Sneaker News just showed you a raging red colorway that’s coming up soon and now here comes the other Nike Zoom Solider 6 colorup we’d previewed in Monday’s first look. The Zoom Soldier VI looks so good in this combination of silver, black and blue that, judging by the earliest comments, might have those...

Early Jordan Super Fly previews have managed to impress JB’s notoriously demanding fanbase in a way that we’ve seen only a select few non-Air Jordan models. So far, we’ve seen colorways ranging from basic TB-leaning designs to the more energetic and detail-packed ‘RTTG’ editions, and now comes...

Though LeBron James was pinned as the Hyperdunk 2012′s posterboy and he might end up matching the analogy of Kobe Bryant::Hyperdunk (2008), but we can’t help but wonder if the King will end up wearing multiple footwear styles during this Olympic summer. Here we’ve got the first of two new Nike Zoom LeBron...

The ‘Summit Lake Hornets’ series on the Nike LeBron 9 is one of those motifs that just has to be a leftover from Nike Basketball’s plan B in the event of the horrible ‘What If’ scenario of the NBA season being totally evaporated, with the Swoosh storytellers switching the focus to aim on...

Reebok certainly is bringing out the big guns this year, with the much anticipated return of the OG white/red Reebok Question colorway getting a little boost from an apparent revival of the Shaq line as well. Unfortunately we’ll have to wait for a release date on the latter, but as far as the Allen Iverson lineup, that...

Cleveland rookie point guard Kyrie Irving has just been awarded the 2012 NBA Rookie Of The Year award, joining a lineage of superstars-in-the-making that are destined for success at the highest level of competition. In just 30 minutes a game, Kyrie displayed a scoring prowess at the position matched by those who are considered...

International competition is an annual affair, with various tournaments and events being held year-around across the globe. The Olympic Games, however, get the most attention, which is why Nike will go the extra step for their 2012 Olympics footwear and apparel capsule like this USA-inspired colorway of Navy/University...

It was a tough going for Laker Nation yesterday evening as the OKC Thunder came out firing on all cylinders, closing out Game 1 by a margin of 29 points. Kobe will need to channel the seventh step of the KobeSystem to move the Lakers onto the Western Conference Finals, so let’s hope he continues bringing out the sick...

It seems like Nike/Jordan is dominating the game with its sick onslaught of releases (2012 All-Star, Air Yeezy 2, OG Air Jordans, shall we go on), but it really is an open field of opportunity for other brands right now. Reebok is definitely taking the initiative to make their way back into the limelight, although...

To this point in history, the only signature line that’s endured beyond an NBA superstar’s active playing career is the Air Jordan Legacy, which has survived three different Michael Jordan retirements to remain the most popular series of all-time.  The second one of those rare tribute sigs is coming up later this...

This ‘season’ (‘year’ might be a better word, given the circumstances) has been an interesting one for J.R. Smith.  Seven years in on his prep-to-pro career in the NBA, Smith chose to avoid all the lockout uncertainty and head eastward to the Chinese Basketball Association.  Though he was able to...

This postseason has been quite a showcase for sick kicks thus far. Gilbert Arenas wore the Air Jordan IV ‘Lightning’, Nick Young whipped out the Metallic Red Foamposites, and Kawhi Leonard of the Spurs rotated some white/black/grey Air Jordans during the First Round. It was only a matter of time that Ray Allen...

Kevin Durant and the Thunder had to wait around for a few days for their Second Round opponents to be confirmed, but did it really matter to them? KD’s on a mission to win his first NBA Title, and he’s going to have to get through five-time champ Kobe Bryant to do that, but nobody needs to tell Durant to get...

Following up on the very Bulls-looking colorway we landed a preview of last week, adidas Basketball seems content to create combos for the new adidas adiZero Crazy Light 2 that line up with the some of the strongest teams in the East. This time around the homage points to Beantown, a longtime hub for Three Stripes fanatics,...

Shaquille O’Neal ended his Hall of Fame career playing in Peak sneakers after several years in Starters/his own Shaq brand, but before the Big AARP left RBK, he’d successfully broken the curse of the big man signature.  Models like the Shaq Attaq and its sequel along with the Preacher Ice are among the most...

Just a small handful of games went down over the weekend, but what the NBA lacked in number, it overcompensated with heated competition and some new sneaks! The Los Angeles Clippers finally put away the tough Memphis Grizzlies as Chris Paul and his CP3.V led the Clippers to victory. Teammate Nick Young wore the best kicks...

“What the Kobe?!” is an expression fairly close to what Laker fans have been feeling as their team narrowly avoided defeat at the hands of the Denver Nuggets, but the Black Mamba wore decidedly calmer sneakers for the first round than the wild animal-printed color study with that nickname.  Instead of Cheetahs or...

It wasn’t enough to keep former coach Mike D’Antoni around when Carmelo and co. collectively checked out, but Jeremy Lin’s influence on the New York Knicks this season is still easily one of the year’s most notable stories.  The young Harvard grad who’d been all but forgotten by the talent-rich...

When it comes to Anfernee ’Penny’ Hardaway’s NBA career, the most asked question by far would be a hypothetical with a jist like, “What if injuries hadn’t robbed Penny of more years on top of the league?”  Hardaway’s was a tough path and it was nearly stolen away even earlier,...

On Saturday, LeBron James was officially announced as the 2011-12 NBA Season MVP, earning an unprecedented third honor in this era and joining quite the impressive unit of fellow multi-MVP winners like Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Wilt Chamberlain. What separates LeBron from that honored group is the LeBron is the only...

We’ve seen a few different ‘RTTG’-labeled editions that have a tie-in with this summer’s Olympic Air Jordan blowout, but what about the ‘other’ Jordan Super Fly colorways? We can still expect more traditional styles on this upcoming Jordan Brand performance basketball model, like this...

LeBron James has come a long way from his first NBA game against the Sacramento Kings in November 2003…or has he? The doubters and critics were out in full force from the moment LeBron was drafted first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers to his first regular season game as an eighteen-year-old Pro, but it’s not...

adidas Basketball pushed the lightweight envelope even further with their new Crazy Light 2 clocking in at a mere 9.5oz, and just like the originals, the sequel has a few friends coming along to increase the available variety.  The new adidas Light’Em Up Lo has a name that makes you think of a pick-up streetball game,...

Rajon Rondo has worn everything from the Zoom Kobe series to all manner of Hyperfuses with plenty in between, yet the Boston Celtics point guard has moved back to a nearly decade-old design that he once mentioned as his favorite in terms of comfort. The Nike Zoom Huarache 2K4 returning to Nike Sportswear stockists means you...

2012 is proving to be an awesome ‘comeback’ year for almost all the sneaker brands across the board. Nike is re-releasing some great Trainers and Reebok is getting back in the game with the Questions, but nothing screams ‘throwback’ and tingles the nostalgic bone more than the return of Ewing Athletics....

Jordan Brand continues to expand its summertime catalog as we approach the London Olympic summer and the 20th anniversary of Michael Jordan and his Dream Team-mates taking Barcelona by storm. The latest Olympic Air Jordan is this year’s flagship in its sleeker rendition, the more angular and less wingtip-leaning Air...

Nike Basketball’s Lunar Hypergamer showed such promise when it came out of nowhere last fall with camouflage colorways riding the coattails of those camo Zoom Kobe VIs. But unlike the next Kobe Bryant sig, these haven’t enjoyed all that much attention in 2012 outside of a couple new lowtop releases. This new Nike...

It’s safe to say by this point, that Blake Griffin will forever be inextricably tied to the Nike Zoom Hyperdunk 2011. Blake broke out onto the national stage at last year’s dunk contest, debuted the Hyperdunk 2011 in his rookie ASG appearance the following night, then proceeded to posterize half of the league in...