Basketball and Hip-Hop Lifestyle
The history of Nike contains a truth that can also be used to describe its future: Innovation breeds performance, and craftsmanship breeds authenticity. For more than thirty years Nike has been dedicated to elevating the performance of athletes by creating the most innovative product. To Nike, innovation is not a call to develop products that [...]
Rivals.com founders, Shannon Terry and Bobby Burton, are returning to digital sports media with the creation of 247Sports.com, an independent entity that will seek to blend local and team-based affinity sites with social media and mobile technology. There are some key similarities between Rivals.com, now a Yahoo!-owned market leader in college sports and recruiting content, [...]
Jimmer Fredette has played on the grand stage, dropping in 37 points to lead BYU over Florida in the NCAA tournament this past season. But when it comes to wild crowds, there’s no place like the streets of New York City, the rising senior guard says. Fredette, a native of upstate Glens Falls, has been [...]
I know that this is not new in terms of news, but I wanted to congratulate Joe Lacob on the purchase of the Golden State Warriors. Joe is a partner at one of the best Venture Capital firms in Silicon Valley, Kleiner Perkins. Joe is an avid basketball player and fan that understands the game [...]
Paris, France is home of the best Streetball tournament in the world. To say I’m excited to go to Quai 54 next week is an under statement. Before I leave for Paris, I wanted to get to the know the Quai 54 founder, Hammadoun Sidibe. Hammadoun Sidibe as born in 1975 in Bagneux, France. His [...]
Want to keep Lebron James in Cleveland? Frankly, I don’t like all the same regurgitated talk about the Lebron James scenarios. It’s pretty simple if you think about it. Give Lebron James an ownership stake in the Cleveland Cavaliers. I haven’t checked the NBA rules, but if this is prohibited, then all the more reason [...]
The S.K.Y. Streetball Syndicate, one of the world’s top professional streetball teams, today announced at a press conference in Shanghai, China, a multi-year partnership with the China Shemgod Streetball Company and Chinese sports apparel manufacturer Voit. The partnership will mark many firsts for an American street basketball team in China, according to Lee Greene, President [...]
Peak Sport recently signed Phoenix Sun’s guard Jason Richardson. The UNDRCRWN DESIGN HOUSE was approached to give the shoe some life. The designs are inspired by the south west and Michigan. Mixed in are details of typical mexican blanket patterns and snakeskin. Peak Sport recently opened an office in Los Angeles and looks to [...]
Michael Jordan recently sat down with NBAtv. The basketball Hall of Fame member talks about his recent purchase of the Charlotte Bobcats. Michael Jordan is a trendsetter. He is the first NBA player to become a majority owner of a NBA franchise. Why aren’t there more Michael Jordan interviews? A great friend recently told me [...]
The basketball sneaker world is changing around us. Li-Ning recently opened an office in Portland, Oregon and Peak Sport is not far behind. Peak Sport will be opening an office in Los Angeles, CA and plans to sell sneakers in the U.S. in 2011. Peak Sport has an impressive list of basketball players on its [...]
