Fast-paced thrills meet street-styled fashion as PUMA and Xbox collaborate to celebrate the launch of the video-game Forza Motorsport 3, with the limited-edition Speed Cat 2.9 FM3 trainer. Inspired by the pace-setter of the racing game genre and based on a classic PUMA silhouette, the Speed Cat 2.9 FM3 takes a host of recognisable motorsport details of the past and adds a modern twist, creating a striking sneaker that will put you in pole position whether you’re behind the wheel or on the st... Read Full Story

Though he’s been on the DL for most of the 2009 season, New York Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang was still all smile at a recent press conference in Taipei City, Taiwan.  With his injury and subsequent surgery aside, 2009 was a very good year for Wang – the birth of his son Justin early in the year and Yankees’ record breaking 28th World Series Title. Wang received another “good” news just as the year comes to a close, his own Signature Edition of the Air Trainer from Nike celebrating ... Read Full Story

When a product is selling for a charitable cause, it’s often the only reason it’s selling. Somehow Converse has been able to avoid that trend with its Product(Red) releases though, as they’ve put out some pretty nice designs out. They even had success pairing with heavyweight HUF on the Skidgrip. This next design, a Chuck Taylor AS OX, is also beneficial to charity and is a nice design for a classic silhouette. These feature an all grey suede upper with a matching vulcanized sole. The real d... Read Full Story

The Auto Force 180 is a simplified version of the classic Air Force 180 mated to a simple vulcanized outsole. The most to the point release thus far; all black. Available now from Proper and other fine Nike doors. Read Full Story

Star Wars has been a popular theme on sneakers for a very long time. We even showed you the History of Star Wars Sneakers on the unofficial Star Wars Day (May 4th). Adidas looks to add to the aforementioned list by introducing an Originals Star Wars Collection. This particular Stars Wars inspired collection is slightly different from the rest in that the sneakers are inspired by specific characters and/or scenes in the movie. Adidas chose to use some of its classic Originals models and also ... Read Full Story

You didn’t think that Reebok was only going to allow retailers to collaborate on their prized The Pump silhouette did you? With the release of those special Pump 20 collaborations looming, we get a look at another Reebok sneaker designed by Japan’s X-LARGE. These Pump Omni Lite feature a mix of black and white, with a few panels that feature both colors. The forefoot and midfoot are done up with white leather, white the heel area uses black nubuck and leather. “XL” and “Reebok” both appear i... Read Full Story

After showing you photo after photo of the four major Jordan Brand holiday releases, we now have finally made it to the release date of one of them. Tomorrow, November 21st, 2009, Jordan Brand will release the Air Jordan 12 Retro “Rising Sun”. As evident by the striped design seen on the side panels, this particular Air Jordan 12 draws inspiration from Japan’s rising sun flag. It features a 100% white leather base with minimal varsity red accents along the tongue and heel. In addition, JB wi... Read Full Story

Making a tradition of releasing a series of red sneakers during the Holidays, Nike whips up a new Air Force 1 Premium, featuring a red leather upper with light bone accenting. Definitely one of the more classy looking Air Force 1’s in sometime, the kicks should be seeing a release soon through select Nike retail outlets. Read Full Story

Jose’s Calderon’s appearances in Kicks On Court have been a welcome change for our “bored with Hyperizes” readers. Donning a signature Li-Ning, Calderon is off to a decent start, averaging just under 13 points per game in this young NBA season. Not too long ago we took a close look at another Li-Ning sneaker designed for Baron Davis, the BD-1, and now we get a close-up on Calderon’s signature silhouette. We saw this sneaker in action in today’s Kicks on Court actually, following last night’s... Read Full Story

It has been a while since we have seen the release of the Lacoste Missouri, one of our favorite models in the Stealth collection. Now Lacoste has come out with the Missouri OP. OP stands for one-piece, which describes the upper, which in this case does not have multiple material layers, but just one. The sneaker comes in three colorways and is now available from Flauge. Read Full Story