Perhaps the most overt colorway tribute to a sports star in years, this Nike Air Trainer Max ’91 harks back to the L.A. Raiders glory days of Bo Jackson with silver and black everywhere. Shiny synthetic leather meets up with black strap overlays, aggressive cracked pattern along the midsole, and “BO KNOWS” plastered across the midfoot cross strap. Nike’s NFL contract comes in handy with the Raiders logo on the left heel and Bo’s number 34 on the right.

Like the Trainer SC II “NFL Pack”, the AT Max ’91 hits May 25th at Nike Sportswear retailers like Concepts. Additional photos ahead.

Nike SB sneak peeked this Dunk High Pro in Squadron Blue/University Red-White today on Facebook. Navy shaded tumbled leather mixes with navy nubuck and nylon, with the added twist of red on the Swoosh and outsole, and white tongue branding and midsole to top off.

Arrives “in just a few weeks”, Nike SB says.

NFL training camps are weeks and weeks away but Nike Sportswear is getting an early start with a football-themed pack for the Air Trainer SC II. This Miami Dolphins look makes no bones about its affiliation, wrapping the entire inside and outside in aqua teal, touches of orange, navy bluish purple, and white.

Releases May 24th alongside “Jacksonville Jaguars” and “Minnesota Vikings” colorways at spots like Oneness.

Somewhat of an alternative to the LeBron X Low “Hornets”, this PS Elite showcases a turquoise Fused upper with turq splatter on the outer shell, purple lining the interior, jeweled Swoosh and midsole, and volt yellow cleaning up detail duties on the laces, Flywire lace loops, branding, Zoom Air, and outsole.

Sport Turquoise/Volt-Violet Force is scheduled for May 25th at $260 or early now from kicksclusive.

More photos ahead.

Blake Griffin’s 2013 All-Star shoes are getting a Miami Heat-like makeover. The Jordan Super.Fly 2 is plied with a Bright Crimson/University Gold look that places red top to bottom with a black vamp/tongue/lining combo, and yellow Dynamic Fit inner, logos, lace loops, laces, and midsole clips. Black/Bright Crimson plays black throughout the shoe with red logos, eyelets, lace loops, and midsole swatch.

Will bring you release details as they develop.

Lance Stephenson turned a Knicks must-win into a Pacers must-see, scoring a career 25 points to go with 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal as Indiana moved on to the East Finals with 106-99 win Saturday night. Stephenson wore a pair of pair of black and yellow AND1 Tai Chi for the performance, giving the sneaker brand its best exposure since Vince Carter wore a white and red pair of the Tai Chi during his near-mythic 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest win. But the night wasn’t host to a one man show. The other four Pacers starters also registered double figure scoring, led by Paul George’s 23 and rounded out by 21 and 12 from Roy Hibbert, 17 from David West, and 12 from recently concussed George Hill.

The Knicks played from behind most of the game until a flurry of threes by Iman Shumpert, Chris Copeland, and J.R. Smith turned the game into a horserace. Then Indiana turned up its defense and Stephenson flipped on his inner mini LeBron with aggressive drives to the basket. Carmelo Anthony led with 39 points in his Melo M8 Advance “Aways” while Shumpert added 19 in orange adidas Top Ten 2000s, and Smith with 15 and 10 in Nike LeBron X PS Elite “Knicks.”

Knicks-Pacers Game 6 kicks recap ahead…

Up for more KD VI? Good ok. These looks come to us via simon5302, who apparently has some pairs to spare.

Nike does, too. Just waiting on release logistics.

The oh-so-versatile Air Jordan 1 is available now in an equally adept Cool Grey/White-Cool Grey shade. Grey leather and white everywhere there isn’t grey. It’s that simple.

Premier is stocking now.

Ewing Focus White/Blue/Orange, Black/Blue/Orange, Black/Red/Grey, and White/Red/Grey makes four OG colorways coming back this summer.

White leather upper, black nubuck, red perforated panels, and a red/grey on the midsole team up for a Bulls-friendly look. Knicks faithful, sorry, ignore that last part. More info to come as release nears.

The 2016 Summer Olympics are three years away. Seems like forever but for companies trying to make inroads with the host country, every day leading up to the opening ceremonies and through the games themselves is a precious opportunity. Nike is one of the companies whose relationship building with Rio de Janeiro and by extension Brazil is already well underway. It’s not a simple as showing up, posting ads, and plastering logos everywhere. Countries and their intrawoven communities present unique challenges in the brand expansion game. Nike has a strategy in place to win that game in Brazil. And about $100 million to spend.

Bloomberg TV asked Brazilian marketing exec Lorenzo Bustani to explain what American companies most often fail to do when approaching Brazil, why it’s absolutely essential to get a years early start there, and why a Nike skate park is Swoosh-free.

Watch now.

adidas isn’t letting David Beckham quit without a proper send-off. The brand and Beckham came up with a special pair of miadidas Predator Lethal Zones to wear in his final home match tomorrow night for Paris Saint-Germain against Brest.

Inspired by Beckham’s love for England, he cleats features the red, white and blue of the Union Flag of the United Kingdom, and match PSG’s team colors. DB’s love of family is front and center or, rather, lateral and aft with the initials of his wife Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham and the names of his four children. The jersey numbers that DB has worn during his career — 7, 23 and 32 — also make an appearance, as does the date of Saturday’s match stitched into the lateral collar.

“This is truly a special moment for me and I’m happy that my longest serving partner, adidas was able to work with me to commemorate the moment,” Beckham said in an adidas press release. “What I really wanted to come across was the passion I had playing for my country and the pride that gave me.”

The Predator Lethal Zones cleat is available to customize now at miadidas.com.

Additional photos of David Beckham’s special editions ahead.

Nike’s updating another classic runner with a Lunar ride. The Air Pegasus 89 has been remastered into the Lunar Peg 89, a suede and mesh number in this navy, neon pink, yellow, taupe, and white combination. Suede overlays held by pink stitching, mesh toe, crate pattern synthetic paneling, more pink around the collar, yellow heel, taupe heel counter and midfoot, and white forefoot.

Release info TBA but check these angles out and see if you’re good.

Let the Reebok Shaq Attaq photo sets commence once more. This bkbmg clip lets us take a look at the black leather, black nubuck and azure blue trim that make up the “Away” colorway expected to drop sooner than later this year.

If the Jordan retro release-like frenzy from April’s White/Black/Azure/Steel Shaq Attaq drop is any indication, Reebok Classic and Swizz will be grinning ear to ear when this one hits. More info as it becomes available.

adidas is celebrating Damian Lillard‘s stellar 2012-13 with a limited edition Real Deal “Rookie of the Year.”

The colorway nods to Damian’s basketball career — red for his days at Oakland High School, purple for his time at Weber State, and black for the Trail Blazers. His Twitter name graces the liner, a satellite overlay and “9800″ marks rep his hometown roots, the animal print calls out the Wildcat mascot he had during high school and college. The shoe also features Damian’s “Townbiz” shout to Oakland and “Fly Guyz” nickname for his close friends.

Limited to 510 pairs, the Real Deal “RotY” will be available May 23rd at Compound (Portland), Shoe Palace (Oakland), and adidas.com where they can be pre-ordered now. Lillard will be at Compound on release day between 6pm and 7pm for the launch. Fans can stop by there for a chance to meet the man and get an autograph.

Photos of the adidas Real Deal “Rookie of the Year” ahead.

Randy Williams back again with another sneaker peek, this time showing off the Nike KD V in an orange and purple theme. The grey based upper features a jagged orange graphic from heel to toe with graph paper tongue and purple on the lining and outsole.

More info on these as it breaks.

Spring is here, time to hit the beaches. The Air Max 90 is doing just that tomorrow in “Beaches of Rio” form. Covered in Engineered Mesh, this AM 90 sports Sport Turquoise across the upper, brown on the mudguard, a neutral beige on the speckled midsole, and orange touches on the lining, tongue tag, laces, heel piece, and around the Air Max window.

Relaxing at Foot Locker tomorrow.

More images ahead.

Number 1 pick Brittney Griner is on sneaker fans’ radar to see which Nikes she laces up for her rookie season but the Phoenix Mercury have another pretty good player who’s been holding down the Swoosh player exclusive game for just a bit.

Here’s a look at Diana Taurasi’s LeBron X Home and Away PEs, complete with Mercury purple and orange detailing. The Homes keep things simple with a white patterned upper, purple on the lining, Swooshes and outsole, and orange running the lace locks, brand border and speckled midsole. Away goes with a pewter shade, black inner, same logos as the Homes, purple bottoms, and speckling on the midsole.

photos: goldtankdawg

Speaking of Roshe Run, you can now customize yours with the prints of style emporium Liberty of London. Premium canvas uppers with Pepper or Capel print designs can be had now at NIKEiD.

One of the next warm weather Roshe Run shades comes to us in the form of this Total Crimson setup. Tagged as Soft Grey/Midnight Fog-Total Crimson, this Roshe features a solid grey mesh upper, grey lining, crimson insole and sole unit, and black Swooshes.

Available now at spots like Renarts.

After a slightly successful Shaq Attaq release last month, Reebok Classic CD Swizz Beatz is bringing it back as a 1 of 1. No, these blinged Shaqs aren’t hitting retailers, instead they’ll be auctioned for charity.

Sure Swizz will provide more details at the right time.

SHAQ Bling by Gabe the jeweler !!!! Much love to Dame #reebok! this Charity item coming soon instagram.com/p/ZZczOmyDB7/

—SWIZZ BEATZ (@THEREALSWIZZZ) May 17, 2013

Following a series of limited angle Ewing Focus photos teasing an imminent release, here’s a few snaps of the original Black/Red set to drop.

More info to come.

A sort of OG colorway, this AJ 1 Royal Blue/Black sample flips the scheme of the Black/Royals with a touch of tumbled leather. The red and yellow Wings logos and red Jumpman Air tongue logos are the only details that make a clean break from the classic look.

If these dropped are they pickups or passes?

More photos…

The Air Jordan 13 “XX8 Days of Flight”, size 10, is sitting on eBay with current bid of $2,025.00. Now before you start grumbling to yourself about greed, resellers and the next door neighbor who won’t stop mowing over your property line, know that the the seller, native2skills isn’t taking a dime from whatever the dollar amount is when the auction ends in just under one week from now. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee will receive “100% of the final sale price.”

Photos of the black and green XIIIs ahead.

Here’s an array of close-up PEAK Team Lightning “Home” and “Away” photos to check out, complete with Tony Parker packaging. Only our friends in Asia have seen the vented and fused TL release thus far.

Want to see these drop at a retail option near you? Take a minute with these pics, gather your thoughts on the subject, and sound off below.

If Randy Williams had to watch the Thunder’s season end, at least he gave it a proper send-off in the footwear department. The Kevin Durant BFF snapped a few photos of himself donning the KD V “What The KD” during the OKC-Memphis Game 5 last night, somewhat of a follow-up to his original Instagram posting of the mixed up kicks on 5/13.

We’ll bring you more info on the “WTKD” V as it breaks.