The Fat Tongue is Back!

Nike SB has finally brought back the fat tongue SB's that skate boarders and SB fans like myself have been crying out loud for. This pair of Nike "Chromeball Incident" SB's are slated for release in July. They released a few days early in London and when I came across a shop selling it today, it did not take long before I had my pair on the way to my house.

Nike took away the beloved fat tongue out of their SB's for quite some time to the dislike of many fans. This is the first model to be released with the stuffed tongue in years. Keep things original NIke, thats what the fans want! Get yourself a pair as this color way is clean and summer ready!

Jordan XI Concord "45" Sample

Here is a piece of Air Jordan History for you. The Air Jordan XI Concord "45" Samples popped up on ebay. Here is the catch, this Buy It Now price of $1249 is only for one shoe (right). None the less, this is extremely rare and is one of the hardest pairs of Jordans to find. This pair is grail status to many collectors.

The samples were produced in extremely limited numbers and the "45" on the back represents Michael Jordans # 45 that he wore when he un-retired the first time. The shoes were produced in 1995 and since then have escaped collectors around the world. They were never released in stores and never available to the public. Just MJ had pairs he wore to play and there are very few samples around the world. Here is your chance to own one shoe as they are up on ebay for sale by logmein. The price for one shoe is steep at $1249, but if this was a pair instead of one shoe, this could easily fetch well over that. It is a rarity to see these concords pop up on ebay, so enjoy it and if you have the urge to put the shoe in your collection, Congrats!

Ron Artest's Lakers "Champions" Official Video

The Lakers won the NBA Championship last week and Ron Artest being the outgoing rebel that he is known for, told the world that he would release a rap single. It did not take long for him to hit the mic and put together this track further telling the world about the L.A. Lakers Championship.

The single sounds clean. Maybe the kid from Queens has a future after the NBA. Artest might play for the Lakers but he loves his hood in Queens Bridge, NY as he always mentions. Queens Bridge has produced some heavy hitters in hip hop such as Nas, Capone and Noreaga, and Mobb Deep to name just a few of many. Ron has came a long way since the day of the Brawl in the Palace in Detroit but with that swag and attitude, no matter who he plays for, he will always be a NYC kid.

Mark Sanchez signed to Jordan Brand?

I would like to welcome you to the first installment of my blog. Kicks, Life, NewYork. Use this as a hangout, a place to chop it up, a place to view new sneakers, older sneakers, historic sneakers, sports news, and everything having to do with life, culture and of course the big apple, New York City. Lets break the ice!

Mark Sanchez and the Jets opened up their early summer mini camp on June 16th at the new Meadowlands stadium. To the surprise of many sneaker fans, and memorabilia/player exclusive collectors, Sanchez was rocking a pair or Air Jordan Player Exclusive III cleats. For those of you who may not know, Michael Jordan has a team of athletes who is under contract with his company to wear his footwear/apparel on and off the field.

Player exclusives are not your normal pair of sneakers that you can buy at your local Footlocker. Player Exclusives (PE's) are sneakers/cleats made specifically for a certain player, only in his size, in extremely limited numbers, and given only to that player. They are not sold in stores and you obtaining a pair is extremely difficult. Of course, pairs will leak and find their way into a collectors closet but that is still no easy task.

A couple pictures from the Jets practice leaked and showed up on Niketalk courtesy of forum member: bullets14. As you can see, Sanchez has on a pair of cleats in the green color of the New York Jets along with black resulting in a very subtle and clean pair of PE's.

Team Jordan Brand currently has 4 NFL members whom are:

1. Dre Bly (49ers)
2. Michael Crabtree (49ers)
3. Dwight Freeney (Colts)
4. Jason Taylor (Jets)

As you can see from the 4 person list, Marks new teammate Jason Taylor is on Jordan Brand and has been a long time member. Did he get Sanchez the hookup? No one knows at this point and it has yet to be proven if Sanchez is truly on Team Jordan Brand but for the sake of myself and other collectors, I sure do hope to see Sanchez wearing more player exclusives in the upcoming season. Hopefully a pair or 2 finds its way into my hands, but we will leave that discussion for another day.

J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets