Congratulations to Hakeem Olajuwon for being named to the Class of 2008 for enshrinement into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame yesterday. This reminds me of this one time in the summer of 1995 when I escorted Hakeem around a trade show in Munich, Germany. It was the ISPO Show, the annual mega-fair for sports… Read more »
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You ever notice that when little kids really want something they never focus on how hard it is?
I was reminded that the elder Lloyd was the first black player to wear Converse All Stars in an NBA game.
YouTube didn’t like the video clip I included in my Pimp My Ride post from the other day! Viacom pimped Black Fives, so why can’t I pimp Viacom? They hated it so much, that I got this email: Dear Member: This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following… Read more »
If you hate the N.B.A.’s dress code on shorts, at least consider that you didn’t have to wear these.
It doesn’t work. The new Vogue Magazine cover featuring LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen is all wrong.
Black Fives (the brand) is featured nicely in the Style section of today’s Washington Post. The lengthy tribute to Converse, by Post staff writer Hank Stuever, celebrates the company’s 100th anniversary this year. The online version of this article somehow manages to cram Black Fives, Nirvana, Rob Lowe, and Tom Cruise onto the same short… Read more »
Superstar hip hop artist Ludacris has had nothin’ but love for Black Fives.
These are some new pre-Chuck Taylors with an upper made of laser-detailed leather.
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