Sally Jessy Westbrook in the building. via @ArashMarkazi
It’s Bollywood night in Oakland so Cheryl Miller decided to wear this blouse. #fashionpolice via @jose3030
Don Cherry doesn’t joke around come playoff time. Your move, Craig Sager.
Wonder what NBA stars of the mid-90’s would have thought of the Steve Urkel inspired attire players are sporting in 2011? Where everything nerd-like is considered the fashsionable choice.
Jason Kottke on the rise of the NBA nerd:
In their tandem press conferences, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, of the Miami Heat, alternate impeccably tailored suits with cardigans over shirts and ties. They wear gingham and plaid and velvet, bow ties and sweater vests, suspenders, and thick black glasses they don’t need. Their colors conflict. Their patterns clash. Clothes that once stood as an open invitation to bullies looking for something to hang on the back of a bathroom door are what James now wears to rap alongside Lil Wayne. Clothes that once signified whiteness, squareness, suburbanness, sissyness, in the minds of some NBA players no longer do.
Back in the summer we designed a pretty nifty lookin’ t-shirt and asked the tumblr community to give us some feedback on the design. We promised that if the design received over a 100 notes we would bring it to the masses . The response blew us away. Our proposed design ended up receiving over 300 notes! So as promised we’ve produced our first t-shirt and launched The Tickr Shop.
What has 2-Time NBA MVP Steve Nash been doing during the NBA lockout? Just designing his very own collection of suits. No biggie. Nash has collaborated with the menswear label Indochino to design some pretty bossin suits that would make even Giorgio Armani a little jealous. Okay, maybe not, but the designs are still really nice.
Team Canada unveiled an alternate special edition third jersey for the upcoming 2012 IIHF World Junior Championships. The jersey features a throwback logo that was used by Team Canada from 1982-1994.
“We’re looking back over 30 years, and this is the jersey that started it. We won a lot of gold medals with it.” — Bob Nicholson, Hockey Canada president
Magic & Bird & Ewing & Barkley & Jordan t-shirt. What a tee. What a team.
Nike in collaboration with LeBron James has developed an off-court clothing line featuring a very royal looking lion logo designed to pay homage to LeBron’s “heart of a lion.”
“Game after game. LeBron James’ heart stays strong. The two-time NBA MVP has seen his fair share of battles. He’s done his time on the hardwood. In the gym. And around the neighborhood. With every victory the beast within grows stronger. More determined. Fearless. Always on.”
Glow-in-the-Dark Hyperdunk 2011 iD. That ish cray!
Think you can custom build something better? Go check out NikeiD.
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Had to laugh at The Triangle Blog’ s article, Charlotte Hornets Starter Jackets: An Appreciation over at Grantland. For someone who fits this demo it’s hard not to get wrapped up in the nostalgia and (the feeling of wanting to go out to the garage and start looking for some of this stuff).
It was exceptional to be a sports-obsessed child of the ’90s (ages 3 to 13) for 10 main reasons:
1. Sports Illustrated for Kids 2. NBA Inside Stuff 3. D2: The Mighty Ducks 4. Ken Griffey Jr. 5. The naive belief that you had the only Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card 6. Matt Christopher books 7. Space Jam 8. Jordan Highlight VHS box sets 9. MTV Rock ‘N’ Jock Basketball (Dan Cortese, I SEE you). 10. Starter jackets
Oh, and I think it’s worth noting that some of us actually have a Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card, check that, two of ‘em!