Who out there remembers my man Kurious Jorge?
In ‘93, he released his debut LP A Constipated Monkey on Hoppoh/Columbia Records. I was an Executive Producer on it, but have known Jorge his whole life as we both lived on 97th St. growing up. Little known fact, but he played ball at Trinity School and […]

This is part 2 of my 2006 ESPN “It’s The Shoes” feature with Joey Crack a.k.a. Fat Joe, one of the world’s greatest and coolest sneaker personalities.

Photo: courtesy Joe “Cuz” Lozano
I loved hearing Dominique talk about the old Hawks–Celtics ’80s rivalry during the recent 1st round revival of it. Then the other day Brett Mullins a.k.a. DJ Sag of Port Huron, Michigan, emailed me this photo which included the Brooks signature “Human Highlight Film” joints from ‘86. Aa-ight! Figured I’d share. […]

Did anyone catch the Zzzzzz . . . my bad, I had a narcolepsy attack at the thought of it, but was talking about the Celts-Cavs 2nd Round Game 1 snore-athon. Yeah, the 4th quarter was close, but seeing Ray Allen and Lebron blank out from the field was about as exciting as watching pancakes […]

This is part 1 of my 2006 ESPN “It’s The Shoes” feature with Joey Crack a.k.a. Fat Joe, one of the world’s greatest and coolest sneaker personalities.

Check back next Friday for Part 2!

On April 3rd, my man Wayne ´Frosty Freeze´ Frost moved on to the spiritual (Read about it here). As a member of the Rock Steady Crew in the ´80s, he was among the first breakers to expose the rest of the world to the artform through appearances in films like Flashdance (the first time anyone […]

I finished my Pelham Fritz 38 and Over League basketball season with two disappointing losses in the Semi-Finals, however my feet were very happy to close it out with two very scrumptious choices. Thing is, I can’t decide which combo I like better:

The 1st Gil are more attractive to me, however I’d give the nod […]