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Adidas is All IN The Latest / Mar 17, 2011 / 12:05 am

Courtesy of Paul Jackiewicz

Today adidas launched a new spot that for the first-time ever connects the worlds of sports, style, fashion and music for the brand. The” all adidas” spot features Derrick Rose, hip-hop artist B.o.B., pop-icon Katy Perry, soccer stars David Beckham and Lionel Messi, Notre Dame football and skateboarders Silas Baxter-Neal, Lem Villemin and Jake Donnelly. Read More »

Derrick Rose adiZero Fall 2011 Signature Shoe.

I had a real good time at the adidas Showroom yesterday afternoon checking out the new Fall line slated for the 2011-2012 basketball season. The company is clearly making noise with the adi-line, with the 2011 Dwight Howard signature shoe coming into the fold according Sports Performance PR dude Paul Jackiewicz. The new Rose shoe has a liver look than the 1.5’s, but don’t sleep on the new, lighter Howard signature shoe and the AdiZero Ghost. Read More »

adiZero Rose 2 “All Flights Cancelled” Signature Shoe

Paul Jackiewicz from adidas had me in Monday to take a look at the new Derrick Rose adiZero 2, up for an October 2011 release. I also got a nice look at the new Dwight Howard signature shoe (October 2011) along with a lighter adidas Pro Model with an updated old school touch on the toebox. (September 2011). I’ll have the goods on the Rose shoe and the chop on the other new joints tomorrow afternoon on the site.

photo: sfgate.com

Last night, Golden State’s Monta Ellis continued his torrid opening season stretch by posting 39 points, eight assists and nine rebounds in the Warriors’ 115-109 victory over Memphis. He scored 17 of his teams final 21 points, exploding and elbowing his way onto the start-of-season landscape that seemed solely reserved for Kevin Durant, LeBron, D-Wade, Kobe, Dwight Howard, Rajon Rondo and the phenomenal rookies John Wall and Blake Griffin. Read More »

Photo by Rafael Roy

As an LES resident, I take tons of trips through SoHo and the first thing I notice whenever I’m there? The giant billboard with Zoe Saldana, for Calvin Klein. But once my tongue rolls back into my head and my transformation back to Lower East Scribe from the wolf in those Droopy Dog Cartoons finishes, the second thing I peep is the giant Adidas store front. Whenever I look in the window, there’s something different. One week it’s women’s hoops apparel, then it’s distance running, then it’s cross training. The one constant with them is change.

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A serious shot of Dwight Howard’s vertical and Slim Chin, in a gold jumpsuit and fat gold chain, along with a Derrick Rose and pet cheetah cameo, highlight the new Adidas commercial “Fast Don’t Lie.” Check it out.

photo of Tyreke Evans at the 2008 Jordan Brand Classic: nydailynews.com

Basketball, broken down to its simplest compound, is about scoring more buckets than the team you’re playing against. The Semi-Automatic refers to players who leave bodies in their wake with their innate ability to get buckets.

And this Saturday, April 17th, at the mecca of Madison Square Garden, the next class of semi-automatic candidates will have the stage all to themselves at the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic. At last year’s event, before his super-duper freshman year at Kentucky, John Wall, #1 NBA draft pick in-waiting, gave us a sneak peek at the luminous brilliance to come, both in practice and in the actual game. Read More »

Basketball, broken down to its simplest compound, is about scoring more buckets than the team you’re playing against. The Semi-Automatic refers to players who leave bodies in their wake with their innate ability to get buckets. And this Saturday, April 17th, at the mecca of Madison Square Garden, the next class of semi-automatic candidates will have the stage all to themselves at the 2010 Jordan Brand Classic. Read More »