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As the 2008 Beijing Olympics approaches, Nike will release yet more Olympic-inspired sneakers to capitalize on the opportunity. The Nike Beijing Summer Olympics 2008 Mascot Pack pays tribute to the Fuwa, mascots of the Beijing Olympics. The pack comes in five different designs representing “Bei Bei” the blue fish, “Jing Jing” the black panda, “Huan Huan” the red Olympic flame, “Ying Ying” the yellow Tibetian antelope and “Ni Ni” the green swallow. Their names, when pronounced out loud, means “Beijing welcomes you.”

The pack includes the Vandals Lows, Dunk Lows, Blazer Lows, and Cortez 07. They are already available for advanced order at Kix-Files in Grade School sizes.

For a few years now, Crooks & Castles, out of Los Angeles has been spearheading the streetwear movement in the United States. Inspired by a number of diferent ideas, brands, and people the “back up plan” for Dennis Calvero and Emil Soriano has turned into a multi-million dollar business that provides authentic apparel for consumers worldwide. Now thanks to Karmaloop TV we have an in depth look into what the brand has in store in the upcoming seasons and get to hear a little more from Dennis and Emil about the story of Crooks.

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Nike’s long time partner in advertising and media, W+K, has just helped the Swoosh come up with a comical commercial about the Nike Hyperdunk. With all of the buzz and marketing support behind the Hyperdunk already this commercial will only add fuel to the fire as the Hyperdunk’s gear up for an official release in the upcoming months. After watching the commercial you may begin to reminisce of when Nike used to have some of the best basketball commercials such as the Fun Police, Camp Flight & Camp Force, and the all time classic Lil’ Penny commercials.

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The guys over at Rightclicka have a live session from electronic/remix maestros Simian Mobile Disco up for free download. Did we mention that it’s free? Don’t sleep, the revolution will be downloadable!

Head over to www.rightclickamix.com to check it out.

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Everyone knows that Kobe Bryant is different, special and unique. This January, Nike will release a basketball shoes to mirror Kobe’s uniqueness, the Nike Zoom Kobe IV. The most noticeable aspect of the shoes is the silhouette, which differs greatly from any other basketball shoe, as the Kobe IVs are low-cut.

Nike also incorporates all of its newest performance technologies like the flywire and the lunarlite foam into Kobe’s fourth signature pairs. The flywire enables the wearer to jump right after landing from a previous leap, while the lunarlight disperses pressure to protect the feet from fatigue and injury.

Set to retail for $120 in January 2009, the first colorway will be the West Coast Edition in Black/Black-Varsity Purple-Medium Grey. This colorway will feature the team logo crest of the Torino Football Club in Italy on the tongue.

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Last year, several rumors spread through the web that the Black Cement Air Jordan 3 will release along with the other Jordan 3 releases. Yet as 2007 passed, the Black Cements were nowhere to be found and people became greatly disappointed.

However, as Jordan Brand announced the release of the Jordan Countdown Packages, the hopes of sneaker fans around the world that these holy grails will release have rekindled. Hailed as the best colorway of one of the best Jordan models, these classic Jordans will release as part of the Air Jordan 20/3 Countdown Package.

Although these retroes will feature a grey Jumpman logo instead of the “Nike Air” on the heel, the shoes seem to be of high quality. To the delight of Jordan-heads, nothing else about the shoes seems to have been altered from the last retro. The hype surrounding the October release will surely be phenomenal despite the $310 price tag.

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Seen being worn by Nelly at the BET awards is this pair of Air Jordan 23. Clearly the hottest colorway among the Jordan 23s, the shoes feature a red midsole and a stitching pattern similar to the Titanium 23s.

Nelly is a co-owner of the Charlotte Bobcats along with Jordan himself. This may be why the former is able to get such an amazing pair of Jordans. The shoes bear a striking resemblance to the Air Jordan 23 All American Classics.

Rumors say that the pairs will release in November 2008. Let’s just hope that JB doesn’t change its mind because these shoes are fire.

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Several well-informed members of NikeTalk have confirmed that Nike is planning on re-releasing Player Edition colorways of the Zoom Lebron II. Lebron fans will surely be ecstatic about the retro since this is one of the best shoes among the Lebron line. The colorways scheduled to drop are the Saint Vincent-Saint Mary Away, Saint Vincent-Saint Mary Home, Dunkman and the Hardwood Classic.

These exclusive player editions will release in extremely limited quantities (36 pairs per colorway) in the House of Hoops. A Cleveland release is also not of the question.

However, Nike is known to rescind releases of exclusive Lebron shoes without prior notice. Let’s just pray that we get a chance, albeit a small one, to cop these.

I might have mentioned in the past that I’m half-Cumbrian and half-Geordie (I’m like a human version of Hadrian’s Wall!), and whilst I live in Cumbria, I do make fairly frequent trips to the Republic of Geordania, so I was pretty excited to hear that next time I make a trip to Newcastle it will be to see more than just family and football.Electrik Sheep is a damned cool Newcastle-based store that also sells its wares online. I could try and describe it myself but to be entirely frank they’ve done too good of a job on the blurb:

Electrik Sheep is an independent graphic / clothing store and gallery in Newcastle, UK, selling hard to find brands from all over the world. We specialize in tees, hoodies, and accessories that we believe in and find inspiring, as well as producing a couple of our own brands, R.Hero and Prefab. We also hold exhibitions and give away loads of free beer.

Brand stocked include : 2K, Sixpack France, Perks & Mini, Uzi, UArm, Ubiquity Clothing, Rebel8, 10Deep, The Hundreds, House33, Special Needs, Something / Something Else, Diamond Supply Co., Prefab, R.Hero.

Free UK shipping, worldwide shipping available!

Next time I’m in the Toon I’ll make sure to swing by the shop and check it out, and hopefully get some of that free beer.

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Washington D.C. native, Wale, has been on a hot streak lately after releasing a new mixtape in collaboration with 10. Deep as well as being featured in a number of magazines. Now the rapper has just shot a low budget but high quality and meaningful music video for his song “Artistic Integrity” off his The Mixtape About Nothing mixtape. The video was directed by Rik Cordero and features a cameo appearance by Wale’s cousin, Gben Akinnagbe, who some may recognize as Chris from The Wire.

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