The simple design of the Nike Blazer Supreme Mid TZ is heightened by the replacement of the standard stitched-on Swoosh Design with a perforated outline. With a white leather upper set off by metallic gold embroidery, it captures the subtle and laid back feel of the season. A light, bright classic, consider the new Blazer Mid Supreme TZ ideal to add something fresh and fun for the season.

The first Nike Blazer was a pioneering shoe. Released in 1973 as Nike’s first hoop shoe, it proved worthy of its name. A welcome departure from its more chunky counterparts of the time, the Nike Blazer was designed for the performance basketball game: fine grain leather, outsoles offering greater traction, extra support and less weight.

The Blazer Mid Supreme TZ will be available at select Nike Sportswear retailers soon.

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It’s always interesting to get a look at the creative process that goes into actually developing the sneakers that we love. Here we get a look at a pattern sample for the Air Jordan VI. As you will see, the design of the upper is fairly close to its finished version, but it happens to be sitting on the midsole from a classic Air Flight model. Most likely this was just created as a test sample, but it’s still fun to take a look at this Frankenstein version of the shoe. You may also notice that the infamous holes in the tongue are filled in with red fabric on these and there are some other slight differences on the toe, heel and ankle. If you’re as fascinated by pics like these as we are, make sure to take a look at some more pics after the jump. Via SC.

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Yesterday, we gave you a look at the new Nike Hyperize Decades Pack, a limited collection that uses the innovative basketball model to pay homage to some of Nike’s most legendary designs and colorways. As you can probably see, the Hyperize has been created in four new color schemes, one each for the Air Safari, Infrared Air Max 90, Neon Air Max 95 and the OG blue Foamposite. All four sport familiar colorways with some very nice touches, especially the tongue labels, which each use elements from the original sneaker designs to put a cherry on top of these kicks.

These are expected to drop in Australia this Thursday in very limited quantities. There’s no word yet if they will ever make their way to the U.S., but we’ll be sure to keep you posted. For now, you can check out some new pics of all four Hyperize colorways from the Decades Pack after the jump. Via SC.

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Over the weekend, The Naismith Memorial Hall Of Fame of Fame along with Jordan Brand unveiled a new exhibit detailing the magical moments of Michael Jordan’s legendary basketball career. The exhibit entitled ‘Become Legendary: The Story of Michael Jordan’ features a collection of photographs, videos, quotes, samples of footwear, apparel and a collection of artifacts which celebrate Jordan’s upcoming induction into the Hall of Fame.

Upon arrival, guests visiting the Hall will view an impressive 40-foot timeline detailing Jordan’s many achievements as a basketball player. The experience will begin with Jordan’s birth and guide visitors through his professional career, including his multiple NBA championships, MVP awards and Olympic Games triumphs. The exhibit also includes a video capturing Jordan’s impact during the Bulls’ championship years, entitled, “The Finals Moments.”

“Become Legendary: The Story of Michael Jordan will include six championship capsules encasing the rings presented to Jordan and his Chicago Bulls teammates to honor the titles from 1991-1993 and the 1996-1998 seasons, in addition to a collection of official NBA uniforms and a unique footwear display featuring the 24-year chronology of the AIR JORDAN sneaker. The shoes will be accompanied by an artistic collage of sketches presenting the evolution of the revolutionary shoe design known to all as AIR JORDAN where Jordan took a very personal involvement in creating each model.

The ‘Become Legendary: The Story of Michael Jordan’ will be on display at the Basketball Hall of Fame throughout 2009, including the weeks leading up to the enshrinement weekend of September 10-11-12th.

For those who can’t make it there you can always check out our Air Jordan – History of the Franchise archive.

Naismith Memorial Hall Of Fame
100 W Columbus Ave
Springfield, MA 01105

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The Nike Zoom Alpholution offers some classic Nike Basketball style in a contemporary design. We’ve already shown you a bunch of colorways of the Alpholution, including the Cobra Commander edition from the G.I. Joe Pack, but now we turn our attention to a new version that packs some extra retro punch. Like many mid to late 90′s Nike B-ball models, with the Zoom Flight 95 and the Air Aggress Force being the first examples that first springs to mind, this Alpholution utilizes a checkered carbon fiber material on several sections of the upper. The carbon fiber is offset by a solid black nubuck/mesh upper with white accents and a crispy clean white midsole. If you like what you see here, you can already find these at select Nike retailers such as Kix-Files.

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The Air Jordan Force Fusion IV (AJF 4) Premier “Cement Grey” Pack was released this past weekend and it features two different colorways of the Air Jordan Force Fusion IV including this one in Varsity Royal and Cement Grey. This AJF 4 features a Varsity Royal upper that uses nubuck on the shoe’s upper. The midsole of the shoe comes in Cement Grey with the Cement print, hence the name for this pack. Like the other AJF 4′s this pair also comes with a visible heel Air-Sole unit. These are currently exclusive to nikestore.com but we’ll keep you guys in the loop on availability elsewhere.

Style: 384393-401
Color: Varsity Royal/Cement Grey-Black-White

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With the Air Max LeBron VII soon on the way, let’s take a look at one of the more interesting Zoom LeBron VI  releases of the year. Some spotty images of this Zoom LeBron VI Low Supreme popped up a few months back, but now we get a detailed view of this Dunkman edition of King James’s most recent signature model. The Dunkman LeBron concept always seems to be a crowd favorite, but this time, the Mean Green hue that is usually seen on Dunkman models has been replaced with Electrolime accents, combining with the rest of the color scheme for a Neon Air Max 95 look. These are expected to hit retailers sometime this week, and you can get an in-depth look after the jump. Via LRJ23.

Color: Black/Clear-Electrolime-Stealth
Style: 381302-091

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The second pair of AJF 4 Premier’s from the Air Jordan Force Fusion IV Premier “Cement Grey” Pack is this Varsity Red and Cement Grey pair that was actually spotted months ago during the Jordan Brand Capital Classic. The Varsity Red pair is identical to the Varsity Royal pair in the way that it is color blocked with the upper using a solid Varsity color, this pair of course using Varsity Red, the overlay coming in Cement Grey and the midsole as well. These are currently exclusive to nikestore.com but we’ll keep you guys in the loop on availability elsewhere.

Style: 384393-601
Color: Varsity Redd/Cement Grey-Black-White

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The Cool Kids, made up of Mikey Rocks and Chuk Inglish, performed this past weekend at the 2009 All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey. Both rappers have been known to be big sneakerheads as many of their fans have come to find out through their videos and lyrics, each was seen wearin a fresh new pair of Jordan’s during their performance. For Mikey Rocks it was the Air Jordan I Retro High in Blue Sapphire while Chuk Inglish was seen wearing a pair of the new Air Jordan Fusion IV’s in White and Cement. More pictures from their performance after the jump. Images via Concrete Loop

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‘Bang!’ indeed.  Saturday marked the release of A.R.C.’s Nike Dunk High Supreme.  ALIFE pulled out all the stops, heavily decorating the A.R.C. Sports store with italicized Arial print.  The shoe itself looks dope in black suede with a gumsole, but the party might have been even better.  Take a look at all the photos after the jump and stick with Sneaker News for updates on a full Tier Zero release.

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Bo Jackson’s turn in Tecmo Bowl for the Nintendo Entertainment System is easily the most dominant athlete character in video game history.  Given his ability to rush for over a thousand yards in a single game and/or run out entire quarters’ worth of game clock, it seems fitting that Nike is spending a good amount of the fall season paying tribute to their original cross-training icon.  The Nike Air Trainer I pictured above opts for Tecmo Bo in a Kansas City Royals jersey with a pixelated shoe designed in their palette.  These should drop later this year, but you can grab samples in US mens size 9 today from eBay.  Photos: verbdws

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A few days ago, we gave you a sneak peek at the latest project in the works from Royalefam and SBTG. The Varsity Bones series was recently in the spotlight thanks to the special “What If?” 1 of 1 design that was just given to Kobe Bryant during his visit to Singapore. The concept behind Varsity Bones is fictional underdog teams and now, it’s time for the Folsom Prison Blues to be recognized. For this design, the Dunk High has been given a beat up selvage denim look with plenty of stylish touches like printed text, a zipper-up lace cover and a black/white American flag design on the toe box and ankle. As always with an SBTG shoe, there’s a lot going on here, so be sure to take a close look at the detailed pics after the jump and get an appreciation for the detail and craftsmanship that obviously went into this unique creation. For those interested in scooping up a pair, they will be available beginning August 9th @10PM EST from Royalefam.

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