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Top Stories of the Week: 4/16-4/22

Top Stories of the Week: 4/16-4/22

Top Stories April 22 2016

It’s Friday, and that means it’s time to look back at the last week in sneaker news and recap all the essential stories in one handy post. After Kobe simply dominated last week’s hot topics, this week was a little bit more all over the place with a number of headlines from the return of the beloved “Olympic” colorway of the Nike Air More Uptempo to hilarious custom Jordan crying meme Air Jordan 8’s. See all the top stories below.

Top Stories April 22 2016 7

Jordan Brand Unveils The Heiress Collection For Girls

The young ladies get a grown up look on these Air Jordans with refined, sophisticated colorways for the Air Jordan 1, Air Jordan 10, Jordan Reveal, and Jordan Jasmine.

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Top Stories April 22 2016 3

The Jordan Crying Meme Made Into An Air Jordan Custom

Now that it’s been made, you have to wonder how it wasn’t done even sooner.

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Top Stories April 22 2016 6

Pippen’s Olympic Uptempos Are Returning

Just like for the 2012 summer Olympics, the Nike Air More Uptempo “Olympic” colorway will be returning. This time it’s even a little more special, as this year marks the 20th anniversary of when Scottie Pippen wore them with the ’96 Dream Team on the way to Olympic Gold.

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Top Stories April 22 2016 2

Jordan To Release Tinker Hatfield’s Alternate Olympic 7s

More news on the “Olympic” sneaker front: Jordan Brand will be dropping an alternate take on the Olympic Air Jordan 7, a colorway which is apparently taken from an actual sketch of the shoe by Tinker Hatfield back in 1992.

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Top Stories April 22 2016 1

The OG Air Jordan 2 Low Is Releasing This Year

After some all-new looks already launched this year, the Ari Jordan 2 Low will be returning in its OG white, black, and red colorway for the first time since 1994. Find out when you can grab a pair in the link below.

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Top Stories April 22 2016 8

The Nike Spiridon Returns With Flyknit Uppers

Nobody saw this one coming…but as long as they bring back the Spiridon in OG form also, nobody will be complaining.

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Top Stories April 22 2016 5

Remembering The Hypnotic Reebok Shaqnosis

Our Flashback to ’96 series continued this week with a look at the forever memorable and hypnotizing Reebok Shaqnosis. Learn the history of the shoe and see vintage shots of Shaq wearing his best signature shoe ever.

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Top Stories April 22 2016 4

Celebrating 4/20 With A Look Back At Weed-Inspired Shoes

In light of 4/20 this week, we fire up a look at all the best weed-inspired shoes throughout the years.

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