I collected baseball and basketball cards back in the ’90s, and Beckett Baseball Card Monthly was the best price guide to check the value of your cards. The magazine also featured great photos and articles about my favorite players. Beckett produced monthly price guides for baseball, basketball, football, and hockey. They also produced a special …
For the first time in my life, I’ve found myself wearing tights every time I run. I’d really prefer not to, especially when it’s 75 degrees with 85% humidity at 7 AM in the morning, but I wear them for a very functional purpose: to hold my phone. Now that I use the Nike Run …
At the end of high school and into my first few years of college, I had a subscription to SLAM magazine – this great monthly basketball magazine full of articles and images of players and the shoes they wore. Looking back, I enjoyed their KICKS ON COURT and SLAM A DA MONTH features the most. …
If you could only keep one button down shirt in your closet, which one would it be? Ever since I began working in a New York office 13 years ago, the button down shirt was a staple in my collection. Working at J.Crew HQ for 6 years, I had at least 40 button downs in …
You’ve got a problem: you’re sitting on a closet (or roomful) of sneakers that you’re never going to wear. The box labels are staring you in the face. You store all your shoes in their original boxes, which takes up even more space. You’ve got some classics, to be sure, but you copped them 5 …
Baseball is back! After a 4-month delay due to the COVID pandemic, the shortened 60-game season began Thursday evening. The game will look very different, with no human fans in the stands and a few rule changes. For me, the game has been different for a long time now. I grew up a Phillies fan …
I spend a lot of time talking to people about the sneakers Nike should bring back from the ’90s – my favorite era for sneakers. I’m sure the folks out in Oregon must get sick of people coming up to them and DM’ing them about what they should retro. The heads at Nike know what …
As temperatures in New Jersey soar into the 90s on a daily basis, I’ve tucked away my boots in their boxes until things cool down a bit. Whenever I head out of the house, I still like to wear denim and pair them with my primary boot substitute: the Birkenstock Boston. How I Found My …
Back in early June, I got a surprise package in the mail – the most innovative running sneaker ever from Nike: the Nike Alphafly Next%. Wow – this is the sneaker Eliud Kipchoge broke the 2 hour marathon barrier in. I wonder how fast they could make me. Keep reading for my Nike Air Zoom Alphafly Next% …
The Nike Air Jordan 1 was introduced in 1985 as the first signature sneaker for Michael Jordan, who had just entered the NBA with the Chicago Bulls. Designed by Peter Moore, it revolutionized the basketball shoe industry with its high-top silhouette, bold colorways, and innovative use of the Nike Air technology. The arrival of Michael …