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LeBron's New Sneakers Refer to Him as "Two-Time Champion"

Despite the fact the Miami Heat are a hope, a prayer and two games away from their second championship of the LeBron James era, new pics of LeBron's next Nike sneaks supposedly leaked on the Internet today. The shoes refer to him as a "two-time champion."

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Why Are The Miami Dolphins Ripping Off High School All-Star Game Pioneer Wesley Frater?

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke gives the Dolphins a lesson in youth football.As the 2012 football season winds to a close, with Miami-Dade and Broward again sho ... More >>

LeBron James Will Be Wearing Gold Shoes to Match His Gold Ring Tonight

With the kickoff of the NBA season tonight, LeBron James finally will be presented with his long-awaited championship ring. He'll also be dressed to match with a special gold edition of his signature Nike sneakers.

The LeBron X Will Sell For $315: Nike's Most Expensive Sneaker Ever

LeBron James' latest sneaker line will go where no Nike sneaker has ever gone before: above the $300 price point.James debuted his new kicks in the Olympic's gold medal game, and now Nike has announced they can soon be yours for $315. For comparison, the LeBron 9s sold for only $170.

Here Are Some Really Interesting Street Couture LeBron James Jerseys

Unknwn, the Aventura Mall shop owned by LeBron James and friends, just debuted online shopping on their website, and to celebrate the store teamed up with street fashion's Dr. Frankenstein-like couturier Dr. Romanelli for a limited edition collection of some, uh, really, really interesting LeBron je ... More >>

Miami Dolphins Might Change Logo, Look in 2013

The Miami Dolphins recently switched from Reebok to Nike uniforms, and the minimal changes unveiled earlier this week for the 2012 kits were mostly all in the details. Though, come 2013 the Dolphins uniform change may be a bit more drastic. The team is reportedly considering updating its logo. It's ... More >>

LeBron James's Watch the Throne Shoes Are Hideous, $300 Pieces of Shit for Your Feet

Via twitter.com/kingjamesLeBron tweeted a picture of his own feet. Fucking ugly.​The rich and famous don't really dress better than the rest of us. They just get away with looking ridiculous 'cause their shit's gaudier, flashier, and way more fucking expensive. Take Kanye's getup the other night ... More >>

LeBron James Gets Generic New Lion Logo

​Nike knows LeBron James is special. He has the heart of a lion they say, but the new logo they've unveiled or the Heat star's latest apparel line is pretty generic. Dubbed the "Lion 6" logo, LeBron actually debuted the logo while wearing a prototype of an off-the-court jacket during last season, ... More >>

LeBron James Inks Sponsorship Deal with Hurricanes Basketball

​LeBron James helped turn Miami, a pretty solid football town, into a major basketball loving city almost over night, but can he get people interested in the University of Miami men's basketball team? The Heat superstar has inked a sponsorship deal with the Hurricanes team, and next season the ... More >>

Americans Hate LeBron James So Much That They Buy His Sneakers

Finally! The thing that will make me good at basketball!​He's a jerk. Filmmakers don't want him in their LeBron-themed movies. He somehow pissed off Taiwan. The Decision, The Decision, The Decision. LeBron James, as Riptide has reported countless times, is the most hated man in sports.But damn, ca ... More >>

LeBron James Accidentally Finds Himself in Middle of Taiwan and China Struggle

​LeBron James will be taking his talents to the Far East in August in what Nike was calling a tour of China. Problem is his schedule starts in Taiwan, and that government really, really doesn't like even the slightest implication that it's actually part of China. So now officials are threatening t ... More >>

Devil in a Blue Jersey

Is This Nike's Hideously Teal-Heavy New Dolphins Uniform?

​Like any good conspiracy, it started with a post on an obscure message board in the dead of night. "Apparently these are the designs for the 2012 season," a poster named Xohmin wrote casually before dropping dozens of links to legit-looking but mostly batshit crazy uniform prototypes for every NF ... More >>

Lebron James Villain-O-Meter: How Much Does America Hate Him This Week?

​Americans residing north of Palm Beach County have targeted their wrath at LeBron James, a basketball player and creator of the world's worst television special. In this semi-regular installment, we ​figure out why American hates LeBron this week, so you don't have to.

South Park Lampoons LeBron's "What Should I Do?" Ad

​South Park works in fast and mysterious ways. LeBron James' new "What Should I Do?" Nike ad only premiered last week, and the team found a way to write it into the conclusion of a two part episode lampooning the BP oil spill.

Everyone "Hates" LeBron, But His Sneakers Are Selling Like Hot Cakes

​LeBron James' decision to "take his talents to South Beach" seemed to be a marketing disaster, in the short run at least. For a while it seemed to be impossible to find a LeBron fan outside of South Florida. Surprisingly, though, his latest namesake sneaker, Nike's LeBron 8, is selling just fine ... More >>

LeBron James Issues South Beach Edition Sneakers

LeBron James didn't just take his talents to South Beach, he brought Nike's design team along with him apparently. The newest Nike Air Max LeBron 8 kicks come in a special edition "South Beach" color way which, of course, means they're bright turquoise and hot pink. They're fresher than a new coat o ... More >>

Our Top 10 Biggest Regrets in Technology

​Yesterday was the start of the High Holidays for the Jewish faith. Dubbed "Rosh Hashanah" (meaning "Head of the Year"), most Jews have now begun their 10 days of repentance leading up to Yom Kippur. Since we always have tech on the brain, it got us thinking: What technological advances do we regr ... More >>

Dwyane Wade Heard What We Said About His Acting Ability

On Tuesday we sized up Dwyane Wade's acting ability based on his latest commercial for Gatorade's G Series Live. Well, Men's Health saw the post and happened to have had Dwyane Wade swoop by their offices yesterday. Apparently they think we said LeBron James is a better actor than Wade (which is not ... More >>

Ric Bucher's Story of "Miami Heat's Hijacking of the NBA" Coming to Bookstores

via Bu22y​It was only a matter of time until someone wrote a book about the Miami Heat's amazing off-season in which they secured three of the biggest prizes of a historic free agency class. Of course, we doubt Ric Bucher's tome, tentatively titled Overheated (har har) will be sitting on the books ... More >>

Charlie Murphy Discusses His Brother, Bitch-Slaps, and the Death of Chappelle's Show

​What exactly was Charlie Murphy doing before he got famous for slapping the shit out of Rick James on Chappelle's Show? "Well, I was in movies. The last 20 years, I've been writing movies, being in movies. Between that and just hustling... I was a martial arts instructor for a couple years. I did ... More >>

Tiger Woods Nike Ad Remix Reveals Real 2 Live Crew-Scored Inner Thoughts

​The media has been pretty quiet on this, but apparently famous golfer Tiger Woods got caught having crazy sexy time encounters with more than a dozen women who weren't his wife. He's back playing golf now, though, and his main sponsor, Nike, has stuck by him. Yesterday they premiered some weird-a ... More >>

LeBron James Changes Jersey Number, Maybe, Because 23 is Retired in Miami?

​Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James announced that he just sent in paperwork to have his uniform number changed from 23 to 6. The official word is that it's a tribute to Michael Jordan, though the number 23 figures quite prominently into the logo used for his Nike apparel. Why the sudd ... More >>

News Roundup: Mayor Diaz's Last Day; Heat Off to Hot Start

As of noon today Manny Diaz will no longer be Mayor of Miami. The Herald paints him as a "a sober, patient reformist up to his elbows in the minutiae of turning around a troubled city" who enacted "an agenda of a scope unmatched by any other Miami mayor in decades." One likely, for better or wo ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Recruits 25 Top Artists for Benefit Show

KAWS, The End​​It's not often you get to see a curated show featuring the likes of Richard Prince, Jules de Balincourt, Shepard Fairey, Kenny Scharf, and KAWS, but it's not often that Lance Armstrong comes calling on the art world. Armstrong's Livestrong foundation and Nike asked 25 to ... More >>

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Owners of Miami FC Might Make Play for Entire USL

​Delightfully British kicks maker Umbro started the USL in 1988, and the brand that never gained much traction in the States seemed quite happy owning a league that never gained much traction here either. That is, until Nike bought Umbro. USL is apparently the red-headed stepchild of the Nike ... More >>

Dwyane Wade Ditches Converse for Nike

A pair of Wade Converse, which, let's be honest, are kind of ugly.We're far from the biggest sneaker heads out there, but we always thought the Dwyane Wade shoes for Converse were fugly. Maybe Wade agreed, because he hasn't been spotted much wearing the latest Wade 4 model, and is now set to switch ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Sneaker Pimps and Surf Nazis on Ecstasy

The rain doesn't stop! We know it's "the rainy season," but this is getting ridiculous. We can't remember the last time it rained this much. Let's hope rain is all we get this season, because hurricane season has officially started. So while we stock up on canned good and batteries, here is what you ... More >>

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Sports World Horrified by New Sneaker

After Chanel debuted its "Miami Vice" shoe, which came complete with a mini pistol in place of the heel, at this summer's Cruise collection, Miami is starting to gain a reputation for debuting controversial footwear. While Kobe Bryant is no Karl Lagerfeld, he's following in the Kaiser's footsteps by ... More >>

UPDATE: No Age/Panda Bear Ticket Giveaway Closed!

Friday night's No Age/Panda Bear show at Karu & Y, sponsored by Nike and ANP Quarterly, is still, as we reported, invite-only. But the nice folks at Nike have given us a number of free passes to give away to our readers.So here's a little contest. Answer the following question, and e-mail the an ... More >>

Panda Bear, No Age and the Sads Playing Free Show at Karu & Y Friday UPDATE

Can't tell you how many times we've been specifically asked about hearsay that Animal Collective's Panda Bear was playing in Miami during Basel. Well we can fully confirm that the experimental musician, along with No Age and the Sads, will be playing a free show at Karu & Y Friday night. You hav ... More >>

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Love to Make Music To (Ninja Tune)

Run for Their Lives

Nike loves the kids

2006: The Year the Superstar DJ Died

Dinosaurs rule the dance floors no more

Santa’s Little Helper

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Abstrack Art

A couple of local guys get hip-hop

Buying In

Aces Wild

Tennis glitterati scramble

Don’t Get Holidazed!

Holiday Gift Guide 2001

Mel Sells Out

What Women Want is a better movie than this two-hour Nike ad

A Bird? A Plane? Maybe a Blimp?

The University of Miami's new logo is a mystery to the very kids it was intended to please

News of the Weird

Dream Team

For years Miami Senior High School has fielded one of the best basketball teams in the nation. But getting into the record books has meant tossing out the rule books.

News of the Weird

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