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Barring injury or an unthinkably severe decline, this will be the year Nike Free 4.0 V3 that New York Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter crosses the 3,000 hit milestone.  The Yankee Captain is also celebrating another significant occasion with this his 10th year as a member of Free Run Brand.  When Jeter takes the field today as part of Major League Baseball’s Opening Day, he’ll join Nike Free Run 4.0 V2 CC Sabathia and Andruw Jones as pinstriped Jumpman-reppers, Jeter the only one of this ...

Two weeks ago, Sneaker News brought you word that the Free Run Fly 23 would see four colorways as part Nike Free Run 5.0 of its debut drop this August.  The first of those has hit retail, so let’s take a closer look at the ‘Flint’ Fly 23, a model that takes its colorway from the recently retroed Air Free Run X3 by that same nickname.  These are considerably whiter than the Flint X3s though, the signature shade and its French Blue counterpart segregated to mere accents next to the pear...

Eric Haze is a legendary ‘street’ name.  The OG New York City graffiti artist has made his mark on the Big Apple, golden era rap album artwork and on collaborations with Nike and New Balance.  His revered name/brand now adds an extra boost while the artist’s handiwork translates in a novel print pattern applied to this new Haze x HUF Mateo lowtop.  The Haze Mateo is coming up with a matching HUF button-down and 5-panel cap, so have a closer look below, let us know how this print com...

Patrick Ewing is finally making his way across the pond, his sneaker legacy extending to a good number more countries in retro form via the Ewing 33 Hi’s upcoming Euro release. All four of the colorways cooked up so far will be dropping Nike Free Powerlines November 9th, with a pretty good amount of spots across the continent stocking them. Click through with us to get a look at all four pairs of the Ewing 33 Hi that will be available if you need any help in making up your mind, che...

The Converse Star Player has to be at least a little bit jealous at all the attention the Pro Leather is getting during the second half of 2012, so here’s a couple of new colorways that steal the ‘other’ silo’s namesake material.  This new Chocolate and black Star Player Premium Leather is a Converse.com exclusive, an earthy build whose organic appeal is greatly aided by the upper’s grainy texture.  They’re like an alternate take on a recent UNDFTD collabo drop with altered colorblo...

Thanks to the Nike Free Run 5.0 V4 social media Nike Free Run 5.0 V3 picture-sharing juggernaut known as Instagram, it’s been easier than ever to show off a personal sneaker collection or let your followers know what you’re wearing on a daily basis. We’ve noticed many of our Sneaker News Instagram followers have some incredible rotations, so we’re starting with Instagram user uptown2k, who broke the news of the ‘Glow in the Dark’ detail of the Nike LeBron 9 Low ‘LeBronold Palmer’ la...

Basquiat’s name is one that’s been on the tongue of even Air Max 87 Womens more streetwear types than usual as of late thanks to the swirling rumors that he’ll be paid tribute to in the upcoming season of Supreme gear. While we don’t have the word on that, we can confirm that the Reebok team is continuing to pay homage to the iconic NYC artists with various Pump silhouettes. Pictured here are the Reebok Pump Omni Lite and the Reebok Court Victory Pump, both outfitted with the frenet...

Just another pair of the Air Jordan XIII ‘Bred’ from this weekend’s retro release? Nope, what you’re looking at is an Air Jordan XIII player exclusive made for one Eddie Jones. The color combo comes from his first stint with the Miami Heat back in the 2000-2005 range. The Nike Free Run 3.0 V4 upgrade comes in the form of the personalized tongue area ‘E. Jones’ embroidery, with the typical PE callout to a player’s jersey number absent. Get a full look in the gallery then pick up this...

Lego legends Dee & Ricky, recently seen ‘covering’ NWA on the NYC streets via Instagram, made a ‘Big Time’ impact in Berlin over the weekend with some more Pony collabs on display at Bread & Butter.  Coming up for the second half of 2013 are four new revelations, split evenly between the Dee & Ricky x Pony M-100 that seems now to be their favorite silo, along with a new high cut hiking boot design.  Describing them as ‘striped’ and ‘multicolored’, respectively, does them no justice,...

With all the hype surrounding Michael Phelps’ ascension into the Olympic pantheon, some have questioned whether reigning World’s Fastest Man Usain Bolt could rack up a similar medals tally if he ran more different kinds of races.  Bolt is untouchable on flat ground over relatively short distances, but similar praise could have been offered for triple crown-winning Chinese hurdler Liu ‘Fly Man’ Xiang at a point earlier this decade.  Xiang was unable to defend his 110m gold in Beijing...