Dwayne Wade and Carmelo Anthony will be heading back to work on Christmas day. The two Jordan Brand athletes will be rocking some of the season’s most festive sneakers. Both the Jordan Fly Wade 2 and Melo M8 will be getting the holiday treatment with hits of red, green and white. Will you be heading to your local Jordan Brand retailer pick up a pair tomorrow? Let us know in the comments section below.

Jordan Melo M8
Clover/Orange Flash-White
469786-325
December 25, 2011
$135

Jordan Fly Wade 2
Varsity Red/White
479976-601
December 25, 2011
$145

Jordan Fly Wade 2 "Christmas"

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Before the turn of midnight, the release of the “Concord” Air Jordan 11s caused mayhem at several malls and shopping centers across America.  Several malls, who planned for a midnight release of the highly sought after shoes, were forced to close and cancel their plans at the orders of local police including Barton Creek Mall in our hometown of Austin, TX.

Line jumping was a frequent problem at many locations and often provided the catalyst for violence between those hoping to get a pair of the coveted shoes.  The topic of violence received great attention when there was word that an 18-year-old Tyreek Amir Jacobs was murdered for his Concords.

Immediately getting a viral push across social media including a retweet from CNBC’s Sports Business reporter Darren Rovell, the supposed victim’s name became a trending topic on twitter.

With some basic journalism work by Justin Fenton at the Baltimore Sun, this breaking story appeared to be nothing more than a well orchestrated rumor.  First off, local police in the DC area refuted hearing any reports of such a crime.  The next big thing uncovered was that the photo of the supposed victim, Tyreek Amir Jacobs, appears to be lifted from the NAACP’s Legal Defenders blog the just so happens to be a stock photo anyone can purchase for $1.43.

At the time of the writing of this post, there have been no credible media outlets that have reported this rumor to have any truth to it and we hope that to be the case.  Much negative media attention has come from the release of the Concords, but the worst kind of bad news spread around is that to not even be the truth.

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Miss out on the “Concord” retro in ’00? Well we know where four of those pairs went. Daron, Q, Mike, and the S-the-L-the-I-the-M danced their hearts out in the emotional but jiggy video for “It’s Over Now”. The 112 smash saw the Bad Boy quartet sporting Air Jordan 11s with leather jumpsuits, a Raiders Charles Woodson jersey, and platinum jewelry.

Celebrities: 112
Kicks: Air Jordan 11 “Concord”
Event: “It’s Over Now” Music Video
When: 2001

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Oklahoma City Thunder shooting guard Royal Ivey is a sneaker fanatic to say the least. You may not be too familiar with him, but the NY native, who Kevin Durant labels as one of his mentors, swears up and down that his sneaker collection is very strong. We recently caught up with the former University of Texas Longhorn to find out the five sneakers in his daily rotation. See what recent release made his current five list and what sneaker he selected in attempt to relate to his fellow New Yorkers.

Nike Air Max 95 “Neon”

“These are classic. I always wanted a pair, so when I had the bread to get them, I got them in every flavor. The “Neons” are my favorite though.”

Read the rest of My 5: Royal Ivey’s Sneaker Rotation

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“Concord” time has come, but how’d we get here? The shoe is famous as any but its story is stranger than most. From an unexpected premier all the way up to today, we look back at the history of the Air Jordan 11 “Concord” and the major steps it took to get to today.

May 7th, 1995: The Debut

Before the blogs and before the forums, the first place to catch new kicks was on court. In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the player formally known as #23 shocked the world and stunned Nike execs when he stepped on the court in pair of never before seen sneakers. The NBA would ban the shoes for not matching dress code and the world would have to wait half a year for a name and release.

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Leave it to MJ to turn the sneaker world upside down. On the eve of this year’s biggest Jordan release, Mike headlines Celebrity Sneaker Stalker in a PE of sorts. The stars are out as we see big bro rocking rockin’ the second signature from ba’y bro (that’s Ye, bro), Mac Miller rewinding to Jordan 11s from years past, and Wale doing double-time in unreleased LeBrons. You get all this plus an impressive back-to-back performance from Tyga and Phil Knight askin’ Chi McBride where he got ‘em. Tell us which celeb did it best in the comment section and the voting poll.

Michael Jordan in the Air Jordan 11 Low "Concord"

Mac Miller in the Air Jordan 11 "Space Jam"

Chi McBride in the Air Jordan 3 "Oregon Ducks"

Nick Cannon in the Jordan Spizike Black/Red

Wale in the Nike LeBron 8 "James Dean"

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