Complex: What cleats to watch for today in the NFL

It is widely agreed upon that the NFL is the hardest of the four major North American sports to push your personal brand as an athlete. With the use of helmets covering the players identities, as well as the strictest uniform policies around, professional football players only real avenue to personal expression is through their...
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NiceKicks: 1of1 customs

As we’ve chronicled this entire week, the Miami Hurricanes and the Nebraska Cornhuskers are set to lock horns in Miami today, as these two adidas sponsored schools are being outfitted by 1-of-1 customs by both Mache275 and SolesBySir. Yesterday we featured an exclusive interview with the aforementioned Mache275, as he detailed the experience of working...
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Sports Illustrated: Miami and Nebraska are first teams to all wear custom cleats

Oregon and Nike have the market on eye-catching uniforms cornered. This weekend, Adidas is making sure that Miami and Nebraska will be the stars of college football when it comes to shoes. For the first time in college football history, each player from both teams will wear custom, hand-painted cleats when the two Adidas schools...
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AP: Miami and Nebraska to wear customs

Oregon and Nike have the market on eye-catching uniforms cornered. This weekend, Adidas is making sure that Miami and Nebraska will be the stars of college football when it comes to shoes. For the first time in college football history, each player from both teams will wear custom, hand-painted cleats when the two Adidas schools...
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Sporting News: DeSean Jackson to wear custom ‘I Can’t Breathe’ cleats

DeSean Jackson is planning to take the field in “I Can’t Breathe” cleats this Sunday. Reggie Bush was the latest NFL player to wear apparel with the iconic final words from from Eric Garner. Now the Redskins wide receiver is taking things a bit further with his cleats. Washington travels to New York to take...
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Fox Deportes: Lynch se compró un par de zapatos en $ 1,100

Lynch es un tipo agradecido. Y también alguien que nunca va a pasar desapercibido. Según la cuenta de Instagram del diseñador Marcus Rivero, el RB de los Seahawks utilizará un par de zapatos personalizados para el partido del próximo domingo ante los Packers. No hay manera de que Lynch no sea noticia cada semana, dentro...
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Washington Post: I can’t breathe cleats

Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson could take the “I Can’t Breathe” message to the field this week with a pair of custom cleats. Many athletes, including the Georgetown men’sbasketball team, have sported the message — the final words of New York City man Eric Garner after he was put in a chokehold by a police...
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Jocks and Stiletto Jill: Nike threatens to end contracts

The whole reason a company like Nike signs players up to endorsement deals is to get more exposure for their product. Then, consumers will go purchase them, up goes their profits. This season we’ve seen an uptick in customized cleats on the NFL gridiron. While we as fans love seeing what the players will rock...
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Complex: What do you think about Desean Jacksons $1000 Cleats?

How much would you be willing to spend on shoes if you were a professional athlete? That’s the question we must ask after seeing Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson’s custom designed cleats that carry a $1,000 price tag. Jackson is among a wave of high-profile NFL players taking their game day cleats to shoe...
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Every Single Miami Hurricane Will Wear Custom-Painted Cleats During Nebraska Game

No matter what happens on the field tomorrow, the Miami vs. Nebraska game will make history. For the first time in NCAA history, every single player on the field (and bench for that matter) will be wearing individually customized cleats hand painted by an artist. Nebraska’s shoes will be pretty simple. The main difference between...
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