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Redskins will turn back the clock to 1995 for a week

Kevin Mawyer II — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:01:45 +0000

Nike has held auctions on shoes before, but not like this. Maybe you’re a fan of the hit movie series “Back to the Future” and you followed their release of the Nike Air Mag. Back in September of 2011, Nike released 1500 pairs of the Nike Air Mag via EBay and a few other sources. The shoes sold for anywhere from $1500 to upwards of $10,000 on the secondary market. The proceeds benefited Michael J. Fox’s foundation for Parkinson’s Disease research. The commercials were released via youtube and I’ve included one below, just in case you were unaware.

Now, Nike has decided to create a few pair of 2012 Limited Edition Redskins Air Max 95 shoes. They will also be auctioned off, and are set to begin selling at a measly $175.00. Each auction is only for nine hours (8am – 5pm) and each day features only one pair in one size. Here’s a look at the shoe per Redskins.com.

The shoe itself isn’t bad looking at all. You can head over to the Redskins shop on their site to take a crack at the auction tomorrow. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation.

In 1995, the Washington Redskins finished with a 6-10 record and in third place in the NFC East. Jack Kent Cooke still owned the franchise and Norv Turner was the head coach. The Redskins were also still playing at RFK when this shoe was originally released.

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Nike set to unveil new NFL uniforms on April 3rd

Kevin Mawyer II — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:35:04 +0000

The folks over at Page 2 on ESPN.com have come across some of the new merchandise to be featured as part of Nike’s takeover as the sole provider of NFL Equipment and apparel. Reebok is the current provider and has been for over a decade. Nike will unveil the new line of merchandise for teams on April 1st, when they officially takeover. The “new” NFL uniforms for all 32 teams will be released on the 3rd of April. The NFL also apparently plans to have it’s new Nike apparel available at the Draft in New York on the 26th.

The only element of the Washington Redskins’ current uniform that is expected to change for 2012 is the Reebok “vector”, which will become the Nike “swoosh”. Below are a few examples that were acquired by ESPN from anonymous stores. Also, New Era will be partnering to provide new NFL headgear including snapback caps (also pictured).

Photo credit goes to PermanentRecord on Flickr. Anybody interested in the Redskins new look on the field can also check out a previous post on Riggo’s Rag featuring Nike’s new skill position gloves and potential uniform ideas here.

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What Redskins fans can expect from Nike in 2012

Kevin Mawyer II — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:25:15 +0000

Nike's new line of receiver gloves that will debut in Honolulu tomorrow.

As many of our readers know, Nike will be taking over Reebok as the sole provider for NFL Equipment from 2012 forward. This includes jerseys, cleats (where applicable), socks and yes- gloves. I tend to conjure up images of Mark Ingram holding up his hands and the inner palms forming two “A’s” (representing Alabama, duh), when I think about Nike and gloves. These take that concept to a whole new level. Not only do they feature the team logo, but they are in color and even form the logo with the palms crossed. I find these to be a work of art, but then again I believe the Maryland uniforms with the flag on the helmet are also beautiful (an Under Armour product). Nike will look to take the NFL into the modern era with uniform upgrades galore for teams that are willing.

During the summer Rich Tandler’s RealRedskins.com featured some mocks of possible pro-combat style uniforms by Nike. Here is one of the ideas being circulated. (more…)