Slam books are of course the 80s90s version of the burn book made famous in tina feys mean girls. Basketball sneakers that changed the game has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Slam s reporters are easy to spot in the press rows at knicks and nets games. Paperback by ben osbourne, robert jackson, russ bengtson, lang whittaker, john brilliant. Slam kicks encyclopedia focuses solely on the basketball sneaker. How the air jordan 1 became the sneaker king ebene magazine. Slam kicks the definitive primer on the worlds most popular shoe.
Rockin the retros a streetwise philly marketer, with some. Slam kicks by ben osbourne, robert jackson, russ bengtson. Discount prices on books by john whitaker, including titles like africas international relations. China jails guangxi publisher for corruption after books banned. Nuggets jersey, says russ bengtson, editorinchief of slam, but considering how low the scores have been, people do look back kind of wistfully at the nuggets 140point games.
Its first issue had a cover story on larry johnson of the charlotte hornets written by future fortune. The slam magazine editorinchief emeritus and complex senior editor is a mustfollow for his nba wisecracks and love for j. Slams reporters are easy to spot in the press rows at knicks and nets games. I read this book in grade eight and still remember it years later because i skipped the after school special message.
Back in the 1930s, a basketball sneaker was created for straightup performance. I was at slam for nearly a decade and later joined complex as their firstever sneaker editor. The new episode features russ bengtson, my longtime pal best known from his work as slam magazines editor. Slam kicks, basketball sneakers that changed the game by. The new book slam kicks breaks down the path of the basketball sneaker, from. In particular, the book gives a thorough account of basketball sneaker history, featuring product photographs, alongside informative illustrations and amazing action shots of kicks. Author, the things they carried and dads maybe book on what it is to have written an enormously popular book. Russ was a fabulous guestlots of stories about iverson, k. Basketball sneakers that changed the game is the new book by slam magazine.
This book showcases the hottest basketball kicks over time, throwbacks and new shoes alike, covering each legendary sneaker and its design, the technical. Slam is an american basketball magazine in circulation since 1994. Whenever i bring up i worked for slam, thats the first issue i get asked about, said russ bengtson, whose profile of iverson for that issue was his first cover story for the publication. The book offers insight from collectors such as lang whitaker, john brilliant, and russ bengtson, including pre dated internet stories of stock room finds. An editor made no assertion that he could not defend with fists or firearms. Russ bengtson is a contract author and the previous editorinchief at slam. Slam 32, that includes allen iverson, was printed in march of 1999. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the.
Was thinking about reading bill simmonss basketball book, opened to a random. Russ bengtson, who, besides producing a good deal of copy. Gracing the cover is the coveted aj1 retro high bred, which offers a glimpse at what the book holds in store. Russ bengtson contributor, lang whitaker contributor, john brilliant contributor 4. Basketball sneakers that changed the game is the perfect gift for basketballsneaker fans and streetfashion enthusiasts alike. Slam was launched in 1994 as a basketball magazine that combined the sport. A book put together my adolescent teenage girls with a lot of hormones and aggression and a need to bitch about their peers. Basketball shoes have a long and storied history both on and off the court. This informative masterpiece offers stunning imagery and action shots of 33 of the most soughtafter kicks and is accompanied by articles and excerpts from collectors like lang whitaker, john brilliant and russ bengtson.
Basketball sneakers that changed the game edited by ben osborne, contribution by scoop jackson and russ bengtson and john brilliant and lang whitaker. Slam magazines editor in chief, ben osborne, has joined forces with a handful of accomplished sneakerheads to present this 208page visual breakdown of the most gamechanging basketball shoes. Famous quotes containing the words editors andor writers. Slam kicks by ben osbourne, robert jackson waterstones. The allen iverson cover story from slam 32 the union journal. I found daynabelle anderson, who lost her 19yearold son three years. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Thirtyfive years later, its renewed reign speaks not only to the sneakers greatness, but to the power of myth.
Join facebook to connect with russ bengtson and others you may know. Ben osborne is the editor in chief of slam magazine. John whitaker books list of books by john whitaker. Thanks to russ, who was the editor of slam magazine, i always had a steady diet of basketballrelated freelance work. The pages of slam kicks pay tribute to shoes that have obtained cult status, high profile kicks and the designers such as jeremy scott who interpret them 12ozprophet. Basketball sneakers that changed the game is the new book by slam magazine editorinchief ben osborne that sheds some light on the multibillion dollar industry revolving around sneaker collecting. Basketball sneakers that changed the game 27,99 ben osborne, scoop jackson, russ bengtson, lang whitaker and john brilliant slam kicks. Besides doing lots of stuff for slam back in the day through his former roommate, russ bengtson. The lifechanging magic of emptying your enormous storage. The trenchant editorials plus the keen rivalry natural to extremely partisan papers made it necessary for the editors to be expert pugilists and duelists as well as journalists. Scoop jackson has been a sports writer and cultural critic for more than fifteen years and currently works for espn. Slam magazine news newspapers books scholar jstor april 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message. We and our partners use technologies, such as cookies, and process personal data, such as ip addresses and cookie. Edited by ben osborne contribution by scoop jackson, russ bengtson, lang.
Reading simmons basketball book all the way through for the first time trying to read everyone elses hoops books and this footnote. Lang whitaker works for the nba, writing for and appearing regularly on nbatv. Download gratis slam kicks basketball sneakers that changed the game ben osborne scoop jackson russ bengtson lang whitaker john brilliant 9780789327000 books. The definitive primer on the worlds most popular shoe. Russ is a former editor of slam whose work can be found at complex, gq and other places. Like michael jordan himself, the aj1 was an instant hit. Like say if we have 4 essays those are the longest like best written of the book and those are by russ bengtson whos the sneaker editor at complex just a kind of a sneaker og, scoop jackson who wrote a nike book about sneakers who was down with slam forever now hes with espn but great writer whos done a super successful sneaker book. Slam was launched in 1994 as a basketball magazine that combined the sport with hip hop culture at a time when the genre was becoming increasingly popular. Russ bengtson, who, besides producing a good deal of copy, serves as the editorinchief, is thirty years old and has. Russ bengtson, recently a senior editor at complex, talks about how he manages his sneaker collection, what he does and doesnt enjoy abut the sneaker community, the state of jordan brand, lebron james, and more. It was founded by publisher dennis page at harris publications, and he hired cory johnson to be the first editor in chief.
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