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The gathering outside
WALE likes these Griffey VOLTS
and of course my YANKEE CUSTOM SNEAKERS!!
he was lucky enough to get a pair of these SAVAGE BEASTS!!!
the only kicks for us that I found!!
Ladies representing!!!
Thanks Joe!
R&B artist Melanie Fiona and I
celebrity make up artist Raedawn J
The fabulous Wendy Williams




RAMBELER HI ORIGINAL & RE-ISSUE





If you're in NYC Thursday, don't miss this chance to check out Puma's new Usain Bolt collection and chill with Hot 97 and DJ host Cipha Sounds. It's all going down at the 34th St. Footlocker from 5-7pm.
(I hope Puma comes out with some gear celebrating Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser's World and Olympic championships, too!)

















The compression layer prevents your muscles from moving too much, helping to prevent that dreaded lactic acid build up in your muscles.
The fitted tees and long-sleeve tees are all dry fit to wick away sweat, and extra long in case you're wearing them with fitted shorts or pants.
The line also includes a lot of layering options, including 2.5, 5 and 7 inch compression shorts:




For athletes who want their shox, this is the Nike Shox Fly Zip Sister+
Here's an example of the lasered insole using the Diamond FLX laser technology. This particular insole was from a special edition of the Fly Sister One+ made for the U.S. Olympic team.
We got to talk with each of the athletes at some length, so I look forward to sharing their perspectives on the challenges and thrills of being serious women athletes, their relationship with Nike and their hopes for the Games. For now, let me share some pics and a few details...
Katherine Reutter, World Cup short track speed skater, demonstrates a resistance workout. (With help from a Nike trainer and lots of us taking pics in the background.)
Jennifer Rodriguez, a long-track speed skater, first transfered to the sport from a successful career in inline skating, then medaled twice in Salt Lake City, and is now planning a comeback from retirement. She said she skates so hard in races that her vision is blurry by the end because all her blood has left her brain to go to her limbs! That blew me away.
Keauna McLaughlin and pairs skating partner Rockne Brubaker showed us some training moves on land and on ice. They're currently the U.S. National Champions, and she's only 18! She says "I didn't get serious about skating until I was four". Four!
Angela Ruggiero already has Olympic gold, silver and bronze, and she's going to her 4th Olympics to try to get another gold. She's also the first female non-goalie to play professional men's hockey! (On the Tulsa Oilers.)
Nicole Joraanstad (left) is a SIX time national champion curler. That's that crazy sport where you kinda bowl a huge thing on the ice and then sweep it to wear it belongs. I WISH we'd gotten a demo on that. She says she has special curling sneakers that have medal on the sole of one foot and not the other (cuz of the strange bowling-type motion). Ellery Hollingsworth, on right, got into snowboarding to prove her brothers wrong (they said she couldn't do it), and now she's hoping to be in her first Olympics after being named "Rookie of the Year" in the U.S.
Katie Uhlaender rides down the side of a mountain on the "skeleton" sled at over 100 miles an hour! She calls it "relaxed chaos", but I would not be relaxed at all. Speaking of speed, she medaled in a U.S. event 3 weeks after starting the sport, then went on to win both the U.S. Junior National and National Championships in her first season. Damn!