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Nike Apologizes for Controversial ‘Black and Tan’ Sneakers

The name refers to a popular beverage — and a brutal British paramilitary unit sent to suppress Irish revolutionaries in the early 1920s.

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Reebok to Refund Customers $25 Million Over Toning Shoes Complaint

The only thing slimming down here is Reebok’s profit margins.

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Nike Unveils Marty McFly’s ‘Back to the Future’ Sneakers

Ah, the future. Jet packs, pills that contain entire meals and sneakers that lace themselves up. Perchance to dream, right?

People dressed in Santa Claus and fairy costumes pose for pictures after the annual meeting of participants of a university rent-a-Santa Claus service in Berlin, November 27, 2010.

Reading While Eating for November 29: Sneakers, Scams and Steve McQueen

Monday’s links shake off the holiday weekend with Pee-Wee Herman and chats about God.

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The Air Jordan Generation: Remembering 25 Years of Sneaker Power

On September 15, 1985, Nike introduced the Air Jordans. They turned out to be, to say the least, quite popular.