The 50 Greatest Tennis Sneakers of All Time

complex.com 18 Oct '12, 4pm

The 50 Greatest Tennis Sneakers of All Time

The clichéd thing to say here is that Adam "Air Rev" Leaventon has forgotten more about sneakers than you'll ever know, but the truth is—and if you read this whole thing you'll understand—Adam doesn't seem to have forgotten a damn thing. He grew up a sneaker fanatic, paid his collector dues digging in musty basements for forgotten gems, then later parlayed his years of study into a career as an exec at Puma and DC Shoes. Right now he's testing free agency, but that's a good thing for us, as we were able to tap into his seemingly boundless knowledge. Read on and enjoy. —RUSS BENGTSON TENNIS. JUSTIFIED. Once upon a Borg, around about 1985, you already had your Bruins, your Shells and your Suedes, and maybe—if you were a fly type of player—your patent leather Concord Mids. If you lived in Philadelphia, New York or Baltimore, maybe you had your Air Force 1s. You tried to have ...

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@danieldelattre » 26 Oct '12, 9pm
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@ComplexSneakers » 23 Oct '12, 6pm
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@egemenlimon » 21 Oct '12, 9pm
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@QuentinMostDope » 21 Oct '12, 9pm
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@DJClarkKent » 19 Oct '12, 1am
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@DJClarkKent » 18 Oct '12, 8pm
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@russbengtson » 18 Oct '12, 8pm
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@JohnGotty » 18 Oct '12, 6pm
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@NickEngvall » 18 Oct '12, 6pm
He apparently applied the Shoe Goo to over 2,500 women... #sneakers [link]
@ComplexSneakers » 18 Oct '12, 6pm
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@russbengtson » 18 Oct '12, 5pm
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@crookedtongues » 18 Oct '12, 5pm
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