{"id":183176,"date":"2011-09-21T23:23:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T04:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=183176"},"modified":"2022-09-16T02:59:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T07:59:26","slug":"11-sneaker-stories-that-unexpectedly-hit-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/11-sneaker-stories-that-unexpectedly-hit-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Sneaker Stories That Unexpectedly Hit the Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, our blood starts flowing whenever newly-surfaced photos of an upcoming retro surface or we finally get the release date info of one of our must-have sneakers for the holiday season; however, every now and then, an unexpected sneaker related story emerges that literally sweeps up off of our feet. Most recently, the Nike MAG&#8217;s availability focused everybody&#8217;s attention onto everything <em>Back to the Future<\/em>. Yet, what extremely big stories have captured our undivided attention beforehand? Do you remember the shoe intended to knock George Bush&#8217;s head off? Or what about the riot surrounding the release of the &#8220;Pigeon&#8221; SB Dunks? Take a look at our <strong>11 Sneaker Stories That Unexpectedly Hit the Headlines<\/strong> feature, and let us know what story intrigued you the most.  <\/p>\n<h3>Man Throws Shoe at George Bush<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VFX-dKpcDz8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date: December 14,2008<br \/>\nNews Outlet: <\/strong> ABC News <\/p>\n<p>George Bush has done some things that many world citizens were not pleased with during his presidency. Thankfully, no one took it to the lengths of trying to assassinate him. Instead, a projectile <del datetime=\"2011-09-21T22:01:50+00:00\">shoe<\/del> was heaved at his head while in a courtroom by an Iraqi journalist. The former president has quickly reflexes might we add. <\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ADIGNcQqTsc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_183301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-183301\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-183301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nike SB Dunk Low &quot;Pigeon&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Date: January 2005<br \/>\nNews Outlet: <\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ADIGNcQqTsc\">CBS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jordans are not the only type of shoe that causes violence in the streets. The Jeff Staple &#8220;Pigeon&#8221; Nike SB Dunks caused one of the biggest sneaker riots to date back in January of 2005. The story was reported everywhere, and it is still recognized as one of the more shocking events in the sneaker community.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3> Men Attempt to Smuggle Cocaine Through Airports in Shoes<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date: September 20, 2011\/June 28, 2011<br \/>\nNews Outlet: <\/strong> Snkrs Day &#8211; Cocaine-Filled Kicks Abandoned at JFK Airport | NJ Man Attempts to Smuggle 5 Pounds of Cocaine in Shoes<\/p>\n<p>Today marks the second shoe-drug smuggling story we have encountered this summer. No, we&#8217;re not talking about hiding a few trees in a stash pocket. Each time, a reported five pounds of cocaine was found in the insoles of these shoes. Because of stories like these, count on stripping naked before boarding the plane one day.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Al-Qaeda Member Richard Reid Attempts to Blow Up Plane with Shoe Explosives<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date: December 21, 2001<br \/>\nNews Outlet: <\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/world\/article\/0,8599,203478,00.html\">Time<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Former Al-Qaeda Member Richard Reid attempted to blow up a plan with explosives in his shoe just three months after unforgettable September 11 events in 2001. Luckily, the American Airlines Flight 63, from Paris to Miami, was immediately directed to the Logan International Airport in Boston, and the explosive did not detonate.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>The &#8216;Greatest Shoe Never Made&#8217; Becomes Returns for the First Time<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_180963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180963\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-180963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nike MAG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Date: September 8, 2011<br \/>\nNews Outlet: <\/strong> Snkrs Day &#8211; Nike MAG Release Info<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, the Nike MAG, a shoe first seen in the 1989 released <em>Back to the Future II<\/em> movie, released on eBay in multiple sizes to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation. The news spread like wildfire and instantly became the most talked about sneaker story in ages. Can we fast forward to 2015 already?  <\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Man Uses Shoe Camera to Peep Up Skirts<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date: March 1, 2010<br \/>\nNews Outlet: <\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theindychannel.com\/news\/22697578\/detail.html\">The Indy Channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, police arrested a man for using a shoe camera device to secretly tape women at several businesses. Specifically, caught him using a video camera hidden in his sneaker to look under the skirts of women. Later, it was reported that police found 200 videos with images of about 2,000 women on his computer.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Marcus Jordan Refuses to Wear adidas at UCF<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date: Fall 2009<br \/>\nNews Outlet: <\/strong> Snkrs Day &#8211; Marcus Jordan&#8217;s Jordans Cost UCF adidas Contract<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Jordan found himself in one of the biggest sneaker disputes the industry has ever seen in the fall of 2009. adidas, the official brand sponsor for UCF, was not happy at the fact that Marcus Jordan, the son of His Airness, was wearing Air Jordans in the games. After the long dispute was over, adidas cut ties with the Florida school and Marcus continued to wear his Jordans.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Police Confiscate 49 Pairs of Shoes from LSU QB Jordan Jefferson<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mJ04PytUZYY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date: August 25, 2011<br \/>\nNews Outlet: <\/strong> Snkrs Day &#8211; Police Confiscate 49 Pairs of Shoes from LSU QB Jordan Jefferson<\/p>\n<p>Recently, LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson was pinpointed by Louisiana police for being the cause of a bar fight earlier this summer. Witnesses stated that the quarterback kicked the victim multiple times. Therefore, police came to Jefferson&#8217;s place and confiscated, not 4-5 but 49 pairs of shoes.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Worn Rubber-Soled Training Shoes Wash Up Along the Shore of Vancouver&#8217;s Tyee Spit Beach.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date: Summer 2008<br \/>\nNews Outlet: <\/strong> CNN<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all seen the dumping of bodies in the Hudson Bay by way of our favorite gangster movies, however, the directors must have skipped the JAWS-like scene where sneakers (with feet in them) wash up against the shore. <\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>60,000 Nike sneakers Washed overboard in North Pacific Ocean<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date: May 1990<br \/>\nNews Outlet: <\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clccharter.org\/donna\/ocean\/exploring\/watermovement\/currentide.htm\">clccharter <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A reported 60,000 pairs of Nikes were washed overboard off the coast of the Pacific Ocean about 20 years ago. Someone lost. Unfortunately, they were not aqua shoes.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h3>Your Sneakers or Your Life<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date: 1990<br \/>\nNews Outlet: <\/strong> Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n<p>Sports Illustrated documented one of their most intriguing stories to date titled <em>Your Sneakers or Your Life<\/em>. It gave readers an in-depth look at the speechless, malicious things consumers do for a pair of sneakers in regards to violence and gangs and so forth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, our blood starts flowing whenever newly-surfaced photos of an upcoming retro surface or we finally get the release date&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[618],"tags":[1770],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>11 Sneaker Stories That Unexpectedly Hit the Headlines | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy 11 Sneaker Stories That Unexpectedly Hit the Headlines shoes. 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