{"id":296325,"date":"2013-05-12T14:02:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T19:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=296325"},"modified":"2022-09-16T15:16:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:16:15","slug":"bring-em-back-nike-air-zoom-swoopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/bring-em-back-nike-air-zoom-swoopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring &#8217;em Back: Nike Air Zoom Swoopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for another WNBA star to get a signature sneaker, right? We think so. While we celebrate Mother\u2019s Day and look forward to the next shoe to sport the name of a female athlete, we look back at one of the best basketball shoes to do so. The <strong>Nike Air Zoom Swoopes<\/strong> was one of the many great models worn and endorsed by Sheryl Swoopes. Progressive and aggressive, elegant and elite, the shoe still looks stylish sixteen years later. Can we get these back, Nike? We sure hope so. Bring \u2018em back!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kicks:<\/strong> Nike Air Zoom Swoopes<br \/>\n<strong>Year:<\/strong> 1997<\/p>\n<p>image via <a title=\"Complex\" href=\"http:\/\/www.complex.com\/sneakers\/2012\/09\/the-25-greatest-signature-sneaker-lines-of-all-time\/sheryl-swoopes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complex<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for another WNBA star to get a signature sneaker, right? We think so. While we celebrate Mother\u2019s Day and look forward to the next shoe to sport the name of a female athlete, we look back at one of the best basketball shoes to do so. The <strong>Nike Air Zoom Swoopes<\/strong> was one of the many great models worn and endorsed by Sheryl Swoopes. Progressive and aggressive, elegant and elite, the shoe still looks stylish sixteen years later. Can we get these back, Nike? We sure hope so. Bring \u2018em back!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kicks:<\/strong> Nike Air Zoom Swoopes<br \/>\n<strong>Year:<\/strong> 1997<\/p>\n<p>image via <a title=\"Complex\" href=\"http:\/\/www.complex.com\/sneakers\/2012\/09\/the-25-greatest-signature-sneaker-lines-of-all-time\/sheryl-swoopes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complex<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2415,"featured_media":296326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1206170,1207912],"tags":[1225734],"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>Bring &#039;em Back: Nike Air Zoom Swoopes | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Snkrs Day calls for the return of the Nike Air Zoom Swoopes from 1997 in this week&#039;s 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