Our first Football Shirt Friday went well, so let’s do it again. Here’s this week’s offerings…
Football Shirt Friday: Bayern, Everton, Newcastle, and a special tribute to Xavi
Category: Gear
Football Shirt Friday: Milan, Southampton, Celtic, and cheetah print
It’s that time of year when kitmakers flood the marketplace with a new batch of football shirts that will go from high-priced conversation piece to bargain bin wash rag in just 12 short months. In what might become a regular feature, we’ll take a look at some shirts of interest and maybe convince ourselves to spend too much money on yet another football shirt in the process.
The U.S. Women’s World Cup home kit is black, white and neon green for some reason
What if radioactive slime splattered on the New Zealand national team’s socks? Well Nike answers that question with the U.S. Women’s World Cup home kit!
Liverpool unveil new 2015/16 home kit that all TRUE fans will buy
Liverpool have unveiled their new home kit for the 2015/16 season. Though this one carries the badge of Warrior parent company New Balance for the first time, it’s still red. Some people might say that the shirt is indistinguishable from every other Liverpool home shirt ever made and isn’t worth paying £50 for, but those people aren’t real fans.
New Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo boots reinforce their images
Both Nike and Adidas have released new footwear made to represent, be promoted by, and cover the toes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, respectively. This is an event that seems to happen every other week, but this time, both releases appear to be efforts to reinforce the most simplistic and problematic perceptions of the two biggest names in football.
LeBron James gave Ronaldinho a $60,000 watch
I loved this gift! Limited series watch from my bro @KingJames. Thanks, my friend! pic.twitter.com/B2l7RlTR6U
— Ronaldinho Gaúcho (@10Ronaldinho) March 2, 2015
Ronaldinho showed off his new watch on his social media accounts, saying it was given to him by LeBron James.
Cristiano Ronaldo has a Ballon d’Or phone case worth more than his phone
Cristiano Ronaldo has a gold ball (three, actually), gold boots, and now he has a gold iPhone case to complete the set of things that would make Auric Goldfinger jealous if he were alive today and a real person. The iPhone 6 case made specially for Ronaldo by Swedish company Golden Concepts is 24 karat gold and worth more than $6,000. So if he drops it, he would be more upset about scratching the case than breaking the phone. Or he wouldn’t care because the combined value of both items is about four minutes worth of wages to him. Read more
New USA away kit looks like the printer ran out of blue ink just before finishing the job
Nike has unveiled the new away kit for both the U.S. men’s and women’s teams and it looks like their printer ran out of blue ink just as it reached the shoulders. But instead of going out and paying stupid money for more color ink cartridges, they decided to just go with it.
Portrait of crying Gerard Pique, other Barca art to be auctioned off for charity
Have you ever dreamed of hanging a portrait of a crying Gerard Pique in your home? Of course you have. And now’s your chance to make that strange dream a reality. On February 12, Sotheby’s in London will auction off 18 works — some related to Barcelona and others not — to support the FC Barcelona Foundation and UNICEF. One of those works is the portrait of Pique as Apollo Belvedere by Francesco Vezzoli pictured above.
The 2015 Champions League final match ball is covered with ravenous bears
Normally the one-off cup final match balls are boring variations of the design that’s been used throughout the tournament, but for this year’s Champions League final in Berlin, Adidas decided to add ferocious multicolored bears.