Roger Federer was upset relat5ely early at last year’s event; can he recapture his 2009 crown by winning this year at Wimbledon?  If this year’s French Open was any indication, he’ll have his hands full with Rafael Nadal once again, but at the very least Federer can count on his gear from Nike Tennis coming through when it counts.  Check out Fed’s side of the London Collection 2011, a crisp white kit including polo and matching green-striped shorts along with a green-on white Nike Lunar Vapor 8 Tour.  Click through to see the whole getup and let us know how they compare to Nadal’s.

Summer is a big season for Nike Basketball as we’ve already seen a great line-up of shoes ready for the May-September months. Here’s a look at the Nike Air Max Hyped that slipped under the radar; first think you might notice is the lack of Flywire, Torch, or any other breathable-first material that’s been running rampant throughout Nike Basketball. Of course the obvious point of focus is the Carbon Fiber on the upper that flows alongside the midsole, up to the ankle, and engorging the tongue. The side-profile is very simple, with a white synthetic base and a simple swoosh with a heel counter seen on most of Nike Basketball kicks. Carbon Fiber was first introduced to basketball shoes by the Air Free Run XI and went haywire with the Nike Free Run 5.0 V4 Carbon Fiber Nike Flightposite Nike Free Trainer 3.0 1, and we should see it one more time in the Lakers colorway of the Carbon Fiber Nike Hypermax. Check out the images after the jump and we’ll keep you updated with new colorways and release dates. via kinstor.

The Nike x Doernbecher Freestyle V2 recently released on Black Friday with the Air Free Run 3 hitting retailers this past Saturday. Designed by young and creat5e patients of Doernbecher Hospital, the Freestyle collection features classic Nike and Free Run models with personalized designs, colors, and graphics and like all Nike and Free Run shoes do, each of the Doernbecher releases went through the ‘Sample’ process. Here’s a look at a Sample pair of the Air Free Run 3 Doernbecher; based on the attached information, the production of the design was completed on June 30th of this year – so it must have been a long but worthy wait for Cole Johanson to see his design be released. Check out the gallery of the sample pair courtesy of SoleFly after the jump and if you still haven’t picked up a pair of the Doernbecher 3 just yet, you Nike Free Run 4.0 V2 can try your luck on us stroes.

Nike Sportswear has satisfied older sneakerheads with a variety of retro gems this year, notable releases including the Air Trainer SC 2, Air Max2 Trainer ’94 and the above pictured model that can be considered the 94′s basketball counterpart.  Get ready for the games in the Trainers, then dominate the court in the Nike Air Max2 Uptempo in this OG colorway.  It’s interesting to note that the 1994-95 season during which this shoe became associated with Duke Un5ersity was sometehing like the exact opposite, the only year during the last 27 seasons the Blue Devils failed to earn an NCAA Tournament bid.  It’s an insight to how these older retros will be adopted by a younger generation who get the jist of their original significance and yet, only the older heads and true basketball geeks will know the full story.  Get in on the recycled narrat5e and timeless good looks with a pair purchased from Eastbay or on us stroes.