Both Vans and Married to the Mob are no strangers to collaborat5e work, but here’s a look at a tag-team effort that will never hit retail.  The MTTM x Vans pack pictured above was slated for a fall 2009 release, but for whatever reason, is destined to never make it past that stage.  Had they released, you would have seen three pairs in black, white or red patent leather, each of which is embossed with symbols like the Married to the Mob logo, four leaf clovers and kissy lips.  Check out more shots after the jump and let us know if you would have bought these.

New Balancehas been cranking out more and more models on the high end of things in the past few months, with 1500′s, 1300′s, and 998′s a plenty. Well we’ve got another retro model set to return atop them all, the New Balance 2000. These feature a m6.0ture of New Balance technologies, from Abzorb to C-Cap to Encap. The leather upper comes with a classic mesh toe box that we’ve come to expect from NB, and bits Nike Free Run 5.0 V3 of grey swirl in around the black backdrop. Take a full look at the New Balance 2000 after the jump and pick up your pair now from Eastbay.

The Dunk was good enough for the Original 7; it was good enough for Ultraman and good enough for Nike SB, including Swoosh skateboarding veteran Gino Iannucci who famously penned several colorways over the past decade.  Now Gino gets his first SB pro model, a silhouette that was good enough to help John McEnroe capture the 1984 Wimbledon crown (just a few months before the Dunk debuted).  So the Nike SB Challenge Court has a Nike Free Run 3.0 V5 tremendous pedigree, and thanks to LunarLon cushioning and this VNTG-like colorup that suggests a bunch of other Nike Free Run 5.0 V3 simple treats on tap, its future appears accordingly bright.  Click through to see the subtle differences between these and the Nike Sportswear version, let us know how the Challenge Court SB compares to Nike SB’s other rev5ed court kicks and stick with Sneaker News for word on US availability.  Photos: SM

Will there be a Nike Zoom Kobe VI ‘S6.0 Rings’? Definitely on the right path, as the Los Angeles Lakers started the season with a win over the Houston Rockets. The Concord Kobe VI will be a Home staple (at Staples) just like the Nike Zoom Kobe V ‘Inline’ was early last season. In the Black/Grey/Del Sol colorway, the Flywire was hidden under the black snakeskin upper, but for the white-uppered Concords, you can clearly see the inner Flywire workings of the shoe. A release date for the Nike Zoom Kobe VI ‘Concord’ hasn’t been confirmed just yet so check out the detailed images after the jump and let us know which Kobe you prefer – the Concord Kobe VI or the Inline Kobe V. via in52.