Benja

I talk through my kicks. Writer for / Sneaker Consultant. Respect is earned, not taken 1

[Chock full o'Nuts 🇺🇸 @Chock_full_nuts]

I used to run boats in the Bahamas in the 80’s & early 90’s.

On the west side of Andros, Williams Island had a make shift dirt runway and back then the island and surrounding waters were littered with ditched aircraft. You can probably see them on old satellite photos prior to Hurricane Dorian which pretty much wiped the runway and wreakage off the island.

[Brink Ovlov @BrinkOvlov]

@yonann Here is a great Jimmu Buffet drug running pilot song
https://t.co/Y09B8KRPGP

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Crashing a plane full of cocaine into the ocean sounds insane until you price the plane against what was inside it.

A used DC-3, the workhorse of that run, cost about $150,000. It carried roughly three tons of cocaine. At the start of the 1980s a kilo wholesaled for $40,000 to $50,000 in Miami. One load was worth north of $120 million.

Run the ratio. The entire airplane was worth about four kilos out of the three thousand it was hauling. Sinking it cost them one-tenth of one percent of the cargo.

Once the plane is that cheap, ditching it is the smartest move on the board.

Landing solved nothing. South Bimini's airstrip was watched, closed at sunset, and had a single road in. Put the plane down intact and you still own the most traceable object in the whole operation: a tail number the DEA could walk straight back to whoever bought it. Smugglers got so paranoid about this they ran Convairs with duplicate tail numbers, swapping a "derelict" decoy for the loaded one in the dark.

Ditching erased that the moment it touched down. The plane slides into thirty feet of gin-clear water, a flotilla of cigarette boats strips the bales off the wing before it settles, and the one thing that could convict anyone becomes a reef.

The drugs floated. The receipt sank.

That's why the seabed off Bimini is still littered with airframes. Each one was a $150,000 line item on a $120 million delivery. The cheapest part of the whole operation was the part they were happy to throw away.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

From playgrounds…to Villanova…to Finals MVP and NBA champion.

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

Fanatics selling single signed Jalen Brunson Knicks gold champion basketball for $900, team signed for $4,000.

These will be cleaned out fast.

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

The Seahawks Super Bowl rings are utterly insane.

• Pieces of real game-used footballs
• 50 diamonds for the franchise's 50th season
• Detachable top to become a wearable pendant

One of the nicest rings we've ever seen.

🤯🤯🤯

[John Geiger @JohnGeiger_]

JG x MLB “Misplaced Series” 2.0 Releasing Next Month at Fanatics Fest NYC With @lids

[Modern Notoriety @ModernNotoriety]

Released in limited quantities at Nike's NYC Chinatown pop-up

📸 pgknows

[Jared Carrabis @Jared_Carrabis]

Gee, I wonder if it’s because of how Jason Varitek was treated. If you can disrespect and dispose of a franchise icon like Tek, then any one of his former teammates is going to tell this organization to fuck off. They don’t want to be used as human PR shields.

[D.A.K. @dadeasskickz]

SHAPE ON THE 2001 AIR FORCE 1 RETURNS ON THE 2026 PAIRS 👀🔥

Nike is bringing back that classic 2001 Air Force 1 shape, and from what I’ve been hearing, the 2026 pairs are not only closer to the OG look but also feel more comfortable on foot. They also come in a heavier build, giving them that premium old-school AF1 feel that longtime fans have been asking for.

Make sure to tap in with @corporategotem they will have them on deck!

Are y’all rocking with the return of the OG shape, or do you prefer the modern pairs? 🤔⬇️

[NFL Memes @NFLMemes]

BREAKING: New Spurs logo released after blowing 30-point lead in the NBA Finals

[Topps @Topps]

OG Anunoby reveals he grew up collecting baseball cards and is a big New York Mets fan 🔥

"He listed Carlos Delgado as one of his favorites to watch... He also liked José Reyes, Pedro Martínez and, essentially, the entire Mets roster of the late 2000s."

(via @TheAthletic)

[Savage @Savageboston]

The president of the Boston Red Sox, Sam Kennedy, calls the team embarrassing.

🎥: @WEEI , @TheGregHillShow

Criticizing the inconsistent “performance”.

Putting blame on the players.