Rubber tapper Raimundo Mendes de Barros prepares to leave his home, surrounded by rainforest, for an errand in the Brazilian Amazon city of Xapuri. He slides his long, scarred, 77-year-old feet into a ...

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The Detroit Red Wings have entered their home stretch at Joe Louis Arena, and Royal Oak sneaker boutique Burn Rubber is giving fans something to wear to the final games. Burn Rubber has partnered with ...

Burn Rubber and Fila have teamed up to pay tribute to all the hustlers. The Original Tennis model represented the go-to sneaker of every D-Boy from the late '80s and early '90s, and the Detroit-based ...

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