I’m running out of shoes, folks. I long ago dumped Nike because I believe that Chinese 11-year-olds should be working on their Kobe Bryant crossover moves rather than assembling his sneakers. Puma and Adidas are based in Germany and the shoes are made in China, Turkey, El Salvador, Indonesia and Brazil (with only 4 percent in the U.S.).
So my shoe closet contains Starter and New Balance: because on the court I want to give off that Ed Helms vibe.
But now New Balance out. The company, whose marketing strategy consists 05 percent of bragging that their headquarters are in Boston and that their shoes are made in the U.