Rubber tapper Rogerio Mendes shows off his Veja sneakers, received as a prize for his work as a young rubber extractor in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, Acre state, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 7, ...

You might not run faster or jump higher with shoes soled in new super rubber, but they could save your knees and eventually power your iPod. Japanese scientists have created a new kind of carbon-based ...

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 ...

Without the US Rubber Company, which was founded in Connecticut in 1892, there would be no such thing as sneakers. It’s true: From 1892 until 1913, the company’s factories manufactured vulcanized ...

The most comfortable dress shoes we've tested have performance features like rubber, foam, and polymer soles. We found insoles that contain memory foam and gel pads at key pressure points, especially ...

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 ...

Not long ago, Crocs were terribly uncool. In fact, it was less than 12 months ago that we officially declared it time to buy a pair (if you hadn’t already). And although the brand has since sold ...

DETROIT, MI - A Royal Oak sneaker store called Burn Rubber received national recognition from Complex Magazine this week for the leadership and creativity of co-owner Rick Williams, a Detroit native.

XAPURI, Brazil — 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, ...