Larry Johnson's Shoes

Larry Johnson, despite his reputation as a less-than-loquacious dude, has rapidly established himself as one of the more interesting guys to talk to about the off-the-field aspects of football. He's a voracious student of NFL history, a former football card collector, and an avid videogame player, and he's proved willing to chat about all those things. Also, he's got these shoes, custom-made through NikeID, black and gold with Truck on the back of the left foot and Stick on the back of the right foot. People who have played the Madden Football videogame since the 06 version know what the truck stick is -- a flick of the right control stick that causes the running back to lower his shoulder and take on a would-be tackler. But that doesn't immediately explain what it's on Larry Johnson's shoes. "When I was with Dante Hall" on the Chiefs, Johnson explained, "he was the Human Joystick 'cause he was moving fast. But I ain't got no spin, I ...