I agree that the text links don't look very good. I like them there .. but I'd make them a toplist rather than text links to galleries or something.
I'm not really digging the jordan capri banners in the header.
And the banner in the middle of the thumbs doesn't look that good either.
The banner in the middle would probably work if the text links weren't there. But it overwhelms and confuses when you have both. I say pick one or the other.
All in all I think it's a good design. Just needs a bit of tweaking and final touching
