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Written by Nick Kappel
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 03:02 |
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Papa John’s pizza chain has issued an apology to LeBron James after creating T-shirts that insulted Cleveland’s star forward. The T-shirts, which featured a Papa John’s logo, had James’ No. 23 and the word “Crybaby†printed on it.  Their apology includes a special offer for Cleveland-area residents: a large one-topping pizza for just 23 cents. Papa John’s will donate those 23 cents from every pizza, in addition to $10,000, to the Cavaliers Youth Fund. As reported by TICKER:  “At Papa John’s, we’re huge fans of Cleveland, the Cavs and LeBron James,†the company said in a statement to the newspaper. “Everyone wins, and we wish the same for the Cavs and LeBron through the playoffs.† The shirts were made after Wizards center Brendan Haywood said James was complaining too much about hard fouls in their first-round playoff series match-up. Wizard fans wore the shirts during game six in Washington.  The shirts, however, didn’t bother James, who scored 27 points, dished out 13 assists and grabbed 13 rebounds to close out the series and end the Wizards season.
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