Papa John's Apologizes for LeBron T-Shirts

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This entry was posted on 5/4/2008 11:01 PM and is filed under Oddly Enough,Celebrities '08.



By AmericasNewsToday.Org staff 

Papa John's Pizza issued an apology to Cleveland and the Cavaliers for making T-shirts with LeBron James' number and the word "crybaby" under it, the Associated Press reported Monday.

To apologize, Papa John's will sell Cleveland residents a large, one-topping pizza for 23 cents on Thursday. The 23 is an homage to James' jersey number. The company also will donate $10,000 to the Cavaliers Youth Fund — the AP said.

The pizza chain's T-shirts were featured during the Cavs' games against the Wizards on Friday in Washington. Wizards fans taunted the Cavs, who won the payoff series that night in Game 6.

The shirts started after James complained about hard fouls, and Wizards center Brendan Haywood called him a crybaby.

Additional reporting by the Associated Press.

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