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  Lebron iz always crying or whining about something,He's not the best or even second best in the nba.It;s pretty pathetic that he can't even stand losing the spotlight for 1 second.What is nike so worried about,Lebron is like the 3rd or 4th biggest account they have.I live in the cleveland area,let me just say that lebron being as soft as he is doesn't reflect the rest of the city.

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LeBron gets dunked on by Xavier player, confiscates all video
The Dagger — ... LeBron must have agreed, because he had Nike officials confiscate the two videos that were taken of the dunk. (Parrish blames Nike, but reading between the lines it seems like the censorship was orchestrated by LeBron himself.) ...

Around the Hall: Irving, Teague, Jordan Crawford and Ferguson
Inside the Hall | An Indiana Hoosiers basketball blog — ... + Former IU guard Jordan Crawford was the talk of the LeBron James Skills Academy after he dunked on the Cavs star — and then Nike confiscated the evidence. {CBS Sports} ...

Xavier Sophomore Crawford Dunks On LeBron James
MKRob's Sports Blog — ... LeBron must have agreed, because he had Nike officials confiscate the two videos that were taken of the dunk. (Parrish blames Nike, but reading between the lines it seems like the censorship was orchestrated by LeBron himself.) ...

You Will Not See Jordan Crawford’s Nasty Two-Handed Dunk on LeBron James
The Big Lead — ... in conjunction with NIKE. According to Gary Parrish of CBS Sports, Xavier’s Jordan Crawford (he played a season at Indiana before transferring after the Kelvin Sampson mess) dunked hard - with both hands - on LeBron during a pickup game. It sounds like the kind of jam that would dwarf Courtney Lee’s facial (see below) on King James in the playoffs. Too bad you’ll never see Crawford’s flush. NIKE confiscated the the footage shot by two cameramen. ...

Nike Doesn’t Want You To See LeBron James Getting Dunked On
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog — ... of his young career. When I read about this early yesterday, there was no word whether video was taken of the moment. But, I figured there was a good chance of this, because there’s usually some sort of camera going at this type of event. Turns out there were two cameras that captured Crawford’s two-hand slam over the King. But Nike doesn’t want you to see their precious poster boy in a vulnerable position. So they confiscated the tapes. From Gary Parrish at CBS Sports: Turns out, there were at least ...

LeBron James Gets Dunked On, Makes Sure Evidence Is Erased
straitpinkie.com — ... LeBron must have agreed, because he had Nike officials confiscate the two videos that were taken of the dunk. (Parrish blames Nike, but reading between the lines it seems like the censorship was orchestrated by LeBron himself.) ...

Lebron Got Dunked On; Nike Confiscates Video Footage
The Hoop Doctors — Lebron Got Dunked On; Nike Confiscates Video Footage [image] On Monday night at the Nike LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron, Ohio, NBA star Lebron James was dunked on huge by Xavier’s Jordan Crawford with a vicious two-hander. Unfortunately you won’t be seeing the replay of the dunk anytime soon. According to CBS Sports who was in attendance and filming the game, the Nike officials upon convening with Lebron after the play confiscated all of the cameramen’s tapes from their cameras. Here is what CBSSports.com had to say about it: Turns out, there were at least two ...

LeBron Gets Dunked On; None Of Us Are Witnesses [LeBron James]
Deadspin — Word out of the LeBron James Skills Academy is that Xavier's Jordan Crawford turned the camp's host into his own personal Fred Weis, the sort of moment for which God created YouTube. Then along came Nike to confiscate the evidence. CBSSports.com's Gary Parrish has the story: Turns out, there were at least two cameras rolling Monday night when Crawford dunked on James during a pick-up game here at the LeBron James Skills Academy. It was a two-handed jam, the kind that would've circulated quickly on YouTube. But Nike ...

Not-So-Good PR: LeBron’s Confiscated Tapes
WaitingForNextYear — ...   By now, you’ve likely heard that former Indiana and current Xavier guard Jordan Crawford threw down a pretty solid two-hand dunk on James during a pick-up game.  The moment was reportedly caught on tape by two different individuals who ultimately had their tapes confiscated by Nike Basketball Senior Director Lynn Merritt - the same guy that also happened to be in the passenger seat of James’ Ferrari during the MVP award presentation. Reports are circulating that it was in fact James who ordered the hit on the tapes, which is not exactly far-fetched.  He’s a pretty intense ...

Confiscated: LeBron Facial Video
SLAM Online — ... LeBron James with two hands Monday night, but all tapes of the smash were soon confiscated. There’s a good chance the public will never see it: “Turns out, there were at least two cameras rolling Monday night when Crawford dunked on James during a pick-up game here at the LeBron James Skills Academy. It was a two-handed jam, the kind that would’ve circulated quickly on YouTube. But Nike officials eliminated that possibility shortly after the dunk happened by allegedly confiscating ...

LeBron Doesn’t Want You to See Him Get Dunked On
BallerBlogger.com — Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com broke the story: Turns out, there were at least two cameras rolling Monday night when Crawford dunked on James during a pick-up game here at the LeBron James Skills Academy. It was a two-handed jam, the kind that would’ve circulated quickly on YouTube. But Nike officials eliminated that possibility shortly after the dunk happened by allegedly confiscating tapes from various cameramen. Freelance photographer Ryan Miller was one of the cameramen shooting the game. He told CBSSports.com that ...

If a Superstar Gets Dunked On In the Woods ...
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... Wouldn't you love to see video of that? Today Parrish follows with a report, quoting a camera operator and others, saying that Nike confiscated videotapes of the moment in question. ...

Nike & LeBron won't let you see LeBron get dunked on
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans — ... Xavier's Jordan Crawford was at the LeBron James Skills Academy.  So was LeBron James.  During a pick up game, Crawford posterized James with a sick two-hand dunk.  At least... that's what we hear.  We won't be able to see it... because Nike... and LeBron... won't let us. ...

The King Got Crowned
Dime Magazine — ... after getting crowned, LBJ summoned someone in charge to have the tapes of that moment terminated. “LeBron called Lynn over and told him something,” Miller said. “That’s how I knew his name was Lynn. LeBron said, ‘Hey, Lynn. Come here.’” Minutes later, Miller said Merritt demanded his tape.“There’s nothing I can think of besides LeBron just not wanting it online,” Miller said. “It’s a good story to tell people, I guess. But then again, I’m kind of pissed. I lost my tape.” Source: CBS Sports

The Legend of the Kid Who Dunked on LeBron
NBC Washington - Sports — ... , the top player in the Class of 2011. "That was something to see." And a million browsers headed in the direction of YouTube to find evidence of this momentous occasion. They came up empty, however, and that doesn't seem like it will change anytime soon. Parrish updated his blog later on Tuesday night and ended the search for what would have been this week's hottest viral video. It seems King James ordered Nike employees to confiscate the tapes of two cameramen filming the camp. With that move, surely meant to conceal an embarrassing moment, James ensured that the story ...

Nike stormtroopers seize dunk tapes
Basketbawful — ... ! Or something like that. This one is straight from the "couldn't make it up" files: According to Gary Parrish of CBS Sports, Nike is supposedly blocking any and all taped footage of Xavier's ...

LeBron James vs. Ryan Miller
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician — Our Ryan is all growns up!  Gone are the days of hanging out in the mall with Paul Harris and buddying up with Kristof! on park benches.  Here to stay are the days of hanging out at LeBron's Skills Academy, taking in all the action with his video camera.  Footage that will live on forever on the Internet as a reminder of any noteworthy events that happened during that camp. (Someone whispers in ear) THEY DID WHAT?!?!? You want to see video of Xavier's Jordan Crawford dunking on LeBron James? ...

Good Thing Courtney Lee Exists (LeBron James)
Intentional Foul — ... The fine folks at Nike obviously don’t like seeing their golden child being dunked on, and so, seemingly at the behest of King James, they removed all footage of LeBron being baptized by Xavier’s ...

LeBron has officially hit step four...
The Grand National Championships — ... And oddly enough? It's a relatively small event that does it. For you see? It was at a skills camp where America will turn heel on LeBron. Since I'm a lazy bum, I'll give Gary Parrish the words. ...

You Must Not Be Seen Dunking On LeBron!
TheScore.com Blog — ... Parrish isn’t the only one who’ll miss it, though, because even though getting dunked on is just a part of playing basketball, and even though there were two cameras rolling when the play was made, LeBron and Nike—or perhaps the other way around—don’t want you to see them. “It was a two-handed jam, the kind that would've circulated quickly on YouTube,” says Parrish in his updated report, “but Nike officials eliminated that possibility shortly after the dunk happened by allegedly confiscating tapes from various cameramen.” ...

LeBron James Steals Passes and Tapes
Talk Hoops - Support the Habit — ... On Monday night at the Nike LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron, Ohio, NBA star Lebron James was dunked on huge by Xavier's Jordan Crawford with a vicious two-hander. Unfortunately you won't be seeing the replay of the dunk anytime soon. According to CBS Sports who was in attendance and filming the game, the Nike officials upon convening with Lebron after the play confiscated all of the cameramen's tapes from their cameras. Here is what CBSSports.com had to say about it: ...

Further Proof That LeBron Is Not MJ
Zoner Sports — Gotta keep up appearances. No dents in the armor, right? This story is ridiculous. Xavier’s Jordan Crawford dunked on LeBron at the ‘LeBron James Skills Academy’. I bet you want to see it, right? You won’t. From CBS Sports: There were at least two cameras rolling Monday night when Crawford dunked on James during a pick-up game. It was a two-handed jam, the kind that would’ve circulated quickly on YouTube. But Nike officials eliminated that possibility shortly after the dunk happened by ...

Nike Creates DunkGate Scandal, LeBron Should Make Amends
Basketball Fiend — ... put down a two-hand dunk over James. No big deal, right? Wrong. The dunk was caught on videotape. Which, in itself, isn’t that that newsworthy. Embarrassing videos of NBA players getting dunked on or getting beat at HORSE by civilians have been must-see video on YouTube for years. What was newsworthy was the way that Nike, acting on behalf of King James, handled the situation afterward. According to a report from CBSSports.com , a representative from Nike named Lynn Merritt went around to all of the cameramen after the game and confiscated their videotapes, which included ...

LeBron Gets Schooled, Then Destroys the Evidence
The Slanch Report — ... and “He just said, ‘We have to take your tape,’” Miller said. “They took it from other guys, too.” There wasn’t a policy prohibiting filming and Miller had been there all day without an issue until this. “There’s nothing I can think of besides LeBron just not wanting it online,” Miller said. “It’s a good story to tell people, I guess. But then again, I’m kind of pissed. I lost my tape.” [CBS Sports] Posted in Awesome, Basketball Tagged: Jordan Crawford, Lebron ...

The Dunk On LeBron James (by Jordan Crawford) That We Will Never Get To See
Total Pro Sports — ... Minutes later, Miller said Merritt demanded his tape. [CBS Sports] ...

Dramatization: LeBron Dunked on at Camp
The Sporting Blog — ... . This, however, is something you won't ever get a chance to see if you weren't one of the people in attendance at the LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron thanks to Nike: ...

Dramatization: Jordan Crawford Dunks on LeBron James at Summer Camp
The Sporting Blog — ... . This, however, is something you won't ever get a chance to see if you weren't one of the people in attendance at the LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron thanks to Nike: ...

Jordan Crawford dunks on LeBron James, scales ball carts (VIDEO)
The Red Zone Report — Even the best don’t win ‘em all, but if you’re LeBron James, apparently you don’t want anyone to know about it. According to reports, Xavier guard Jordan Crawford, who’s all of 6′4”, dunked on 6′8” Bron Bron on Monday during a pickup game at James’ camp in Akron, and according to said reports, it was one sick slam. So sick that LeBron had a Nike rep confiscate the tapes from the cameramen that were filming the event..rightfully, at that, it seems. Of course, until we actually see the ...

Dramatization: LeBron Dunked on at Camp
The Baseline — ... . This, however, is something you won't ever get a chance to see if you weren't one of the people in attendance at the LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron thanks to Nike: ...

Unseen LeBron Dunk Causes Internet Explosion (FREE JORDAN CRAWFORD)
Truth About It - Washington Wizards Blog — ... It first started with a report from Gary Parrish of CBS Sports. Then it spread like wildfire: ...

No Video: LeBron James Dunked on by Xavier’s Jordan Crawford, Nike Hides Tape
You Been Blinded - Now in Dazzling HD — ... By now you’ve all heard the news. Nike, the sneaker snazis, have confiscated all videos of LeBron James being dunked on by college student Jordan Crawford. The slam took place at the LeBron James Skills Academy where I can only assume Xavier’s Crawford scored high marks for dunking. ...

Nike does not want you to see that dunk
Digital Sports Daily — via Nike does not want you to see that dunk – CBSSports.com . You want to see video of Xavier’s Jordan Crawford dunking on LeBron James? If so, too bad. Because you’re not going to see it. Thanks to Nike. Turns out, there were at least two cameras rolling Monday night when Crawford dunked on James during a pick-up game here at the LeBron James Skills Academy. It was a two-handed jam, the kind that would’ve circulated quickly on YouTube. But Nike officials eliminated that possibility shortly after the dunk happened by ...

Xavier's Jordan Crawford Dunks On Lebron James
You Got Dunked On — ....oh wait, there's no video of this because Lebron or maybe Nike doesn't want anyone to see it. Pretty pathetic if you ask me and I now am officially sick of Lebron James. Thankfully, there's enough video of Lebron getting dunked on for me to post here and everytime he does get dunked on I'll post those links here too. If ...

I Lose More Respect for Lebron James
That NBA Lottery Pick — ... in the 24 hour internet and news world, stories can be made out of everything. I just keep losing respect for Lebron James, it’s just sad after awhile for him to continuously make “image” mistakes. We want to see our heroes fail and look human, Lebron James just does not seem to get it. In the end, the move itself is good for James’s public image but bad for him in the court of public opinion. (Story courtesy of CBS Sports.com) ...

Link Dump! Brought To You By Jack Bauer
Rumors and Rants — ... baseball giveaways - Thunder Treats Roy Halladay = trade bait - Outside the Boxscore Would you trust The Bron? - That NBA Lottery Pick Thomas Jones and his amazing technicolor dream cars - The Legend of Cecilio Guante Heh heh heh heh heh heh Furbush - More Hardball This advertising partnership is really just the tip of the iceberg - Deuce of Davenport Nike doesn’t want you to see that dunk - CBS In depth analysis of the mind of The Bron - Cleveland Frowns ...

Nike Confiscates Tapes of Jordan Crawford Dunking on LeBron James
SportsFilter — Nike Confiscates Tapes of Jordan Crawford Dunking on LeBron James : Xavier college guard Jordan Crawford dunked on LeBron James during a pick-up game Monday at the LeBron James Skills Academy. There's no video of the event because James directed Nike to immediately confiscate the tapes of the photographers shooting at the event, according to Gary Parrish of CBS Sports. "I'm kind of pissed," freelance photographer Ryan Miller told Parrish. "I lost my tape." Another player, Michael Gilchrist , had this to say of the dunk: "It happened, and it was bad. ...

BASKETBALL: Hide and Dunk
Baseball Crank — LeBron James has videotapes confiscated of college hoopster Jordan Crawford dunking on LeBron. That's pathetic. I remember when LaBradford Smith lit up Michael Jordan in a game for 37 points....Jordan didn't hide. He got even, made a point to absolutely smoke Smith the next time out, dropped something like 50 points on him. That is how it's done.

Update: Nike says they didn't take LeBron tapes because of dunk
The Dagger — ... That sort of makes sense. Have you ever seen clips of pros playing pick-up games with college kids? I never have. Advantage: Nike. But then I read this quote: According to Nike officials, both journalists understood the mistake and handed over their tapes without making a fuss. Neither cameraman was available for comment Wednesday night. Actually, one of the cameraman (Ryan Miller, who was quoted in the blog post that started this whole mess) seems to be talking to anybody who will listen. And his ...

Dunks, Lies, And Videotape
Sports articles at Blogcritics — ... . As a result they had their footage confiscated, and they felt a little embarrassed about it. Wait, you didn't hear about this? It was all over the ... oh, that's probably not how you heard the story. Let me tell it how everyone else is phrasing it: LeBron James had his manhood ripped into Vagisil-coated confetti after Xavier University basketball player Jordan Crawford posterized the King of Cleveland (at his own event!). Nike found two guys who taped the whole thing, pinned them down, and stole their videotapes at knifepoint. They were then whisked out of the gym via a ...

LeBron’s Skills Academy: Where None of Us Are Witnesses
Larry Brown Sports — ... and just couldn’t resist posting it. Of course that picture is a response to the story that Nike officials bullied a camera guy to take away his tape after he recorded ...

Thursday Night's Free MLB Picks
Visionary's Free Sports Picks & Sports Handicapping Blog — ... Entertaining Sports News From Around The Web: "Bankroll's Weekly MLB Power Ratings" -Bankroll Sports "Marcin Gortat's Making 34 Million" -Sharapova's Thigh "Nike Covers Up Lebron Facial" -CBS Sports "Marion To The Mavericks" -ESPN "Sahel Kazemi DUI Video" -Sharapova's Thigh "Brett Favre's New ...

Lebron Gets Dunked On...Cries On The Inside
We're Off To See The Willards — "You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll cry alone,When everyone's forgotten and you're left on your own. You're gonna cry, cry, cry." --Johnny Cash According to reports , LeBron James was recently dunked on by some 6'4" college guy. The guy was Jordan Crawford from Xavier and he went up with two hands over Lebron. This is not too interesting as in pickup games there are no refs to give Lebron a charge call. The part of the story that is interesting is that after the dunk, Lebron had a chat with a Nike official on the sidelines, and soon after tapes were confiscated from camera ...

Gooch On The Move To AC Milan, LeBron Needs Humility, Media Rankings For Fun And Profit and...UFC 100? What the...
On the DL — ... . What’s that, there’s no video? What’s that, there WAS video but Nike and the people who run the camp confiscated it by telling the cameramen the were filming when they shouldn’t have been? Oh, and what’s that last part, as CBS Sports reported, LeBron was the person who told the officials to confiscated the tapes? ...

Rocks at the Throne: Summer Camp Dunktapegate -- Another Day, Another 'Bron-'Bron Pile-on
Cleveland Frowns — If the start to this NBA off-season is any indication, this is going to be an even longer year for we Cavaliers fans than we thought. Today we find ourselves digging out from the rubble caused by the latest avalanche of unbridled sanctimony resulting from the latest LeBron media pile-on. This time it's "dunk-gate." ...

Seriously Lebron, WTF!
Sports Crackle Pop — ... Lebron James should just man up and let the tape go. Who hasn’t got dunked on. I know I have (And that’s because I challenge mothertruckers when they attack the rim). LBJ is actually coming off as a big dbag in this whole situation. Can’t wait to see a Nike muppet commercial about this! ...

LeBron James gets dunked on at camp, Nike confiscates tapes
The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog — ... What’s my point? Well, LeBron James just got dunked on at his skills camp by Xavier’s Jordan Crawford, and according to Gary Parrish, the tapes were confiscated by a representative from Nike. ...

Served: The Top 10 Dunks Of 2009
Hooped Up — ... Another rim rattling season has come to a close and we will all be sans dunk, dunkless, and stranded on no dunk island until the season begins.We’ve already learned that any amazing dunk that happens will be confiscated by Nike and since Candace Parker recently just came back from giving birth we probably won’t even get any WNBA dunks either. ...

Coach Howland Is A "Witness"
Bruins Nation — Well this is a fun  and interesting story. Apparently King James after getting embarrassed in the Eastern Conference Finals was embarrassed again when reportedly Xavier's Jordan Crawford posterized him at his own summer basketball tournament. According to Gary Parrish of CBS Sportsline.com it was so humiliating for the Nike Boy that the shoe company's reps. (reportedly) tried to cover up the video of this dunk: AKRON, Ohio -- You want to see video of Xavier's Jordan Crawford dunking on LeBron James? ...

LeBron : The New Frédéric Weis
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... As you’ve probably  read by now, a two-handed dunk by Xavier’s Jordan Crawford over LeBron James became the subject of the most controversial video since, well, this banned ...

James anything but cavalier about jam video
SPORTS COUCH POTATO — ... Since CBSSports.com blogger Gary Parrish broke the story on Tuesday, word of the blackout has spread across the web and painted the NBA's self-proclaimed "King" in a not-so-regal light. ...

TGI(YT)F – Nike killed the YouTube star
PistonsNationBlog.com — Nike and LeBron James made sure that we’ll never be able to see a mere mortal sh!t on him. Their efforts may be backfiring though because Detroiter Jordan Crawford is becoming probably just as big of  an internet celebrity if the tape had made it onto YouTube. It also hung a meatball right over the plate for noted LBJ hater Skip Bayless to crush into the stands.  Even Kobe is calling out James The ...

Richard Deitsch: Crazy week for LeBron cameraman
SI.com - Extra Mustard — ... THE FILM -- DID IT REALLY HAPPEN? Indeed, it did. In a story that has since morphed into the basketball version of Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster and UFOs in Roswell, Xavier's Jordan Crawford dunked on James last week at Nike's LeBron James Skills Academy at the University of Akron. The dunk was filmed by a pair of freelance videographers, but before the world could see Crawford's YouTube moment, Nike officials confiscated the tapes. You probably know what happened next: The story was reported by CBSSports.com writer Gary Parrish and LeBron-gate quickly went viral. The ...