sogoodblog.com - 5/3/2008
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Earlier tonight I attended the Washington Wizards and Cleveland Cavaliers playoff game 6 at the Verizon Center in DC. Over the course of my night, one thing really surprised me. A few fans around the arena had shirts mocking Lebron James. The shirts had the number 23 on them, with the word “Crybaby” across the [...]
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Better Ingredients…Better Advertising?
WaitingForNextYear —
... . You can find the article about Papa John’s here, Papa John’s Hates the State of Ohio . My first thought- that’s kind of silly. But the more I think about it, the more I say why not. I don’t expect anyone outside of Ohio to participate in this, unless you are a huge Cavaliers or LeBron fan. But if you want accountability Papa John’s, then I’m willing to provide you with it. You made a terrible business decision, because you are alienating a large customer base. You could have very easily avoided this by providing shirts that said Go Wizards or Whhhhiiiizzzarrrdd! or ...
Papa Johns Gets Blowback For LeBron Crybaby Shirts
FanIQ Blog —
... According to the food blog So Good, there are 10 different Papa John’s pizza stores within just 12 miles of the Cleveland Cavaliers arena. ...
And You Thought Papa Stern Was Evil
And One —
... May 03, 2008 12:39PM Oh no. I love Papa John's pizza. Sometimes I eat it in the car in the parking lot while it's still so hot a slice will burn your lips and the mozzarella oozes over the sides. Must. Be. Strong. Papa John's hates Cleveland . Yes, it's true. And ...
LeBron James vs Papa Johns
Hail Mary Jane —
... During the Wizards and Cavs game last night in DC, various fans could be seen wearing jerseys sporting #23 with the words “cry baby” written on them. Now in all fairness they could’ve been geared towards Michael Jordan, but I doubt it. LeBron James paid them no mind, handling his B I and sent the Wizards home. ...
Papa John's Hates LeBron, Angers Cleveland
FanHouse —
... D.C. food blog So Good reports t-shirts bearing the number 23, the name "Crybaby" and a Papa John's logo were handed out at Game 6 of Cavs-Wizards in Washington. Yep, that's the 3rd largest pizza chain the United States (according to Wikipedia, at least) making fun of ...
Will Cavaliers Fans Boycott Papa John’s?
MVN Outsider —
... At game six of the playoff series between the Washington Wizards and Cleveland Cavaliers, many Washington fans were wearing t-shirts that poked a little fun at LeBron James. The number 23 and the word “Crybaby” appeared on the back of the shirts (for a picture, click here). Also included on the shirt is a logo for Papa John’s Pizza — indeed, the company appears to have funded and sponsored these shirts. ...
CLEVELANDERS NOW CAN AFFORD PIZZA
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop —
... In case you missed the tedious controversy during the Wizards-Cavs series that didn't involve Jay-Z and Soulja Boy, Papa Johns stuck their logo on the white tees Wizards fans wore during Game 6 which bore the number 23 and the word "Crybaby" where Bron-Bron's name would be on the back. Many Ohioans stopped eating cheese off discarded pizza boxes long enough to get angry. ...
On Pizzas and Crybabies
D.C. Sports Bog —
... , we choose blogging guests who actually have blogs.) In the ensuing 24 hours, the " D.C. made cry baby t-shirts so we're gonna act like cry babies!!!! " story line seems to have run its course, meaning the responsible course of action would be a dose of maturity, a wry smile and a decision to move beyond this tired D.C.-vs.-Cleveland story line and skip right over the pizza tales. Ha! So anyhow, here's what we know: in one of our cities, the mere sight of a t-shirt poking fun at a King is enough to cause histrionics, including but not limited to " ...
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Get Yer Crybaby T-Shirts
blog.washingtonpost.com 5/7/2008 — Well that didn't take TOO too long. Five LeBron James Papa John's Crybaby t-shirts available on the eBays, all priced between $11 and $18. Like I said, if Papa John's would just sell these shirts in D.C., and sell "We're Not Really Crybabies and In ...
The eBays: Get your Papa John's 'LeBron, Crybaby' t-shirt
sports.yahoo.com 5/9/2008 — Excellent eBay find by the man, the myth, the Wizard, Dan Steinberg : Papa John's 'LeBron James Crybaby' t-shirts . Available in medium to XXL for just one low price of $14.75, these shirts are bound to be all the rage again once Garnett gets ...
Cavs Fans Out Of Luck & Cheap Pizza By Dinner? —
SPORTSbyBROOKS
Northeast Ohio residents hoping to take advantage of Papa John’s 23-cent pizza offer as their evening meal better have Domino’s on standby.
The CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER serves up news that the pizza chain may run out of pies by dinnertime . Today’s 23-cent special was in response to Papa John’s sponsorship of LeBron James’ “Crybaby” shirts during ...
Ohio Swarmed By 23¢ Pizza —
Toledo Newspaper » Matt Sussman
You might’ve heard the story last week about Papa John’s apologizing to LeBron James and the Cavaliers fans for sponsoring “CRYBABY 23″ t-shirts during their series against the Wizards. As part of their self-flagellation, they agreed to give Northeast Ohio discount pizzas at 23 cents each. As strange as it sounds, looks like they’re gonna run out of pizza .
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Papa John's Gets Pizza Price Wrong -- Way Wrong —
Sports Biz with Darren Rovell
Posted By: Darren Rovell As I could have predicted, Papa John's 23-cent pizza idea backfired yesterday. So many people showed up at the 86 stores throughout Ohio that mayhem reportedly ensued. Meant to be a goodwill gesture after a Washington D.C. Papa John's location printed LeBron James "Crybaby 23" shirts for the first round of the playoffs against the Wizards, someone tried to be ...
Bribed by Pizza, Ohio Forgives Papa John's —
FanHouse
Every Papa John's franchise in Northeast Ohio sold one-topping pizzas for 23 cents yesterday to atone for the "crybaby" t-shirts given away in Washington last week. And as you'd expect, it was a complete cluster. From the Columbus Dispatch : The offer, intended to remedy a franchisee's insult to Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James (No. 23), resulted in closed stores, long lines and angry ...
Cavs Fans Don’t Understand Simple Economics —
SportsTsar.com
Can we please get some sort of federal disaster relief funding to send in some econ professors into the Cleveland area? These people need to sorely learn the concept of opportunity cost.
Apparently, Cleveland area Papa John’s pizzerias have been offering 23 cent pizza promotions to counter the LeBron James Crybaby t-shirts that were distributed in the Washington area during the ...
Friday (Movie Quotes) edition: Wha’ Happened? —
Randball
Last night was 23 cent pizza night at Papa John’s in the Cleveland area, the result of the Pappy (what we used to call said pizza place in college, when we ate there roughly three times a week) taunting LeBron James with “Crybaby” t-shirts at a playoff game. It seems as though everything went fairly well, but we do have to take exception with one quote from Tim North, one of ...
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The 10-man rotation, starring Papa John's Pizza apology —
Ball Don't Lie
A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: Akron Beacon . Papa John has apologized to Ohio for providing Wiz fans with t-shirts mocking LeBron James . PF: Pickaxe and Roll . What should the Nuggets do with George Karl? ...
Papa John’s Apologizes to Cleveland —
Cleveland Cavaliers News
Papa John’s Pizza was handing out T-shirts with Lebron James’s number and the word “crybaby” under it.
Now, after the Cavaliers eliminated the Wizards in 6 games, they are crying and have issued and apology to Cleveland and Cavaliers fans.
Papa John’s will sell Cleveland residents (how about Akron?) a large, one-topping pizza for 23 cents on Thursday.
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23 Cent Pizzas? Papa John’s Response… —
WaitingForNextYear
The verdict is in, at least from Papa John’s corporate office. The pizza chain will donate $10,000 to the Cavaliers Youth Fund (I didn’t know there was such a thing…) and will offer Cleveland residents 23 cent one-topping pizzas on Thursday. In addition, Papa John’s will donate the 23 cents from every pizza sold that [...]’…
Papa John’s- An Update, and an Important Question —
WaitingForNextYear
News of Cleveland’s displeasure with the pizza provider has certainly spread. Several internet sites have popularized the boycott, and the Plain Dealer posted a story on its website early Sunday morning. In it we learn two important pieces of information-
These shirts were not authorized by the corporate office. No, really? You mean they didn’t have [...]’
SPORTS SHORTS —
NY Post: Sports
HOOPS: Papa John's apologizes to LeBron 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. To apologize, Papa John's will sell Cleveland residents a large...
