sports.espn.go.com - 5/5/2008
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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.
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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 ...
Papa John’s- An Update, and an Important Question
waitingfornextyear.com 5/4/2008 — 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...
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 ...
THE WIZZNUTZZ
wizznutzz.com 5/7/2008 — Wednesday, May 07, 2008 Back Very Soon with End of Season Incites!!! Meantime by popular demand: Cheap LeBron 'Crybaby' SHirts! In 3 styles! Boston celtics colors! CHECK EM OUT! Theyre trying to hurt me Danny!!!!! LeBron James Crybaby T-Shirt LeBron ...
Better Ingredients…Better Advertising? —
WaitingForNextYear
I’m sure you saw the 23 Crybaby shirts that many fans were wearing at the Verizon Center for Cleveland’s game 6 win over the Wizards. What you might not have noticed is that those shirts were given out as a promotion by Papa John’s restaurants. Or perhaps you did…
I’m a delivery driver at Papa John’s [...]…
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 ...
FirstCuts: Shirt Starts Papa Johns Boycott —
The Sporting Blog
If I ever learned anything from 30 Rock , it is that people of the fair city want you to eat . One thing they will not be eating soon: Papa John's pizza.
That shirt to the right directed at LeBron James, which popped up during Game 6 of the first-round series between the Cavs and Wizards, was the cause of what has become an unofficial boycott of Papa John's among people in Northeast Ohio ...
FanIQ Blog Week In Review —
FanIQ Blog
We had babies locked in cars, drinking beer with dad, a baby nearly dropped in favor of a home run ball and a crybaby in Cleveland. Outstanding work, dads. Oh, and Happy Mother's Day. Here's the week that was on this here blog ...
Dodgers fan is well on his way to Dad-of-the-Year .
Crybaby Lebron pretty much sucks at everything this week.
Girls in lingerie , running. Need ...
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 ...
Pizza Madness Grips Ohio [The Number 23] —
Deadspin
OK, it wasn't quite THAT bad. But Papa John's 23-cent pizza promotion in Northeast Ohio on Thursday did draw enormous crowds, and wasn't completely peaceful. Aside from some stores running out of pizzas, there were shoving matches and verbal altercations as people waited in line for discount pies for as long as five hours.
At the University Heights Papa John's, police said a few people ...
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 ...
23 cent pizza and other thoughts —
Stiles Points - "So let it be written, so let it be done"
Pizzas were going for 23 cents in Northeast Ohio on Thursday...not 23 cents a slice, but 23 cents for a 14 inch pizza with one topping... Papa John’s Pizza offered customers in Northeast Ohio pizza for 23 cents as an apology for a T-shirt meant to taunt Cavaliers star player LeBron James...Papa John's sought customer forgiveness in N.E. Ohio, for a Washington, D.C. Papa John's store’s ...
23 Cent Pizza Craz —
Hail Mary Jane
Ok so by now everyone has heard about the whole Papa Johns vs LeBron James crybaby thing. When I originally posted the story I didn’t expect it to get as big as it did but it’s been a huge story.
In an effort to not go out of business, Papa Johns is offering 23 cent pizza’s to Ohio residents to make up for insulting LeBron. The residents responded by coming out in ...
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 is running out of 23-cent 'Sorry, LeBron' pizza —
Ball Don't Lie
If you're reading this from the lovely state of Ohio, I need you to drop the computer mouse, grab a quarter from the dresser and run as fast as you can to the nearest Papa John's Pizza immediately! Why? Because they're running out of 'Sorry for calling you a crybaby, LeBron' 'za! Now no more questions! Go! Go! Go! [High fives and pepperoni sticks to And One ]
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 Fears Cleveland, Sells Pizza for 23 Cents —
FanHouse
You wanna know how you stop a rogue Papa John's pizza franchise from sullying the good name of LeBron James ? You start a mediocre Facebook group, that's what you do (yup, 121 fans of the Cleveland Cavs will never eat the Papa again -- what a strong stand). Or you could start an inaccurate and rudimentary website ("Kiss the Ring" doesn't necessarily apply to Bron just quite yet, you dedicated ...
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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Papa John’s is Very Sorry to Cleveland —
FilteringCraig
The short story is this. The Cavs played the Wizards in the opening round of the playoffs. The Wizards despite pussying out on the name “Bullets” felt that it would be a good idea to beat the crap out of LeBron James and then call him a crybaby when he said he wasn’t going to bend from all their shots that they were throwing his way.
Papa John’s in Washington thought ...
Da Meat Hook Likes a Good Rubdown [Blogdome] —
Deadspin
• Washington's massage therapist "found the spot" that gave Dmitri Young "instant release." [ Mister Irrelevant ]
• LSU fans have had better weeks. [ Cajun Boy In the City ]
• Dhani Jones enjoys two things in his free time, designing bow ties and playing rugby with professionals. [ FanHouse ]
• Updates on the backlash from Papa John's "Crybaby" shirts. [ So Good ] ...
Will Cavaliers Fans Boycott Papa John’s? —
MVN Outsider
I have no idea who’s in charge of marketing at Papa John’s Pizza, but they clearly need a refresher in Business 101.
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 ...
Papa John's Hates LeBron, Angers Cleveland —
FanHouse
... in which a national pizza chain of dubious quality lashes out at an NBA superstar and then faces the wrath of the entire state of Ohio. 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) ...
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...
James' fans wait for 23-cent pizzas (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News
Maybe Cleveland Cavaliers fans can hope for cheap gas if an oil company insults All-Star LeBron James. Lines were so long Thursday at some of the 86 Papa John's stores offering a large, one-topping pizza for 23 cents that police stood nearby to make ...
