ap.google.com - 5/5/2008
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Papa John's apologizes for T-shirts calling James 'crybaby' 15 hours ago CLEVELAND (AP) 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, one-topping pizza for 23 cents on Thursday. The 23 is an homage to James' jersey number. The ...
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Blog-A-Roni: Samantha Steele Next Erin Andrews?
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... . • Papa John’s wants to make up for their LeBron James“Crybaby” shirts by offering Clevelanders 23-cent pizzas . Unfortunately, the garlic sauce will now cost $11.99. • Darren Rovell of CNBC knows Big Brown is in good hands, as the Kentucky Derby winner is ...
Papa John's Fears Cleveland, Sells Pizza for 23 Cents
FanHouse —
... But hate not on the quality of Cleveland's protest. It has reached the dough stuffed ears of Mr. Papa John himself, in Kentucky, and corporate has responded, offering to make it up to all the Cleveland fans who were so wronged by this one Washington D.C. version of the pizza store. ...
Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: Preview
CelticsBlog —
... the game, Pierce and James got into a fiery exchange in the hallway between the locker rooms with then-coach Paul Silas having to break things up and Pierce having to be carried away by teammates. - Brian Windhorst
Needless to say things have gotten heated at times. As a side note a beat reporter really can be awesome. Windhorst is one of my favorites. Lebron James vs. Papa John’s - I’d like to pass along a giant “Who cares?” Thanks you. Cavs’ Strengths They will defend and hit the ...
On Pizzas and Crybabies
D.C. Sports Bog —
... and watching the wives of professional basketball players walk around while covered in chocolate. Obviously, I've made my choice. (But seriously, why don't we get 23-cent pizzas? Because Cleveland cried louder? This would appear to be obvious pro-Cleveland bias. I'm calling for a boycott. In fact, I'm calling for Wizards fans to take over the Cleveland-based Papa John's boycott site, since Clevelanders no longer have a need for it. I just signed up.) (Can I also point out that, when the AP story on this serious incident reports that this all dates to Brendan Haywood calling ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 [...]’
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) ...
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 [...]…
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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...
