Papa John's Apologizes To City
05/05/2008 06:34:10
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Papa John's Pizza has issued an apology to Cleveland its 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 company also will donate $10,000 to the Cavaliers Youth Fund.
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 six.
The shirts started after James complained about hard fouls, and Wizards' center Brendan Haywood called him a crybaby.
The company now says it is wishing the Cavs and James luck.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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