Pizza chain apologizes to LeBron, Cavaliers
May 8th, 2008
The pizza chain Papa Johns has apologized to LeBron James and the Cavaliers for handing out "Crybaby" T-shirts during the Wizards-Cavaliers Game 6 last Friday.
Cleveland-area customers can get a large pizza for 23 cents on Thursday, and the company is also donating $10,000 to a local charity. The T-shirts may have upset Cleveland fans, but they didn’t bother James, who finished the game with a triple-double. May. 5 - 8:55 am et
Tags: james, johns, lebron, papa
May 8th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Weird story.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Funny how few of the outraged people also get outraged about all the businesses by the Canadian border that accept the Canadian dollar, often at a favorable exchange rate.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
a) Is Papa John’s local to the Washington area?b) Why do they need to apologize?Sounds like a publicity stunt to me.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I had Papa Johns yesterday, and afterwards I decided I probably won’t ever order it again. I didn’t enjoy it at all.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
FTA: 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.In the picture beside this paragraph: a lady holding one of the shirts in question, with “crybaby” clearly above the number.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
born and brought up in Cleveland, cool quiet just like my daddy, when I wuz thuggin out in the alley, with my boys in a stolen Caddie
May 8th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
why would a professional athlete WANT to eat Papa John’s
May 8th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Funny take on the immigration debate
May 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Papa John’s turned a publicity stunt into a publicity stunt!