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Nike ends partnership with Kyrie Irving days before signature shoe launch
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Irving had been a Nike athlete since the start of his career in 2011, and was days away from launching the latest in his signature shoe line with the company.
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The decision comes just over a month after the footwear giant suspended its contract with the Brooklyn Nets star following a tweet linking to a movie that has been called antisemitic.
Kyrie Irving returned to the court late last month with the Brooklyn Nets after he was suspended for posting a link to a documentary with antisemitic material.
Nike suspended its relationship with Irving last month after he was suspended by the Nets for repeatedly refusing to disavow an antisemitic film that he had shared on his social media.
Irving had been a Nike athlete since the start of his career in 2011, and was days away from launching the latest in his signature shoe line with the company.
By Kevin Dotson, CNN Nike cut ties with Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving Monday. The move comes after Irving posted a Twitter link to a documentary containing antisemitic messages in October and initially refused to issue an apology. “Kyrie Irving is no longer a Nike athlete,” Nike tells CNN.
Irving had been a Nike athlete since the start of his career in 2011, and was days away from launching the latest in his signature shoe line with the company.
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