Posted on 22 July 2009
A real tape of Jordan Crawford dunking on LeBron James made it’s way to TMZ and another, cleaner version can be found here. So after everybody from the mainstream media to fellow athletes called for LeBron to release the tape, it’s a couple of guys with camera phones that put the King on blast. Read the full story
Posted on 16 July 2009
LeBron James got dunked on by Jordan Crawford at the LeBron James Skills Academy and Nike confiscated the video tape. Everybody knows about that. We should give up hoping the video will surface one day because the Nike people destroyed those tapes right after taking them from the cameramen.
Whether Nike has the tapes, or Conan O’Brien got his copy back, I spoke to a number of athletes about LeBron James releasing the video. The votes are heavy in one direction, but Kurt Warner makes the best case. Read the full story
Posted on 13 July 2009
When Nike confiscated the tapes of Jordan Crawford dunking on LeBron James they made themselves and the man they were trying to protect look weak and overly sensitive. This joke of a scandal has extended beyond the sports world, and now Conan O’Brien is taking shots at the King on The Tonight Show. Read the full story
Posted on 12 July 2009
It’s going on a week since Nike confiscated the tapes featuring college player Jordan Crawford dunking on LeBron James at the LeBron James Skills Academy. At some point Nike will stop acting like jackasses and release the video. Until then, The King and Ni(ke) will serve as the butt of jokes. The latest person to have fun with LeBron getting dunked on is fellow Nike pitchman Kobe Bryant. The Mamba hosted his basketball camp, but let the attendees know there will be no dunking on number 24. Read the full story
Posted on 09 July 2009
Jordan Crawford became an instant legend by doing something few people witnessed: Dunking on LeBron James. Crawford spoke to reporters about the dunk that Nike blocked, and said he’ll be bragging about it when he gets back to Xavier. Read the full story
Posted on 09 July 2009
LeBron James got dunked on by sophomore Jordan Crawford from Xavier, but the video will probably never see the light of day. Nike black suits snatched all the tapes at the LeBron James Skills Academy that featured the now legendary dunk. Nike should go ahead and release the video because the fallout from TapeGate has been worse than anything we would’ve seen. In the meantime we’ll have to settle for a “LeBron James Gets Dunked On” compilation video. Read the full story
Posted on 08 July 2009
By now you’ve all heard the news. Nike, the sneaker snazis, have confiscated all videos of LeBron James being dunked on by college student Jordan Crawford. The slam took place at the LeBron James Skills Academy where I can only assume Xavier’s Crawford scored high marks for dunking.
Gary Parrish broke the story on CBS Sports, and he joined Hartman and Myers on Fox Sports Radio to talk about the incident. Parrish told the show LeBron was willing to talk about the dunk last night, but Nike Basketball Senior Director Lynn Merritt came over and said LeBron will be answering no questions. Why the cover up? Read the full story