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Nike suspended its relationship with Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving on Friday, the latest action taken against the basketball star after he tweeted a link to an antisemitic film last week.
Nike will no longer launch the Kyrie 8, which was set to be the latest version of Irving’s shoe. Kyrie Irving has been suspended for at least five games by the Nets.
Kyrie Irving had been a fixture at Nike for years since getting his first signature shoe in 2014. He's consistently been one of the brand's top sellers. And then the company chose to suspend his line.
It started with Irving slamming Nike last season over the Kyrie Infinity (which was actually previously the Kyrie 8). He had some sort of issue with the shoe and said he didn't want to be part of ...
Irving has had a signature shoe line with Nike since 2014. By 2017, Irving had the best-selling basketball sneaker in the market and Forbes reported Irving's Nike deal was worth $11 million in 2019.
Nike Inc. on Friday suspended its relationship with Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving and canceled its next Irving-branded shoe release in the aftermath of his promotion of an anti-Semitic documentary.
Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) dribbles against the Celtics on Dec. 4, 2022. AP “At Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech and we condemn any form of anti-Semitism.
In December 2022, Nike announced that it was terminating Irving's shoe contract which was supposed to end on October 1, 2023.
Nike is likely done with Kyrie Irving, co-founder Phil Knight said in an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Thursday.The company announced last Friday that it had suspended its relationship with ...
Irving is now a shoe free agent. In an interview last month with CNBC's "Squawk Box," Nike co-founder Phil Knight made strong comments denouncing Irving's recent actions. "Kyrie stepped over the line.
Mike Vorkunov: Nike co-founder and chairman emeritus said today Nike’s relationship with Kyrie Irving is likely done. Nike suspended its deal with him last week. Knight said “Kyrie step… ...
Kyrie Irving had been a fixture at Nike for years since getting his first signature shoe in 2014. He's consistently been one of the brand's top sellers. And then the company chose to suspend his line.