This is the story of how a t-shirt with one word on it awarded thousands of Clevelanders and others, pizza for only 23 cents. Were you daring enough to stand in line?
Wiz’s Haywood says LeBron should stop complaining about rough play
CLEVELAND — Overrated hasn’t worked. Now one of the Washington Wizards is calling LeBron James another name: Crybaby.
…“I mean, come on man, this is the playoffs,” [Brendan] Haywood said following Monday’s practice. “He wears 23, he wants to be Michael Jordan, I can respect that, he’s a great player. You saw what Mike went through. Mike got fouled way worse than this. No one is trying to hurt him, everybody is trying to play basketball, trying to play tough. Play basketball and leave it alone.”
Papa John’s to offer Cleveland residents 23-cent pizzas
CLEVELAND — 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.
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.
Numbers surrounding Papa John’s apology
Here are a few facts behind Papa John’s apology to Cleveland Cavaliers fans.
6 Number of “crybaby” T- shirts made by a lone Washington, D.C., Papa John’s franchisee.
23 James’ number. Duh. Also, not coincidentally, today’s price for a one- topping, large pizza, in cents.
86 Number of Ohio Papa John’s stores offering the deal.
900 Number of pizzas the company estimates each store will sell today.
2,000 Number of pizzas Akron franchisee Tristan Nelson is prepared to sell at each of her eight stores.
Hey, Cleveland! Here’s how to get 23-cent pizza
All Papa John’s locations in the Cleveland area, Columbus, Toledo and Youngstown will offer the discount pies today from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Here are the restrictions:
- One single-topping pizza per person
- Extra toppings are $1.60 apiece
- Carry-out only
- No Internet orders, though phone calls are fine
Long lines await customers in search of 23-cent pizzas
It’s pizza pandemonium.
By 9 a.m., Clevelanders were lining up outside Papa John’s for their 23-cent pies.
At a University Heights store, elderly women came prepared with walkers and a lawn chair. By 10 a.m., when unruffled employees flipped on the “Now Baking” neon light and opened the doors, hundreds of pizza-hungry people swarmed the parking lot and lined up around the block.
Dana Zielinski, 50, first in line, brandished a quarter as he stepped up and ordered a large sausage.
There were so many cars even the police were out to direct traffic.
Would you honestly stand in a line this long for a 23-cent PAPA JOHN’s pizza?
It was approximately 5:30/6:00 PM when I took this picture so this all could have been rush-hour traffic.
…………but, I highly doubt that.
Make sure to look at the larger version of this one. Yes, those young girls are in fact posing.
Wouldn’t you have been bored after standing in line for so long?
Some say that the police were only around because of the gas leak right near the Papa John’s.
I think otherwise.
Come on, all that isn’t rush-hour traffic!
Police nearby to ensure long lines don’t become unruly
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio — Maybe Cleveland Cavaliers fans can hope for cheap gas if an oil company insults All-Star LeBron James.
Lines were so long Thursday at some of the 86 Papa John’s stores offering a large one-topping pizza for 23 cents that police stood nearby to make sure people didn’t get unruly.
The Louisville, Ky.-based company agreed to the offer after a franchisee in Washington, D.C., made T-shirts calling star LeBron James a “crybaby.” The shirts referred to James’ complaints about hard fouls during a playoff series that the Washington Wizards lost to the Cavaliers.
Cleveland Coverage
Papa John’s running out of pizza; promotion may end by dinnertime
Better get in line quick.Papa John’s stores will likely sell out by dinnertime, the chain says. And once they’re out of pizza, you’re out of luck.
They’re not giving rain checks on the 23-cent deal.
“We’re certainly a bit surprised about how darn popular this is,” said Tim North, vice president of the company’s northeast division.
Best quote of the day highlighting the American way. Papa John’s offers 23 cent pizzas to everyone and this person is angry…
The Euclid shop handed out about 150 vouchers starting at 8:25 p.m. because the store could not guarantee all in line would get pizzas, said Jimmy Delonte, director of operations.
“I’m tired and want to go home,” said Dorothy Finnley of Euclid, who took the voucher, which is good for a one-topping pizza for 23 cents until Sunday.
The last pizza was sold to Kimberly Hall, who drove from East 131st Street in Cleveland. She stepped in line at 5 p.m.
“I’m going home to eat my pizza,” she said.
“But now I’m not even hungry. I’m mad. They should have organized this better.”
Where I Found All of This:
Wiz’s Haywood says LeBron should stop complaining about rough play
Papa John’s to offer Cleveland residents 23-cent pizzas
Numbers surrounding Papa John’s apology
Hey, Cleveland! Here’s how to get 23-cent pizza
Long lines await customers in search of 23-cent pizzas
Photos Courtesy of Me
Police nearby to ensure long lines don’t become unruly
Cleveland Coverage: WKYC.com, NewsNet5.com, WOIO.com, Fox8Cleveland.com
Papa John’s running out of pizza; promotion may end by dinnertime
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