As news of the end of the $11-million partnership broke, Irving tweeted a GIF captioned, “There’s nothing more priceless than being free.”
Nike has officially dropped basketball star Kyrie Irving after he tweeted a link to an antisemitic conspiracy film then refused to apoligize for weeks.
The Oregon-based company confirmed the end of their $11-million-a-year deal to The Athletic. Nike had suspended Irving on Nov. 4 after the Brooklyn Nets player, who is also a noted vaccine skeptic, tweeted a link to the documentaryon Oct. 27. The film has been widely condemned for spreading anti-Jewish tropes. Irving
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