Nike says Nets’ Kyrie Irving no longer one of its athletes

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Published December 5, 2022 5:44 PM

By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer

Kyrie Irving’s relationship with Nike is officially over. The announcement from the shoe and athletic apparel maker came a month after the company suspended the Brooklyn Nets guard as part of the fallout from him tweeting a link to a film containing antisemitic material. It was not a surprise breakup, especially after Nike co-founder Phil Knight said in the days after the company suspended Irving that he had doubts there would be any reconciliation.

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