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TheconnectionbetweentheNBAandNikeisunholy...Ghettokidsarestealingforthoseover-pricedshoes.Also Nikehasbeenexploiteddevelopingcountriesforyears.(Themovie,TheCorporation,delineatesNike'sbusinesspolicies.)Andnowthis...
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LeBronJamesmusthavegivenhundreds,ifnotthousandsofautographsinhisthreeyearsofNBAstardom.
Ittookjustonepolite"no"toadifferentkindofautographrequestrecentlyforthe22-year-oldforwardtostirupahornets'nest.
Jameswasaskedtosignanopenletter,writtenbyClevelandCavaliersteammateIraNewble,condemningChina'sgovernmentforcontributingtothegenocideofpeopleintheDarfurregionofSudan.
"Chinacannotbealegitimatehosttothepremierinternationaleventinthesportingworld-theSummerOlympicGames-whileitremainscomplicitintheterriblesufferinganddestructionthatcontinuestothisday,"Newblewrote.
ChinaisthoughttobuyahugeamountofSudaneseoil.TheAfricancountryisthensaidtospendmuchofthatoilmoneyonobtainingweaponsandtechnologyfromChina.
SudanisalsoaccusedofarmingtheArabmilitia,theJanjaweed,whointurnusetheweaponstomurderinnocentpeopleintheDarfurregion.
Newble'sletterwassignedbymostoftheCavalierplayers,butnotJames,whosaidhedidn'thaveenoughinformationabouttheissue,orDamonJones,whorefusedcomment.
JameshasahugecontractwithNike,acompanythathasbusinessinterestsinChina,whileJonesistoendorseproductsfromaChineseshoeandapparelcompany.