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💬 Quoted…​​ “Kyrie Irving is no longer a Nike athlete.”

Nike officially ended its relationship with Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving following the basketball player sharing a link to an antisemitic film on Twitter in October and doubling down in comments afterwards (Kyrie eventually apologized). At the time, Nike co-founder Phil Knight said, "Kyrie stepped over the line. It's kind of that simple. He made some statements that we just can't abide by.”

  • Irving’s brand was reportedly one of Nike’s top-five sellers, but nowhere close to those of Michael Jordan or LeBron James.

​​🎮🤑 Stat of the Day: Children ages 12 to 17 spent an average of $92 a month online in 2021, more than double the average from two years earlier, per Forrester Research; most of that money was spent on video games and virtual goods.

🤯 Did You Know?... NASA used to ban foods like beans, cabbage, sprouts, and broccoli from astronauts’ meals in space due to their potential to cause flatulence in a confined area with no windows.

📖 Worth a Read: Death and the salesman: the 22-year-old selling human bones for a living → (The Guardian)

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