CLEVELAND— Nike says it is returning videotapes it confiscated of NBA star LeBron James getting dunked on at a recent basketball camp.
Nike said it is giving back tapes to two accredited journalists who filmed Xavier's Jordan Crawford dunking over James during a recent pickup game at a skills academy run by the superstar at the University of Akron. The sports apparel giant said only one of the tapes captured the infamous dunk, which has been an Internet sensation.
Nike said it took the tapes based on its media guidelines that no pickup games be filmed.
This week, videos emerged of Crawford's dunk in which he drove the lane and slammed over James, who was not guarding him and was the last defender between Crawford and the basket.
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In photo: Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James tours the site of the annual Allen & Co.'s media summit in Sun Valley, Idaho, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. A minor controversy erupted at the LeBron James Skills Academy on Monday night, July 6, when two videographers recorded a pickup game in which Xavier's Jordan Crawford dunked on James. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Nike said it is giving back tapes to two accredited journalists who filmed Xavier's Jordan Crawford dunking over James during a recent pickup game at a skills academy run by the superstar at the University of Akron. The sports apparel giant said only one of the tapes captured the infamous dunk, which has been an Internet sensation.
Nike said it took the tapes based on its media guidelines that no pickup games be filmed.
This week, videos emerged of Crawford's dunk in which he drove the lane and slammed over James, who was not guarding him and was the last defender between Crawford and the basket.
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In photo: Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James tours the site of the annual Allen & Co.'s media summit in Sun Valley, Idaho, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. A minor controversy erupted at the LeBron James Skills Academy on Monday night, July 6, when two videographers recorded a pickup game in which Xavier's Jordan Crawford dunked on James. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
