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Nike has parted ways with Kyrie Irving.

The shoe giant announced Friday night that it will halt its relationship with the Brooklyn guard, who has been suspended by the Nets for what the team called a repeated failure to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.”

“At Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech & we condemn any form of antisemitism,” the company said. “To that end, we’ve made the decision to suspend our relationship with Kyrie Irving effective immediately & will no longer launch the Kyrie 8.”

Irving signed with Nike in 2011, shortly after becoming the No. 1 pick in that year’s NBA draft. Irving’s first signature shoe was released 3 years later & the popularity of the Kyrie line led to him making a reported $11 million annually just from the Nike endorsement.

Nike’s decision came a day after the Nets handed down their suspension, which will last at least 5 games & after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he wanted an apology from Irving over his decision to post a link to the documentary “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America” — a film that contains antisemitic material.

Irving defended his right to post what he wants, then refused to give a direct answer when asked Thursday if he has antisemitic beliefs. Later, hours after the Nets issued their suspension, Irving posted an apology on Instagram.

“To All Jewish families & Communities that are hurt and affected from my post, I am deeply sorry to have caused you pain & I apologize,” Irving wrote. “I initially reacted out of emotion to being unjustly labeled Anti-Semitic, instead of focusing on the healing process of my Jewish Brothers & Sisters that were hurt from the hateful remarks made in the Documentary.”

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Source: AP

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UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to react to TJ Dillashaw reliquinshing his bantamweight championship due to a failed drug test. Cejudo says he feels sad about this news and he would never fight Dillashaw again. Henry breaks down that before Dillashaw failed this test, the plan for the UFC was to in fact have a rematch with TJ over the summer (4:39). Cejudo reveals the next plan for him is to fight Marlon Moraes for the bantamweight title at UFC 238 in Chicago (5:46). Cejudo delivers a strong message to Moraes stating that he isn’t afraid of him and will shut his “lights out” (8:44). Cejudo adds that it looks like the UFC flyweight division is sticking around and calls himself the ‘flyweight savior of the world” (10:14). Cejudo describes what it meant for him to go back to the NCAA Wrestling championships and what the reception was like for him (15:19).

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Report via NBC News - LOS ANGELES — Nineteen people were injured Monday night, four of them critically, when chaos erupted in the Los Angeles neighborhood where hundreds had gathered to honor the slain rapper Nipsey Hussle, law enforcement officials said.

Fire officials initially said they were responding to reports that a shot or shots had been fired near the intersection of West Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard in South Los Angeles. But police said reports that shots had been fired didn't appear to be accurate.

Law enforcement officials told NBC News that at least one person had been stabbed. The nature of the other injuries wasn't immediately clear, but numerous people fell or were knocked to the ground as panicked crowds fled the scene.

Los Angeles Police Chief Michael Moore said in an interview on KNX radio that a disturbance, possibly a fight, broke out about 8:30 p.m., which set off "a cascading series of events that caused a lot of turmoil."

"Uncertainty can cause people to swarm and move in these heavy flows," Moore said, adding that in the confusion, "some individuals in the group were attacking or striking someone else."

Police issued a citywide tactical alert as scores of helmeted officers raced to the intersection.

Hussle, whose debut studio album, "Victory Lap," was nominated for Best Rap Album at this year's Grammy Awards, was shot and killed Sunday in the parking lot outside his Marathon Clothing store. A suspect remained at large Monday night.

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Report via TMZ -- Drake is leaving behind one of his biggest songs featuring Michael Jackson as he heads across the pond to tour -- and it's all because of "Leaving Neverland." 

Sources tell TMZ Drizzy's removed the song "Don't Matter to Me" -- a "Scorpion" track featuring MJ's vocals -- from his setlist on the UK leg of his international tour. His first show went down Sunday, and the omission didn't go unnoticed. 

Drake was performing at Manchester Arena ... he started with the same opening and closing songs that he picked for his North America tour, with one big exception ... the Jackson track, which he'd performed in the USA throughout 2018.

Of course, that was all before HBO aired the explosive documentary about MJ, in which Wade Robson and James Safechuck accuse him of sexually abusing them as children in extremely graphic detail.

The Manchester show was the first of about a dozen more shows across the pond. Drake will make stops in London, Birmingham and Dublin before it's all said and done. 

No word on whether Drake actually believes the allegations against Michael -- our sources didn't speak on that one way or another. Regardless, Drake's move to mute MJ speaks volumes.

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