Cleveland design officials sent Nike Inc. and LeBron James back to the drawing board this morning, saying a proposed 10-story mural of the basketball star crosses the line from civic art into a giant ad for Nike products. Nike wants to take down the arms-spread image of James for one showing him bare-chested, his skin a scaly armor. James’ scaly skin in the proposed mural mimics the padded texture of the new Pro Combat apparel that Nike is selling.
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