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Topic: [SC30] Curry's 'Moon Landing' shoes (Jan 2019)
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-07-2019 12:00 AM
   
collectSPACE Stephen Curry's 'Moon Landing' basketball sneakers land on eBayA professional basketball player who made headlines by calling the Apollo moon landings into question has taken his "moon boot" out of his mouth and put it up for auction. Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry is offering his custom lunar landing-inspired sneakers to raise funds for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) educational program in the Oakland, California area. The Under Armour "Moon Landing" Curry 6 basketball shoes are now open for bids on eBay through a partnership between the auction site, DonorsChoose.org and the Stephen and Ayesha Curry Family Foundation. The sneakers, which celebrate "the great American achievement of landing on the moon" 50 years ago, hit the auction block on Sunday (Jan. 6) with an opening bid of 99 cents and quickly shot up to more than $4,000 with the first 50 bids. The sale extends for a week, closing Sunday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. EST (0000 GMT Jan. 14).  |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 01-07-2019 03:08 AM
I have to confess that contrary to popular belief I am rarely "down with the kids" and so it is again: those sneakers look ghastly. |
dom
Member Posts: 855
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Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 01-07-2019 12:45 PM
I'm with you on this one Rick, they look like mouldy Swiss Cheese  |
denali414
Member Posts: 593
From: Raleigh, NC
Registered: Aug 2017
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posted 01-10-2019 02:09 PM
At $15,100 for the shoes currently, some people "are with it."  That the money raised goes to STEM in the Oakland area is something great for an area that really needs help. |
Aztecdoug
Member Posts: 1405
From: Huntington Beach
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 01-10-2019 02:32 PM
Does Curry still contend that the moon landings were faked?
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Tyler_Peterson
New Member Posts: 8
From: Cedar Falls, Iowa
Registered: Nov 2016
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posted 01-10-2019 03:04 PM
See Steph Curry's comments from last month in speaking to ESPN. He made clear that he was not serious in speaking about the moon landings: Obviously I was joking when I was talking on the podcast. I was silently protesting how stupid it was that people actually took that quote and made it law... For kids out there that hang on every word that we say, which is important, understand that you should not believe something just because somebody says it. You should do your homework and understand what you actually believe. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-14-2019 04:01 AM
The auction ended on Sunday (Jan. 13) with 113 bids from 20 bidders, raising $58,100 for STEM education programs in the Oakland area. |
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