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He's the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, which is a professional basketball team.

He is dating a young woman who is half-black and half-Mexican, and this is despite him being married.

He also apparently doesn't like black people.

And it seems like she can fuck whomever she wants as long as she doesn't promote it.

How does one own an NBA team, and chastise someone else for associating with black people?
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This isn't just "any black person" ...
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...apparently she made the major mistake, in Sterling’s eyes, of posing for a photo with Basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson, a photo she later uploaded to her Instagram account.

Holy fuck.  I don't even think Marge Schott would've given shit to someone if they posed for a photo with Hank Aaron.  Maybe there's bad blood between the Clippers and Lakers.  Really bad blood.

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This story is everywhere, as you would imagine.

John Thompson once said, while head coach of Georgetown, "I will never give a scholarship to a white person."

Odd that he was able to continue coaching without punishment or scandal.

That doesn't get Sterling off the hook, but I wish the race conversation was more accessible and fair. It's the only way to cut through all the bullshit.

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I imagine this guy's voice sounds like Ron Cadillac.
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Spotted at yesterday's Clippers game:
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Marc Cuban, voice of reason.

Pretty good statement there at the end.
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"There's no place for racism in the NBA..."

Really?  In an industry that is based on rich white guys buying and selling young and healthy black men there's no room for racism?

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A news conference by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on the Donald Sterling controversy is underway. Punishments for the Clippers owner include a lifetime ban and a $2.5-million fine. Silver also said he would urge NBA owners and the board of governors to force Sterling to sell the team.

"I am banning Mr. Sterling for life from any association with the Clippers organization or the NBA," said Silver.

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PostIcon Posted on: Apr. 29 2014,11:47 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
Sterling/Silver.

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Tommy Lasorda weighs in.  Heavily.

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I love how these organizations worry about the standards of behavior for crap like this, but not for the players.  Isn't one of the players in trouble for choking his girlfriend unconscious?  I haven't heard word one about banning that guy for life, and he actually did physical harm to someone.
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Well, you see, RACISM=HITLER!
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LeBron James wants ALL Sterlings out of NBA.

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"As players, we want what's right and we don't feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team,"


So based on the actions of one Sterling, you're judging all other Sterlings? But isn't the same type of bigoted thinking that started this whole mess?
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we don't feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team

So, you think someone in the family should be allowed to own the team?

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we don't feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team

So, you think someone in the family should be allowed to own the team?

Honestly, I don't give a shit. I just thought it was an interesting bit of hypocrisy.

But since you asked...

In a perfect world, yeah she should be able to own the team. I believe they're in the process of getting divorced anyway, so why shouldn't she own it if she ends up with it in the divorce? Her actions are not his actions.

If you commit murder, should we also arrest your wife?

Plus, if he had died instead of making racist comments, wouldn't she control the team? (Yes.)

As a realist, you've got to take the team from his family. Why? It's simply good PR for the league. Remove a guy who was already a cancer before his racist remarks, and get him as far away from the league as possible. Better yet, replace him with a minority owner. It's a win-win for everyone involved.
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No... I was talking to Lebron.  that was his quote with the double negative.

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Holy shit. I didn't even notice that.
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Sterling's apology is really, really bad.

Meanwhile, his wife thinks he's insane.

That's what I've been saying.
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Not over.

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