Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was
banned for life and fined $2.5 million today by the NBA after he was recorded
making racist comments about African-Americans. "Effective immediately, I
am banning Mr. Sterling for life from any association with the Clippers
organization or the NBA," said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver during a news
conference in New York.
Silver also said he would immediately recommend to
the NBA Board of Governors that they force a sale of the Clippers and that he
would do "everything in [his] power to ensure that happens." NBA
players and officials including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Steve Nash, and Players
Association president Kevin Johnson applauded the decision from Los Angeles.
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