April 30, 2014
The NBA's league commissioner, Adam Silver, called remarks by the Los Angeles Clippers owner, Donald Sterling, “deeply offensive and harmful.”
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NBA Bars Clippers Owner Donald Sterling for Life
Donald Sterling, the longtime owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, was barred from the N.B.A. for life and may be forced to sell the team for making racist remarks, the league commissioner, Adam Silver, announced Tuesday. Silver said that Sterling would be barred from any contact with his team and the league and that he would be fined $2.5 million, the maximum allowed by the league’s constitution.