Donald Sterling owner of LA Clippers

[Storm Shadow]

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1115/chris-paul

An NBA spokesman said the league is "conducting a full investigation" into TMZ's "disturbing and offensive" audio recording of Clippers owner Donald Sterling.
Sterling makes numerous racist comments during the nine minutes of audio, including asking his girlfriend, who is black and Mexican, not to be seen with black people at Clippers games. Sterling's presence as an owner and member of the league's Board of Governors is a blight on the NBA's reputation and threatens to sully its image around the globe, so hopefully the league will react forcefully to his latest debacle. Apr 26 - 1:05 PM


What a loser!!

 

[Storm Shadow]

http://espn.go.com/blog/marc-stein/post/_/id/2172/no-escape-route-for-sterling-this-time

No escape route for Sterling this time

Despite a well-documented history of thoroughly reprehensible personal conduct, Donald Sterling has avoided serious sanction for decades in the NBA because of a sad-but-true loophole.

In general:

If you don't overtly violate league rules -- or clearly break the law -- you can dodge league discipline like Sterling always has.

But the depths of Sterling's alleged latest new low, replete with that shameful audio soundtrack provided by TMZ, slams home how painfully overdue his ouster is.

Everybody can hear it now as opposed to just reading it.

And there simply has to be a point when years and years of conduct detrimental to humanity supersedes any and all inadequacies of the system or fears of legal reprisal.

So…

If it is confirmed that the voice on the recording is Sterling's, it will be time.

Time for rookie commissioner Adam Silver and Sterling's fellow owners to step up to the plate collectively and make it clear that repeated violations of common decency -- and the damage they've done to the NBA's image -- are sufficient grounds for an indefinite suspension. Or more.

Many in the media have failed here, too. The anti-Sterling outrage has never been louder than it is this weekend, when the truth is that there have been countless missteps previously -- as my ESPN The Magazine colleague Peter Keating chronicled in 2009 -- that could and should have generated the same sort of disgust from our side of the floor.

Yet this time, with public pressure turned up to 11, there will be no respite for the NBA's widely loathed Donald if the audio is authenticated.

There have been rumblings in NBA circles for some time now that Sterling, who is believed to be 80, has been inching closer to finally walking away on his own after a three-decade run filled with sordid off-court accusations on top of all the basketball mismanagement.

But the wait for that day has undeniably reached the unbearable stage. If the NBA can't legally force him out, surely it can muster enough internal momentum -- combined with that public pressure -- to forcefully convince Sterling that he has no choice but to go through with those retirement plans once and for all. Which would clear wife Shelly to install long-rumored successor Eric Miller, Sterling's son-in-law, as the new boss.

Late, even way late, is not the same as too late.

Not when it comes to Sterling.

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

Sterling needs to be removed from his ownership position. Some way, some how. What a complete racist douche he is.

Snoop Dogg had a message for him...I was surprised how calm and collected he was...relatively speaking, of course.

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[IGROWMYOWN]

snoop knows a little about Racism there was a bit of a backlash when he moved into the "country estates" in Diamond Bar. Nice find wiggs I cant support the clippers I've been to a few games this year was thinking about season tickets next year that's out not supporting this guy I didn't know he had a past history of racism. He'll be forced out this time im fairly certain. How do his players respect him after that? This has to be an akward situation and how do you explain it to your employees and players is bad all around an apology isn't going to cut it damage done.

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

Here's the taped conversation (with his girlfriend, who has mexican and african american bloodlines) that has lead to calls for Sterling's head on a platter:

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[Storm Shadow]

Here's his "GIRL" who's black/Hispanic

Doc Rivers .. Man I can only imagine how he has to keep his head on str8 with his players after this..

 

[Sisu]

What a piece of work, would like to see him explain his views to Deandre Jordan or Blake Griffin.

And then there is this.

 

[D. B. Doober]

I never knew who owned the Clippers, figured it was a young guy though. Is the guy on the billboard even black?

 

[watts]

Doesn't surprise me at all. I bet quite a few owners feel this way.

 

[Wiggs Dannyboy]

Some interesting commentary from sports writer Stephen A Smith:

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[stoned-trout]

I don't like basketball anyhow

 

[Stoner4Life]

Sterling needs to be removed from his ownership position. Some way, some how. What a complete racist douche he is.

Snoop Dogg had a message for him...I was surprised how calm and collected he was...relatively speaking, of course.

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most eloquent of Snoop, but I think he was holding back.......

 

[Sisu]

Clippers tossed warm-ups at center court before warm-ups, wore their shirts inside out. It was reserved but made a point.

 

[HUGE]

This guy makes cliven Bundy look like martin Luther King.

 

[usda101]

Just a old man with old racism it's no suprise . Talking craziness to demean his acceptable toned Black girlfreind and dark skinned blacks lol . Everybody knows a lot of the older generation has these veiws in private which was acceptable in there day . But times have changed and they must mingle with Blacks and Browns . Racist Yes , And a priced must be paid . But im not offended in the least .

 

[mojave green]

offended, not surprised. another closet racist outs himself. probly not gonna be an nba team owner for long, but will remain rich and racist.

 

[rives]

Unless they have a VERY strange relationship, it seems really weird that he would have that gal for a girlfriend while harboring feelings like that. People are odd indeed.

 

[Spider Crab]

Snoop Doggs quote was a bit lame i thought.......

I thought he could come up with something more creative than that?

 

[IGROWMYOWN]

He put that video out pretty fast he was pissed off ....I think it got his point across and let him vent a little.

 

[stoned-trout]

better hope all the Africans/americans don't strike... as the handful of white guys left wouldn't be much fun....