NBA bans Clippers owner for life

Posted Apr 29, 2014 12:39 pm.

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The NBA is coming down hard on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation.

Sterling has been banned for life by the NBA and fined US$2.5 million.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver also says he will try to force a sale of the Clippers.

Silver calls Sterling’s comments and views “deeply offensive and harmful.”

Clippers players made a statement before playing Golden State last Sunday.

They threw their team-issued warm-up gear down at centre court and conducted their pre-game routines with shirts inside-out to cover the team’s logo.

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