On Tuesday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver fined Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling $2.5 million and levied a lifetime ban for racist comments attributed to him. The NBA is already in the process of removing Sterling from owning the pro basketball team. Thursday, a 10-man committee will have a conference call to discuss the next steps in getting Sterling out of the NBA. Shortly before Silver announced the ban and fine, Sterling told a Fox News reporter that he definitely wouldn’t sell. But the self-made real estate mogul soon learned that he might have no choice if three-fourths of the NBA Board of Governors votes in favor of the move. The league would need three-fourths of the votes from the 30 owners in order to force the sale. At least two of the National Basketball Association’s 29 other team owners said they expect the necessary three-fourths majority of owners to […]
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