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    NBA Goes All In on Pushing Clippers Owner Out

    Today NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. Silver also said that an investigation has confirmed that the man speaking in the recording was indeed Sterling.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Today NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. Silver also said that an investigation has confirmed that the man speaking in the recording was indeed Sterling.

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      KCRW

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      Jill Painter

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      Andrew Zimbalist

      Smith College

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    2 of 4
    Can Big Business Improve the Plight of America's Farm Workers?
    1. 0:00EU Follows US in Imposing Russia Sanctions
    2. 0:00NBA Goes All In on Pushing Clippers Owner OutYou’re reading this
    3. 8:05Can Big Business Improve the Plight of America's Farm Workers?
    4. 43:22Computer Literacy at the Supreme Court
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