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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Wants to Buy the LA Clippers
Now that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has said that he will try his hardest to force Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling to sell the team, a potential buyer has emerged: Floyd Mayweather Jr. That’s right the flashy boxer whose nickname is “Money” is interested in forming a group—with himself as a majority owner—to purchase…
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There’s Still Bias Out There, and We Still Need Affirmative Action
Last week the Supreme Court issued a decision upholding a ban on the use of affirmative action by public universities in Michigan. Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented strongly and, in addition to reviewing the legal basis for the use of affirmative action, issued a personal challenge: to speak candidly about race. Conversations about affirmative action…
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Players Threatened Boycott if NBA Failed to Act
Donald Sterling found out his punishment when everyone else did, according to Fox News’ Jim Gray, who spoke to the Los Angeles Clippers owner moments before NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced that he would encourage members of the NBA board of governors to force Sterling to sell the team and that Sterling would face a…
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s Powerful Statement on Donald Sterling
Editor’s note: This statement was delivered Tuesday, April 29, by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver regarding the punishment for Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who made racially derogatory and racist comments on a recording later released by the website TMZ. Shortly after the release of an audio recording this past Saturday morning of a conversation…
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14-Year-Old Chicago Girl Killed by Female Classmate
Very rarely do we hear about gun violence between young girls. A 14-year-old Chicago girl has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 14-year-old Endia Martin. According to ABC7 Chicago, Endia was shot by a female classmate on Monday while walking home from Tilden Career Academy, when she was shot in the…
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10 People Who Publicly Dislike Donald Sterling
Donald Sterling hasn’t been receiving much love recently since news broke of racist statements being attributed to the Los Angeles Clippers owner, with person after person, personality after personality, voicing disdain. So for your viewing pleasure, here is an (incomplete) list of people who hate Sterling. 1. Lil Wayne: The Louisiana rapper shared his own thoughts on…
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Don’t Knock V. Stiviano’s Gold-Digging Hustle
Like every other adult with Internet access, I’ve been following the Donald Sterling saga since TMZ released the hidden recording of his racist rants on Friday night. Over the past many days, it’s all anyone seems to talk about. Surely, recently departed Scandal co-star Columbus Short is somewhere thanking the gods for taking the attention…
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Get a Grip, America. Don Sterling’s Racist Rant Isn’t Anything New
The uproar over the racist comments allegedly made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling continues, with folks launching petitions and calling for his head with as much venom as Cersei Lannister from an episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones. For some strange reason, people act surprised by the comments made by Sterling, who has…
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NBA: Donald Sterling Is Banned for Life From LA Clippers and the League
Updated Tuesday, April 29, 2:30 p.m: In his first ruling as NBA commissioner, Adam Silver confirmed that the voice heard on both recordings spewing racist hate was, in fact, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and has banned Sterling for life from all NBA events and facilities. Silver will also encourage members of the NBA board…
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Rutgers Students to Protest Condoleezza Rice Speech
A group of Rutgers University students is planning a sit-in to protest the school’s decision to have Condoleezza Rice as the keynote speaker at next month’s commencement. According to the Associated Press, some 50 students are set to protest in one of the school’s administration buildings to show their discontent with the role the former…