TEXT: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, working on behalf of the National Basketball Players Association, attends at a news conference outside City Hall in Los Angeles, California, April 29, 2014. he National Basketball Association on Tuesday banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the game for life and fined him $2.5 million (1.4 million pounds) for racist comments that outraged everyone from players, to fans, coaches and the U.S. president.   REUTERS/David McNew (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT POLITICS)