Donald Sterling in 1989. owner has received a lifetime ban from the  (National Basketball Association) and has been fined $US2.5million for his racist comments this week. Sterling, who has owned the team since 1981, was overheard telling a woman, identified as girlfriend V. Stiviano, not to bring black people to games or associate with them. Former NBA player Kevin Johnson, now mayor of  , said the league needed to hand out the maximum possible penalty. While NBA legend , owner of the said there is no room in the NBA, or anywhere, for this kind of hatred.
 owner has received a lifetime ban from the NBA (National Basketball Association) and has been fined $US2.5million for his racist comments this week. Sterling, who has owned the team since 1981, was overheard telling a woman, identified as girlfriend V. Stiviano, not to bring black people to games or associate with them. Former NBA player Kevin Johnson, now mayor of Sacramento , said the league needed to hand out the maximum possible penalty. While NBA legend , owner of the said there is no room in the NBA, or anywhere, for this kind of hatred.
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Donald Sterling in 1989.
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