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Owners Discuss Sterling’s Interview and Possible Ouster
NBA owners met via conference call to discuss Donald Sterling's CNN interview and the plans to terminate his ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Mike Bass said the advisory/finance committee reviewed the status of the charge for termination of the Clippers' ownership. The meeting came a day after Commissioner Adam Silver repeated his desire to force Sterling to sell quickly.
Sterling criticized Magic Johnson in the interview that aired Monday, his first public comments since Silver banned him for life and fined him $2.5 million for making racist comments. Silver apologized to Johnson in a statement, adding that owners were working "as expeditiously as possible" on the process for removal. Johnson has responded by saying Sterling is "living in the stone ages" in his attitudes about minorities.
Ousting Sterling requires a three-fourths vote of the board of governors.
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