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"  NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has just announced that L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling will be banned &amp;quot;for life from association with the Clippers organization or the NBA.&amp;quot; Sterling will also be fined $2.5 million, the maximum amount allowed under the NBA constitution. Sterling&amp;#039;s views &amp;quot;simply have no place in the NBA,&amp;quot; Silver said at a press conference. Silver also urged the NBA Board of Governors to force a sale of the team. &amp;quot;I spoke to several owners, and I have their full support,&amp;quot; he said.  Several days ago, TMZ released audio in which Sterling told his girlfriend not to associate with black people after she posted an Instagram picture of her and Magic Johnson together. &amp;quot;Mr. Sterling acknowledged it was his voice on the tape,&amp;quot; Silver said. Ironically, Sterling was set to receive an award from the NAACP, which swiftly rescinded the award. Sterling has owned the Clippers since 1981 and is estimated to be worth almost $2 billion. Follow Frank on Twitter. Photo Credit: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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