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"+++inset-image-right\\n\\n[#image: /photos/57d8c38c4b76f0f832a0f1a9]||||||\\n\\n+++\\n\\nIt's likely that news of Donald Sterling's [lifetime NBA ban](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/sports/basketball/nba-donald-sterling-los-angeles-clippers.html) is consuming your feeds. That's because the Los Angeles Clipper owner was barred this afternoon by NBA Commissioner Adam Scott from any contact with team members or the league for the [racist rant leaked over the weekend](http://www.tmz.com/2014/04/26/donald-sterling-clippers-owner-black-people-racist-audio-magic-johnson/). He was also fined $2.5 million, the maximum allowed by the league.\\n\\nThere's a lot more to this story, and NPR has a solid take on immediate reaction to the recording and Sterling's controversial reputation int he years leading up to the scandal.\\n\\n*[[NPR](http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/04/28/307674055/for-sterling-a-spotty-reputation-further-tarnished)]*\\n\\n RELATED:\\n\\n- [How Skylar Diggins Stays in Battle-Ready Shape](/flash/2013/09/ommc-basketball-star-skylar-diggins)\\n- [A Crash Course on NCAA March Madness](/health/2014/03/ncaa-primer)\\n\\nImage Credit: *NBAE/Getty Images*"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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