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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, left, talks with Magic Johnson as they watch the Los Angeles Clippers play the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first half of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series, Sunday, May 11, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Magic Johnson: Donald Sterling living in ‘stone ages’

Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Nov. 12, 2010, file photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling, right, sits with his wife Rochelle during the Clippers NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons in Los Angeles. An attorney representing the estranged wife of Clippers owner Donald Sterling said Thursday, May 8, 2014, that she will fight to retain her 50 percent ownership stake in the team. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Column: Sterling erases all doubt in latest rant

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, left, shakes hands with Magic Johnson as they watch the Los Angeles Clippers play the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first half of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series, Sunday, May 11, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Donald Sterling on Magic Johnson: He’s done nothing but get AIDS

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Monday’s Sports In Brief

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Nov. 12, 2010, file photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling, right, sits with his wife Rochelle during the Clippers NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons in Los Angeles. An attorney representing the estranged wife of Clippers owner Donald Sterling said Thursday, May 8, 2014, that she will fight to retain her 50 percent ownership stake in the team. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Clippers’ Sterling slams Magic Johnson, HIV status

Associated Press

Friday’s Sports In Brief

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Former NBA star Magic Johnson speaks during a news conference in Saginaw, Mich., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Johnson answered questions about Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, whom NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned for life from the league. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Neil Barris)

Magic Johnson pleased with ban on Sterling

Associated Press

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addresses the media during a news conference, in New York, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Silver announced that he is banning Los Angeles Clipper owner Donald Sterling for life from the Clippers organization over racist comments in a recording. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Transcript of Silver’s press conference

Associated Press

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver makes an opening statement during a news conference before Game 4 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday, April 26, 2014, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

As fallout mounts, NBA to discuss Sterling probe

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2013, file photo, former Los Angeles Lakers player Earvin &quot;Magic&quot; Johnson arrives at a memorial service for Jerry Buss in Los Angeles. Johnson is calling upon NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to &quot;come down hard&quot; on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who is alleged to have made racially charged comments. Johnson was a subject of the comments Sterling allegedly made on an audio recording obtained and released by TMZ. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Magic: Sterling ‘shouldn’t own a team anymore’

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2010 file photo, Los Angeles Clippers team owner Donald Sterling watches his team play in Los Angeles. The NBA is investigating a report of an audio recording in which a man purported to be Sterling makes racist remarks while speaking to his girlfriend. NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in a statement Saturday, APril 26, 2014, that the league is in the process of authenticating the validity of the recording posted on TMZ's website. Bass called the comments &quot;disturbing and offensive.&quot; (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

NBA probing alleged recording of Clippers owner

By ANTONIO GONZALEZ - Associated Press

Former Los Angeles Laker Magic Johnson is joined by WNBA president Laurel Richie, as they pose for photographers after a news conference in front of Staples Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Feb 5, 2014. Johnson is part of a group buying the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. At upper left is a statue of Johnson. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Magic Johnson buys Sparks, keeps WNBA team in LA

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

FILE - This April 23, 2003 file photo shows former Lakers star Magic Johnson showing the view of downtown Los Angeles from the top floor of the 32-story Transamerica Center, in Los Angeles. A person familiar with the situation says Magic Johnson is part of a group buying the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no official announcement has been made. The WNBA will officially announce the new ownership at a press conference on Wednesday Feb. 5, 2014 outside the Staples Center. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Magic Johnson headlines group buying LA Sparks

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

Magic Johnson won’t return to ESPN, cites schedule

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Magic, MJ and more: 5 great NBA Finals finishes

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Nov. 21, 2008, file photo, basketball legend turned entrepreneur Magic Johnson tours the Sports Museum of America in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Magic Johnson responds to photo of gay son: ‘Very proud’ of him

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Lakers owner Jerry Buss remembered at service

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

Jerry Buss, Lakers’ flamboyant owner, dies at 80

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

**FILE** Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss smiles Aug. 17, 2010, during a news conference in Bell Gardens, Calif. (Associated Press)

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss, 80, dies

By Greg Beacham - Associated Press