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FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, a car drives past the CarMax sign at the dealership in Oak Lawn, Ill. CarMax on Monday, April 28, 2014 said it is ending its sponsorship of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers in the wake of racist comments attributed to team owner Donald Sterling. (AP Photo/M Spencer Green, File)

Advertisers back away from NBA’s LA Clippers

By MARLEY JAY - Associated Press

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is congratulated after after his team's 109-108 win over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 in the first round of the NBA basketball playoffs in Dallas, Saturday, April 26, 2014. The(AP Photo/LM Otero)

Cuban: Ousting Donald Sterling ‘slippery slope’

Associated Press

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver answers questions 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)

NBA plans Tuesday news conference on Sterling

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, April, 14, 2002, file photo, former Portland Trail Blazers coach Jack Ramsay smiles during a special 25th anniversary reunion of the Trail Blazers' 1976-77 championship team at halftime of their NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers, in Portland, Ore. Ramsay, a Hall of Fame coach who led the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship before he became one of the league's most respected broadcasters, has died following a long battle with cancer. He was 89. (AP Photo/Shane Young, File)

Dr. Jack Ramsay dies at 89; longtime NBA coach, broadcaster led Blazers to title

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver answers questions 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)

Silver’s 1st crisis as commissioner has arrived

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

**FILE** New York Knicks forward Larry Johnson speaks with a reporter during Knicks media day at their training facilities in Purchase, New York, Monday, Oct. 1, 2001. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

Knicks’ Larry Johnson calls for all-black basketball league

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

SIMMONS: Sterling, NAACP, two women, one lifetime

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, May 28, 1977, file photo, Portland Trail Blazers head coach Jack Ramsay autographs a basketball as the team arrived in Portland, Ore., as the trail Blazers trail the Philadelphia 76ers two games to none in their best of seven series for the NBA basketball title. Ramsay, a Hall of Fame coach who led the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship before he became one of the league's most respected broadcasters, has died following a long battle with cancer. He was 89. (AP Photo/File)

Hall of Fame coach Jack Ramsay dies at 89

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2010 photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling watches the second half of an NBA preseason basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles. On Saturday, April 26, 2014, the NBA said it is investigating a report of an audio recording in which a man purported to be Sterling makes racist remarks while speaking to his girlfriend. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

Obama: Reported comments by team owner ‘racist’

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

Portland Trail Blazers' LaMarcus Aldridge (12) celebrates with Robin Lopez, left, during the fourth quarter in Game 2 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Houston Rockets Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in Houston. Portland won 112-105. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Stars in trouble in NBA’s 1st round

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI - Associated Press

Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Allen (9) sits on the bench during overtime in Game 4 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder Saturday, April 26, 2014, in Memphis, Tenn. Oklahoma City won 92-89. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

OKC, Grizzlies putting in overtime this postseason

By TERESA M. WALKER - Associated Press

Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (30) celebrates after scoring next to Los Angeles Clippers' Jamal Crawford (11) during the first half in Game 4 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series on Sunday, April 27, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Warriors top Clippers 118-97, even series 2-2

By ANTONIO GONZALEZ - 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 NBA owner Michael Heisley dies at 77

By CLAY BAILEY - Associated Press

With a Malaysian flag behind him, President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Malaya University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, April 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama blasts Clippers’ Sterling as ‘ignorant’ for ‘offensive racist statements’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2010, file photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling looks on during the second half of an NBA preseason basketball game between the Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers 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/Danny Moloshok, File)

Many eyes on new NBA commissioner Adam Silver in wake of Donald Sterling’s alleged comments

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Friday’s Sports In Brief

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