NBA to address Sterling investigation on Tuesday
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver speaks to the media during the NBA All Star Game commissioner press conference at Smoothie King Center. |
The NBA will hold a news conference Tuesday in New York City to address the investigation regarding alleged racist remarks made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, vice president of communications Mike Bass said Monday in a news release.
The news conference is a clear sign NBA Commissioner Adam Silver - in the first real crisis of his short tenure - is both following through on his plan to move quickly on this matter and adhering to a request from the players' union for some sort of resolution in short order.
Comments attributed to Sterling, heard in a recording first made public by celebrity news website TMZ at the weekend, have set off a firestorm around the 80-year-old real estate tycoon, who bought the Clippers for $12 million in 1981.
On the tape, Sterling can allegedly be heard scolding his girlfriend, V.Stiviano, for bringing African-Americans to Clippers games and for posting photographs of herself and African-Americans to her Instagram account.
Sterling did not attend Sunday's game between the Clippers and the Golden State Warriors at the Oracle Arena in Oakland. No word yet on if he will be at Game 5 at the Staples Center Tuesday.
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