The National Basketball Association has apologised to former player Earvin Magic Johnson after Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling called him a bad role model for contracting HIV.

Justin Bieber was booed by the "entire" crowd at a basketball game yesterday.

It was a poor week for the racists. But another maligned bunch — the PR gurus — have had worse.

Hollywood moguls, sports stars and rappers have all voiced interest in taking over the Los Angeles Clippers after the NBA urged owners to expel disgraced Donald Sterling in the wake of a racism row.

V Stiviano, the woman whom Donald Sterling was talking to when he made racist remarks, is "very saddened" by his lifetime NBA ban, and she didn’t release the recording of their conversation, her lawyer said.

BASKETBALL: Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life from the NBA and fined 2.5 million US dollars (€1.8million) after being found guilty of making racist comments on tape.

These United States of America have been dealing with a doozie of a week when it comes to the long, ongoing tension between the races.

Los Angeles Clippers players staged a protest at a play-off game on Sunday against racist comments allegedly made by team owner Donald Sterling, turning their warm-up jerseys inside out to hide the team name before a loss to the Golden State Warriors.

One of the signposts welcoming traffic to Brooklyn from Queens calls on those who pass by to “Believe the Hype”, paraphrasing that classic Public Enemy hip-hop track.

Kim Kardashian is "so proud" of her sister Khloe for presenting 'The X Factor'.

Khloe Kardashian is "not worried" after being sent a suspicious package of white powder.

THE HEADLINES ebb and flow but this last week in American sport gushed in an entertaining torrent of confusion. It didn’t matter if the moment was glorious, seedy, violent or downright miraculous, skill and common sense ranked low and we, the humble onlookers, were all the better for it.