Players enraged as Clippers race storm makes for ugly LA story

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.

Players enraged as Clippers race storm makes for ugly LA story
Tue, 29 Apr, 2014 - 01:00
Peter Williamson, Los Angeles

The silent demonstration came as Sterling faced a firestorm of criticism over a 10-minute recording obtained by celebrity news website TMZ in which a man, reported to be the NBA owner, tells a woman not to post photographs of herself with black people online and not to bring African-Americans to Clippers games.

The NBA will hold a news conference today to give details of its investigation into his alleged comments.

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