In 2014, former L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling was banned from basketball after racist comments. NPR’s Leila Fadel talks with ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne about a new podcast about the event.
LEILA FADEL, HOST:
Five years ago, the young girlfriend of an old, wealthy, married man felt slighted, ignored, dismissed. She got mad, so mad that she released a recording of one of their arguments to TMZ.
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V STIVIANO: People call you and tell you that I have black people on my Instagram, and it bothers you.
DONALD STERLING: Yeah. It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you’re associating with black people. Do you have to?
FADEL: You might remember this recording. The woman was V. Stiviano. The man was Donald Sterling, the longtime owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. The recording rocked the NBA.
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STIVIANO: Do you know that you have a whole team that’s…
