NBA Investigating Whether Clippers Owner Made Racist Rant on Tape

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NBA Investigating Whether Clippers Owner Made Racist Rant on Tape
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An audio recording, first published by TMZ (http://www.tmz.com/2014/04/26/donald-sterling-clippers-owner-black-people-racist-audio-magic-johnson/) late Friday, includes a heated argument between a man and a womanTMZ says the man is Sterling and the woman is his girlfriend, V. Stivia**.

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In the conversation, Sterling's anger apparently stemmed from a photo Stivia** posted on Instagram of herself and NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson

The nine-minute recording is filled with racist comments, including: Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/26/nba-investigates-clippers-owner/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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