Donald Sterling: 'I Was Baited' Into a 'Terrible Mistake'

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Donald Sterling: 'I Was Baited' Into a 'Terrible Mistake'
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Donald Sterling was "baited" into making a "terrible, terrible mistake," the disgraced Los Angeles Clippers owner told CNN's Anderson Cooper in his first interview since an audio recording of him making racist comments ignited a firestorm of outrage in the sports world and beyond.

Sterling's initial comments, leaked online just over two weeks ago, resulted in him being banned (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/adam-silver-nba-donald-sterling-press-conference-watch-live/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) for life from the NBA (http://mashable.com/category/nba/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), which is also seeking to force him to sell the Clippers. NBA players were reportedly set to boycott (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/warriors-protest-sterling/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) playoff games had commissioner Adam Silver settled on a more lenient punishment.

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