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CarMax ending sponsorship of NBA's LA Clippers after racist comments attributed to team owner
Prince George Citizen ^ | 4/28/14 | Associated Press

Posted on 04/28/2014 10:09:40 AM PDT by Rebelbase

"CarMax finds the statements attributed to the Clippers' owner completely unacceptable," CarMax Inc. said Monday in an emailed statement. "While we have been a proud Clippers sponsor for 9 years and support the team, fans and community, these statements necessitate that CarMax end its sponsorship."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; clippers; donaldsterling; donsterling; losangeles; losangelesclippers; nba; rochellesterling; vanessastiviano
Gonna be a long week for the Clipper's owner.
1 posted on 04/28/2014 10:09:41 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

He’s been like this for at least the last 20 years. Why now???


2 posted on 04/28/2014 10:11:15 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Don Corleone

“He’s been like this for at least the last 20 years. Why now???”
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So the RAT party can milk it for more votes.


3 posted on 04/28/2014 10:12:57 AM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: Rebelbase
Stand by for the Boise Clippers.
4 posted on 04/28/2014 10:13:33 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Stalin Blamed The Kulaks,Obama Blames The Tea Party)
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To: Rebelbase

Business opportunity for Check ‘n Go.


5 posted on 04/28/2014 10:13:59 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: Rebelbase

Anybody notice that the Clippers got “clipped” yesterday. It will be very interesting to see what happens in the next game.


6 posted on 04/28/2014 10:16:54 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: Rebelbase

Don’t blame them....this guy was some piece of work....


7 posted on 04/28/2014 10:19:50 AM PDT by PigRigger
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To: Rebelbase

I don’t understand this.

The man was in his own home speaking to his girlfriend who evidently was taping the conversation. What was her motive for creating this firestorm?

I didn’t hear what he said, and if it’s racist, it is what it is. But what about taping a conversation and leaking it to the media. No one is talking about that. He never publicly stated any of this.


8 posted on 04/28/2014 10:31:36 AM PDT by Allison_Wonderland
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To: Allison_Wonderland

“What was her motive for creating this firestorm?”

15 minutes of fame.


9 posted on 04/28/2014 10:33:23 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: Rebelbase

That brutal

BTW I been over to TMZ this morinng he offer a deal with girlfriend go away LOL!

She has more tapes this going be NBA Mel Gibson rant here trust me LOL!


10 posted on 04/28/2014 10:41:05 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: SevenofNine

If Sterling had been smart he would have just talked about Benghazi on that tape then the media wouldn’t be talking about it


11 posted on 04/28/2014 10:44:45 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Don Corleone

It pulls away stories about all the murders in Chicago and Detroit must create a white racist will do the job.


12 posted on 04/28/2014 10:47:05 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Rebelbase

My son follows the NBA, and he says that this owner has been known to be a racist for years, that he has more than once been fined for racial discrimination in his real-estate dealings, and has made other racially-insensitive comments in the past. He wonders why this is all coming to a head NOW. My theory is that it’s in keeping with the recent Obama zeitgeist in which all speech not approved by (or spoken by) liberals is being marginalized, banned, and criminalized.


13 posted on 04/28/2014 10:51:22 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

Why would anyone want to own a team in a sport that is primarily a “Negro League” with a relative handful of token whites? You just knew he’d have to step on his crank eventually. (Oops, I suppose that was racist, huh?)


14 posted on 04/28/2014 11:14:30 AM PDT by beelzepug (You can't fix a broken washing machine by washing more expensive clothes in it.)
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To: Rebelbase

Yeah, he’ll have to console himself with the fact that he’s only worth a measly two or three billion dollars. I sure feel sorry for him. (snicker)


15 posted on 04/28/2014 11:41:30 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: Don Corleone
He’s been like this for at least the last 20 years. Why now???

IMHO, it's because the Clippers are actually a decent team now, while the Lakers suck. When the Clippers had as many followers as PMS/NBC, nobody really gave a rip. Now that they finally had a couple decent drafts and a coach with some cache, all the front-runner fans want to jump on their bandwagon.

Give it a year or two, until most of their talent blows town, and the team and the controversy will be forgotten... again!

16 posted on 04/28/2014 11:49:03 AM PDT by ssaftler (I am both ashamed and afraid of my government, Federal AND State. Local not far behind...)
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To: ssaftler

It’s friggin basketball, who cares.


17 posted on 04/28/2014 12:30:45 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (The zombies here elected alcee hastings. TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

HA HA

that great quote Sarah ROFL


18 posted on 04/28/2014 1:22:40 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: Allison_Wonderland

This girlfriend is a piece of work, apparently.

What exactly does he see in her?

What does she see in him?

It seems to me that she was trying to blackmail him. And that effort failed, so she took the tapes and went public with it to humiliate him.

No evidence of that yet, but, as this plays out, I think we’ll hear more about why in the heck she was taping conversations, and why the heck she would publicize them.


19 posted on 04/28/2014 1:44:59 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (Im)
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To: Don Corleone

“Why now???”

Clippers sucked until now. This is the first team that might have had a chance at the championship.


20 posted on 04/28/2014 3:59:19 PM PDT by staytrue
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