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April 30, 2014
From the Detroit Free Press: A big step to heal league
NBA punishes Donald Sterling
A big step to heal league
Commish makes effort to erase embarrassment
Punishment fits crime, but why get to this?
Sterling's penalties
NBA commissioner Adam Silver disciplined Clippers owner Donald Sterling for making racist statements in a recorded conversation:
A lifetime ban from any association with the NBA or the Clippers.
A $2.5 million fine (maximum allowable under NBA's constitution).
From the Detroit Free Press: NBA's punishment fits Donald Sterling's crime, but why did it get to this?
"We stand together in condemning Mr. Sterling's views. They simply have no place in the NBA."
Adam Silver, NBA commissioner
Donald Sterling allegedly said black people smell and Mexicans only drink and smoke, and Asian women know how to provide sex the right way. You could have read a magazine five years ago that made these claims.
You could have studied legal documents nine years ago charging Sterling with refusing to rent to black tenants.
April 28, 2014
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April 26, 2014
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April 25, 2014
April 24, 2014
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April 23, 2014
From the Detroit Free Press: Early mistakes take Game 3 off the table
Well, that was a sorry homecoming. Bad enough the Red Wings spent most of the first period in their zone. But at one point, they left the ice altogether.
Or should we say "all together"?
In a line change that looked like a five-man beer run, the Wings headed to the boards simultaneously, leaving Jimmy Howard to wonder, "Hey, where's everybody going?" Talk about uninhabited ice. It looked like Greenland out there.
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April 21, 2014
The Latest From MitchAlbom.com: Mission Chapel Dedicated to “Mommy” Moffett
On April 12, 2014, staff and students gathered at the Have Faith Haiti Mission chapel to honor long-time missionary Florence “Mommy” Moffett, who died in 2012 at age 82.
April 20, 2014
From the Detroit Free Press: Denied U-M hopeful learns tough lesson
Denied U-M hopeful learns tough lesson
First, we should remember that Brooke Kimbrough is still in high school. She is, as the Beatles once sang, just 17.
So even if she ruffled feathers this past week claiming she should have been admitted to the University of Michigan - despite lower grades and test scores - because she is African American and the school needs diversity, the best thing is not to insult her or dismiss her.
The best thing is to talk to her.
