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NBA moves ahead with forced Sterling sale
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated15 Oct 2021
The NBA announced Thursday that it is moving forward in the process to force suspended Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling to sell the team.
The 10-member Advisory-Finance Committee met through a conference call and unanimously voted to pursue the ouster of Sterling as quickly as possible. The committee will meet again next week.
“This afternoon, the Advisory/Finance Committee met via conference call to discuss the process for termination of Donald T. Sterling’s ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers,” said Mike Bass, the NBA’s executive vice president of communications. “The Committee unanimously agreed to move forward as expeditiously as possible and will reconvene next week.”
NBA commissioner Adam Silver suspended Sterling for life and fined him $2.5 million on Tuesday after the 80-year-old owner made racial comments to his girfriend that were exposed by TMZ last weekend. Silver also requested that the NBA Board of Governors move to force the sale of the team, which requires three-quarters of the owners to approve the action.
Members of the Advisory/Finance Committee include Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor, Miami Heat owner Micky Arison, Oklahoma City Thunder owner Clay Bennett, Los Angeles Lakers part owner and president of business operations Jeanie Buss, New York Knicks owner James Dolan, Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck, San Antonio Spurs owner Peter Holt, Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver, Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon and president Larry Tanenbaum of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Toronto Raptors.
