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Racial Comments Spark Outrage in Sports Community
Basketball fans were outraged and criticizing racial remarks made by the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers in National Basketball Association, Donald Sterling. The team members staged a silent protest by wearing their warm-up suits inside out to hide the team's logo. An audio tape released on a website features a man making derogatory comments about African Americans. Sterling did not deny that the voice on the recording was his.
After NBA officials investigated, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced that Donald Sterling would be barred from attending NBA games and practices, and would not be allowed to engage in league-related business ventures. Silver would also urge the other NBA owners to force Sterling to sell the Clippers' franchise. The sale would need a 75 percent vote of the twenty-nine other team owners.
In addition, Sterling would be fined $2.5 million, the maximum allowed under NBA rules. A number of Los Angeles Clippers advertisers have begun canceling or suspending their sponsorships of the team. Silver even had the support of Sterling's wife. As a co-owner of the team, she said in a statement that, as a next step, both the league and the team should work together to find some fresh executive leadership for the Clippers.
歧視言論引爆體壇憤怒
NBA(美國職籃)洛杉磯快艇隊的老闆唐納德‧史特林種族歧視的言論引發了籃球迷的眾怒和批評。快艇隊的球員甚至反穿暖身球衣,以隱藏球隊標記的方式來表達沉默的抗議。日前某網站發布了一個錄音檔,內容為一個男人針對非裔美國人的貶低言論。史特林並未否認檔案的聲音出自他本人。
在NBA官方調查之後,總裁亞當‧席爾宣布NBA將禁止史特林出席各項比賽和練習,也不得參與和聯盟事務相關的企業投資活動。席爾也呼籲其他的NBA球隊老闆向史特林施壓,若其他二十九支球隊中有百分之七十五的老闆支持,史特林即必須售出快艇隊的經營權。
另外,史特林將會收到兩百五十萬美金的罰款,這是NBA所規定之最高額度。不少廣告商開始取消或暫停對洛杉磯快艇隊的贊助。席爾甚至得到了史特林夫人的支持。身為快艇隊的共同持有者,史特林夫人的聲明指出,職籃聯盟和球隊的下一步是要合作為快艇隊找出新一代的行政領導人。
《Vocabulary》
1. outrage v. 激怒
2. racial adj. 種族的
3. clipper n. 快速帆船
4. stage v. 發動
5. derogatory adj. 貶低的
6. commissioner n. 部長;總裁
7. bar v. 禁止
8. venture n. 企業投資
9. franchise n. 經營權
10. fresh adj. 新穎的
資料來源:
http://www.voanews.com/content/nba-playoffs-marred-by-racial-controversy/1903095.html
http://www.voanews.com/content/owner-of-nba-team-banned-for-life-for-racial-remarks/1904010.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/clippers/2014/05/03/los-angeles-ceo-donald-sterling-andy-roeser/8669953/
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