TRAILER: THE STERLING AFFAIRS

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4.5 • 9.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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A story of power and scandal in Los Angeles. When an audio recording of a racist rant by Clippers owner Donald Sterling was leaked online, it caused an uproar that changed the NBA forever. But Sterling had been a problem for decades -- in basketball, real estate, and more. Why did it take 30 years to finally hold him accountable? "The Sterling Affairs" is a five-part series from 30 for 30 Podcasts and The Undefeated, produced in collaboration with Western Sound. Reported and hosted by ESPN's Ramona Shelburne. All five episodes available August 20th. More at 30for30podcasts.com/sterling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming August 20th from 30 for 30 podcasts and the Undefeded a story of
0:06.4	basketball, scandal, and power in Los Angeles.
0:10.0	I love going to a clipper game. I'm serious. You said any way you want to.
0:14.0	For decades, the LA clippers were a laughing stock,
0:17.0	perhaps the worst and most poorly run franchise in all of sports.
0:21.0	In trendy Los Angeles, two things are consistent. The Lakers win and the
0:25.3	clips lose. But then in the middle of the 2014 playoffs the Clippers suddenly got
0:30.5	more attention than they could handle when the whole world heard this tape.
0:36.0	And you're a big shit instrument, you don't have to have yourself with walking with black people.
0:44.0	And it bothered me a lot.
0:47.0	That's Clipper's owner, Donald Sterling, arguing with his mistress.
0:52.0	Why should you be walking publicly with black people?
0:56.0	Does it matter if they're white or blue or yellow?
0:59.0	I guess that you don't know that.
1:01.0	Maybe you're stupid.
1:03.0	We're devoting this entire season to a five-part story, the Sterling affairs.
1:12.0	How that leaked tape of Donald Sterling led to one of the biggest
1:15.4	scandals in sports and changed the NBA forever.
1:19.5	And it's hosted by Ramona Shelburne, one of ESPN's top NBA reporters, a Los Angeles native herself,
1:25.2	and someone who's been following this story from the moment it broke.
1:30.7	I must say that I was rather naive when I bought the team.
1:34.0	In three different seasons, they didn't even win 20 games.
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