UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon reacts to Clippers controversy
- 10 years ago
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon weighed in on the controversy regarding Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling's controversial tape released by TMZ on Saturday April 26, 2014.
The UN Secretary General said "Sports can be used to bridge cultural, religious, ethnic and social divides. As Magic Johnson said in response to the controversy involving the Los Angeles Clippers, "We all play with different races of people when you're in sports. That's what makes sports so beautiful."
Sterling faced a firestorm of criticism over a 10-minute recording obtained by celebrity news website TMZ in which a man reported to be the NBA owner tells a woman not to post photographs of herself with black people online and not to bring African-Americans to Clippers games.
The taped remarks rocked the National Basketball Association (NBA), where most of the players are black, and left its officials scrambling to address the scandal that has threatened to overshadow the playof
The UN Secretary General said "Sports can be used to bridge cultural, religious, ethnic and social divides. As Magic Johnson said in response to the controversy involving the Los Angeles Clippers, "We all play with different races of people when you're in sports. That's what makes sports so beautiful."
Sterling faced a firestorm of criticism over a 10-minute recording obtained by celebrity news website TMZ in which a man reported to be the NBA owner tells a woman not to post photographs of herself with black people online and not to bring African-Americans to Clippers games.
The taped remarks rocked the National Basketball Association (NBA), where most of the players are black, and left its officials scrambling to address the scandal that has threatened to overshadow the playof