Anyone who thinks Stern (and probably Jerry Buss as well) wasn't protecting Sterling from the press and the other owners all these years with the David Stern Whip of You'll Do What I Fucking Tell You And We'll Get Rich Together Or I Will Fucking Ruin You [(c) and (tm) David Stern] is delusional and/or high.

I think you demonize the people who need demonizing. Maybe that's just me.

That just reminds me of the time I saw Bob Barker beat the shit out of some dude at a celebrity golf tournament. Golfers, man.

lots of people not getting your joke right now and it's making me sad

I was at a golf tournament a little while back. It was the final day and the last group was coming down 18. Some fans tried to get a better view of the green so they climbed up a tv tower. Well earlier that day a fan hit one if the golfers with his Volkswagen and then subsequently crashed into this same tv tower, so…

let's be clear though — Sterling is very unpopular so this is kinda like banning A-rod while other more lovable offenders might be winked on by

As a Liverpool fan I'll be willing Everton to win against City. Do it!

And Greg, you're not allowed to be a closet Liverpool fan just because you know who* collapsed you know when**.

Someone didn't really read the conversation or the articles illustrating his past racism.

If only we had some leads! GAH!

Yes. A NYT trend piece can usually be summed up as "something a handful of folks in Manhattan and Brooklyn are doing and were willing to talk to their report friend about". Seriously, they did one a few months ago about how young professionals in NYC are eating salads for lunch. That was a "trend" to them.

See, the problem here is New York.