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Disgraced NBA team owner Robert Sarver selling his franchises after scandal

Disgraced Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver is selling both franchises after being fined and banned following an NBA investigation into his behaviour. Sarver, who also runs Spanish football club RCD Mallorca, was fined £8.65million – alongside a one-year suspension – by the NBA after an investigation over claims of racism, sexual misconduct and bullying. The organisation announced the […]

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NBPA executive director: Ban Sarver for life

Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 NBPA executive director Tamika Tremaglio, saying she was speaking on behalf of NBA players, […]

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Suns minority owners calls on Sarver to resign

Phoenix Suns vice chairman and minority owner Jahm Najafi called for majority owner Robert Sarver’s resignation in an open letter to team employees released on Thursday night, saying there should be “zero tolerance” for lewd, misogynistic and racist conduct in any workplace.” Sarver was banned from the NBA for one year and fined $10 million after the NBA on Tuesday […]

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Silver: Didnt have right to take Suns from Sarver

NEW YORK — NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday that he doesn’t “know how to measure” the punishment Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver received for making racist and misogynist remarks compared to what would happen to a team or league employee, saying that he “doesn’t have the right” to take away Sarver’s team. “There are particular rights here […]

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