Sterling responds to NBA, June 3 hearing still on (Yahoo Sports)

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Donald Sterling and the NBA are headed toward a hearing that will determine if he remains owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. Unless Shelly Sterling finds a buyer for the team first. The Sterlings were part combative, part cooperative Tuesday, with Donald Sterling fighting to keep his team even as his estranged wife said he had authorized her to sell it. ''We do not believe a court in the United States of America will enforce the draconian penalties imposed on Mr. Sterling in these circumstances, and indeed, we believe that preservation of Mr. Sterling's constitutional rights requires that these sham proceedings be terminated in Mr. Sterling's favor,'' the response said.

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