The Los Angeles Clippers players have declined to speak about the scandal surrounding the team owner, Donald Sterling, but they opened their playoff game today with a silent demonstration of their feelings.
The team came out for warmups wearing their jerseys inside out, hiding the team name, a day after a tape recording was posted online in which a man -- purportedly Sterling -- goes on a racist rant in an argument with a woman.
Clippers Coach Doc Rivers said the team had considered boycotting the game today against the Golden State Warriors, but decided to play.
The Clippers released a statement Saturday denying the accuracy of the tape and saying that the racist remarks on it are "the antithesis of who [Sterling] is."
But amid calls from current and former players and fans for Sterling to be severely sanctioned or even forced to sell the team, the NBA said Saturday it is investigating whether the tape is authentic. The league is expected to come to a decision by Tuesday.
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