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FILE - In this April 27, 2014, file photo, Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry celebrates after scoring against the Los Angeles Clippers during the first half in Game 4 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series in Oakland, Calif. "Standing ovation' for Commissioner Silver. Big time decision standing up for the league and it's players. Now, Gotta see it through," Curry posted on Twitter Tuesday, April 29, 2014, after Silver announced that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the league, in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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FILE - In this April 8, 2014, file photo, Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a news conference in New York. "This is a huge victory for those of us that stood against this ugly display of racism," Rev. Sharpton said Tuesday, April 29, 2014, after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the league, in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File))
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FILE - In this May 24, 2012, file photo, NFL players union chief DeMaurice Smith speaks during a news conference outside their headquarters in Washington. "Credit to NBA players, the NBA community and Adam Silver for coming together and acting quickly. No room for racists in sport," Smith said Tuesday, April 29, 2014, after Silver announced that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the league, in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Gov. John Kasich discusses the importance of talking to children about avoiding drugs at a schools' forum focusing on heroin, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Worthington, Ohio. Kasich called the state's drug problem a poisoning threatening the essence of the culture. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
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Sport fans watch television monitors at a restaurant in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 26, 2014, showing a live broadcast of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver's news conference in New York. Silver announced that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the league in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. (AP Photo)
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A statue of Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Magic Johnson is displayed outside of the Staples Center in front of a Los Angeles Clippers banner reading "One Team, One Goal," Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Los Angeles. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Silver announced Tuesday that Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the league, in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. (AP Photo)
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addresses a news conference in New York, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Silver announced that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the league in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation.(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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"Stories about the racial makeup of prisons are commonplace; stories about the excessive amount of black criminality are much harder to come by," writes Jason Riley in "Please Stop Helping Us," a new book about blacks in America. (Wall Street Journal)
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Vice President Joe Biden walks off stage after speaking about the release of the First Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The White House is urging schools to provide victims of sexual assault with a confidential, respectful way to report the crimes and seek treatment. (AP)
