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Sports roundup: Ray Rice, Hawks owner and manager controversy, Clayton Kershaw, Derek Jeter's retirement
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Sep 10, 2014
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Sports roundup: Ray Rice, Hawks owner and manager controversy, Clayton Kershaw, Derek Jeter's retirement
Andy and Brian Kamenetzsky discuss the latest in sports including Ray Rice's suspension, Atlanta Hawks owner and general manager both under fire for controversial comments, and Clayton Kershaw.
OWINGS MILLS, MD - MAY 23: Running back Ray Rice of the Baltimore Ravens addresses a news conference with his wife Janay at the Ravens training center on May 23, 2014 in Owings Mills, Maryland. Rice spoke publicly for the first time since facing felony assault charges stemming from a February incident involving Janay at an Atlantic City casino. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
OWINGS MILLS, MD - MAY 23: Running back Ray Rice of the Baltimore Ravens addresses a news conference with his wife Janay at the Ravens training center on May 23, 2014 in Owings Mills, Maryland. Rice spoke publicly for the first time since facing felony assault charges stemming from a February incident involving Janay at an Atlantic City casino. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
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Andy and Brian Kamenetzsky discuss the latest in sports including Ray Rice's suspension, Atlanta Hawks owner and general manager both under fire for controversial comments, and Clayton Kershaw.

For the NFL a video is worth a thousand words and Donald Sterling may not be alone.

It is time for sports with Andy and Brian Kamenetsky. 

This week, the sports roundup addresses:

  • Suspension of Ray Rice after video surfaced of him knocking his then-fiancee unconscious in an elevator. 
  • Atlanta Hawks owner Bruce Levensen will sell his share of the NBA team because of an email he sent two years ago to the team's co-owners regarding attendance for games. In it he writes: "My theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base. Please don't get me wrong. There was nothing threatening going on in the arena back then. I never felt uncomfortable, but I think southern whites simply were not comfortable being in an arena or at a bar where they were in the minority."
  • Hawks General Manager Danny Ferry under fire for discussing the team's free-agent options with Hawks owners and saying that Luol Deng "has a little African in him. Not in a bad way, but he's like a guy who would have a nice store out front but sell you counterfeit stuff out of the back." 
  • Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw recently won his MLB leading 18th game Tuesday night, lowering his earned run average to 1.67 (no one else is under 2)
  • It's the last month of Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter's career as he's set to retire. 
  • Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki is a sure fire HOFer. He's also known as an all-world jokester, so much so that he has learned Spanish just so he can trash talk with Latin ballplayers for a laugh.