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Los Angeles NAACP denounces Donald Sterling
Clippers Sterling NAA Heal
Leon Jenkins, center behind the microphones, president of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP, announces that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling will not be receiving his lifetime achievement award, at a news conference in Culver City, Calif., Monday, April 28, 2014. The Clippers owner allegedly made racially charged comments in a recorded conversation. Sterling had been slated to receive the honor on May 15 as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the group's Los Angeles chapter. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) - photo by Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — The NAACP has decided against honoring Donald Sterling with a lifetime achievement award from its Los Angeles chapter after the Clippers owner allegedly made racist comments in a recorded conversation. Donations made by Sterling, who has owned the team since 1981, will be returned, Leon Jenkins, president of the Los Angeles NAACP, said at a news conference Monday. Jenkins would not say how much money was involved.