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'Clipped': The real story about Donald Sterling, V. Stiviano and the Clippers

From left, Jacki Weaver as Shelley Sterling, Ed O’ Neill as Donald Sterling, Cleopatra Coleman as V Stiviano in "Clipped."

LOS ANGELES — A media-obsessed woman who wore visors and roller skates. An octogenarian billionaire with memory problems. An NBA team that nearly boycotted their playoff run.

They're among the people and events depicted in FX's "Clipped: The Scandalous Story of L.A.'s Other Basketball Team." The limited series, now streaming on Hulu, follows the real-life scandal that erupted in 2014 after a voice recording of billionaire Donald Sterling and his mistress V. Stiviano was released by TMZ. In the recording, Sterling is heard telling Stiviano not to associate with Black people, including NBA superstar Magic Johnson, with whom Stiviano had been photographed before posting the image on Instagram. The outcry that ensued eventually led to Sterling receiving a lifetime ban from the NBA, forcing him to sell the Los Angeles

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