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10 Jaw-Dropping Instances of Racism in Professional Sports

1. Donald Sterling’s Lengthy Rap Sheet

2. Don Imus on Rutgers Women’s Basketball

3. Riley Cooper and the N--ger Concert Bouncer

4. Black Soccer Players and Bananas

5. John Rocker’s Beef With Diversity in Queens, N.Y.

6. Jimmy the Greek on Breeding Black Athletes

7. Howard Cosell’s ‘Little Monkeys’

8. Rush Limbaugh on Donovan McNabb

9. Richie Incognito’s Bullying Texts

10. Marge Schott, Equal-Opportunity Offender
Read entire article at The Root