On Tuesday, news broke that the NBA was punishing Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver for a career full of racism and misconduct. Sarver, who also owns the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, was fined $10 million and suspended for a year.
This has been a long time coming, as ESPN’s Baxter Holmes first reported an exposé last November, which alleged that Sarver had numerous instances throughout his career of racism (including using the N-word multiple times), misogyny (including asking an employee if he “owned” her, to see if she worked for the team), and building an inappropriate workplace.