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The Atlanta Hawks Ownership Group Was Always Destined To Blow UpBrian Windhorst and Kevin Arnovitz dropped a big behind-the-scenes piece on the racism mess that led to the Atlanta Hawks being sold to Antony Ressler for $850 million. There are a number of funny anecdotes and interesting stories in the report, but the basic takeaway is that the Atlanta Hawks owner...

Here's Audio Of Hawks GM Danny Ferry's Racist Remarks About Luol Deng The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has acquired an audio recording of the conference call with GM Danny Ferry's racist comments on Luol Deng, with Ferry saying the forward had "some African in him." The comment had previously surfaced in transcription after Hawks controlling owner Bruce Levenson off...

Report: The Hawks Front Office Is Eating ItselfYahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski has done some fantastic reporting that gives a much clearer look at just what the hell is going on with the Atlanta Hawks, a team that's seen owner Bruce Levenson ousted after sending a racist email, and minority owner Michael Gearon rat out GM Danny Ferry for getting raci...

Luol Deng Responds To Hawks GM Danny Ferry's "African" Remark

Last night, an email surfaced containing Hawks minority owner Michael Gearon's concerns regarding GM Danny Ferry's remarks, specifically about Luol Deng, during a conference call. Though he didn't have to, Deng chose to address the comments made about him....

Yes, Bruce Levenson's Racist Email Was Racist

By now you're aware that Bruce Levenson, controlling owner of the Atlanta Hawks, is selling his stake in the team, at least in part because of fallout from an email he sent to other members of team management back in 2012, theorizing that the team struggles to fill its arena because "the black c...

Hawks Minority Owner: GM Danny Ferry Got Racist On A Conference Call

When Atlanta Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson announced Sunday that he would be putting the team up for sale, conspiracists, not entirely convinced by a story involving Levenson volunteering to the league office that he'd sent a racist email, wondered when another shoe would drop. Well, here it is....

Hawks Scandal Was Sparked By "Racist" Remark About Luol Deng

The email that led Atlanta Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson to announce his intention to sell his controlling stake in the team emerged from a months-long investigation by an outside firm, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. And that probe was ordered after a separate "offensive and racist" ...

Here's The Email That Forced Hawks Owner Bruce Levenson Out Of The NBA

Hawks owner Bruce Levenson is selling his team. Here's the email that led to the decision to sell, as released by the team....