advertise ignorance, you just let them talk. that's what happened here. >> clippers organization released a statement saying, quote, we have heard the tape on tmz. we do not know if it is legitimate or it has been altered. players staged a silent protest turning shirts inside out before saturday's playoff game, a game they went on to lose. the los angeles naacp planned to give sterling an award, which they are now yanking because of the controversy. a new conference is under way at this very hour and we'll monitor that development. we'll tell you as things develop out of that. we need to point out here that nbc news has not yet been able to authenticate the voice on the tapes is donald sterling. we just learned that car max is ending his spon sponsorship and they were of course clippers sponsors and also state farm is another company taking, quote, a