baumgardner. his legendary performance clin. the championship. the tapes released by tmz were shocking. clippers owner donald sterling making racist remarks about his own players as well as nba legend magic johnson. it was a baptism by fire for new commissioner adam silver but his response was swift and significant. banning sterling from the league for life and announcing his intention to force sterling to sell. sterling fired back. >> i think you have more of a plantation mentality than i do. do you know what, i think you're more of a racist than i am. >> how so? >> i'm not a racist. and i've never been a racist. i've never be a racist. >> reporter: but the final move belonged to his estranged wife who sold the team for a record $2 billion. the world cup stormed into brazil and while the event was peppered with criticism over construction costs and dismay over the host country's on field collapse it was also ripe with thrills. germany was mechanical in its