Before the NBA Commissioner announced that Donald Sterling had been banned for life and fined $2.5 million for his racist comments, NBC News breathlessly broke the news below, which all turned out to be wrong:

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@NBCNews confirms that Donald Sterling has been suspended indefinitely and fined $5M, according to a senior NBA official.

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 29, 2014

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