In new tape, Los Angeles Clippers owner says he was jealous: report

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By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, in a new tape that surfaced on Friday, is heard dismissing racist remarks that could cost him his pro basketball team as made out of jealousy over other men spending time with a woman he was trying to woo. On the audio recording, obtained by the entertainment website Radar Online, the 80-year-old sports tycoon appears to tell an unidentified male friend that he made the comments while attempting to seduce that woman and never expected them to be made public. \"Then if the girl tapes it and releases it, my God, it's awful.\" Radar Online did not say where it obtained the new tape or when it was recorded. Sterling, who has owned the Clippers for 33 years, first came under fire in late April when the celebrity website TMZ.com posted an audio recording in which he could be heard making derogatory remarks about black people.

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