joining us from atlanta, terrence moore columnist for mlb.com.well is a prominent sports attorney. gentlemen, a pleasure to have you here to discuss this. john and i have been spending a lot of time off air discussing this whole mess. the best word we can use for it. in this mess maybe donald sterling has done something positive by opening a discussion about race in pro sports and race in america. what are your thoughts? we'll start with you, terrence. >> there's no doubt about that. this has been going on forever. racism in life, racism in sports. and it always gets me. people talk about donald sterling is treating his players like they are commodities. this has always been the case. major league baseball had the reserve clause which was legalized slavery where this didn't have anything to do with just black players but white players were bound to a team forever more. that's always been the case. you look at the racism part of it. you know, people think of the '60s and '50s on back when it comes to racism and baseball or sports pre-april 15th, 1

joining me now on the rapid response panel, terrence moore, columnist at mlb.com and bob nightingale,mnist. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. on a sad story, unfortunate that a great one such as hank aaron or anyone of color would have to put up with this. bob, you interviewed aaron and got a chance to read some of the hate mail he received after your article came out. what struck you the most? >> i mean, just heartbreaking. everything mr. aaron said holds true, where he said as much as things have changed, a lot have stayed the same. just as racism is not as overt as it used to be, but simply camouflaged. and i think the mail that's gone to the braves' offices this week simply reflect that to signal what's still going on. >> terrence, what does it say about where we stand as a country? i mean, how can we have tough conversations about race if this is going to be the response? >> well, i'll tell you something, ed i worked at the "atlanta journal-constitution" for 25 years i was the first african-american general sports columnist in the history of the south. back in 1984. p

. >> joining me tonight, national sports columnist and commentator, terrence moore. mr.ore, glad to have you with us tonight. this is a curve ball, limbaugh out there throwing the theory this is some kind of a not by magic johnson to buy the clippers. i think it's a roundabout way to support mr. sterling, sungting that maybe the nba did the wrong thing. what's your take on this? >> well, i will tell you what, ed, i do believe there was a second gunman on the grassy knoll, a whole different conspiracy theory than what we are talking about here, these conspiracy theories put -- they are putting out there are basically mind games and let's start with this, sports is a microcosm of society. let's just look at the last 40 years, 'cause there's been a lot of situations similar to this donald sterling thing. bang in the mid-1980s, you had a guy named al campain nas, an executive for the donors, who came out on national television and said the reason there weren't any black executives in baseball at the time, or other sports is because they "lacked the necessities." so an excuse

terrence moore is a cnn sports columnist and brian claypool is an attorney and clippers season ticketholder. brian, this is your team, you give them a lot of money. what do you think when you hear that recording? >> don, i will tell you, my heart has been palpitating all day today. i'm outraged by these comments. and two things stand out in those recordings that you just played. did i hear donald sterling say, i feel like i'm talking to the enemy? that, that reveals the patent depth of his alleged racism. you tell me what he's talking about. he's living in a world over here where he is embarrassed if he's associated with black people. he doesn't want his mistress to show a picture of a black person, yet he wants to live in this hypocrisy and become a billionaire by hiring a black coach, hiring chris paul. let me tell you real quick about chris paul so your viewers can appreciate what these players go through. i have the privilege of sitting in the same row as chris paul's family. two seats to the left of me are his parents and his wife sits on the end. they are the most adorable, humble peo

joey jackson, hln legal analyst and terrence moore, sports contributor.you, carol. >> good morning. >> let's get going. before we begin, i want our viewers to listen to more of this audiotape. this is supposedly a conversation between the clippers owner and his mistress. let's listen. >> i admire magic johnson. he made a lot of changes for his community, for the world, for the people, for the minorities. he's helped a lot of people. >> why are you forcing this down my throat? i'm finished talking to you. i have nothing more to say. >> i took a picture with someone i admire. >> good. >> he happens to be black and i'm sorry. >> i know him well and he should be admired. and i'm just saying that you could admire privately and during your entire [ bleep ], your whole life, admire him, bring him here, feed him, i don't care. you can do anything. don't put him on instagram for the world to see so they have to call me and don't bring him to my games, okay? >> so unbelievably ugly. according to the mistress' lawyer, this was recorded by the mistress but not releas