Doc Rivers spoke in Los Angeles before the Clippers’ playoff game.

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Doc Rivers spoke in Los Angeles before the Clippers’ playoff game.

The scene at the press conference.

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The scene at the press conference.

The scene outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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The scene outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar responded on behalf to the players association to Donalds Sterling’s remarks, in Los Angeles Tuesday.

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Kareem Abdul Jabbar responded on behalf of the players association to the lifetime ban, in Los Angeles Tuesday.

A rally and protest outside the Staples Center.

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A rally and protest outside the Staples Center.

Fans expressed their sentiment at Staples Center.

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Fans expressed their sentiment at Staples Center.

Outside the arena.

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Outside the arena.

The game was close in the second quarter.

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The game was close in the second quarter.

Magic Johnson spoke to the media in Saginaw, Mich., Tuesday.

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Magic Johnson spoke to the media in Saginaw, Mich., Tuesday.

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‘We’re all in a better place because of this,’ Doc Rivers says

The Clippers coach, and former Celtics coach, spoke about the unprecedented lifetime ban of the owner of his team.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s actions were reminiscent of Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Adam Silver dropped the hammer, but this is not over

The commissioner’s swift, decisive action was impressive, but Donald Sterling is a man who loves courtrooms and a fight.

“I am personally distraught that the views from Mr. Sterling came from within an organization that historically has taken a leadership role in matters of race relations,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said.

NBA chief bans Clippers’ Sterling over racist remarks

In a bold and unprecedented move, NBA commissioner Adam Silver banned Donald Sterling for life in the wake of his recent comments.

Adrian Walker

Why firing Roche won’t fix the troubled DCF

The department’s entire approach needs to be revamped, from working in teams to emphasizing prenatal care.

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Olga Roche ended her year-long leadership of the agency, which has recently been rocked by the deaths of three children.

Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a double in the sixth inning, driving in two runs.

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Red Sox grind out a win against Rays

The Red Sox scored five runs in the sixth inning as they won at Fenway.

Clayton Lockett, left, and Charles Warner faced execution Tuesday night.

Inmate dies of heart attack after execution is interrupted

Clayton Lockett was undergoing execution in Oklahoma when the flow of the drugs was interrupted, and he died of a heart attack.

Flames were visible from the fire at Suffolk Downs.

Firefighters battle blaze at Suffolk Downs

The three-alarm fire was contained to a building housing the track’s kitchen and recreation hall, and no injuries were reported to people or horses.

Opinion

OP/EXTRA | JOAN VENNOCHI

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It will take more than Olga Roche’s head on a political platter to make things better for children protected by the state.

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Bruins-Canadiens matchup tend to engender a lot of hard feelings.Photo by Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images)

ON HOCKEY

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The new Berkshire Farms Market will debut in the refurbished Terminal B at Logan Airport Wednesday.

Renovated Terminal B opening at Logan

‘Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder’ leads Tony pack
The Primark in Manchester city center, England.

Shirley Leung

A European flair in Downtown Crossing
The pope’s “G8” council of cardinal advisors from around the world features Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston.

Analysis | John L. Allen Jr.

Vatican pendulum swings from theater to substance

Each MIT undergraduate to get $100 in Bitcoin

Silver Lake's Maddy Barone, right, threw five straight no-hitters at one point this season.

Meet Maddy Barone, the nearly unhittable pitcher
Craig Miller had been a victim of sexual molestation when he tried to kill himself.

Suicide-attempt survivors go public
Beyonce and her husband Jay Z performed at the 56th annual Grammy Awards.

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Jay Z and Beyoncé at Gillette Stadium
Greg Zarzour visited Ted’s Stateline Mobil in Methuen on Monday, where a clerk held out one of the state’s new $30 lottery tickets.

Lottery introduces $30 scratch ticket
Craig Ferguson has hosted “The Late Late Show” since 2005.

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Craig Ferguson announces late-night retirement
Matt Witterschein rivets binders at the National Braille Press in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood.

NBP remains a top publisher for the blind

Sports

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Shane Victorino is tagged out by Tampa’s Ben Zobrist trying for a double in Tuesday night’s game. Jim Davis/Globe Staff

John Farrell looks forward to turning the page to May

The Red Sox are ready for May after an April that looked nothing like last season’s.

Metro

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STARTS & STOPS

The Car2Go car-share system in Washington D.C. allows drivers to leave their rental car in most city-owned parking spots throughout the city. Mayor Walsh’s transition committee wants Boston to develop a similar program.

Seven new ideas for parking and transportation

Mayor Walsh’s transportation transition team released a report earlier this month on how to improve the city’s transportation system.

Columnists

Boston Capital

Spotlight back on executive compensation

Farah Stockman

The Cold War’s silver lining
The Canadiens won three of four regular-season matchups with the Bruins this season.

Kevin Paul Dupont

Bruins’ confidence may be unrivaled

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Boston’s mayor emeritus

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Sloppy planning led to student loan crisis

JEFF JACOBY

Anti-Semitism still thrives

Innovation Economy

Entrepreneurial spirit just a start to ‘disrupt’ health care

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Why stick to the rules?
Bruins coach Claude Julien shakes hands with Detroit counterpart Mike Babcock following Game 5. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

For once, Bruins’ fight was over fast

Kevin Cullen

Chronicling a heroin addict’s life
Microsoft software engineer Eric Jewart (right), worked on recursion functions with Cambridge Rindge and Latin school students Daniel Roth (left) and Morgan Hites.

Shirley Leung

More help needed to expand tech education
Boston’s Emerald Necklace, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, wraps around Jamaica Pond.

CARLO ROTELLA

Frederick Law Olmsted, poet of the urban landscape

Nation & World

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Law enforcement officers respond to a shooting at a FedEx facility in Kennesaw, Ga.

Employee opens fire at FedEx sorting center, wounding six

At least six people were injured before police found the suspect dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.

Politics

Juliette Kayyem, a Democratic candidate for governor.

Juliette Kayyem accuses Martha Coakley of ‘hypocrisy’

Kayyem knocked her rival for condemning a super PAC-funded ad when she accepted money from an organization affiliated with the same super PAC.

Business

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Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz snaps the now-infamous selfie with President Obama at the White House.

Dunkin’ Donuts signs David Ortiz as pitchman

The Red Sox slugger announced the partnership on his Twitter account Tuesday.

Arts

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Lennon Parham (left) as Maggie and Jessica St. Claire as Emma in USA Network’s new comedy “Playing House.”

‘Playing House’: Live-in besties

USA’s “Playing House” has two lifelong besties, Emma and the pregnant Maggie, living together and getting ready to raise a child.

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After opening night, join a Q&A with artistic director Robert Battle, two dancers, and Globe arts editor Rebecca Ostriker.

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A new study reveals how honky-tonk hits respond to changing American fortunes.