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SO EMBARRASSING! Insurance company State Farm is suspending its sponsorship with the Los Angeles Clippers after racist comments allegedly made by team owner Donald Sterling surfaced over the weekend, the chief executive of the marketing company that counts State Farm as one of its clients announced on ESPN Radio’s “The Herd” Monday morning. State Farm issued a statement Monday saying that while its sponsorship was not formally ending, it would “take a pause” in its relationship with the team.  

The statement said that the company has “a great relationship” with Clippers point guard Chris Paul, who appears in State Farm ads alongside his alter-ego, Cliff Paul. But that agreement is separate from the one with the team and won’t be affected.

 

Rev. Al Sharpton and others have called on other companies to quit sponsoring the team until Sterling is no longer the owner too, and it’s possible more could follow.

Carmax has also officially announced an end to its nine-year partnership with the Clippers. “CarMax finds the statements attributed to the Clippers’ owner completely unacceptable,” the company told TMZ. “

Read more here: http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2014/04/28/3431383/state-farm-ends-sponsorship-of-los-angeles-clippers-after-owners-racist-comments/

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