Suns owner fined, suspended

NEW YORK — The NBA has suspended Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver for one year, plus fined him $10 million, after an investigation found that he had engaged in what the league called “workplace misconduct and organizational deficiencies.“

The findings of the league’s report, published Tuesday, came nearly a year after the NBA asked a law firm to investigate allegations that Sarver had a history of racist, misogynistic and hostile incidents over his nearly two-decade tenure overseeing the franchise.

Sarver said he will “accept the consequences of the league’s decision” and apologized for “words and actions that offended our employees,” though noted he disagreed with some of the report’s findings.

The report said Sarver “repeated or purported to repeat the N-word on at least five occasions spanning his tenure with the Suns,” though added that the investigation “makes no finding that Sarver used this racially insensitive language with the intent to demean or denigrate.”

Aces go up 2-0 in WNBA Finals

A’ja Wilson had 26 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Las Vegas Aces to an 85-71 victory over the Connecticut Sun in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals at Las Vegas.

The Aces are now one victory away from the franchise’s first championship, with Game 3 on Thursday in Connecticut.

Kelsey Plum rebounded from an awful Game 1 to score 20 points for Las Vegas.

Giannis tossed: Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had 31 points in 30 minutes, was ejected after picking up his second unsportsmanlike conduct foul with five minutes remaining and Germany took advantage by beating Greece 107-96 in the Euro Basket quarterfinals at Berlin.

Germany will play Spain, which beat Finland 100-90, in the semifinals.