Ferry and Hawks resolve contract and release summary of investigation revealing no racial or ethnic animus
ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Hawks announced today that Danny Ferry has stepped down as General Manager of the team. The move follows an indefinite leave of absence Ferry began in August, at the request of the team. The leave was triggered by the unauthorized release of an audio recording containing a brief portion of a lengthy conference call with team ownership and others during which Ferry repeated and paraphrased language from a third-party scouting report that contained a culturally insensitive characterization of a player.