A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 24, 2020, Section B, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: An N.B.A. Referee Explains the Highs, the Lows and Kobe Bryant.

A Prince George, B.C., high school teacher is under investigation after he was filmed using the N-word multiple times in the presence of Black students.

During the N.B.A. finals in 1987, Butler said, he was anxious to review the finished product of Magic Johnson completing a game-winning sky hook over Larry Bird, whose Lakers-Celtics battles were ...