(CNN) -- The Atlanta Hawks organization's issues with race go beyond one inflammatory email or offensive comments on one conference call, the team's CEO said, before promising fans that those systemic problems will be corrected. 

"As an organization, we must own these shortcomings and failures," Steve Koonin wrote in an open letter Saturday to his team, fans and the city of Atlanta. "... We should build bridges through basketball, not divide our community or serve as a source of pain." 

Koonin's comments come a day after general manager Danny Ferry began an indefinite leave of absence tied to controversial comments he made in June about Luol Deng, then a prospective free agent player. And they occurred six days after the franchise's owner, Bruce Levenson, announced he would sell his controlling interest team in light of a 2012 email that many derided as racist. 

In the same announcement last Sunday setting the stage for Levenson's exit, the NBA said that Koonin will oversee team operations during the ownership transition. 

The Hawks CEO did not mention Levenson or Ferry specifically in his letter Saturday, nor did he delve into detail into their or possible other cases. But he did say that "we enough today, based on investigations conducted by the league, by external legal counsel on behalf of the team and information that has appeared in the media, that our shortcomings are beyond a single email, a single person or a single event. 

"To the contrary, over a period of years, we have found that there have been inflammatory words, phrases, inferences and innuendos about race," Koonin said.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who serves as CEO of the Atlanta Hawks?
2. Who is the CEO of the Atlanta Hawks?
3. Whose title is CEO of the Atlanta Hawks?
Q2:
1. Who serves as GM of the Atlanta Hawks?
2. Who is the general manager of the Atlanta Hawks?
3. Whose title is General Manager of the Atlanta Hawks?
Q3:
1. Who serves as owner of the Atlanta Hawks?
2. Who is the owner of the Atlanta Hawks?
3. Who are the Atlanta Hawks owned by?
Q4:
1. What team is Bruce Levenson the owner of?
2. What team belongs to Bruce Levenson?
3. What team is owned by Bruce Levenson?
Q5:
1. Who was the subject of Danny Ferry's inappropriate comments?
2. Who did Danny Ferry make inappropriate comments about?
3. Who was the subject of derogatory statements from Danny Ferry?
Q6:
1. What kind of team is the Atlanta Hawks?
2. What sport do the Atlanta Hawks play?
3. What is the sport associated with the Atlanta Hawks?
Q7:
1. Who is selling his stake in the Atlanta Hawks?
2. Who is selling his controlling interest in the Atlanta Hawks?
3. Who is letting go of his controlling shares of the Atlanta Hawks?
Q8:
1. Through what medium were lewd comments made?
2. What media was used to make inappropriate contexts?
3. In what medium did Bruce Levenson make comments in poor taste?
Q9:
1. When did Bruce Levenson's racist emails appear?
2. What was the year of Bruce Levenson's racist emails?
3. In what year were people made aware of racist emails from Bruce Levenson?
Q10:
1. Who is leaving the Atlanta Hawks?
2. Who is being furloughed from the Atlanta Hawks?
3. Who is taking a leave of absence from the Atlanta Hawks?
