Rolling Stone editor and publisher Jann Wenner in 2009. | AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams Rolling Stone quietly deletes article about domestic violence and the NBA

Rolling Stone quietly removed an online article about the NBA and domestic violence on Friday, two days after it was published, POLITICO has learned.

The piece, titled "Why Derrick Rose Rape Trial May Wreck NBA Commissioner Adam Silver's Legacy" by weekly columnist Beejoli Shah, examined how league commissioner Adam Silver has disciplined different basketball players accused of domestic violence and specifically noted his silence regarding Derrick Rose, the New York Knicks star whose civil trial for alleged gang rape is currently underway.

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After the piece was published, an NBA representative contacted RollingStone.com sports editor Jason Diamond to dispute a number of assertions in the piece, a Rolling Stone source told POLITICO. In response, Rolling Stone added two corrections to the story. (An archived version can be viewed here)

The NBA and Rolling Stone did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

On Friday, Rolling Stone decided to delete the article altogether. And on Monday, it killed a forthcoming article from Shah about the NBA.

Monday was also the first day of the trial in Nicole Eramo's defamation suit against Rolling Stone, which concerns a discredited magazine feature about sexual assault at the University of Virginia. That story, which Rolling Stone published in November 2014 and retracted in April 2015, has led to two defamation suits against the magazine.

Update, 11 p.m.: Rolling Stone published a note to readers on Monday night about the removal of the post:

On Wednesday, October 12th, RollingStone.com published an article about the Derrick Rose civil rape trial and the NBA's handling of it. After publication, it became apparent that the story had substantial flaws.

We made the editorial decision to take down the article on Friday, October 14th. The decision to remove the article from the site was ours alone, and we apologize to anyone that may have been affected.