Plaschke: A bold-school Steve Ballmer steals show at Clippers’ Fan Festival
LOS ANGELES — He entered from the stands, swaggering into Staples Center through the crowd like a prizefighter in dress slacks, pinstripe shirt and Los Angeles Clippers cap. A rap song screamed and the...
View ArticleLA Clippers owner allegedly says: 'Don't bring black people to my games'
• Recording said to be Donald Sterling talking to girlfriend ...
View ArticleWith decisive action, Silver does what Stern never could — oust Sterling
New NBA commissioner Adam Silver is banking on a 15-minute tape-recorded conversation to do what his predecessor, David Stern, was unable to do for the better part of three decades: Rid the league of...
View ArticleNBA probing alleged recording of Clippers owner
SAN FRANCISCO — The NBA is investigating a report of an audio recording in which a man purported to be Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling makes racist remarks while speaking to his girlfriend....
View ArticleBig Day for Hornets and Conspiracy Theorists
The standard suspicions surfaced only seconds after the New Orleans Hornets won the N.B.A. draft lottery Wednesday night. They came not from a skeptical reporter or bitter fan but from a member of a...
View ArticleSterling banned for life by NBA for racist remarks
LOS ANGELES – The NBA on Tuesday handed a lifetime ban to longtime Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, an extraordinary step in professional sports and one intended to rid the league of...
View ArticleMomentum is due to swing Warriors' way
Chris Paul nearly broke into tears when he took the Staples Center floor Tuesday night. The Clippers and coach Doc Rivers were so moved by the fans' heartwarming reception, they knew something special...
View ArticleThe Owner Who Made the N.B.A. Cool Again
The enduring, clichéd myth of the Los Angeles Lakers — perpetuated mostly by envious fans in other cities — is that the franchise owes its aura to its surroundings. That Hollywood made the Lakers cool,...
View ArticleThe Nets in Brooklyn: More Than a Murmur, but Not Yet a Roar
It wasn’t until the Knicks’ portion of the crowd was silenced into final submission that it truly felt like a home-court advantage for the Nets. Deron Williams was at the line to shoot free throws with...
View ArticleAlleged Donald Sterling recording is the latest in series of incidents...
Donald Sterling wasn’t in a courtside seat Sunday afternoon, where he would’ve had an up-close view of what his coarse words and corrosive opinions did to his Los Angeles Clippers. The team was drained...
View ArticleMercury News: Sterling had to go, and the NBA knew it
The world now knows what the NBA has to have known for 30 years: Donald Sterling is a racist. One way or another, he had to go. NBA Commissioner Alex Silver understood that and took the proper course...
View ArticleSterling had to go, and the NBA knew it
The following editorial appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on Wednesday, April 30: The world now knows what the NBA has to have known for 30 years: Donald Sterling is a racist. One way or another,...
View ArticleClippers owner had to get bounced, and the NBA knew it
The following appeared in a San Jose Mercury News editorial: The world now knows what the NBA has to have known for 30 years: Donald Sterling is a racist. One way or another, he had to go. NBA...
View ArticleThe NBA enabled Donald Sterling's racism – and now it needs to cut him off
The controversy over racist remarks allegedly made by LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling is overshadowing the NBA Playoffs and that might be a good thing ...
View ArticleClippers owner Donald Sterling banned from NBA for life, fined, for racist...
National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the league for life Tuesday, an emphatic and unprecedented response to offensive comments...
View ArticleClippers Learn Expectations Alone Won’t Beat Rivals
LOS ANGELES — Audacity has never been in short supply at Staples Center, and so it was that before the Lakers tipped off the season Tuesday night with a visit from their neighbors, the Clippers, a...
View ArticleClippers' Sterling has long history of trouble (NBA - National Basketball...
(Source: NBA - National Basketball Association) LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Donald Sterling has been known to heckle his own team from the center-court seat where he has sat for decades, whether with his...
View ArticleL.A. Clippers owner Ronald Sterling has long history of trouble
LOS ANGELES — Donald Sterling has been known to heckle his own team from the center-court seat where he has sat for decades, whether with his now-estranged wife or women young enough to be his...
View ArticleClippers' Sterling has long history of trouble
LOS ANGELES (AP) Donald Sterling has been known to heckle his own team from the center-court seat where he has sat for decades, whether with his now-estranged wife or women young enough to be his...
View Article>Clippers' Sterling has long history of trouble
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donald Sterling has been known to heckle his own team from the center-court seat where he has sat for decades, whether with his now-estranged wife or women young enough to be his...
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