The NBA charged Donald Sterling on Monday with damaging the league and its teams with his racist comments, setting up a June 3 hearing after which owners could vote to terminate his ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers. The league also said the banned owner has engaged in other conduct that has impaired its relationship […]
It should come as no surprise that LeBron James is not exactly on the same page as former teammate Roger Mason who was quoted as saying James was prepared to lead a players boycott of the NBA if Donald Sterling still owned the Los Angeles Clippers at the start of the 2014-15 season. As we reported, Mason made the comment on sportscaster Jim Rome’s […]
It’s real simple. LeBron James, along with other players won’t play next season if Donald Sterling still is an NBA owner, according to Roger Mason Jr., vice president of the NBA Players Association. On the “Jim Rome on Showtime” show this week he said that the players are united in boycotting the league next season […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson says Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has badly outdated views about minorities and is shockingly ignorant about HIV and AIDS for such a prominent public figure. “He’s living in the stone ages,” Johnson said in an interview that aired Tuesday with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, […]
Disgraced L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling definitely suffers from a disease – its called foot-in-mouth disease. On his rambling CNN interview with Anderson Cooper, Sterling has a lot to say, including that he doesn’t believe former NBA legend Magic Johnson is a “role model” for children because of his HIV status. In the interview, he […]
LeBron James said Sunday that he and his fellow NBA players believe nobody in Donald Sterling’s family should be able to own the Los Angeles Clippers if he’s gone, reports ESPNcom. Sterling has been banned for life for making racist comments and commissioner Adam Silver has urged the other owners to force Sterling to sell […]
The NBA has just confirmed reports of former Citicorp chair and Time Warner head Richard Parsons being tapped as the new CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers, with the formal announcement expected at tonight’s game against Oklahoma City. The NBA’s website says the exec will oversee the team’s business operations while the league continues the […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estranged wife of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling will fight to retain her 50 percent ownership stake in the team, her lawyer said Thursday, adding an unwanted twist to the NBA’s plan to force new ownership on the franchise. Shelly Sterling’s attorney, Pierce O’Donnell, said his client “will not […]
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Golden State Warriors have fired Mark Jackson, ending the franchise’s most successful coaching tenure in the past two decades but also one filled with drama and distractions. General manager Bob Myers thanked Jackson in a statement Tuesday for “his role in helping elevate this team into a better position than […]
The Golden State Warriors were just over two minutes away from advancing to the second round of the playoffs for the second straight season, yet no matter how promising the young core is that they have assembled, the future of the team is anything but certain. When the Warriors let their lead over the Los […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA said Saturday it will appoint a chief executive officer to supervise the Los Angeles Clippers’ operations after banning owner Donald Sterling from the league for life. The league announced its decision a few hours before the Clippers faced the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 of their first-round playoff […]
