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NBA Backs Away From The Word ‘Owner,’ Adam Silver Says

Some NBA teams, including the Philadelphia 76ers, have stopped referring to the person who owns the team as the “owner,” believing that the term is racially insensitive in a league in which the majority of players are black and nearly all of the owners are white. Now, the league’s commissioner says he’s on board with […]

By Stephen Silver | 4y ago

NBA Rumors: NFL Owners Tried To Hire Away Commissioner Adam Silver

Adam Silver recently celebrated his fifth anniversary of taking over as commissioner of the NBA, a tenure which has mostly been seen as a success for the league. Silver has been such a success, in fact, that there have been overtures from another league to get him to take them over. That’s according to a […]

By Stephen Silver | 4y ago

Donald Sterling Sues TMZ, V. Stiviano Over Kerfuffle That Forced Him To Sell The Clippers

Donald Sterling, former owner of the NBA’s L.A. Clippers, has sued celebrity website TMZ and ex-girlfriend V. Stiviano over recordings Stiviano made that eventually cost the billionaire businessman his team, the New York Daily News is reporting. As previously reported by the Inquisitr, Donald Sterling is a billionaire that few people outside of Los Angeles […]

By Aaron Homer | 8y ago

Donald Sterling Seeks Divorce From His Wife – A Marriage Of 60 Years Ending Over Sale Of Los Angeles Clippers

Donald Sterling, once owner of Los Angeles Clippers, has filed for divorce from his wife. The marriage that lasted almost 60 years may soon be torn apart as the duo continues to battle over a different issue. At 81-years-old, Donald Sterling has filed for divorce citing “irreconcilable differences” in the divorce papers submitted to the […]

By Alap Naik Desai | 8y ago

Bill Maher Attacks Government And Corporate Surveillance

Bill Maher, on Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher, announced his frustration with the constant presence of surveillance in America. As our lifestyles have grown more digitized, thanks to smartphones and the web, they’ve also grown less private. And Maher is far from happy with this trend. “The ad-slogan, ‘What happens in Vegas stays in […]

By Dieter Holger | 8y ago

Clippers Forward Blake Griffin Sexually Harasses Trainer On Live Television

Blake Griffin, power forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, has come under fire for simulating an obscene sexual act with the Clippers courtside trainer during the nationally televised game between the Clippers and the Brooklyn Nets. Griffin, who tallied 24 points and 12 rebounds in just 25 minutes in what ended up being an absolute […]

By Joshua Waldrop | 8y ago

Chris Paul Ranked Second Best in the NBA by ESPN

On Monday, ESPN began counting down their top 3 players in the NBA based on their ESPN Forecast Panel’s scores, which started with Anthony Davis at number three. ESPN has been counting down from 500 since September 22. Chris Paul followed Davis as the second best player in the NBA, according to ESPN’s Forecast Panel. […]

By Aaron Sass | 9y ago

LA Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer To Ban Apple Products From His Team

Microsoft CEO-turned-Clippers owner Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers a month ago, and it’s not surprising what one of the first items on his agenda is. Ballmer revealed in an interview with Reuters that he plans to ban iPads and other Apple products from the Clippers’ organization, both on the court and off during […]

By Sean Kelly | 9y ago

Racist Email Brings Down Atlanta Hawks Owner, Will Sell Stake In Team

Bruce Levenson, owner of the Atlanta Hawks NBA franchise, has announced that he will be selling his controlling interest in the team following the revelation of a racist email that he sent regarding Hawks fans in 2012. The person who revealed the email: Levenson himself. CBS Sports reported on Sunday morning that Levenson notified the […]

By Kevin Bostic | 9y ago

Gene Simmons Of KISS Opens Mouth Again, This Time To Apologize

KISS bassist and co-founder Gene Simmons is having the PR nightmare of the month. In fact, every time that Simmons has opened his mouth in public, someone has walked away befuddled and offended. The latest pile of fecal matter to come sliding down his ridiculously long tongue happened this week when it was revealed that […]

By Jon Hueber | 9y ago

Gene Simmons Defends Donald Sterling And Freedom Of Speech

KISS co-founder Gene Simmons says he is on Donald Sterling’s side in his dispute with the NBA. Sterling, the embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner, is in the process of being forced to sell the team by the league after secretly taped racist comments became public and created a national firestorm. Sterling has already been banned […]

By Robert Jonathan | 9y ago

Donald Sterling: How To Lose Building A Winner

Donald Sterling just didn’t know when to stop. For years, Sterling was content being the owner of the Los Angeles (starting out as San Diego) Clippers. Through the years, the Clippers have become synonymous with ineptitude, and Sterling used that as a kind of buffer against the world. Obsessively self-promoting his real estate prowess, his […]

By Glenn Brock | 9y ago

Judge Clears Way For Clippers Sale By Ruling Against Donald Sterling

A probate judge cleared the way for the L.A. Clippers to be sold to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in a ruling against current owner Donald Sterling. In the ruling, Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas sided with Shelly Sterling, Donald’s estranged wife, who burst into tears when it was announced. Shelly Sterling had her husband […]

By Melissa Stusinski | 9y ago

Chris Paul: I May Not Play If Sterling Still Owns Clippers

Point Guard Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers is reportedly so fed up with the fact that Donald Sterling is still fighting for ownership of the team that he is considering a boycott come next season. Paul made the comments about a potential Clippers boycott to ESPN, noting that it would happen if Sterling […]

By Ryan Anthony | 9y ago

Donald Sterling Courtroom Outburst Mars Probate Trial on Day One

The Donald Sterling probate trial to determine the fate of who will own the LA Clippers took an awkward, and somewhat troubling turn today. The trial itself is centered on the issue as to whether Donald’s wife, Shelly Sterling, had the authority to remove Donald as Co-Trustee of the Sterling Family Trust and to then […]

By Mathew Turner | 9y ago

Josh McRoberts Commits to Join Miami Heat, Reunites with Granger

Josh McRoberts has committed to signing with the Miami Heat the same day after the Heat got the same commitment from Danny Granger. McRoberts is in line for a four year deal worth $23 million dollars. Granger’s offer sheet is a two year, $4.2 million deal. Both McRoberts and Granger were once members of the […]

By Jon Hueber | 9y ago

Donald Sterling Declared Competent, Trial Will Go On As Scheduled

Donald Sterling’s tenuous grip on the ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, and the decision on that grip, will not be delayed. The trial between Sterling and his wife, Shelly, will go on July 7, according to USA Today. Judge Michael Levanas fielded numerous requests from both sides, including both asking for a specified trial […]

By Glenn Brock | 9y ago

New Doctor Declares Donald Sterling Mentally Fit Despite Previous Testing That Determined Otherwise

CNN is reporting that controversial L.A. Lakers owner Donald Sterling underwent a comprehensive medical examination in Las Vegas over the weekend and was declared mentally fit. According to the article, the testing was conducted by Dr. Jeffrey Cummings, a neurologist with the Cleveland Clinic and one of the top dementia and Alzheimer’s disease specialists in […]

By Ramona Graziul | 9y ago

Donald Sterling May Be Trolling Us All: Now Says LA Clippers Not For Sale

Apparently unaware that all of this was old and boring two weeks ago, Donald Sterling has flip-flopped once more. The embattled owner of the Los Angeles Clippers now says that the team is not up for sale. Sterling’s latest reversal on the sale of the L.A. Clippers — a sale the NBA has been trying […]

By Kevin Bostic | 9y ago

Donald Sterling Laughing All The Way To The Bank, With $2 Billion Tax Free?

Donald Sterling could make $2 billion virtually tax free from the forced sale of his L.A. Clippers. Well, that’s according to Robert W. Wood, writing in Forbes yesterday. Wood’s detailed explanation is not easy to decipher if you don’t happen to be an accountant or tax lawyer, but it is possible to understand the general […]

By Addam Corré | 9y ago

Donald Sterling Will Go Away. Drops $1B Lawsuit, Okays Clipper Sale

Donald Sterling has proved that he is the bigger man, as a new report has the embattled LA Clippers owner finally agreeing to sell his franchise to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for a paltry $2 billion and at the same time declining to sue the NBA for an additional $1 billion for besmirching his […]

By Kevin Bostic | 9y ago

The N-Word: Racist Stripper Janelle Ambrosia Does Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

Dog-piling on people whose racist rants have been caught on tape is almost undeniably the new American pastime: more righteous than sitting around watching football, more exciting than baseball. And now we’ve got a new pariah: Janelle Ambrosia, the racist stripper who insists that the N-Word isn’t a racist term. Proving that there is such […]

By Kevin Bostic | 9y ago

Steve Ballmer: Very Close To Owning The Los Angeles Clippers

Steve Ballmer and the Los Angeles Clippers. Get used to hearing those names in the same sentence, because, pending approval from the rest of the NBA’s owners, the former CEO of Microsoft will be taking over ownership of the team from Donald Sterling and his wife. Steve Ballmer, 58, put up a bid of $2 […]

By Andrew Ellis | 9y ago

V. Stiviano, Donald Sterling’s Ex-Girlfriend, Reportedly Assaulted in New York City? Real or Rumor?

V. Stiviano and infamous Los Angeles Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling are making headlines yet again. However, this time he’s not the center of discussion — she is. According to Radar Online, Stiviano was reportedly beaten by two white men in New York City on the evening of Friday, May 30. The injuries she sustained were […]

By Meaghan Ellis | 9y ago

The Steve Ballmer Clippers Purchase Offer: Image Bail-Out or Investment Wizardry?

It’s all over sports media right now: Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft CEO, has made a $2 billion offer to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers. The Inquisitr previously reported on the rumors that the sale to Ballmer was fully finalized and on the agreement Ballmer made not to move the team. Now that more details […]

By Michael Monje | 9y ago

V. Stiviano, Donald Sterling’s Mistress Caught On Tape Calling Black People ‘Stupid’ And ‘Crazy’

V. Stiviano, who secretly recorded racist statements made by embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, was caught on video making similar statements Saturday by TMZ. “I don’t understand black people,” Stiviano said. “The minute you give them a little bit of money, they don’t know what to do with it.” “They just act crazy… […]

By Jim Turner | 9y ago

Steve Ballmer Won’t Move The Clippers To Seattle … Until He Moves The Clippers To Seattle

When the news came through that former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was buying the Los Angeles Clippers off pariah owner Donald Sterling, a cry of joy went up across the land. But might Ballmer be planning to move the Clippers and bring the NBA back to Seattle? No, he’s not. Unless, of course, he is. […]

By Kevin Bostic | 9y ago

Justin Bieber, Ridiculously, Is Fifth Most Hated Man In US Poll That Includes Murderers

Justin Bieber has a new aka, though it definitely won’t be of his choosing: “Fifth most disliked man in America.” Former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, Donald Sterling, topped the E-Score poll with 92% of the votes. Justin Bieber may have found the title for his forthcoming new album, “Fifth Most Hated Man In […]

By Page Mackinley | 9y ago

Donald Sterling Will Not Go Away, Sues NBA For $1 Billion

Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling will not go quietly into that $2.5 billion good night. Just a day after news broke that the Sterlings would sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, there is now confirmation that Sterling is suing the NBA for $1 billion. Sterling’s attorney confirmed to ESPN on […]

By Kevin Bostic | 9y ago

Donald Sterling Is The Most Hated Man In America, Poll Finds

Donald Sterling is the most hated man in America, and it’s pretty close to unanimous. A new poll found that the disgraced soon-to-be-former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers was disliked by 92 percent of respondents, not entirely surprising due to the endless string of terrible news for Sterling. Sterling made headlines last month when […]

By Nathan Francis | 9y ago

Los Angeles Clippers Sold To Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

The Los Angeles Clippers have been sold to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, reports the LA Times. The deal, which was set up on behalf of current Los Angeles Clippers’ proprietor Donald Sterling’s wife Shelly (who owns 50 percent of it), still needs to be finalized, but Ballmer pretty much has it in the bag. […]

By Vivek Saxena | 9y ago

Donald Sterling References Magic Owner Richard DeVos Over Gay Marriage Remarks

Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who was recently recorded making racist comments to friend V. Stiviano, has brought Orlando Magic owner Richard DeVos into the conversation. In a response to the NBA, which has banned him, fined him and pressured him to sell the team, Sterling calls his treatment by the league a […]

By Jim Turner | 9y ago

Maya Angelou Views Donald Sterling Ouster As Racial Progress

Renowned poet Maya Angelou, whose health is forcing her to miss a scheduled MLB Civil Rights event today, commented on the Donald Sterling controversy in a recent interview with American Currentsee magazine. In the interview, Maya described the Donald Sterling situation as a step toward racial progress: “Do you realize that even 25 years ago, […]

By Michael Dolce | 9y ago

Donald Sterling And Wife Shelly Will Sell Clippers, How Much Will They Make?

Donald Sterling and his wife Shelly are reportedly working out an agreement to allow her to take control of the Los Angeles Clippers and sell the team. The Sterling family had been notified last week by the NBA that the league was moving forward with plans to force them to sell the Clippers. Initial reports […]

By Jason Savage | 9y ago

NBA Charges Donald Sterling: June 3 Vote Could Force Sale Of Clippers [Video]

Donald Sterling will most likely be forced to sell his Clippers NBA team. He has already been banned for life by the NBA commission and fined $250,000, which he has so far refused to pay. The billionaire was recorded privately making racist remarks such as “Admire him, bring him here, feed him, f**k him, but […]

By Shawn Bailey | 9y ago

Donald Sterling On Magic Johnson: People Should Not Look Up To Him, He Has HIV

Donald Sterling has kept relatively quiet since his mistress V. Stiviano recorded him making racist comments about Black men as well as the players he employed as the owner of the LA Clippers. Recently, Sterling sat down with CNN’s Anderson Cooper for an exclusive interview that will air Tuesday at 8pm EST, to speak candidly […]

By Keneisha Fountain | 9y ago

Bill Maher Defends Sterling and Privacy

The outspoken left-leaning host of Real Time Bill Maher has recently come out in defense of Donald Sterling, not pertaining to his racist remarks but his right to privacy. Instead of railing against Sterling and the outrageous remarks that got him banned from the NBA for life, Bill Maher decided to take the opportunity to […]

By Benjamin Simon | 9y ago

LeBron James: No Sterling Family Members Should Own Clippers

LeBron James, the polarizing face of the NBA, realizes that the process of getting the Sterlings out of the NBA is a lengthy one, but feels that it needs to happen. LeBron James said on Sunday that if Sterling is voted out of the NBA, which is likely to happen, that nobody in the Sterling […]

By Jim Bennett | 9y ago

Donald Sterling’s Wife Shelly Proclaims She’ll Keep Stake Of Clippers

Donald Sterling might be in the midst of getting forced out of the NBA, but his wife Shelly Sterling claims she isn’t going anywhere. USA Today reports that Donald Sterling’s wife has given her first interview since the scandal involving her husband broke. In the Interview, Shelly says she plans to divorce Donald Sterling eventually, […]

By Oliver VanDervoort | 9y ago

NBA Braces For A Storm Over Donald Sterling’s Ownership Of Clippers

Donald Sterling has experience making legal proceedings an ordeal for those against him. The NBA ousted the billionaire owner of the LA Clippers after racist comments were recorded during a conversation with his former girlfriend on April 9th. That resulted in a lifetime ban from all NBA games – combined with a 2.5 million dollar […]

By George Nielsen | 9y ago

Tommy Lasorda Hopes Donald Sterling Girlfriend V. Stiviano Gets Run Over By A Car [Video]

MLB Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda gave an unfiltered opinion about the Donald Sterling scandal, which included a strange and perhaps offensive shout-out to V. Stiviano. As virtually everyone on the planet knows owing to saturation news coverage, Sterling has been banned for life from the NBA for his racist comments caught on tape, and […]

By Robert Jonathan | 9y ago

NBA To Appoint CEO To Run LA Clippers As It Hopes To Push Out Donald Sterling

Even as the Los Angeles Clippers are moving on to the second round of the NBA Playoffs, the squad continues to deal with the fallout from team owner Donald Sterling’s racially insensitive comments. Now, the NBA has begun the process of pushing Sterling out in earnest, saying that the league will appoint a CEO to […]

By Kevin Bostic | 9y ago

Donald Sterling Looks ‘Puffy’ Due To Prostate Cancer?

Does Donald Sterling have cancer? According to multiple reports, the Los Angeles Clippers owner has been battling prostate cancer for a few years. His prognosis isn’t good — according to TMZ, some people expected him to die two years ago. According to the report, the medication that Sterling takes as part of his cancer treatment […]

By Effie Orfanides | 9y ago

Watch LA Clippers Vs Golden State Warriors Game 7 Streaming Online Live

LA Clippers vs Golden State Warriors game seven starts tonight. Tip off for the decisive game of the Warriors vs Clippers series is at 10:30 Eastern Standard Time (that’s 7:30 for these teams’ actual fans on the West Coast). As even the most causal basketball fan knows, this series has been overshadowed by the controversy […]

By Scott Rutherford | 9y ago

Donald Sterling Tweet Gets Turtle Rock Studios Manager Fired

The Donald Sterling scandal has resulted in some collateral career damage. Video game developer Turtle Rock Studios reportedly fired its community manager for some controversial tweets about the Los Angeles Clippers owner. As virtually everyone on the planet knows owing to saturation news coverage, Sterling has been banned for life from the NBA for his […]

By Robert Jonathan | 9y ago

Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Banned From The Bunny Ranch

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has had a tough week. On Tuesday he was banned from all NBA activities by commissioner Adam Silver for racist comments. On Thursday he was banned from Nevada’s Bunny Ranch. Dennis Hof, who owns the Bunny Ranch near Carson City and six other brothels in the state, has banned […]

By Jim Turner | 9y ago

Head Of Los Angeles NAACP Shamed Into Retiring Amid Sterling Scandal

Donald Sterling’s recent rant involving his feelings and even barring Black people from his games or being seen with his mistress V. Stiviano, has been long reaching and in the case of LA NAACP chapter president, Leon Jenkins, downright shameful. Thursday Jenkins felt the wrath of the community he served along with his fellow chapter […]

By Keneisha Fountain | 9y ago

Not Everyone On Board Donald Sterling ‘Ban’ Wagon – Larry Elder Cites Bill Maher Hypocrisy

Donald Sterling has spent the week being figuratively pummeled, disgraced, humiliated, scoffed, derided, shamed, dishonored, tarred, feathered, and run out of town. Or at least out of the NBA. Said NBA has also put forth a not so polite request for the Los Angeles Clippers owner to pony up $2.5 million dollars for what he […]

By Sean Mahoney | 9y ago

Donald Sterling Lawsuit Sues NBA For $1.7 Billion, Mark Cuban Agrees Clippers Owner Can’t Be Forced To Sell

Donald Sterling’s lawsuit against the NBA is suing for $1.7 billion in damages based upon being banned and fined by the board of governors. In a related report by The Inquisitr, the ban Donald Sterling bandwagon is using the NBA as an example for the NFL to demand a change for the Washington Redskins name […]

By Patrick Frye | 9y ago

V. Stiviano Says She Never Meant To Hurt Donald Sterling, Didn’t Release Tape

V. Stiviano may have caused the downfall of Donald Sterling, but the Los Angeles Clippers owner’s alleged mistress said she never intended to hurt him and wasn’t the one who released a recording of his racist remarks. Sterling was heard on a recording released last weekend admonishing Stiviano for associating with black men and bringing […]

By Nathan Francis | 9y ago

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