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Donald Sterling, an attorney who knows his way around a courtroom, said his franchise is not for sale. The banished Los Angeles Clippers’ owner made the comments to Fox’s Jim Gray, an indication that a legal tug of war could be in the offing as the NBA digs in for a vote to force the […]
Count Oprah Winfrey and boxing mogul Floyd Mayweather Jr. among those interested in bidding for the Los Angeles Clippers. Winfrey, David Geffen and Larry Ellison are joining together to make a bid to buy the Clippers if the NBA’s board of governors votes to force Donald Sterling to sell the team, Geffen told ESPN on […]
LOS ANGELES — Center DeAndre Jordan scored 25 points, grabbed 18 rebounds and blocked four shots, leading the Los Angeles Clippers to a 113-103 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of a Western Conference quarterfinal series. With the victory that came hours after NBA commissioner Adam Silver handed a lifetime ban to […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder fought all year to have home court advantage for situations like this. With their first-round playoff series with Memphis tied 2-2, the Thunder had a chance to pull ahead at home and put the pressure on the Grizzlies. Instead, it was the Grizzlies who put the Thunder behind […]
OKLAHOMA CITY – Guard Mike Miller scored 21 points off the bench to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 100-99 overtime win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series. The Grizzlies lead the series 3-2. This was the fourth straight game the teams have gone into an extra […]
CHICAGO – Guard John Wall scored 24 points and capped off his first career playoff series by leading the Washington Wizards to a 75-69 victory over the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on Tuesday, clinching the best-of-seven first-round playoff series 4-1. Washington won a playoff series for the first time since 2005, when it […]
LOS ANGELES — Despite saying he was “mentally exhausted,” Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers is pleased he and his club can move forward after NBA commissioner Adam Silver issued a lifetime ban to team owner Donald Sterling. “You learn over and over that when something like this happens, with the burden of racism, it […]
CHICAGO — Players and coaches reacted positively in unison to the punishment handed down by NBA commissioner Adam Silver to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling on Tuesday. Sterling received a lifetime ban from the league and a $2.5 million fine for his racially charged remarks that were made public Saturday by TMZ. Silver also […]
Former Golden State Warriors assistant coach Darren Erman was fired earlier this month because he was violating a team policy of secretly recording conversations between coaches and players, ESPN reported Tuesday. The 37-year-old Erman recorded informal discussions between players and coaches and also among coaches without anyone’s knowledge or consent, according to the ESPN report. […]
Players and owners around the NBA reacted to the news of Donald Sterling’s punishment and applauded Adam Silver.
