SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (AP)–Tony Parker was nursing a sprained left ankle and playing a critical playoff game on no sleep only hours after the birth of his first child. It was the perfect formula for a resurgent performance from the
The Orange County Register reports that some of the black Americans who live near the sites of race riots in Los Angeles that occurred after the Rodney King verdict from twenty-two years ago feel that in the wake of L.A. Clippers
On his Wednesday 790 AM KABC radio show, conservative talker Larry Elder lashed about the punishment doled out at embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for the remarks he had made that were perceived to be racist.According to Elder,
President Obama has now added his voice to those criticizing LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling by coming out in support of the NBA’s actions against the team owner. During his April 30 press conference, the president’s press secretary, Jay Carney,
The Clippers aren’t the only Los Angeles basketball team enduring a rough patch. Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni has resigned from his post, reports ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne. D’Antoni apparently pushed the Lakers to pick up the 2015-2016 option year on his
The NBA is starting to resemble the Watergate era now that it is known that current Celtics scout Dan Erman was fired from the Golden State Warriors for taping private conversations by coaches and players. The Warriors termination of Erman comes
Wednesday on the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said that the NFL should follow the NBA’s example with the swift actions taken against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for his racist remarks and remove “bigotry and
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), an organization founded in 1909 to fight racists, now provides indulgences to them. Disgraced Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s lifetime achievement award, revoked by the Los Angeles branch of the NAACP
Donald Sterling’s comments have cast a shadow over not only the NBA but what is fast becoming one of the 16 greatest playoffs in league history (see list below). The Los Angeles Clippers took a 3-games-to-2 lead over the Golden
On Tuesday, the National Basketball Association released its Constitution and By-laws – and the release of the text demonstrates clearly that despite media reports, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling cannot be voted out of ownership of his team by
In remarks to CNBC that aired on Wednesday, actor Matt Damon expressed his interest in being a “super-tiny minority partner” with any potential buyers of the Los Angeles Clippers that would involve former NBA Los Angeles Lakers great Magic Johnson.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” on Tuesday, conservative commentator Ann Coulter, author of “Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican,” reacted to revelations about Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist behavior and the reaction to
UCLA announced Tuesday that it would reject a $3 million donation by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, and would return the portion of that donation that had already been delivered, local CBS news affiliate KNX reports. The announcement is
On his Tuesday broadcast of CBS’s “The Late Show,” host David Letterman appeared to a jab at former NBA Commissioner David Stern for not acting on allegations of racist behavior from Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling during his tenure,
After NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life on Tuesday, the Oneida Nation promptly urged NFL owners to take disciplinary action against the Washington Redskins for promoting “bigotry.” “In banning Clippers owner Donald Sterling,
The San Diego Union-Tribune speculated Tuesday about the possibility that the Los Angeles Clippers’ new owner–if Donald Sterling bows out–could move the team back to San Diego. NBA commissioner Adam Silver is planning to have a vote of the league’s owners to
U-T San Diego, a San Diego news source, speculated about the possibility that the Los Angeles Clippers’ new owner, after Donald Sterling bows out, could move the team back to San Diego. NBA commissioner Adam Silver is planning to have
GQ magazine writer Nate Erickson implied Fox News is home to racists after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life on Tuesday. Sterling was caught on an audio recording telling a woman who was
With the lifetime ban by the NBA of despicably racist Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the door is wide open to further sports bans on people who say offensive things in private. That, of course, is why Sterling was
Are rights a reward that the state bestows upon citizens for good behavior? The extended two-minute hate now focused on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling compels such heretical questions. Jerks, one surmises from the public reaction to the controversy,
NBA players from the Clippers, Warriors, Wizards, Bulls, Thunder and Grizzlies were ready to boycott their NBA playoff games on Tuesday if they were not satisfied with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s handling of the Donald Sterling situation. Silver banned Sterling
ESPN commentators Jemele Hill and Stephen A. Smith blasted the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP for giving Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling a lifetime achievement award, with Smith saying the NAACP contributed to the “demise of our community
After NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life and said he fully expected to get 3/4 of the NBA owners to vote to remove him and force him to sell his team, reports have
After NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he agreed 100% with Silver’s findings and the lifetime ban. Cuban had earlier said that it would be a slippery
Tuesday during the National Basketball Association’s press conference about its investigation into Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist comments, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver confirmed the voice on the tape was Sterlings. Silver also expressed his “personal outraged” over the
