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Sterling marriage ‘stress’ at issue as L.A. Clippers trial nears end
Jewish Journal
July 24, 2014
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling\’s bid to block the $2 billion sale of the NBA team in a probate trial entered its final stretch on Wednesday when his attorneys sought to prove his estranged wife improperly seized control of the franchise.
Donald Sterling says Clippers not for sale, after all
Jewish Journal
June 9, 2014
Basketball franchise the Los Angeles Clippers is not for sale, owner Donald Sterling said on Monday, vowing to fight to keep the team he built, NBC News reported, in the latest salvo of his battle with the league.
NBA moves on Clippers sale, Sterling sues for $1 billion
Jewish Journal
June 2, 2014
The National Basketball Association said on Friday that it has reached an agreement with the estranged wife of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling to sell the team, opening a new chapter for the franchise after 33 years under Sterling.
Sterling to fight NBA life ban, fine
Jewish Journal
May 16, 2014
Donald Sterling reportedly is threatening to sue the NBA for his life ban for making racist remarks in a private conversation.
Clippers owner apologizes, says he was ‘baited’ into racist comments
Jewish Journal
May 12, 2014
Two weeks after he was banned by the NBA for racist comments, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling broke his silence with a televised apology for his \”terrible mistake\” while insisting he was \”baited\” into making the remarks.
Now the Real Work Begins
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2014
After days of enduring endless airings of the most repulsively racist audio recordings in recent memory, most of us rejoiced when National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver swiftly delivered a lifetime ban upon Donald T. Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, from any contact with his own franchise.
Will Jews reject Donald Sterling gifts?: Jewish organizations recoil at Clippers owner’s comments
Jewish Journal
April 29, 2014
Recent comments attributed to Donald Sterling, the Jewish owner of the NBA\’s Los Angeles Clippers who was banned for life from the team by the league’s commissioner on April 29, have been denounced as racist by numerous area Jewish organizations, some of which have received donations amounting to tens of thousands of dollars from the embattled owner.
NBA bans Clippers owner from game for life over racist, anti-Semitic comments
Jewish Journal
April 29, 2014
The National Basketball Association banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the game for life and fined him $2.5 million for racist comments made public over the weekend, the league\’s commissioner said on Tuesday.
Maccabi Tel Aviv in the NBA? It may not be a hoop dream
Jewish Journal
April 12, 2014
Maccabi Tel Aviv reportedly is heading back to the United States this fall for its first exhibition games against NBA teams in five years – but greater developments appear to be in the works for the iconic franchise and Israeli basketball.\n
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