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Donald Sterling agrees to Clippers sale, will drop NBA lawsuit

December 24, 2018 at 12:03 a.m.

Forty days after his racially inflammatory remarks about African Americans led to his banishment from the NBA, Clippers owner Donald Sterling agreed Wednesday to give up his fight to keep...

Then-Clippers owner Donald Sterling at a playoff game.

Donald Sterling agrees to Clippers sale, will drop NBA lawsuit

November 4, 2021 at 1:50 a.m.

Forty days after his racially inflammatory remarks about African Americans led to his banishment from the NBA, Clippers owner Donald Sterling agreed Wednesday to give up his fight to keep...

Donald Sterling’s attorney dismisses claim his client is mentally incompetent

May 13, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

Donald Sterling's attorney, Maxwell Blecher, called allegations that his client isn't mentally competent "absurd" in a Friday email to The Times. In the wake of Shelly Sterling's agreement to sell...

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wins Clippers bidding war for $2 billion

June 17, 2018 at 7:17 p.m.

Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has won a frenetic bidding war for ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, with a $2-billion offer that would set a record price for...

Shelly Sterling receives at least three offers to buy Clippers

August 19, 2019 at 11:42 a.m.

Racing to sell the Clippers before being stripped of ownership by the NBA, co-owner Shelly Sterling received at least three preliminary offers for the team that could reach up to...

Bids pile up as Sterling rushes to sell

June 18, 2018 at 2:51 p.m.

Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Shelly Sterling is mounting a hurried sale of the team she and her husband have owned for 33 years and could name a prospective new owner...

Shelly Sterling tries to rush through sale of Clippers

August 19, 2019 at 11:42 a.m.

Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Shelly Sterling is mounting a hurried sale of the team she and her husband have owned for 33 years and could name a prospective new owner...

Bids pile up as Sterling rushes to sell

August 25, 2021 at 5:22 a.m.

Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Shelly Sterling is mounting a hurried sale of the team she and her husband have owned for 33 years and could name a prospective new owner...

Sterling tape was unleashed as friendship with Stiviano frayed

August 19, 2019 at 11:42 a.m.

V. Stiviano had grown accustomed to being the glamorous companion of Donald Sterling, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. Once a catering truck operator from Boyle Heights, now...

NBA makes its case against Clippers owner Donald Sterling

August 19, 2019 at 11:42 a.m.

Donald Sterling made several attempts to deflect responsibility for his rant against African Americans — even asking his companion V. Stiviano to lie about the authenticity of the recording of...

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