Showing posts with label Donald Sterling. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 8, 2015

The OTHER Donald

The OTHER Donald

August 08, 2015 Donald Sterling , Sale Of The Clippers 0 Comments

Donald Sterling Seeks His $1 Billion From The Sale Of The Clippers


By City News Service, Aug 07, 2015 Daily News

LOS ANGELES — Donald Sterling wants a judge to order the former Clippers owner’s estranged wife to provide an accounting and distribution of $1 billion the real estate mogul maintains he is entitled to after the $2 billion sale of the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Sterling’s attorney, Bobby Samini, filed court papers Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court stating that Shelly Sterling has ignored repeated requests for the information, so he now is asking a probate court judge who has authority over the Sterling family trust to rule on his client’s petition.

Samini maintains Sterling has a $1 billion community property interest in the sale.

Sterling filed for divorce from his wife on the same day the probate court papers were filed. They have been married for 60 years.

A hearing on Sterling’s accounting request is scheduled for Dec. 1.

The sale of the Clippers to Ballmer was finalized in August 2014, after several months of legal wrangling.

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Thursday, July 9, 2015

The Most Hated White Man Since Donald Sterling

The Most Hated White Man Since Donald Sterling

July 09, 2015 Donald Sterling , Donald Trump 2 Comments

'TRUMP STRIKES A NERVE' BY LARRY ELDER

By Larry Elder July 9, 2015

Businessman and celebrity Donald Trump, in his nearly hour-long, teleprompter-less announcement of his GOP presidential candidacy, said: "The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else's problems. ... When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."

His crude and over-the-top comment instantly made him the most hated white man since Donald Sterling. Never mind that Trump hit on a topic the media are loath to admit: our borders remain porous.

The backlash against Trump was fierce. NBC, which carried Trump's show, "The Apprentice," ended their relationship with him. Univision dropped Trump's Miss USA pageant. ESPN moved a golf tournament from a Trump-owned resort to another site. Macy's dropped Trump's menswear line. And New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio said, "We are reviewing Trump contracts with the city." For New York City, the Trump organization runs a carousel, an ice-skating rink and a golf course.

Former New York governor and Republican presidential candidate George Pataki also attacked Trump. Pataki sent a letter to about a dozen rivals for the GOP nomination urging them to denounce Trump.

Actress America "Ugly Betty" Ferrera said: "I heard what you said about the kind of people you think Latino immigrants are — people with problems, who bring drugs, crime and rape to America. While your comments are incredibly ignorant and racist, I don't want to spend my time chastising you. I'll leave that to your business partners like Univision and NBC, who have the power to scold you where it hurts. Instead, I'm writing to say thank you! You see, what you just did with your straight talk was send more Latino voters to the polls than several registration rallies combined!"

But polls show most Americans believe that our borders are not only porous — but are porous by design . According to a January Rasmussen poll: "Most U.S. voters think the Mexican government doesn't do enough to stop illegal immigration and drug trafficking and favor stopping foreign aid to our southern neighbor. ... Just 14 percent of likely U.S. voters think the Mexican government wants to stop its citizens from illegally entering the United States. ... Fifty-five percent say Mexico is not interested in stopping illegal immigration."

Within days of Trump's comments, two women, one in Texas and one in California, were murdered by illegal aliens. In the case of the California woman, she was out on a walk with her father in a popular tourist area of San Francisco. She was shot and killed by an illegal alien who had been previously deported five times and convicted of felonies seven times, but was nevertheless out, free and on the streets. Immigration and Customs Enforcement claims they placed a detainer order on the illegal alien.

But San Francisco is a so-called "sanctuary city," meaning that unless the feds have a court order or warrant demanding that the local authorities turn over a violent offender, the ICE detainer order gets ignored. According to a local ABC news affiliate, the confessed killer admitted during an interview that he picked San Francisco precisely because it is a "sanctuary city."

Within hours of the California killing, a Laredo, Texas, woman was beaten to death with a hammer by her illegal-alien husband. He too, had been previously deported — four times — and the Laredo police admit that they'd had three violent encounters with the illegal alien and his wife. Yet the PD never notified border patrol.

Recall the nearly 60,000 unaccompanied alien children — UACs — that came into the country over our southwest border last year. According to ICE records, nearly 98 percent of the kids are placed with extended family, guardians or foster caregivers in this country, and given a notice to appear before an immigration judge at a future date. As many as 90 percent of the kids never show up. And while the flood of last year has diminished, UACs still come.

The Federation for American Immigration Reform estimates that illegal immigration costs Californians $25 billion per year, when you include the cost of educating children of illegal aliens.

Peter Kirsanow, a black member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, said the commission studied the impact of illegal immigration on urban employment. He said that all commission members — conservatives, moderates and liberals — agreed that porous borders especially threaten the job prospects of those living in urban America. He sent a letter to Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, then head of the Congressional Black Caucus, to ask why little is being done about it. He never heard back.

While Trump unfairly maligned all Mexican illegal aliens, he nevertheless articulates what the polls show: most Americans believe that illegal immigration threatens prosperity and that it changes the American electorate to create more Democrats.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Stuff Goes Back!

April 15, 2015 Basketball , Clippers 0 Comments
Wife Of Ex-Clippers' Owner Donald Sterling Wins $2.6-million Judgment

By Matt Hamilton, Apr. 15, 2015, LA Times

A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday issued a tentative decision ordering Donald Sterling’s former companion V. Stiviano to return more than $2.6 million in gifts and cash she received from the former NBA team owner.

L.A. Superior Court Judge Richard Fruin Jr. ruled a home worth $1.8 million and more than $800,000 in luxury cars and cash gifts that Donald Sterling gave his 32-year-old companion were assets he shared with his wife, Shelly. He ordered Stiviano to turn them over to the Sterling Family Trust.

Stiviano contended that the gifts were made when the Sterlings were separated. 

The judge was not swayed, finding that the couple didn’t live separately “during any part” of 2011 through 2014.

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Friday, March 27, 2015

What Comes Around...

March 27, 2015 Community Property , Donald Sterling 0 Comments
Recording Could come Back To Bite Donald Sterling Girlfriend

By Brian Melley, Mar. 26, 2015, SeattleTimes.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Recordings that cost Donald Sterling ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers could cost the woman he was dating the fortune in gifts he lavished on her.

Snippets of the conversations recorded by V. Stiviano were played Wednesday as a lawyer for Sterling’s wife explained why the former girlfriend should return more than $3.6 million the billionaire gave her in gifts that included a duplex, Ferrari, jewelry and designer clothes.

Stiviano manipulated and deceived the 80-year-old to give away community property that belongs to Shelly Sterling, his wife of nearly 60 years, attorney Pierce O’Donnell said in Los Angeles Superior Court.

“She defrauded him and I feel that she is not entitled to any of these gifts or whatever they call them,” Shelly Sterling later testified. “She’s been very, very nasty to me, and she’s been mean to my husband.”

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Probably negotiating to drop the fine/ban

August 13, 2014 Donald Sterling , Latimes.com 0 Comments
NBA Files Counterclaim Against Donald Sterling

By Nathan Fenno, Aug. 12, 2014, Latimes.com

The NBA filed a counterclaim against Donald Sterling and the Sterling Family Trust in federal court Monday, saying the Clippers owner caused “devastating and incalculable harm” to the league.

Filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles in response to Sterling’s June antitrust lawsuit against the NBA and Commissioner Adam Silver, the counterclaim seeks to recover damages related to the owner’s recorded comments denigrating blacks.

Sterling must indemnify the NBA against losses and litigation according to the league’s constitution and a July 2005 document he signed, the counterclaim said. Shelly Sterling also signed an agreement in May to indemnify the NBA for any litigation costs related to her husband’s lifetime ban from the league, his $2.5-million fine and the franchise’s sale.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

And Now This…Sterling vs. Sterling - Sterling wins!

July 30, 2014 And Now This... , Donald Sterling 0 Comments

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Monday, July 28, 2014

Scam lawsuit

July 28, 2014 Donald Sterling , Judge Michael Levanas 0 Comments
Donald Sterling Loses Court Battle To Prevent Sale Of Clippers

Donald Sterling
By Nathan Fenno, Jul. 28, 2014, Latimes.com

A judge gave Shelly Sterling a sweeping victory Monday afternoon and cleared the way for Steve Ballmer’s record $2-billion purchase of the Clippers to proceed.

In a tentative oral decision, Judge Michael Levanas ruled in Sterling’s favor on all three counts and rejected virtually all of Donald Sterling’s arguments in the probate trial in Los Angeles Superior Court.

The ruling included the extraordinary step of granting Shelly Sterling’s request for an order that allows the sale to be completed regardless of an appellate court’s intervention.

Levanas also ruled that Shelly Sterling acted properly when two doctors declared her husband mentally incapacitated in May under terms of the Sterling Family Trust before she proceeded to agree to sell the Clippers to Ballmer.

Donald Sterling revoked the trust in June, but Levanas said the court retained jurisdiction over the matter.

Levanas made the announcement after almost two hours of closing arguments between lawyers for Donald Sterling and Shelly Sterling.

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Sunday, July 27, 2014

"Racist" pays him $18 mil, Hired Black Coach

July 27, 2014 Chris Paul , Doc Rivers 0 Comments
Clippers' Paul Might Lead Boycott If Sterling Remains Owner

By Fox Sports, Jul. 25, 2014, Foxsports.com

Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul has spoken with head coach Doc Rivers about orchestrating a boycott if Donald Sterling still owns the team when the 2014-15 regular season begins.

"That's something me and Doc are both talking about," Paul told ESPN. "Something has to happen, and something needs to happen soon -- sooner rather than later."

Added Paul: "We're all going to talk about it. We're all definitely going to talk about it. Doc, Blake [Griffin], DJ [DeAndre Jordan]. It's unacceptable."

Sterling came under fire when his racist comments in an audio recording went public during this past postseason, ultimately leading to a lifetime ban from the NBA and commissioner Adam Silver vowing to remove him from ownership.

During his testimony earlier this week in the trial that could decide whether Shelly Sterling can sell the Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, interim Clippers CEO Dick Parsons said he didn't think Rivers would return if there weren't a change in ownership.

Closing arguments in that trial are set for Monday.


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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Can You Pass The Donald Sterling Test? Hear KPCC Staffers Try Their Best --Harder than it looks

July 10, 2014 Donald Sterling , Los Angeles County Superior Court 0 Comments
Donald Sterling / Source:  KPCC
By Off-Ramp with John Rabe, Jul. 9, 2014

Scandal-plagued Donald Sterling is fighting his wife Shelly's attempt to sell the NBA Clippers, and her claim — based on two medical exams — that he has Alzheimer's.

In L.A. Superior Court yesterday, Sterling ridiculed the doctors and his wife's attorney.

One paragraph stood out in James Rainey's coverage of yesterday's proceedings in the L.A. Times (emphasis added):

Dr. Meril Platzer and Dr. James Spar first reviewed scans of Sterling's brain, then interviewed him and conducted a battery of tests. They reported that he had trouble spelling the word "world" backward and counting backward, by sevens, from 100. (As in 100, 93, 86, 79, etc.) His mental deterioration made it impossible for Sterling to continue as a trustee of the family trust that controls the Clippers, they concluded.

My guess is that most readers tried that little test themselves, trying to spell out D-L-R-O-W and then counting backwards from 100, by 7s. (Those are just two steps in the Mini-Mental State Evaluation, a standard for testing mental impairment.)

Read the full story:  www.scpr.org

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Chris Rock On Sterling Vs. Larry Elder On Sterling By Larry Elder

Chris Rock On Sterling Vs. Larry Elder On Sterling By Larry Elder

July 02, 2014 2014 BET Awards , 50 Cent 0 Comments
By Larry Elder, July 2, 2014

 Comedian Chris Rock hosted the BET Awards show.

 According to the entertainment publication, Wrap, Rock “skewered” Donald Sterling. Here's what Rock said: 



Actually, Rock “skewered” us. That is, he ridiculed the part of the public “who are surprised that an old guy who doesn't like black people. Is that news?” Rock's perspective on SterlingGate -- that this is much ado about very little -- is almost identical to that of mine. Rock rhetorically asks, “What did he say?”

Rock's question is not unlike the very same question we asked when this matter became a national issue. As I wrote and said, Magic Johnson’s initial advice to Sterling was to “call your lawyer” and do a “deal with girlfriend” to “make this go away.”





People have calmed down. Rapper 50 Cent dismissed the whole thing as a spat between a guy and a girlfriend who “betrayed” him. Here's what Fitty said:

   

Meanwhile, there's the IRS Scandal; VA scandal; the disintegration of the Iraq; Bergdahl scandal; the continued underperformance of the economy; the surge of illegal alien children on our border…

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Chris Rock Jokes About Sterling: 'What Did He REALLY Say?' --Chides public for over-reacting.

July 01, 2014 2014 BET Awards , Chris Rock 0 Comments
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By Tony Maglio, Jun. 29, 2014, Thewrap.com

The stand-up comic did not disappoint in monologue welcoming viewers to “the black World Cup”

Chris Rock opened the 2014 BET Awards with all the weaponry he needs — a microphone, a stage and eight minutes of everyone's undivided attention.

The world-class stand-up comic greeted the crowd with the following: “Welcome to the 2014 BET Awards — the black World Cup.” Rock then recapped the year that was in black entertainment, beginning with 2014's biggest music stories.

On Solange Knowles’ now-infamous attack on her brother-in-law Jay Z in an elevator, Rock joked: “Solange hit the right rapper … Jay's a businessman now, he can't just go punching girls in the face — he's got a meeting with Nabisco in the morning.”

On Dr. Dre getting $3 billion dollars for selling Beats by Dre to Apple, the comic summed up an old hip-hop beef: “It looks like the West Coast won — sorry Puff.”

Next, Rock hit TV and film. First, social commentary on the small screen: “A lot of people think ‘Scandal’ is a hit because of Kerry [Washington, a nominee] — and she's great in it — but the real reason that ‘Scandal's’ a hit is because every Thursday at 10 o'clock there's a white president.”

Read the full story:  www.thewrap.com

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Report: Clippers Want LeBron James; Blake Griffin's 'Untouchable' --Even if Shelly's still around?

June 26, 2014 Cbs.sports.com , Donald Sterling 0 Comments
LeBron James
By Matt Moore, Jun. 25, 2014, Cbs.sports.com

ESPN reports that you can add the Clippers to the list of teams that plan to make a run at LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony in free agency, despite a lack of cap space, but that Blake Griffin is "untouchable" in any circumstances.

The Los Angeles Clippers have strong interest in pursuing LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony if they can clear the requisite salary cap space to make a maximum-level offer to the superstars, who have both elected to become free agents starting July 1.

One player they have no interest in moving, however, is forward Blake Griffin. While the Clippers would need to move significant players and money to make a run at either James or Anthony, sources told ESPN that Clippers president and coach Doc Rivers has told Griffin on numerous occasions that he considers him "untouchable" in any trade.

via Los Angeles Clippers consider Blake Griffin untouchable in free-agent pursuit, according to sources - ESPN Los Angeles.

This has been floating out there for a while, and Tuesday it was reported that while Miami is James' main choice, he is intrigued by the idea of the Clippers. And it makes sense. James has known Clippers point guard Chris Paul since they were kids. They were groomsmen for each other's weddings, and Paul is godfather to one of LeBron's sons. That relationship is stronger than that of James and Anthony, and even that of James and fellow Heat star Dwyane Wade.

Los Angeles offers him proximity to the entertainment complex in Hollywood, which James is becoming further and further invested in. (He has two films reportedly in production.) It enables him to play in LA without teaming with Kobe Bryant and dealing with the complicated egos there. He gets to play with Doc Rivers whom he has long respected from their playoff battles. Don't get confused, this isn't fantasy. If the Clippers can seriously figure out a deal, this could happen.

Read the full story:  www.cbssports.com

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Monday, June 23, 2014

Vipp Jaswal Talks To Larry About The Latest Issues Affecting The World And The Nation

June 23, 2014 al Qaeda , Dear Father Dear Son 0 Comments
By Vipp Jaswal, Jun. 22, 2014, Radio.foxnews.com

Larry Elder shares his bold and fearless style with Vipp. He discusses the Iraq crisis, US foreign policy (or the lack thereof), Bowe Bergdahl, Obama’s legacy, his controversial opinion on the Donald Sterling issue, the growing situation of fatherless America and most importantly, his missing mustache!

Larry makes for a great guest. Listen here:  www.radio.foxnews.com

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Friday, June 13, 2014

Donald Sterling Hires Investigators To Dig Up NBA Dirt --Some owners sweating bullets

June 13, 2014 Adam Silver , Donald Sterling 0 Comments
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By The Associated Press, Los Angeles, Jun. 13, 2014, Usatoday.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling's team of lawyers has hired four private investigation firms to dig up dirt on the NBA's former and current commissioners and its 29 other owners, a person familiar with Sterling's legal strategy told the Associated Press.

Investigators were given a six-figure budget over the next 30 days to examine the league's finances, allegations of previous discriminatory conduct and compensation to past Commissioner David Stern and current Commissioner Adam Silver, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday night on condition of anonymity. The person wasn't authorized to talk publicly.

The person said the investigators also are looking into whether other owners made any off-color jokes, or racist or sexist remarks.

"The gloves are off, as they say," the person said. "Have them dig up all the dirt they can find."

STERLING: Appealing mental health ruling

LAWSUIT: Why Sterling won't back down

The 80-year-old Sterling is suing the NBA for $1 billion in federal court after the league tried to oust him as Clippers owner for making racist remarks to a girlfriend that were recorded and publicized. Silver fined him $2.5 million and banned him for life.

The suit alleges the league violated Sterling's constitutional rights by relying on information from an "illegal" recording. It also said the league committed a breach of contract by fining Sterling and that it violated antitrust laws by trying to force a sale.

Sterling's attorneys will also be facing off with his wife's attorneys in probate court during a four-day hearing scheduled for July.

The probate court hearing centers on whether Shelly Sterling had the right to unilaterally negotiate a $2 billion deal to sell the Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Shelly Sterling's attorney, Pierce O'Donnell, said she made the deal as the sole administrator of The Sterling Family Trust, which owns the team, after two doctors determined her estranged husband was mentally "incapacitated." Donald Sterling is fighting that conclusion and her authority to sell.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Reports: Sterling Pulls Support Of Clippers Sale; Still Suing --Wants fine dropped

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By Holly Yan, Jun. 10, 2014, Cnn.com

(CNN) -- The deal is off. The suit is on.

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is withdrawing his support for the sale of his team and is asking his lawyer to go ahead with a $1 billion lawsuit against the NBA.

"From the onset, I did not want to sell the Los Angeles Clippers. I have worked for 33 years to build the Team," Sterling said in a statement, forwarded to CNN by his lawyer Max Blecher.

Referring to NBA commissioner, Sterling added, "I believe that Adam Silver acted in haste by illegally ordering the forced sale of the Clippers, banning me for life from the NBA and imposing the fine. ... The action taken by Adam Silver and the NBA constitutes a violation of my rights and fly in the face of the freedoms that are afforded to all Americans."

It's exactly the kind of move that made Silver wary of the litigious Sterling.

"He's unsold his club several times over the years," Silver told CNN's Rachel Nichols in an exclusive interview this week.

"There's well-noted incidents in the league when he was right there at a closing and at the last minute decided not to sell."

Sterling, 80, has been embroiled in controversy since a recording of a conversation with friend V. Stiviano revealed he made a series of racist comments.

The comments sparked outrage among NBA players, executives and fans. The commissioner fined Sterling $2.5 million and pushed to terminate all of his ownership rights in the franchise.

"To be clear, I am extremely sorry for the hurtful statements I made privately," Sterling said in his statement. "I made those statements in anger and out of jealousy all in the context of a private conversation. While this is not an excuse for the statements, like every other American, I never imagined that my private conversation would be made public."

Back and forth

Sterling has seemingly changed his mind multiple times about what he wants to happen to the team.

In late May, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer laid down a $2 billion offer to buy the Clippers. Sterling's estranged wife and co-owner of team, Shelly, agreed to sell the franchise to Ballmer.

Sterling initially indicated he would fight that sale. He also filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the NBA for its decision to ban him for life and force him to sell the franchise.

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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Clippers' Sterling Wants NBA To Revoke $2.5 Mil Fine --Hell, he'll make NBA apologize

June 07, 2014 Associated Press , Donald Sterling 0 Comments
Donald Sterling
By Tim Abdollah, Jun. 7, 2014, Associated Press

Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Shelly Sterling would continue to play a role in the team under terms of the pending sale to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, according to two individuals close to the negotiations.

The individuals, who are not authorized to speak publicly, told The Associated Press that the $2 billion deal allows for up to 10 percent of the team — or $200 million — to be spun off into a charitable foundation that Shelly Sterling would essentially run. The deal was negotiated by Shelly Sterling after husband Donald Sterling's racist remarks to a girlfriend were publicized and the NBA moved to oust him as team owner.

One of the individuals said Shelly Sterling and Ballmer would be co-chairs of the foundation. The individuals said the foundation would target underprivileged families, battered women, minorities and inner city youths. "To benefit those on the receiving end of Donald's rather abhorrent remarks," one individual said.

The idea to allow Shelly to continue some role in the team was floated early on by her attorney, Pierce O'Donnell — neither he nor Shelly Sterling responded to a request for comment — and it was enthusiastically agreed to by the NBA. "The NBA was all over it in terms of support," one of the individuals said. "It gave her a meaningful role and stake in the team, and gave the NBA 100 percent sale of the team."

NBA officials have not yet responded to requests to comment on the deal.

But it's unclear if this deal will ever materialize as Donald Sterling still had not signed off on the deal's terms because the NBA would not agree to revoke its $2.5 million fine and lifetime ban, according to one of the individuals.

Sterling had agreed to sell the team Wednesday and drop his $1 billion federal lawsuit against the NBA assuming "all their differences had been resolved." But now he's considering continuing the suit after being told by intermediaries the NBA won't budge on the punishments doled out by Commissioner Adam Silver after Sterling's racist comments were publicized.

Sterling's consent to his wife Shelly Sterling's potentially record-breaking $2 billion deal was the first sign of an end to weeks of uncertainty. The NBA's owners must approve the deal.

Read the full story: www.abcnews.go.com


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