Donald Sterling Hires Private Investigators To Dig Up Dirt On NBA Owners, Commissioner
CBS Los Angeles ^
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 said.
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.
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To: TigerClaws
This should be interesting.
2 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:17:21 AM by NEMDF
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To: TigerClaws
Boy, they didn’t expect that. Will there be any owners left after he’s done on this?
3 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:17:49 AM by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice
Eventually, the left will eat its own.
4 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:20:15 AM by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: TigerClaws
Some time ago I registered the following:
ExposingNBAowners.com
I guess I need to get that website the the PIs. LOL
5 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:20:28 AM by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: TigerClaws
"has hired four private investigation firms"I presume he did not go with the colored firms.
6 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:20:33 AM by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: TigerClaws
Seems only fair.
7 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:20:53 AM by BinaryBoy ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: TigerClaws
quietly rooting for the jerk.
8 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:21:49 AM by ilgipper
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To: TigerClaws
Mutual Assured Destruction - a venerable strategic approach. And so cathartic, too.
9 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:22:12 AM by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: TigerClaws
There’s plenty to be found. There’s plenty that’s known but the media chose to ignore.
10 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:22:18 AM by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: TigerClaws
This sounds interesting.
I’m of the opinion that while Sterling’s private comments were very bad, that the knee jerk reaction of the NBA was a severe overreaction, and compelling him to sell the team and leave the NBA was a “death penalty” for which the punishment does not fit the crime.
We all know how politically correct this country has gotten. This punishment was due to political correctness. I’m glad to see Sterling fight back and put the NBA itself under the microscope.
Also, I have questioned how quickly the NBA came up with the punishment. The story hit the internet late on a Friday night. By the following Tuesday, Adam Silver had his penalty ready to go. In only three days, it’s hard to believe that the NBA had time to evaluate all angles of this situation, legal issues involved, legal liability on the part of the NBA, etc. Perhaps that haste will bite Adam Silver and other owners in the butt.
11 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:22:19 AM by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: TigerClaws
He’s going for the selective enforcement defense. Unless the NBA illegally wiretaps all the other owners to know what they say in private, then Sterling is receiving unequal treatment.
12 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:22:50 AM by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: TigerClaws
As long as they are investigating the NBA, they might as well look into how Magic Johnson got the AIDS.
13 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:22:52 AM by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: TigerClaws
good
14 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:22:59 AM by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: TigerClaws
Calls for jalapeno spiced popcorn.
15 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:23:51 AM by AU72
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To: TigerClaws
They better get some rich fool to offer him 3 billion, obvious he aint gonna settle for 2 billion.
I wish him luck.
16 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:25:01 AM by The_Republic_Of_Maine (Be kept informed on Maine's secession, sign up at freemaine@hushmail.com)
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To: TigerClaws
Beautiful! I hope he comes up with some good stuff for all those people living in glass houses.
17 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:25:25 AM by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
I’m of the opinion that while Sterling’s private comments were very bad... How were his comments VERY bad?
18 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:25:32 AM by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: TigerClaws
Sterling is providing a service to us all. He will expose those who scream “racist” as the hypocrites they usually are.
19 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:25:44 AM by grania
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To: TigerClaws
Heh. What's that old saying about glass houses?
20 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:27:09 AM by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Good analysis. It was stupid of him not to take the $2 billion - about 4x what the team is worth - but this should get interesting.
There was a rush to judgment by the media over a private conversation. The guy was ‘dating’ a black chick (half black) and is paying millions to black players. How racist is he exactly?
It was a political move to keep blacks ‘oppressed’ and indignant.
Hope he digs up dirt on all of them and shuts them down.
21 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:27:33 AM by TigerClaws
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To: Cowboy Bob
His comments were bad because he said don’t bring black people to games. It was very embarrassing for those comments to be made public. I’m sure he would not have said things of that nature if he knew they would ever be public.
22 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:27:56 AM by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: TigerClaws
Wonder if he’s using the Clinton’s famous crew, Palladino & Sutherland?
23 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:28:08 AM by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: TigerClaws
I like it.
24 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:28:21 AM by clintonh8r (Can Juan Williams possibly be that stupid?)
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To: TigerClaws
Outstanding! Go Donald! Now if only he would do this with every member of Congress, Supreme Court and Obama as well.
25 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:28:30 AM by montag813
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To: Cowboy Bob
First off these comments were private. Second off they were taken out of context. Thirdly he was baited by his golddigger mistress. Fourthly it is illegal to tape someone without their permission in California thus the tapes were illegal and should be disregarded. Fifthly he was guilty of a “thought crime”. What should be the punishment for a racist? Lose their job, home, their only means of making a livelihood? Death? Their is no evidence he actually discriminated against anybody.
26 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:31:43 AM by BipolarBob
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To: Moonman62
He should also invoke the ADA. Age related memory loss and erratic behavior is a disability. The NBA, regardless of any provision in their governing documents, is legally obligated to refrain from discriminatory actin AND provide reasonable accomidations to him.
Sterling is a racist scumbag, of course. But the NBA is filled with scumbag, both in the owners boxes and on the court. I’m going to enjoy it if this turns into a circular firing squad.
27 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:32:05 AM by tanknetter
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To: TigerClaws
I would be more encouraged if billionaire Donald Sterling founded and funded a foundation like ACLU or Southern Poverty Law Center to vigorously defend in the press and in court those without his means who are the victims of race baiting. When he does it only on his own behalf it simply tells the haters on the left to be more discriminating in their victims.
He could call it something like, THE SOCIETY TO PREVENT RACIAL BORKING.
28 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:37:19 AM by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: TigerClaws
I wonder if the ‘authorities’ are going to go after the person who taped the conversation and the person who ‘leaked’ the tape to TMZ.
Also, is Mr. sterling going to go after the person, civilly, who taped this conversation?
29 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:37:32 AM by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?)
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To: NEMDF
Time to invest in popcorn stock. Silver has his ass hanging out ... literally. I still haven’t figured out if he’s a pitcher or catcher. Anyone?
30 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:41:01 AM by meatloaf (Impeach Obama. That's my New Year's resolution.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Was it just "Black People," or was it ghetto thugs that the MSM idolizes. Who would want "gangsta wannabes" roaming around? I don't think there is any need to apologize for not wanting human trash to stink up your owner's box.
When I was young, behavior of these kinds of thugs was openly mocked. Now it is protected behavior. I wouldn't want anyone like Miley Cyrus, the Kardashians or any other trash coming near my property. Just because someones skin color is favored by the MSM and liberal elitist doesn't get a pass from me. And it shouldn't from anyone else.
31 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:43:46 AM by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: billorites
I’d bet the other way. Let’s hear their “off the cuff” language. I hope they don’t use the “W” word.
32 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:45:26 AM by Sacajaweau
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To: TigerClaws
Good for him. Sterling isn’t about to just roll over and let political correctness force him to sell the Clippers.
33 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:46:10 AM by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: TigerClaws
:)And the beat goes on.
34 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:49:10 AM by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: ilgipper
Yes. Me too. No love for this guy. But I detest how this whole thing went down. He has lots of money and can stir up some things. Cheering him on.
35 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:53:02 AM by plain talk
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To: TigerClaws
Good. I don’t care for Sterling, but I have more disdain for the fascism that is creeping into society.
36 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:54:23 AM by SoFloFreeper
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To: Dilbert San Diego
“Perhaps that haste will bite Adam Silver and other owners in the butt.”
One can only hope!
37 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:54:41 AM by vette6387
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
The open mistress lizard person named V says they recorded their conversations all the time I guess, he supposedly wanted to go back and listen to the crazy stuff he said and then couldn’t remember. So she says he knows he was recorded, it’s something an 80 year old billionaire wackadoo with an open mistress does I guess. Which sounds plausible. He supposedly is claiming he didn’t know he was being recorded in that specific instance.
FReegards
38 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:55:17 AM by Ransomed
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To: Cowboy Bob
That’s funny.
Google Me This, Batman:
Images: “Magic Johnson Pool Party”
39 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:55:22 AM by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: TigerClaws
youtube.com
40 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:57:18 AM by Piranha (Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have - Saul Alinsky)
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To: Ransomed
I have yet to see any news reports which say what the “V” in V. Stiviano stands for. Every single report identifies her as “V” rather than using an actual name.
41 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:58:35 AM by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: Ransomed
wow, open mistress lizard person?
Well, she has a funny appearance. She looks like she had some plastic surgery that didn’t turn out too well.
Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think she’s attractive at all.
42 posted on 6/13/2014, 10:59:45 AM by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
I’ve seen it but I forget. Italian sounding I think. But lets face it, I think using ‘V’ must obviously be a reference to her humanoid reptile origins.
FReegards
43 posted on 6/13/2014, 11:03:03 AM by Ransomed
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To: NEMDF
This should be interesting.
It would be even better if he dug up dirt on the players, too.
44 posted on 6/13/2014, 11:07:10 AM by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
“Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think she’s attractive at all.”
I bet you aren’t an 80 year wackadoo billionaire.
Freegards
45 posted on 6/13/2014, 11:08:03 AM by Ransomed
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To: TigerClaws
Does anyone know the name of the PI firms???
46 posted on 6/13/2014, 11:09:14 AM by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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Dig up Dirt , he’s going to need a very very very big shovel
47 posted on 6/13/2014, 11:11:41 AM by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
You are probably right but in fact he did not want his “colored” girlfriend to bring black “athletes” to the games. It might be different if he was ok with her bringing black physicians or attorneys to the games. If he disapproved of some blacks but not all blacks than you can not (logically) conclude that he is racist.
It is possible he feels most NBA players are too ghetto compared to more educated blacks. Probably he is a racist but there is not enough information to make a conclusion.
48 posted on 6/13/2014, 11:13:39 AM by thejokker
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To: TigerClaws
Give ‘em Hell, Donald.
49 posted on 6/13/2014, 11:14:50 AM by dfwgator |
