05-12-2014, 11:07 PM
Send in the clowns...
Sterling did an interview with Anderson Cooper yesterday -- hypocrisy galore.
![[Image: img_192095_donald-sterling-exclusive-int...cooper.jpg]](http://tubesport.com/wp-content/uploads/mvbthumbs/img_192095_donald-sterling-exclusive-interview-with-cnn-anderson-cooper.jpg)
The highlights:
- He said he was baited by "that girl" into making racing statements.
- He said he was sorry, he knew he was wrong, and he asked for forgiveness. "Am I entitled to one mistake? Am I after 35 years? I mean, I love my league, I love my partners. Am I entitled to one mistake? It’s a terrible mistake and I’ll never do it again.”
- He said he's spoken to Magic twice since the scandal broke and Magic's a good person.
- He said he felt bad about the Magic Johnson comment because it's so against his character to talk about people at all.
And, then he stuck his foot in his mouth and said...
-Magic Johnson wasn't a good role model for the children of L.A., that Magic hasn't helped minorities, and that all Magic's done is sleep with a bunch of women and get AIDs (Magic actually got HIV; regardless, made me laugh that Sterling, who never talks about anyone, was condemning Magic for sleeping around -- pot/kettle).
He again didn't deny that he'd given permission for his calls to be recorded.
Meanwhile...
Shelly Sterling talked to Barbara Walters -- she is trying to vie for ownership rights to the Clippers to keep the team in the family. I don't think she's got anybody backing her, though. She may file for divorce so the team can be part of the joint assets settlement, which could delay a sell or ownership transfer for a long time.
The NBA's response to Shelly's vow to fight to retain ownership: “Under the NBA Constitution, if a controlling owner’s interest (Donald Sterling's) is terminated by a 3⁄4 vote, all other team owners’ interests are automatically terminated as well. It doesn’t matter whether the owners are related as is the case here.”
And, over at the Silly Rabbit's house...
V. reportedly is trying to adopt two special needs teens whom she's known for some time. The DFCS granted her an exemption from all those convictions in her history, which would normally bar fostering and adoption, just before the tapes hit the media. Is the adoption attempt because she really wants to help the children or because she really wants it to be harder for anyone to boot her out of gifted multi-million dollar pad? Hope it's the former.
On a bright note...
The Clippers came back from a huge deficit yesterday to beat the Thunder by 2 points and tie the series up 2 - 2.
The team is playing good ball -- fun to watch; they're upping their value for whomever ends up owning the team.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markheisler/...s=business
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me...story.html
Sterling did an interview with Anderson Cooper yesterday -- hypocrisy galore.
The highlights:
- He said he was baited by "that girl" into making racing statements.
- He said he was sorry, he knew he was wrong, and he asked for forgiveness. "Am I entitled to one mistake? Am I after 35 years? I mean, I love my league, I love my partners. Am I entitled to one mistake? It’s a terrible mistake and I’ll never do it again.”
- He said he's spoken to Magic twice since the scandal broke and Magic's a good person.
- He said he felt bad about the Magic Johnson comment because it's so against his character to talk about people at all.
And, then he stuck his foot in his mouth and said...
-Magic Johnson wasn't a good role model for the children of L.A., that Magic hasn't helped minorities, and that all Magic's done is sleep with a bunch of women and get AIDs (Magic actually got HIV; regardless, made me laugh that Sterling, who never talks about anyone, was condemning Magic for sleeping around -- pot/kettle).
He again didn't deny that he'd given permission for his calls to be recorded.
Meanwhile...
Shelly Sterling talked to Barbara Walters -- she is trying to vie for ownership rights to the Clippers to keep the team in the family. I don't think she's got anybody backing her, though. She may file for divorce so the team can be part of the joint assets settlement, which could delay a sell or ownership transfer for a long time.
The NBA's response to Shelly's vow to fight to retain ownership: “Under the NBA Constitution, if a controlling owner’s interest (Donald Sterling's) is terminated by a 3⁄4 vote, all other team owners’ interests are automatically terminated as well. It doesn’t matter whether the owners are related as is the case here.”
And, over at the Silly Rabbit's house...
V. reportedly is trying to adopt two special needs teens whom she's known for some time. The DFCS granted her an exemption from all those convictions in her history, which would normally bar fostering and adoption, just before the tapes hit the media. Is the adoption attempt because she really wants to help the children or because she really wants it to be harder for anyone to boot her out of gifted multi-million dollar pad? Hope it's the former.
On a bright note...
The Clippers came back from a huge deficit yesterday to beat the Thunder by 2 points and tie the series up 2 - 2.
The team is playing good ball -- fun to watch; they're upping their value for whomever ends up owning the team.http://www.forbes.com/sites/markheisler/...s=business
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me...story.html