The Top 14 Sports Stories Of 2014
Our sports teams here in New York weren't all that good this past year -- except for the Rangers (and, OK, now the Islanders). Still, we found reasons -- both good and bad -- to keep tuning in.
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Our sports teams here in New York weren't all that good this past year -- except for the Rangers (and, OK, now the Islanders). Still, we found reasons -- both good and bad -- to keep tuning in.
Steve Ballmer was introduced as the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers this week, and he wasted no time showing his enthusiasm for it.
Steve Ballmer is officially the new owner of the Clippers. The team says the sale closed Tuesday after a California court confirmed the authority of Shelly Sterling, on behalf of the Sterling Family Trust, to sell the franchise.
In the tentative ruling, Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas sided with Sterling's estranged wife Shelly Sterling, who burst into tears when the ruling was announced.
Despite the greed and ego that is often associated with sports, we know there are plenty of moments that demonstrate great courage and pride.
As Donald Sterling made continued outbursts, Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas tried futilely to take control of the situation.
"We ultimately should rival American football in terms of popularity," Silver told WFAN host Mike Francesa on Thursday.
Halford is a major NBA fan, and talks about which song on Judas Priest's upcoming album would sound great during a game.
A source told the AP that Sterling's investigators are looking into whether other owners made any off-color jokes, or racist or sexist remarks: "The gloves are off, as they say."
Sterling says he's not just fighting for the Clippers but taking a stand against the NBA, which he called "despicable monsters" who want "to take away our privacy rights and freedom of speech."
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has pulled his support from a deal to sell the team to former Microsoft's Steve Ballmer and will pursue his $1 billion federal lawsuit against the NBA, his attorney said Monday.
The Rev. Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders say they've had a "constructive'' meeting about racial issues in the NBA with Commissioner Adam Silver.
A Long Island man was charged Tuesday with assault as a hate crime, among other counts, in connection with the alleged assault of V. Stiviano outside a New York City hotel. A second person is still being sought.
Her attorney Mac Nehoray says she was attacked by two men Sunday night as she left a restaurant in the Meatpacking District.
Just when you thought the whole Donald Sterling fiasco couldn't get worse, it has.
If Donald Sterling will indeed be swept under the rug of memory, his Jim Crow ideology and Bull Connor comments along with him, then ... what have we learned from Donald Sterling?
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has agreed to buy the Los Angeles Clippers for a record-breaking $2 billion. Now it's up to others whether the deal goes through.
Once she got control of her estranged husband's share of the Los Angeles Clippers, Shelly Sterling reportedly vowed to make nice with the NBA and the rest of the sports world and sell the club quickly. It appears she will very soon.
According to an E-Score poll of 1,100 participants, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is the most hated man in America.
The NBA is trying to force Clippers owner Don Sterling to sell the team after a racial rant to his gal pal V. Stiviano was leaked to the press. He's digging in his heels. Sterling is despicable – but as far as owners go - the team could do worse. Here's a list.
Donald Sterling has agreed to surrender his stake in the Los Angeles Clippers to his estranged wife, and she is moving ahead with selling the team, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday.
NBA Draft operates via a goofy lottery system. There has to be a better alternative than picking ping-pong balls out of a machine. Like maybe a dance off?!
The exiled Clippers owner, who is expected to be voted out, has until May 27 to respond to the charge, and the right to appear at the hearing..
A cadre of attorneys and a flurry of lawsuits could certainly slow down the NBA's plan to force Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers, but legal experts say the league would likely prevail in the end.
The question now isn't where LeBron James will be playing in 2014-15. It's whether he -- or anyone else -- will suit up at all.
