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EXCLUSIVE: Donald Sterling vows to take his fight for the LA Clippers to the Supreme Court ...
The Daily Mail ^ | May 14, 2014 | Ryan Parry

Posted on 05/14/2014 10:45:36 AM PDT by EveningStar

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Sterling vows to take his fight for the LA Clippers to the Supreme Court and calls Obama 'flippant' for attacking his racist views

Disgraced LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling insists that the NBA has no legal right to force him to sell his beloved basketball team and fine him $2.5m – and he’s willing to take the fight to the Supreme Court.

Sterling’s resolute stance is revealed for the first time in recordings obtained by MailOnline in which he lays bare his true feelings towards basketball’s governing body.

What’s more, the 81-year-old says he won't pay a $2.5million fine imposed upon him by the NBA. The game's governing body also placed a life ban on Sterling from ever attending an NBA basketball game.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: clippers; donaldsterling; lawsuit; obama; scotus
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1 posted on 05/14/2014 10:45:36 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

I think this guy is nuts.


2 posted on 05/14/2014 10:46:30 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: EveningStar

Go For It, Donald!


3 posted on 05/14/2014 10:46:34 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: EveningStar

See? If he were racist, he’d’ve said uppity.


4 posted on 05/14/2014 10:46:48 AM PDT by jagusafr (the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
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To: EveningStar

He can afford to buy an awful lot of lawsuit. This could get interesting.


5 posted on 05/14/2014 10:47:49 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Be seeing you...)
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To: EveningStar

This is all over an eaves-dropped private phone call?


6 posted on 05/14/2014 10:48:31 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Sterling’s version of Molon Labe.


7 posted on 05/14/2014 10:48:33 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Agreed.

the lawyers are sure gonna make a mint.


8 posted on 05/14/2014 10:49:04 AM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: Tijeras_Slim

“I think this guy is nuts.”

He is nuts,but he’s also right to fight this. This is a HUGE mountain made out of a tiny molehill.

He’s a racist——so is Al Sharpton.

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9 posted on 05/14/2014 10:50:47 AM PDT by Mears
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10 posted on 05/14/2014 10:51:31 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: EveningStar

Looks like he isn’t taking the apology tour. Boycott every team except the Clippers.

Pray America wakes up


11 posted on 05/14/2014 10:53:11 AM PDT by bray (The Republic of Texas 2022 is here)
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Let’s see if Lebron walks the walk..................


12 posted on 05/14/2014 10:53:12 AM PDT by Boonie
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Yes, but he’s a wealthy nut. We call those people “eccentrics”. :)


13 posted on 05/14/2014 10:53:25 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: EveningStar

I’m no fan of this disgusting pig.

However I am a BIG FAN of PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.

Who has the right to take away his property?


14 posted on 05/14/2014 10:53:56 AM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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Bet those depositions with Magic are going to be real interesting.


15 posted on 05/14/2014 10:53:59 AM PDT by bray (The Republic of Texas 2022 is here)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Dude has a right to think whatever the Hell he wants to think and say whatever Hell wants to say.

We all do.

I, for one, am tired of people trying to make me and everyone else walk around with a mind prison on.

Damn tired.

I hope he sues the Hell out of everyone involved and wins.


16 posted on 05/14/2014 10:54:03 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Paladin2

“Sterling’s version of Molon Labe.”

The guy has ballzzzzz. I like him. I hope he puts the NBA in its place. He and his family will be taxed much higher if he has to sell now.....If his family inherit the team the taxes are lower

Sterling has a few hundred million ($$$$)reasons to be telling the NBA admin to go to hell


17 posted on 05/14/2014 10:56:09 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: EveningStar

I haven’t heard anything that convinces me he’s actually a racist.

I’ve heard plenty that tells me he dislikes Magic Johnson.

Magic wanted the Clippers and he knew it. He didn’t like Magic, but didn’t want to admit it directly, so he directed his remarks at a more general group of people Magic belongs to, even though his own associations with black people (including the young woman) are well established.

And I’m convinced he is scatterbrained. He also wanted to bed the young woman, who was manipulating him into making racial statements while he was being recorded.

He’s getting railroaded.


18 posted on 05/14/2014 10:56:40 AM PDT by zipper (In Their Heart Of Hearts, Every Democrat Is A Communist.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I agree.

But that doesn’t make it all right.


19 posted on 05/14/2014 10:57:27 AM PDT by Gamecock (#BringTheAdultsBackToDC)
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The NBA bylaws are pretty clear on defining offenses and their prescribed punishment, and they didn't abide by their written bylaws.

Sterling may wind up owning the league.

20 posted on 05/14/2014 10:57:41 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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