Tag: Basketball

Obama calls for end to ‘suck-it-up’ sports culture

Brian Hughes · May 29, 2014 4:35 pm

The NBA's constitution, which Donald Sterling signed as controlling owner of the Clippers, gives its board of governors broad latitude in league decisions including who owns the teams. (AP Photo)

Experts: NBA likely to win in Donald Sterling legal fight

Associated Press · May 16, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - This April 11, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama, flanked by outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, and his nominee to replace her, current Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. ThereÃ?s a new health insurance term in the glossary, and it could mean thousands of dollars out of your pocket. ItÃ?s a cost-control strategy called Ã?reference pricing.Ã? It puts a hard dollar limit on what health plans pay for certain expensive procedures _ like knee and hip replacements. The Obama administration has given the go-ahead for insurers and employers to use the approach, setting aside some legal concerns. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Obama to host summit on concussions in youth sports

Brian Hughes · May 15, 2014 8:37 pm

Done with One and Done

David Wolfford · May 10, 2014 2:10 pm

Fans hold up signs in support of the Los Angeles Clippers before Game 5 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series between the Clippers and the Golden State Warriors on April 29 in Los Angeles. (AP/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Fight bigotry like Donald Sterling’s with more speech, not censorship

John Stossel · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

The Flawed Pursuit of Perfection

Lee Smith · May 1, 2014 7:33 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2013, file photo, Oprah Winfrey smiles before being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington. If Donald Sterling is compelled to sell the Los Angeles Clippers, the list of potential buyers will have more stars than the team's roster. Winfrey leads the list of wealthy luminaries who announced their interest in purchasing the club shortly after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling from the league for life. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Famous bidders already lining up for LA Clippers

Greg Beacham · May 1, 2014 12:36 pm

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, right, and V. Stiviano, left, watch the Clippers play the Sacramento Kings during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. (AP/Mark J. Terrill)

Donald Sterling, the media and the race card

Larry Elder · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2010, file photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, right, and V. Stiviano, left, watch the Clippers play the Los Angeles Lakers during an NBA preseason basketball game in Los Angeles. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is intent on moving quickly in dealing with the racially charged scandal surrounding Clippers owner Sterling. The NBA league will discuss its investigation Tuesday, April 29, 2014, before the Clippers play Golden State in Game 5 of their playoff series. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

White House: NBA did ‘right thing’ banning Donald Sterling

Brian Hughes · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Harry Reid calls on NFL to pressure Snyder on Redskins name change

Susan Ferrechio · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, right, and V. Stiviano, left, watch the Clippers play the Los Angeles Lakers during an NBA preseason basketball game in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

Clippers owner Donald Sterling banned for life by the NBA for comments on race

Associated Press · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

Casual Podcast: Fred Barnes, March Mad

TWS Podcast · April 16, 2014 7:45 pm