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Clippers owner Steve Ballmer bought the Inglewood Forum as the next step to building and owning a new arena for the franchise in Inglewood. It ends litigation with Madison Square Garden, the company that owned the Forum and owns the Knicks, over a stipulation about selling land near the new stadium development. Owning a significant […]

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and spouse Connie have donated more than $25 million to several areas affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and public health crisis. Ballmer Group pledged millions of dollars to assist Seattle, Los Angeles, and southeast Michigan, per ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk. Steve + Connie Ballmer, through the Ballmer Group, have […]

LOS ANGELES – On Tuesday, March 24th, the LA Clippers announced that owner Steve Ballmer has reached a deal to purchase the Forum from the Madison Square Garden Company. The arena, formerly known as the Great Western Forum, was home to an enormous amount of memories for James Worthy, Magic Johnson, the Los Angeles Lakers, […]

The Los Angeles Clippers will soon have their own arena following Steve Ballmer’s $400 million acquisition of the Forum in Inglewood, California from the Madison Square Garden Company on Tuesday. The MSG Company, an American sports and entertainment holding company, is founded by New York Knicks owner James Dolan. Per Marc Stein, the MSG Company […]

LOS ANGELES – Steve Ballmer and LA Clippers have announced the purchase, through a third company, of the Forum in Inglewood, California. James Dolan, the CEO of MSG –which own the Forum — is selling the arena to Ballmer’s group, CAPSS LLC. for a whopping $400 million in cash. LA Clippers Chariman Steve Ballmer and […]

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is on a mission to build a new arena, the Inglewood Basketball and Entertainment Center, by The Forum. Ballmer recently offered to buy The Forum and threw money at affordable housing so his team could build the new arena in Inglewood. The Clippers want to break ground next year […]

How did the Los Angeles Clippers go from one of the worst organizations to the home of Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and a title contender before the suspension of the 2019-20 NBA season? It all started with a recording between former Clippers owner Donald Sterling and a mistress almost six years ago. After over 30 […]

The Ballmer Group, founded by Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, will donate $1 million to community groups in Los Angeles to help during the coronavirus pandemic, per Bleacher Report. The Ballmer Group, founded by Steve Ballmer and his wife Connie, will donate $1M to community groups in L.A. to help during the coronavirus pandemic. […]

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is nearing a deal to purchase The Forum in Inglewood California, which would clear a major obstacle in the team’s quest to building a new home arena. Ballmer is set to purchase The Forum from the Madison Square Garden Company. In a statement released to ESPN, the Clippers — […]

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer’s plans to build a new arena in Inglewood have hit a roadblock after the city filed a motion on Monday, claiming a former employee is “in cahoots” with MSG, the company New York Knicks owner James Dolan runs. The battle between Ballmer and Dolan has only just begun, considering […]

There is no question Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is one of the most intense NBA owners out there. In the opening game between the two LA teams, Ballmer’s passion was evident. As he watched the intense game between his Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers, Ballmer accidentally ripped his shirt from the elbow […]

LOS ANGELES – On Tuesday night, Kawhi Leonard and the LA Clippers begin their journey towards their first ever NBA Championship against the Los Angeles Lakers. Fans from both teams will show up rocking their respective L.A. team’s gear and will be on their feet for most of the night, regardless of who they’re cheering […]

We all knew that Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is one of the richest owners in the entire NBA. However, it is still quite staggering once we have an actual look at the numbers. As detailed by Front Office Sports in a recent tweet, Ballmer is not only the richest among all NBA owners, […]

Kawhi Leonard got the full extent of the Steve Ballmer experience very quickly into his tenure with the LA Clippers upon signing with them this summer. Head coach Doc Rivers, who admitted he nearly quit a week into the job, still recalls the first time the Clippers owner met his new star player. “(Ballmer’s) been […]

The LA Clippers had a vital stretch early in their offseason in a quest to acquire Kawhi Leonard. Yet the wait, doubt and constant consternation of whether they would be able to net his services was a helter skelter of frantic confusion. Head coach Doc Rivers was at the center of it all, now on […]

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer invested $100 million in the city of Inglewood on Tuesday, according to Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN. It’s the next step for the Clippers, who are building a new arena in the Inglewood area. Ballmer’s $100 million community benefits plan was negotiated with city officials from Inglewood as part of […]

Former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is the subject of an upcoming documentary in podcast form from ESPN’s “30 for 30.” Sterling, the disgraced real estate investor who lost his ownership in the NBA due to racist remarks caught on tape with his mistress, V. Stiviano, also reportedly laughed at current owner Steve Ballmer […]

LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer bought the team in May of 2014 for a whopping two billion dollars. The Clippers were in the midst of a terrible scandal in which their owner Donald Sterling was caught on tape using racist language. Ballmer, who had no experience with the sports world prior to the acquisition, was […]

The Los Angeles Clippers had the biggest offseason of any team, and probably the biggest in franchise history. The Clippers signed free agent Kawhi Leonard, fresh off a championship season in Toronto, and traded for an MVP candidate in Paul George. The move immediately made the Clippers a favorite to win the 2019-2020 NBA title. […]

NBA insider Ramona Shelburne recently revealed that ESPN will be featuring Donald Sterling and the Los Angeles Clippers in one of its famed 30 for 30 episodes. According to Shelburne, the documentary film is already well on its way, and that viewers should expect its release within the next couple of weeks. Ramona Shelburne: "You're […]

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is known for his wild and raucous celebrations. If you look up Ballmer on YouTube, there are entire seven-minute clips of Ballmer going crazy at Clippers games and other events. Just recently, the billionaire went viral for getting overly excited at Kawhi Leonard and Paul George’s introductory press conference. […]

LA Clippers head coach Doc Rivers tried to live a normal life through the early days of free agency, frequenting his favorite Malibu restaurant despite the constant pressure-cooker that came with pursuing Kawhi Leonard along with the lateral race to acquire Paul George. According to Jackie MacMullan of ESPN, Rivers wasn’t able to enjoy his […]

The Los Angeles Clippers made their plans to win now known when they made an aggressive play to acquire Paul George from the Oklahoma City Thunder while also signing Kawhi Leonard in free agency. However, as the Clippers look to take up the mantle as the new basketball team to watch in Los Angeles, they […]

The LA Clippers have unveiled plans and visual renderings for a new basketball arena, set to be completed by the fall of 2024 once their lease at Staples Center, which they’ve shared with the Los Angeles Lakers, is up. The venue will be named the Inglewood Basketball & Entertainment Complex, a “billion-dollar-plus” state-of-the-art arena that […]

There have been reports about the Los Angeles Clippers’ plan to move to a new arena, particularly in Inglewood in the near future, but that might not happen anytime soon, as James Dolan and his business associates could prevent it from happening. According to a report from Stefan Bondy and Nancy Dillon of the New […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are one of the teams expected to make a major splash in this summer’s free agency. They have enough cap space to sign two players to max contracts. They will reportedly go after Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard, and should they be successful in bringing those guys in, they will be […]

Earlier this week, Doc Rivers shot down rumors that he had interest of leaving the Los Angeles Clippers for the Lakers this offseason. Quashing the idea of him bolting to the Lakers, Rivers revealed the secret extension he agreed to with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. Rivers said he had an opportunity to opt out of his […]

Steve Ballmer, the fiery owner of the LA Clippers, now has another reason to be fired up: the team should easily make the playoffs in the Western Conference, and they just agreed to an extension with Doc Rivers for him to remain the coach there for the foreseeable future. In recent days, Rivers was prominently […]

Prior to Tuesday’s game against the Indiana Pacers, head coach Doc Rivers revealed that he has already agreed to a contract extension with the Los Angeles Clippers after coming to closed-door terms with team owner Steve Ballmer earlier this year. Rivers was rumored to be the top candidate to take over from Luke Walton as […]

LOS ANGELES – The rumors that L.A. Clippers head coach Doc Rivers was interested in coaching the Los Angeles Lakers heated up over the last couple of days. Ahead of Tuesday night’s matchup against the Indiana Pacers, Rivers was asked about the talks, and he took a moment to shut them down. “I have a […]

L.A. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer joined Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday night to discuss a number of topics. The biggest topics touched on were the current state of his Clippers, a new arena for the team, and free agency *cough* Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant *cough.* To start the show, Ballmer reiterated for what feels like the […]

Steve Ballmer is among the most excitable owners in all of professional sports. It’s common to see the former Microsoft CEO in his normal seat on the left baseline at Staples Center, rooting on his Los Angeles Clippers with the unabashed vigor normally reserved for anonymous super-fans. And as the Clippers continue working to get […]

The Los Angeles Clippers would actually be better of missing the playoffs this season. If the Clippers miss the postseason, they will earn a lottery pick. If they qualify, then the Boston Celtics will get their first-round draft pick. Don’t tell that to Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, who wants his team to make the playoffs […]

Steve Ballmer is perhaps the most visibly excitable owner in all of professional sports. The Los Angeles Clippers owner and former CEO of Microsoft can almost always be found in his normal seat behind the basket at Staples Center, and hardly shies away from the TV camera spotlight that inevitably follows him for every home […]

The L.A. Clippers fell to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday afternoon, but all eyes were on Blake Griffin, who made his return to Staples Center to face his former team. In 40 minutes of action, Griffin finished with 44 points, eight rebounds, five assists, and three steals on 13-of-23 shooting from the field, 5-of-13 from […]

The L.A. Clippers and Detroit Pistons are set to play their Saturday afternoon matinee at Staples Center, but it won’t be any ordinary game. Blake Griffin will be making his highly-anticipated return to Staples Center to take on the Clippers for the first time since being shockingly traded away almost a year ago. Ahead of […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have long been the face of failure for NBA fans. The franchise has the second lowest win percentage ever (40.3%). Despite this being the team’s 49th season, it has never once won a conference finals. All of that aside, things have started to look better for Los Angeles in recent years. […]

L.A. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer celebrated like the most hardcore NBA fan after a follow-up jam by Montrezl Harrell. Check out the clip posted by Dime showing Ballmer screaming his lungs out after the highlight play: Montrezl Harrell can fly and Steve Ballmer loves it 😂 https://t.co/6t4rL0yywG — Dime (@DimeUPROXX) December 21, 2018 Steve Ballmer […]

The Los Angeles Clippers made a major change to their front-office structure in 2017 when Doc Rivers gave up his title of president of basketball operations at the behest of Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. Lawrence Frank took over the position, but Rivers still is involved in the decision-making process. “There were too many things where […]