Donald Sterling

Vinny Del Negro, you just got played

2013-05-24 17:44:00

Donald Sterling might be considered by some the worst owner in the history of professional sports, but it sure is refreshing to hear someone admit that in the NBA the inmates really do run the asylum. Richard Johnson Los Angeles :: Broderick...

Clippers consider Nate McMillan to fill coaching vacancy

2013-05-22 09:25:00

As the Clippers look for a replacement for just-let-go coach Vinny Del Negro, former Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan has emerged as a potential candidate, according to several NBA executives who were not authorized to speak publicly on the...

Clippers parting ways with coach Vinny Del Negro

2013-05-21 12:18:00

Clippers Coach Vinny Del Negro said “yes” in a text message when asked if he and the team had parted ways on Tuesday. In his typical deliberate fashion, Clippers owner Donald Sterling waited until almost three weeks after the season was over...

Do Chris Paul, Blake Griffin know best who should coach Clippers?

2013-05-21 18:52:00

Why mess with success when you have known only defeat previously? The Clippers sold out 94 straight games with Vinny Del Negro as coach, won the franchise's first Pacific Division title and then decided to not bring back the winningest coach in Los...

Clippers fire Coach Vinny Del Negro

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Almost three weeks after the Clippers were knocked out of the Western Conference playoffs, the team decided to part ways with Coach Vinny Del Negro on Tuesday. The Clippers told Del Negro, their coach for three seasons, they would not renew his...

Vinny Del Negro says job loss 'hard to take' but thanks Clippers

2013-05-21 17:30:00

Though he helped the Clippers to their best record in franchise history and back-to-back Western Conference playoff appearances, those weren't� enough for Vinny Del Negro to keep his job as coach of the team. Del Negro said that being let go Tuesday was...

Arte Moreno and his Angels can't take the heat

2013-05-11 18:30:00

CHICAGO — When the Angels got Josh Hamilton following the Dodgers' signing of Zack Greinke, owner Arte Moreno emerged from hiding, took a bow and told everyone: "Think about how much fun it's going to be. Dodger fans and Angels fans get to argue...

With the proper maneuvering, Clippers can improve in off-season

2013-05-12 16:55:00

Any correspondence about possible Clippers' off-season moves needs to go straight to the top. So, Chris Paul, here's a primer on what you should instruct your franchise to do in the coming months to take that next step, otherwise known as getting past...

Clippers want Chris Paul back, but what about Vinny Del Negro?

2013-05-07 05:05:00

Gary Sacks, the Clippers' vice president of basketball operations, said Monday he feels "very confident" that Chris Paul will sign a five-year, $107.3-million contract extension this summer to remain with the team. Not surprisingly, Vinny Del Negro also...

After Game 3 loss Clippers are in a bad place: still in Memphis

2013-04-25 23:14:00

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — I've put my life on the line to be here in this rathole with our Clippers. And so I expect more than what I got from them Thursday in a rather flat 12-point loss to Memphis in Game 3. The Clippers played a step slow, as if...

Clippers need to learn how to live with success

2013-04-17 23:39:00

SACRAMENTO — The cow bell crowd came to beg some more for NBA attention, maybe the last Kings' game to be contested on this prairie before a move to Seattle. But there was the real possibility the energy in this graveyard might raise the Kings...

Death of son of Clippers owner is ruled accidental

2013-04-23 00:00:00

The death earlier this year of Scott Sterling, 32-year-old son of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, was caused by a pulmonary embolism and "intravenous narcotic medication intake," the Los Angeles County coroner said Monday. The death was...

Scott Sterling, son of Clippers owner Donald Sterling, was found dead in his apartment in January.

2013-04-16 16:48:43

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling stands on the sidelines before the game with the Memphis Grizzlies in Game Three of the Western Conference Quarterfinals in the 2012 NBA Playoffs on May 5, 2011 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

2013-01-02 11:47:00