jerry levin, former aol time warner ceo. now hear steve ballmer's attorney. the new owner of that particular team. friday night, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and with my cash back, you are money. forget him. my airline miles will take your game worldwide. what i'm really looking for is -- i got two words for you -- re-wards. ♪ there's got to be better cards than this. [ male announcer ] there's a better way with creditcards.com. compare hundreds of cards from all the major banks to find the one that's right for you. it's simple. search, compare, and apply at creditcards.com. first round's on me. . neil: it looked like he's got an uphill battle to hang onto this team. what chance does he have on a court has ruled that he doesn't? >> there's no question that there's a battle in store here, and i don't think donald is somebody to run away from the battle. neil: that was donald sterling's attorney telling me that they were not turning away from the battle but that battle may have already ended. a california appeals court rejecting sterling's bid to hang o

jerry levin, former aol time warner ceo. warner ceo. now hear steve ballmer's so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? that's right. it's just that i'm worried about you know "hidden things..." ok, why's that? no hidden fees, from the bank where no branches equals great rates. . neil: it looked like he's got an uphill battle to hang onto this team. what chance does he have on a court has ruled that he doesn't? >> there's no question that there's a battle in store here, and i don't think donald is somebody to run away from the battle. neil: that was donald sterling's attorney telling me that they were not turning away from the battle but that battle may have already ended. a california appeals court rejecting sterling's bid to hang onto the l.a. clippers, but that team now is in someone else's hands, steve ballmer and his attorney is joining me right now. the game is over as far as this is concerned to you? there's no chance that sterling can come back and make an argument for owning the clippers? is this put to bed no

later this morning, we are going to be hearing from former time warner chief jerry levin. he will be our special guest starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. >> sprint is sprinting away from t-mobile. citing strong regulatory opposition. sprint will appoint a new ceo to replace dan hest. and had made clear, if you want to stick around for the job very long. check out shares of sprint, lower now by more than a dollar. >> do you guys think the market sees individual deals and that it's falling apart or is there a broader -- the possibility of mergers and acquisitions. >> i think each of these deals is a real reason for why it fell apart. is this a sign at the top where things start to collapse? some of these mega deals that we've been hearing is you can see how much is happening. when those start to collapse, what is that starting to tell you? >> that's a very good point. at the same time, the regulatory hurdles on this mobile deal are going to be so, so tough. and they knew that. they knew that was what they were going to have to overcome. >> certainly in the individual sector