sterling to sell the team, the clippers.u're just joining us, just to recap, it has been a moment here for the nba, where the commissioner has done something that has never been done in history. he has banned for life one of the nba team owners, donald sterling of the clippers, from the nba, from the clippers, from personnel decisions, from attending games, from being at any board member meetings of the nba. he stopped short at saying he was going to force him to sell the team, but did say he would urge the board of governors to play their part in helping force donnell sterling to sell the team. one question, i want to read it to you. it gets into some of the legal questions about what the nba has a right to do. what authority do the owners have to force a sale? mr. silver said the orchs have the authority subject to three quarters vote of the partners to remove him as an owner. obviously mr. silver is everything he can to put pressure on and distance mr. sterling from the clippers and from the nba, really taking this on not

what free agent players will sign with the team. beyond the nba's authority, there is marketplace reality. melissa: lee, let me ask you, you're a sports agent. if he just suspended and still the owner would that impact the ability of them to place players on the team, if he is supposedly not actively running day-to-day but still the owner? >> these are the most blatant comments i've seen by an owner on racial issue ever. melissa: right. >> this is not a single person black or white that will sign with that team. this is not a black versus white incidentally. every single this country who is not, doesn't have racial animus is condemning this. melissa: even if he is fined and suspended, what "tmz" is reporting, if that is the reality we hear here in a few minutes even then no one would sign with the team? >> i predict this is just the beginning. behind the scenes as daniel said, market forces are going to push him out. he can't walk out in public in southern california at this point. this will end up with the team being sold and, it wi

nothing about the playoff game. this team has championship aspirations and all they're talking about is donald steriling. >> we should point out these are millionaires being asked questions about their billionaire boss. and in the middle of all this the lawyers telling them, pr people saying this is what you, you can say, this is what you can avoid. >> a lot of players have been told not to talk about this subject. right now they're letting doc rivers be the spokesperson for this situation. it has worn on him, the team, and it's affecting their play. that's sad for the team because this playoff series has been unbelievable in overtime that is getting overshadowed by donald sterling. it's one of those things that you hope adam sterling does the right thing. there is public outrage, anger and display from the coaches, players, sponsors and even the president of the united states. >> we're waiting word from adam silver, the commissioner of the nba, regarding the controversial ocontroversyaround the owner of. clippers. we're in l

the players earn what the market will bear. to have a team that was bought at $20 million, and valued at $300 million, it is just wise, and it is the best all around especially when sponsors are pulling away, it would be the best all around for mr. sterling to take his money and retire. and say the kinds of things he wants to say in the privacy of his own home. >> we have just about a minute left. kenneth, what is the best outcome? you just heard paula madison talk about her desire for donald sterile to go. with we don't discuss these wider issues, will we have missed an opportunity? >> i think so. mr. sterile something a problem that will take care of itself at some point of time. the natural course that we all follow. let's not spend too much time on mr. sterling. let's do as i hope commissioner sterile something doing. let's look at the bigger issue, and let's make sure that we put in place plans to deal with this kind of issue in the future, so we can move rapidly and not be confronted with these kinds of conversations again and not allow

he's telling us if the team becomes available, he wants first crack at the clippers. we know there's at least another four or five serious billionaires looking to move in on this team. if they become available, there's going to be a dogfight to take ownership of this squad. >> evan, thank you. we see activity going on at nba headquarters here in new york city. it's a packed room o waiting to see what mr. silver is going to say. the new nba commissioner -- time to bring in jim gray, sports reporter, fox news contributor out of los angeles, covering sports for decades. what do you expect to hear? you just heard from tmz says is going to happen. jim, what do you think? >> i think he will be suspended indefinitely and there will be a huge fine. i just spoke with donald sterling on the telephone moments ago. he is unaware of what is going to happen to him. he's not been notified. he also said he really didn't want to comment on the record. however, the team is not for sale and he will not be selling the team. >> you were able to get him on the phone. it's my understanding o

the brother-in-law works for the team, the wife can still own the team, it's ridiculous. t's only $2.5 million. it would be great if it was $2.5 billion and the family could no longer own the team. >> because that's the maximum financial punishment. >> right. >> go ahead, rachel. you want to make a point? >> yeah, there's a report in "the daily news" citing sources saying she might get temporary stewardship of this team, running the team, while they are in this in between period waiting to see what the board of governors do. the clippers have said officially so far today after silver's announcement they are going to wait until after tonight's game, then spend the next day or two sorting out who will run the team, but there are some reports starting to surface she's going to try to step into that role, and i think there will be people very concerned about that, not only is there that video from her last night, as don mentioned when she was asked to authenticate her husband's voice on that tape, she said, gee, i don't know if it's him. >> she said nothing. she said nothing.

you're suspended indefinitely, and they must give up ownership of the team. it's a fairly high bar, but i think there's been such universal condemnation of sterling, and he has this checkered past that even though these lawsuits were settled for millions of dollars and the elgin baylor lawsuit didn't find the -- the jury did not find for him, there are still all these other indications and as someone has said, the nba constitution is what the owners say it is. there's really no precise legality here. this is all about the nba's future. its ability to continue to earn enormous amounts of revenue. its public image. based on all those things, yes, i think m coming months, again, the playoffs will go into june. once that's over, there will be more of a cry to try to remove this man many some way. that's unchartered territory. that's unprecedented have that happen to someone like sterling. >> i want to remind all of our viewers that nbc news has confirmed that donald sterling, owner of the l.a. clippers, has been suspended indefinitely. he has been fined $5 million

whatever it takes with the team. thanks, guys. >> thank you. mutt jackson is on his way in. >> thanks for joining us. we have just seen a remarkable press conference held before the l.a. clippers basketball game tonight to address the lifetime ban and $2.5 million fine dropped today on the team owner, donald sterling. you just saw clippers coach doc rivers speak hg in an off the cuff way. he didn't have a prepared statement. then taking questions for a long time. this is only an hour and a half before his team's big playoff game at their home stadium in los angeles. when president reagan was first elected in 1980, re elected in 1984, george bush chosen in the the elections in the fall of 1988, so it was january of 1989 when the new president was getting ready to be sworn in and ronald reagan was getting ready to leave office. on his last day in office, it is what he did. this was his last day as president of the united states. >> white house officials said president reagan has given a full pardon to yankees baseball owner george steinbrenner acc

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but he decides who the owners of the team are. he is in charge and he is simply not going to allow it. she can go to the games, but so what? >> jeff toobin, sunny, rachel, thank you so much. we'll see some of our panel again when doc rivers speaks to reporters expected soon. of course, we'll bring that to you the moment it happens, as always, set your dvr. coming up next, team owners behaving badly. donald sterling is certainly not the first. we'll introduce you to others. believe it when we say it, bringing her dog onto the field was not what got her into trouble. find out what did when "ac360" continues. disturbing the pantry. ortho crime files. a house, under siege. say helto home defense max. kills bugs inside and prevents new ones for up to a year. ortho home defense max. get order. get ortho®. [ banker ] sydney needed some financial guidance so she could take her dream to the next level. so we talked about her options. her valuable assets were staying. and selling her car wouldn't fly. we helped sydney manage her debt and pri

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according to fox officials he has no interest in selling the team. meantime players' union is calling for an immediate vote on the ownership issue. >> : with complete coverage on the racist remarks and penalty paddles down in response. >> : clippers to take on the warriors at 5:00 p.m. and the demonstration is planned against dolls sterling. the back hall all this plays out from the beginning and those controversial comments. first i regret is here with a reduction of the punishment. >> : the comments and resulting discipline have really triggered nationwide conversation about race for nba and kern sacramento mayor kevin johnson liaison between current nba players and commissioner for the past few days all a sudden this unfolded. and he spoke today in l.a.. >> : this is a very stark reminder that we still have a lot of work to do yes with an african-american president yes a justice happened in a swift manner. and forceful yes that occurred a day. but these events remind all of us the hatred and bigotry are far from over. i hope that every it sees what

the team is the most important thing for my family. i haven't listened to the entire thing but i do believe there are parts that have been cut out. xavier pope, thanks for being with us tonight. >> thank you for having me jonathan. >> what are the legal ramifications for sterling? >> well, first the league has to investigate to determine whether the tape that has allegedly his voice is true. and we know right now that vivian, the young lady that was on the tape, she's not necessarily cooperating with the league. because you have -- there are issues with privacy laws. and so she wants to protect herself. she has also stated that this tape got out accidentally. so first it has to be authenticated. >> issues of privacy laws what do you mean by that? >> in the state of california, it is a two party state. and so when you're recording a private conversation, essentially you have to have the consent of the person that you're taping. and so i'm pretty sure that donald sterling was not aware that his private conversation was being recorded. ot

one is whether or not the team is in a big market. they are splitting it with the lakers. >> the second biggest media market in the country. >> absolutely. the other thing is whether the team owns the arena. in this case, the clippers do not but the lakers do. one positive thing going into the clippers direction is the fact that other recent trades have been astronomically high. looking at the valuations around the sacramento kings, the highest valuation for the nba team that sold for $335 million then. just a couple of months ago the bucks sold for $550 million of that was ranked the lowest in terms of franchise value. looking at the clippers, there is a lot of opportunity. common knowledge an underinvestment. one to pour more money, there may be an opportunity. we do not know the status of the television rights. we do not know if they are up for a valuations. if they are, that could be an enormous value. >> tv rights to make a big difference. >> fox owns the television rights in a very competitive market. i think that is up for negot

the team is back home. you're already seeing billboards changes, possibly previous sponsors, as we know, so many sponsors have pulled out from the l.a. clippers. and in l.a., the two-team city, but really today, backing one team. >> reporter: definitely. and brooke, it is really interesting to me that since this news broke, we have not heard anything really coming from sterling himself, saying anything. yesterday when coach doc rivers had his press conference, i asked him a question, if he had heard from sterling. his answer was really telling to me. because he didn't say, no. he said, i was asked if i needed to speak to donald. and i passed. i felt like it wasn't the time. it wasn't even like it sounded to me, i interpreted that to say, he didn't reach out to me. the people reached out and asked if i needed that. that's not something i needed. listening to commissioner silver today, he's saying that he did not express any remorse, but he did admit that that was him on the tape. so now we don't have to say

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but he owns the team, he owns the board, he is the team, he is the board. easier said than done to get him out? former mets general manager on what will happen. steve, very hard to do, so what do they do? >> the nba constitution is private, only the owners and commissioners actually know what is in it. but there is only one way an owner can be removed from ownership, that is if he doesn't meet payroll. the league can buy the team from the owner and there is discipline that can be handed down. he can be suspended for a year. neil: what would be a million dollars? >> a million is nothing. >> the commissioner can set presence right now, and he should. neil: the owners don't have a good conduct clause. all of us have a good conduct clause. we cannot fling a bird of somebody on the road. we have that built into our contract. this guy doesn't. >> do something, do not allow this to continue. >> the old boys club. neil: can a commissioner, can you all of a sudden create a new policy to address the egregious words or language, there is change policy mistreatment hav

clippers facility and he may not participate in any business or player personnel decisions involving the team. >> good evening from new york. nba commissioner adam silver, relatively new to the job, made that remarkable announcement today that he was banning l.a. clippers owner donald sterling for life after the league confirmed it was him on tapes that were made public in which sterling makes a slew of oh racist comments to his then girlfriend. we have word the clippers will old a pe game news conference in this hour during which they will address today's news for the first time as a team. we'll bring it to you live. in a moment we'll talk to bill maher about the news. earlier, commissioner silver made it clear that the sterling's comments have to no place in the nba. >> the views expressed are deeply offensive and harmful. that they came from an nba owner heightens the daniel and my personal outrage. as for mr. sterling's ownership are interest in the clippers, i will urge the board of governors to exercise its authority to force a sale of the team and are will do everything in my power to

and the real-life bad news bears. a minor league baseball team auctions off everything, right down to the concession stand. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. this is our western edition. i'm jim axelrod. the national basketball association is investigating what it calls disturbing and offensive comments, apparently made by a team owner. donald sterling, the owner of the los angeles clippers, is at the center of a controversy that's been exploding since this morning after the web site tmz posted audio they say is sterling making racist remarks about african americans. this is the longest tenured owner in a league whose players are mostly black. the clippers are in the middle of a play-off series, and sterling's players are said to be furious. late today, the clippers organization said it does not know if the tape is legitimate or has been altered. but as vinita nair reports, sterling did apologize to anyone who may have been hurt by the remarks attributed to him. >> reporter: tmz is not commentin

it may not be required that he sell the team. erms of the economics of the situation right now the economic situation are very good. you're a free agent, and you try to get hired by the clippers right now with this, are you coming here? you need to stabilize. >> what is donald sterling's reputation? >> he has ultimately done a good job with the clippers. they are winning now. they are popular. i guess it has been mixed. >> people were saying it has been no surprise. he has been a known racist. do people know that? >> i hadn't heard that specifically. i know he certainly has somewhat of a mixed reputation. who has been that successful that is and have some detractors. he has admitted he said what he said. probably the case. >> harry sloan, thank you for joining us. we will send it back to new york. we may see the next group of owners at the clippers right here. harry sloan, former chairman of mgm back to you. >> coming up, a look at the new "star wars." ♪ >> this is "taking stock." we want to go to su keenan in the newsroom. >> als

the other nba teams following suit. from sterling's comments is evident inside the staples center. workers blacked out signs of more than a dozen companies that pulled their sponsorship amid the controversy. fans and activists rallied outside l.a.'s staples center in a show of unity and support for the nba's decision and for the clippers players. >> hopefully they will be able to get a new owner here that will honor the clippers the way they should be. >> reporter: clippers say they will continue to go for the win with our without sterling as an owner. cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> the clippers beat the golden state warriors last night 3-2 games in the series. >>> the question now is will sterling fight to retain ownership of the team in the nba could force sterling to sell if three-quarters of team owners vote in favor of it. about half have already told the "associated press" they support the idea including the sacramento kings owner. >> i will 100% support commissioner silver to vote for a forced sale of the los angeles c

will other nba owners vote to force sterling to sell the team? clippers fans, they raised the roof for their heroes last night. >> one, two, three! [ cheers and applause ] >> it was the first time the team had been home since sterling's racist rant audiotape surfaced. the clippers won a pivotal game five in the play-off series with golden state. coach doc rivers say it is game was cathartic for fans as well as the team. >> you think it was just the players. it was the fans, too. everybody was going through this. it was almost like everybody wanted to exhale tonight, and it was good. >> it was good. the game came hours after commissioner adam silver acted decisively, bang sterling from the nba for life. that means sterling can't go to the games, practices or enter any clippers facilities. sterling was also fined $2.5 mill qulun. now he faces the possibility of losing his franchise. >> as for mr. sterling's ownership interest in the clippers, i will urge the board of governors to exercise its authority to force a sale of the team and will do everyth

tonight he vows not to sell the team. we're learning about pressure that was brought to bear on the league, pushing him. more on the high-speed come-uppance. >> reporter: this posted on line touched off a fire storm for the l.a. clipper's owner, donald sterling. >> it bothers you? >> yeah, it bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. do you have to? >> you don't associate with black people. >> i'm not you and you're not me. you're supposed to be a delicate wife. >> according to the nba commissioner, sterling confirmed it is his voice on the tapes. he is speaking with his girlfriend, a woman who is nearly 50 years younger than he is. >> if you don't feel it, don't come to my games. don't bring black people and don't come. >> do you know the guy that plays for you? >> do i know them? i support them and give them food and clothes and cars and houses. who gives it to them? does someone else give it to them? do i know? who makes the game, do i make the game or do they make the game?

>> in public, on the instagram and why with me teams? >> the tapes that keep on coming. the problems that keep on piling. if he war a ceo his board would have told hill to start packing, but donald sterling is the owner of a team. different rules, different game, where his own coach could go ahead and blast him, his own team can go ahead and defy him. his own estranged wife can rip him. and even the president of the united states can go ahead and slam him, but no one can, as of yet, fire him. wow, welcome everybody. i'm neil cavuto. how do you fire an 80-year-old billionaire boss in the case of donald sterling it's not easy can, and doesn't the nba know it. try as they might, sterling is sitting tight, after all he opens the team. so just who is going to tell him to leave the team? let's ask sports broadcasting icon warner wolfe and jared mac. warner, easier said than done. i'm used to the world of ceo where a board assess, enough of you, good. nose so easy here. >> i think it is. the first thing he'll lose day-to-day control. >> who decides that. >> the nba and other 29

the east. let's begin with a team leaving it all on the court. hours of the nbas decision to banish the team's owner, banish him for life, the league telling donald sterling he can't have anything to do with the clippers anymore, he has to pay a $2.5 million fine. the league is preparing to force him to sell. the players and fans say it couldn't have happened soon enough. stephanie elam is at the staples center for us. >>reporter: they were afraid there could be a rally or riot. a small demonstration before the game. fans showed up in full force wearing their clippers jersey and wearing their support for the team. happy to hear sterling got this lifetime ban. doc rivers spoke and said now his team can focus on basketball. >> i felt the pressure on my players, you know? everyone was waiting for them to give a response. i kept thinking, they didn't do anything, you know? yet, they have to respond. so, adam responded. i thought that was the sigh of relief that we needed. is this over? no, it's not over but it's the start of a healing process that we

meanwhile coach the team at the same time.ach usually meet with the media 90 minutes before tip off. rivers and warriors coach jackson held the news conferences not once did either discuss tonight's game. >> i thought adam silver today was fantastic. personally i thought he made a decision that really was the right one. that had to be made and to have somebody that owns and runs a team to have those beliefs it impacted us all. it impacted obviously if the country. and the voice was heard loud and clear. >> secret recording that crushed sterling according to espn it also led to the demise of were your assistant coach herman let go earlier this month. herman was reporting coach meeting and informal discussion coach and player conversation and none of the participant knew about it. unclear what he was doing with the recordings or possible motive or if anybody asked him to do this but he's since hired as a scout by the celtics. on to baseball. a's swept by texas in oakland last week. returning the favor this week in arlington. sco

announcing the lifetime ban and a fine of $2.5 million and says the league plans to force a sale of the team. and from here in los angeles, where the clippers are in the playoffs and around this country these comments about race has exploded into the national conversation. we begin tonight with nbc's joe fryer across town at the staple center where the team will be playing this evening. joe, good evening. >> reporter: still no comment from donald sterling since this announcement was made so it's unclear if he plans to fight to keep his team. tonight the clippers have a big playoff game with fans and players already declaring a different kind of victory. nba commissioner adam silver on the job for only three months did not mince words. >> effective immediately i'm banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the nba. >> reporter: no games, no practices, no ability to make any decisions about the team, plus a $2.5 million fine, the maximum allowed after the nba's investigation. >> mr. sterling acknowledged it was his voice on the tape. and he has not exp

the protest that was made by the team's owner. good evening. >>> going to get to that story in just a minute but first, breaking news of the coast guard is telling us two small planes collided over the bay. two cessnas are involved. a debris field from one plane has been spotted near brother island just off of the san rafael bridge, and 300 miles off from san pablo. the coast guarded the other plane landed. we have a reporter heading to the scene. we will get you more information as soon as we get it. >>> back to the controversy surrounding the clipper's owner. this is the photo. it sparked the conversation, allegedly, between clippers owner, sterling and his girlfriend, filled with racist comments. don knapp is live, what is going on in today's game those comments were on everybody's mind, don? >> reporter: we know from talking to rivers earlier the comments weighed heavily on him and the team. they decided early on not to talk to them or let them bother them. once they are on the court to play their game. from the way they played

it's obvious. >> why wouldn't you as the team owner knowing your team is in the playoffs, fourth game, had been doing well and say i got to own these words, it was wrong, et cetera, and i'm wishing the best for my team or something? >> well, i'll tell you, fred and again that is his voice on there p everybody says it's his voice. when you've got that sort of mentality, then you take a hard line approach until you're dead basically. richard nix on and the coverup and the breakup of the water gen dwaet type thing. until he is dead, donald sterling is going to say that hey, this wasn't me, and if it comes out it is him, i didn't mean to say it that way. he'll continue to alibi right down to the end because that is his personality. >> or l.z., is this donald sterling trying to come up with an exit strategy in we're not hearing from him, not seeing him because now he's trying to figure out all right, how do i gracefully let go of the team? >> you know, i don't know if he's away trying to figure out a plan to get out of this but what i will tell you is the media and americans in general hav

the president and all the teams seem to enjoy the visit from the teams. >> can you tell us about the? >> that's jonny gomes, plays right field and right-handed and drives in a lot of key runs. he bought everybody on the team that wore one of those blazers. he is the only one that wore it. there were rumors that he bought the president one of them. they were going to present him with one of those, not that he needs it. >> how about big poppy. >> he just looks good no matter what. >> i can't see how close the president is to walking up to the podium right now. if we have a second. there is joe biden. let me just say, joe biden uses foul language and so does big poppy. remember, he said, this is our blanking city. >> i would like to bring in another son of boston, mr. john king. he is champing at the bit to join in on the day of celebration. doing your city proud. >> reporter: kind of nice. if you grew up a red sox fan, it wasn't until our adult life we got to see this at all and now three times. it is great to see that. i don't think the president is -- if jonny gomes has that jacket,

role of these people is to guide the team. what information to black out and what information to unclassified in need and it came at the problem here is that now we're hearing from the defense team from the leader saying that there's been at least one instance where two fbi agents according to the defence team had at least in one of the defence security officers at a secret informant that they had questioned the person and mean them find a non disclosure agreements and certainly this is really not huge on questions about the trust in the cape and certainly the defense team is outraged. the facts are the defense team alleging this has had on the court case and could there be any fallout the thing for for the fbi. like if the defendant and first hearing in this case with the idea was put on a wreath out by the judge at the information came out and of course the likelihood of any theory of course there's now tuition is trust issued an amended defence teams because of course that whoever that the secret informant what they were ask

you might not have any this year. >> the best thing i heard about our team, the sum of our team is betterse guys have made each other better, which is probably the reason we've got on the this point. >> there is this huge divide in college basketball right now. there's teams that have made it this far because they have that core of senior leadership. they play together as a team. then there are the teams made up mostly of big freshman stars, the one and donees then go to the nba. do you feel like there's any kind of referendum going on in college basketball in this final four? >> style of play wise, there's a lot of ways to skin a cat. for a lot of these freshman, they've played on national stages, even before they've gotten to college. and to be quite frank, a lot of them are really, really talented. they are just really good players. that's why they're able to make that jump to the next level after their freshman year. >> it's not just players, people want to know are you going to jump to the nba? you decided in 2007 i would rather stay in florida. but i heard you leave the door open. >

they played better than we did but i am proud of the team. >>the cubs played through three rain delays in cincinnati. down a run with the bases loaded in the third... starlin castro hits a grounder up the middle and two runs score... the reds would tie it in the fifth. then with two outs in the sixth... pinch-hitter chris hiesey singles to left and the go-ahead run scores. jeff samardzija gives up three earned runs and is still winless on the season. cubs lose 3-2. the sox blew a three- run lead to detroit at a rainy u-s cellular field. it's tied at three in the ninth... austin jackson hits a fly ball deep to right... diane vicedo is there, but drops it and the go-ahead run reaches third. then with two outs... bryan holaday lays down a perfect bunt, the throw to first is not in time and the go- ahead run scores. jose quintana had a season- high ten strikeouts, but the sox lose 4-3. in other n-b-a action, the clippers beat golden state while the grizzlies took down oklahoma city. in the n-h-l playoffs, the flyers beat the rangers to force game

the team. a leak marketing expert says the sponsorship revenue is worth as $50 million in the los angeles area. we will get reactions and analysis from our roundtable. bloomberg sports reporter is with us when new york. andy dollars is in san francisco. we are joined by the former executive director of the nba players association. been coveringe this story and we are talking about the economics of this. we are seeing sponsors dropping by the wayside. was this unexpected? >> not unexpected. there are two levels to this whole controversy. backlash about the comments that sterling allegedly made and then there has been the financial aspect. another aide have said that they will wait and see what happens, putting things on pause. bad,nly were the comments it is also hurting the bottom line of the team and maybe the nba. as an just spoke about the bottom line here. what kind of damage control does a professional sports team have to go through when something like this hits? >> this isn't just the la c

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he can have no interaction with the team that he owns ever again. d this is on top of a maximum $2.5 million fine. which is nominal considering his estimated net worth is around $1.9 billion. here's the question, though, of how long sterling will own the clippers. now that remains in doubt. take a listen. >> i will urge the board of governors to exercise its authority to force a sale of the team and will do everything in my power to ensure that that happens. >> so sterling reportedly told fox news's jim gray that the team is not for sale. and he will not be selling the team. with that said, several groups seem to be interested in purchasing the team with bidding expected to exceed $1 billion. magic johnson, boxer floyd mayweather jr. and david geffenner said to be among those. and they have to prepare for the game sense the golden state warriors. following mr. silver's announcement the team posted this on their website simply reading "we are one." and last night, the game began without delay, something that almost didn't happen. both the warriors and