Adam Silver protected the league. Steve Ballmer is only protecting his pride

For almost 12 years, they enjoyed a dream commissioner-owner relationship. That ended with the NBA's franchise-crippling ...

Doyel: Steve Ballmer, Clippers cheated all of NBA. If I'm the Pacers, I want revenge

Doyel: NBA punished Clippers, but owner Steve Ballmer cheated all 29 league teams, including Pacers. And those 29 teams can ...

Steve Ballmer, suspended Clippers owner, has deep roots in Detroit

Steve Ballmer was born in Detroit and attended Detroit Country Day, before making his fortune at Microsoft. He supports ...

Gillian Zucker was Steve Ballmer’s trusted lieutenant. Now she’s at the center of the Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard scandal

Zucker rose from an unpaid minor-league internship to become one of the most powerful women in sports.
Opinion

Steve Ballmer got off light while the Clippers will pay for years

Steve Ballmer deserved a much more creative monetary penalty from the NBA.

Mariners ownership can’t escape the irony of Steve Ballmer’s historic Clippers punishment

Steve Ballmer’s Clippers went too far chasing an advantage. The Mariners’ restrained spending represents the opposite ...

Pablo Torre: ESPN was 'fed' story downplaying Clippers owner's role in Kawhi Leonard scandal

Pablo Torre is being crowned this week after his year-long investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers resulted in an historic penalty for the team and its leadership, but he and his staff hit a major ...

NBA fines Clippers $30M, drops hammer on Steve Ballmer, Kawhi Leonard

An NBA-backed investigation found that the Clippers circumvented the salary cap by facilitating a "no-show" endorsement deal ...

After smacking Steve Ballmer, iron-fisted Adam Silver’s next act should be in Portland | Bill Oram

With the stroke of a pen, the drop of a hammer, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver showed who is boss. He demonstrated he has the ...

Brian Windhorst and Shams Charania break down how the Clippers’ salary cap scandal worked, why Kawhi Leonard escaped and what’s next for Steve Ballmer

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The NBA’s investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers ended with the most severe punishment ever handed ...

Steve Ballmer suspended one year, Clippers to lose 5 first-round picks in Kawhi Leonard endorsement scandal

There is more, Adam Silver and the NBA have thrown the book at the Clippers for salary cap circumvention.

NBA strips Clippers of five first-round picks, fines Steve Ballmer $30M in Kawhi Leonard probe

The NBA has ruled on the Los Angeles Clippers in for salary cap circumvention investigations on Kawhi Leonard after yearlong ...