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Shelly Sterling, wife of Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Donald Sterling, is negotiating with the NBA to sell the team, a source told CNN's Brian Todd.
There is an agreement for her to negotiate a voluntary sale, and there have been discussions between the NBA and Shelly Sterling, the source said.
The NBA banned Donald Sterling for life because of racist remarks made by the billionaire. The league is preparing a vote by other team owners that would force the couple to sell the franchise. Ref. CNN
Clippers co-owner Donald Sterling has filed a lawsuit against the NBA for more than $1 billion, his lawyer said. The league, meanwhile, said it reached a deal on the team's sale with the Sterling family trust.
The NBA announced a resolution with Sterling's estranged wife and the trust under which the Clippers will be sold to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, pending approval by the NBA Board of Governors. A June 3 meeting to discuss forcing the team's sale was canceled.
Also Friday, two sources with detailed knowledge of the situation told CNN that two neurologists deemed Donald Sterling to be mentally incapacitated. Sterling's lawyer, Maxwell Blecher, called the declaration a "Vast overstatement." Ref. CNN
Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Donald Sterling has agreed to the sale of the team to Steve Ballmer, Sterling's lawyer tells CNN's Brian Todd.
Efforts to separate Sterling from the NBA began in April, after TMZ posted a recording in which Sterling made racist comments.
His inflammatory remarks to his companion, V. Stiviano, spawned outrage among NBA fans, players and executives. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling from the league, fined him $2.5 million and pushed through a charge to terminate all of his ownership rights in the franchise. Ref. CNN
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has asked his lawyer to go ahead with a $1 billion lawsuit against the NBA and will withdraw his support of the team's sale that his wife negotiated, according to multiple media reports. Ref. CNN