The Latest Breaking News from Steve Ballmer

The ultra-rich face … accountability? Manchester City and Clippers verdicts show it’s possible

The sports world has accomplished a rare feat: calling out industrial-scale cheating on both sides of the Atlantic

The Guardian - US · Oct 1

As private equity, politics and prediction markets reshape sports, is the press box up to the task?

It was around a year ago that the podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out” released the first episode of what would become a 17-part series into alleged efforts by the Los Angeles Clippers to circumvent the NBA’s salary cap rules.

The Conversation · Oct 1

Asking for Forgiveness, the Clippers’ Front Office Stresses There Is a Way Forward

Interim president of basketball operations Trent Redden addressed Los Angeles’s disastrous offseason at media day Monday.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 28

Raptors Release Kawhi Leonard Official Trade Statement After Controversy Over Salary Cap With Clippers

The Raptors have completed their trade for Kawhi Leonard after an NBA investigation delayed the deal, sending Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick and significant draft assets to the Clippers.

International Business Times UK · Sep 15

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer caves over $30M NBA punishment after blasting investigation as a ‘witch hunt’

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has decided not to fight the NBA's punishment for salary cap circumvention

The Independent UK · Sep 14

Microsoft head of communications Frank Shaw leaving after nearly 30 years of shaping software giant’s public messaging

Shaw worked with all three of Microsoft's CEOs—Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and Satya Nadella— and has played a major role in shaping much of how Microsoft communicates to the outside world.

Fortune · Sep 11

Referees Have Nothing To Hide. The NFL and NCAA Should Show Every Big Replay Review Live on TV.

Plus: The NBA’s punishments to Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers are great, but not quite enough; and an ode to the friendships connected by fantasy football

Reason · Sep 8

Winners and Losers From the Fallout of NBA’s Clippers-Kawhi Leonard Investigation

A look into the fallout felt around the NBA from the league’s findings in its investigation into the Clippers for cap circumvention surrounding Kawhi Leonard.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 5

The NBA Brought Down the Hammer on the Clippers. The Bucks Could Be Next.

The Milwaukee Bucks are at the center of another NBA cap circumvention investigation that surrounds Gary Trent Jr.’s new contract.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 4

Clippers fined $30 million as owner Steve Ballmer is suspended for a year following NBA investigation on behind-the-curtain deal

A near-year-long investigation has amounted to a heavy blow to the LA franchise and its owner for an alleged circumvention of league rules.

Fortune · Sep 3