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The Latest Breaking News from Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer started as Bill Gates’s assistant and now he’s on the verge of becoming wealthier than his one-time Microsoft boss

As the largest individual to own Microsoft shares, he's profited from successor Satya Nadella's turnaround and prescient bet into AI.

Fortune

Meet the Rare Team Still Embracing the Superteam Model

At a time when stringent new salary-cap rules are forcing franchises away from top-heavy rosters, Phoenix’s new owner went all in during the offseason.

Sports Illustrated

Microsoft CEO says unfair practices by Google led to its dominance as a search engine

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine, tactics that in turn have thwarted his company’s rival program, Bing

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Aaron Rodgers’ injury is a sign the NFL needs to rethink its stance on turf or grass fields

But it probably won't. Money rules this league and that's such a shame.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bill Plaschke: It's now or never for the Clippers. They must trade for James Harden.

LOS ANGELES — Any other year, don't go near James Harden.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Gates says he's a gamer now, calls them 'a terrific metaphor for human connection'

"The definition of a gamer is becoming a lot broader and more inclusive, and it might be fair to start calling me one".

PC Gamer

Ballmer Group awards $42.5 million to help more than 100 Black-led groups expand

A new grantmaking effort funded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife Connie’s philanthropic arm will provide $42.5 million over the next five years to support more than 100 Black-led nonprofits focused on improving economic mobility

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Stephen A. Smith Calls for Clippers to Take Drastic Measure With Kawhi Leonard

The ESPN personality ripped Leonard again, calling him the “worst superstar you could possibly have on your team.”

Sports Illustrated

Why Next Season Will Be Championship-or-Bust for the Clippers

After injuries again plaguing them and Russell Westbrook failing to carry the load, L.A.’s window is quickly closing.

Sports Illustrated

Bill Plaschke: Kawhi or bust? The Clippers Curse strikes again.

LOS ANGELES — They played huge, outmanned but not outhustled, overrun but never overwhelmed.

Los Angeles Times

NBA Owner Shares Firm Decision After Researching Potential Team Name Change

The Inglewood move will apparently not come with a new name.

Sports Illustrated

World's top 20 richest sports team owners as Man Utd bidder Sir Jim Ratcliffe in at No.6

Billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, owner of OGC Nice and one of the bidders for Manchester United, is among the richest owners of sporting institutions around the world

Daily Mirror

Clippers’ Steve Ballmer Is Ecstatic About the Toilets at Team’s New Arena

The always-amped Ballmer brought the energy at Tuesday’s Intuit Dome ceremony.

Sports Illustrated

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was pretty stoked about how many toilets the team’s new arena will have

TOILETS!

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Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: In signing Russell Westbrook, Clippers foolishly mirror the Lakers' mistake

Fool you once, shame on Russell Westbrook.

Salon

How the rich skirt century-old tax law

Goldman Sachs has helped billionaires see huge tax savings by selling stocks for a loss and then replacing them

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool sale: 13 potential buyers as PSG owners QSI takeover stance explained

A guide to who has been linked with taking over the reins from FSG at Liverpool as takeover talk continues

Daily Mirror

Liverpool takeover: Former Microsoft CEO worth £66bn makes stance clear

Liverpool are on the market with current owners FSG looking to sell up at Anfield and former Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer is on a small list of people who could afford the Premier League club

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Liverpool Echo

Steve Ballmer 'stance' on Liverpool sale emerges from new reports in USA

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been tentatively linked with a move for Liverpool as FSG 'exploring sale' of club

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool FC sale latest as Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment interest arrives while others drop out

FSG are understood to be open to selling their stake in Liverpool and here is a round-up of where things currently stand

Los Angeles Times

Clippers preview: Can Kawhi Leonard and Paul George win a title together?

The early October evening and a new NBA season approached when Steve Ballmer returned to the topic that has consumed his eight years of owning the Clippers.

Axios

Steve Ballmer's billions tower over other sports team owners

The former Microsoft CEO is worth more than four times as much as the next-richest NBA owner.

Los Angeles Times

Clippers unveil their vision of future game broadcasts

After the Clippers' television deal with Bally Sports expired this summer, some fans wondered on social media why Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, whose tech background fueled a wealth unmatched by any other owner of a professional team in North America, didn't simply start his own channel to broadcast the games.

Los Angeles Times

Seattle wants an NBA team, but will the league play ball?

SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee presided over a meeting of Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers captains at midcourt before tipoff Monday evening as Lenny Wilkens, the coach of Seattle's lone NBA championship team in 1979, found his courtside seat. On the outer edge of the temporary court inside this…

The Independent UK

NBA camps open; some go abroad, Spurs plan a trip to Uvalde

The San Antonio Spurs are planning a trip to Uvalde, Texas next month

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