Donald Sterling

Scott Sterling Overdose Death In Malibu Prompts Coroner's Autopsy This Week

Scott Sterling, the 32-year-old son of controversial Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling, was found dead of an apparent overdose in Malibu last night, sheriff's officials said. Someone called and asked deputies to check up on Sterling at his beachside home last night, and when cops arrived about 11:3 ... More >>

Five Reasons The Clippers Will Shock The World This Season

There's a future NBA champion being built piece-by-piece at the Staples Center this year. It has a point guard destined for the Hall of Fame, a dominant power forward, a young, outrageously athletic 7-foot center and a shooting guard with no fear, no conscience and no hesitation. I'm talking, of co ... More >>

Clipper Darrell, Biggest Clippers Fan Ever, Told by Team Not to Use its Name

The Clippers, of course, comprise the Rodney Dangerfield of basketball. No respect. Even with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin reviving the team, putting up Ws and attracting new audiences, the squad will always be plan B in Lakerstown USA. What we're trying to say is, the Clippers could use all the fa ... More >>

Donald Sterling, Clippers Owner, Alleged Housing Discriminator, Gets Wikipedia Bio Scrubbed of All Things Controversial

Both sides of Donald Sterling.​Donald Sterling is something like a Jekyll and Hyde of Los Angeles society for some. If you've seen his full-page ads in the Los Angeles Times, you'd think he was the city's greatest humanitarian. Ever. But if you've read some the lawsuits against him, you'd se ... More >>

L.A. Clippers Owner Donald T. Sterling Inducted into Landlord Hall of Shame

Mr. FishDonald T. Sterling​L.A. Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling will probably never become a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, but yesterday he did receive a different kind of honor: A statewide renters' rights organization inducted Sterling into its Landl ... More >>

Clippers Owner Donald T. Sterling Goes National, Places One of His Wacky Ads in New York Times

Donald T. Sterling ad in Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, New York Times​We thought Los Angeles was the only place where Donald T. Sterling, the infamous owner of the L.A. Clippers and landlord of so-called "luxury" apartment buildings, showcases his questionable graphic design skills in those wacky adv ... More >>

Clippers Owner Donald T. Sterling Finally Wins One

Things haven't been so great for L.A. Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling, who's pro basketball team is once again near the bottom of the regular season standings. Mr. FishDonald T. Sterling​Sterling has also been sued by his former general manager, Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor, and paid a huge, nearl ... More >>

Sterling's Discrimination Settlement Kept Out Of Elgin Baylor Suit

The (other) Donald.​A judge in former NBA star Elgin Baylor's discrimination suit against Clippers' owner Donald Sterling has ruled Wednesday that outside evidence of Sterling's alleged bias against minorities cannot be brought in court. Baylor's attorneys wanted to bring up a record-setting ... More >>

Villaraigosa Voted Worst Angeleno Of All Time

​Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa topped a list of all-time worst Angelenos chosen by online voters who responded to the Talk Back to Lopez poll at the Los Angeles Times. Wow. Maybe that $120,000 trip to Europe last month during the city's worst budget crisis in generations or taking time out to app ... More >>

Clippers Owner Donald T. Sterling Sued by 'West Wing' Actress

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling, who's no stranger to lawsuits of one kind or another, is now being sued by former West Wing actress Kim Webster, TMZ reported yesterday afternoon.Mr. FishL.A. Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling​It's been a rough few months for the billionaire, who made ... More >>

Clippers Owner Tries To Keep Housing Discrimination Issue Out Of Elgin Baylor Case

Illustration by Mr. Fish.Donald T. Sterling.​Ah, Donald T. Sterling. Owner of NBA's Clippers. Peddler of nouveau riche, high-rise living. Sometime fake philanthropist. And racist, if you ask some. One of the people you could ask is former Laker Elgin Baylor, who is suing Sterling for discrimin ... More >>

Clippers Owner Allegedly Didn't Like To Rent To Blacks, Latinos; Pays Record Settlement

Tenants at some of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling's more-recently acquired Koreatown properties allege that the basketball magnate weeded out black and Latino residents in favor of Koreans who were perceived as being people who don't "complain" as much, according to one fair-housing ... More >>

Donald T. Sterling's Fake Homeless Center

After hiatus, ads began again

Donald T. Sterling Fakes His Philanthropy in a New Los Angeles Times Ad

The Weekly unmasked his phony "homeless center"; now he's back with the same claim

Donald T. Sterling's Cattle Call

Sam, a leggy blonde dressed in a navy blue power suit with high heels, stood outside Sterling World Plaza on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. The former model had just been rejected. "It was the most bizarre thing I've ever been through," said Sam, who lives in Los Angeles but wouldn't reveal h ... More >>

Brooks Melchior

Play-by-playboy

To Get to the Other Side

Response to articles on Southwest Museum, Obama and more

Tattoo You

Here's an illustration that didn't run in the paper that went with Patrick Range McDonald's piece on Donald T. Sterling.

Donald T. Sterling's Skid Row Mirage

The billionaire Clippers owner claims he's creating a major homeless center. He's not, but image is what counts.

Where Hope Grows Like Fungus

Zen and the Art of Sheriffing

Lee Baca’s Khaki Revolution

Some Kind of Blue

Sterling Silver