Report: Donald Sterling Has Cancer

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling, right, sits with his wife Rochelle during the Clippers NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, in Los Angeles. The Pistons won 113-107.(A... Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling, right, sits with his wife Rochelle during the Clippers NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, in Los Angeles. The Pistons won 113-107.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) MORE LESS
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Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has cancer, ESPN reported on Friday.

Sources confirmed the news to ESPN following a report in The New York Post saying that Sterling, 80, has prostate cancer.

Earlier this week, NBA commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling for life from the league, following the release of an audio recording of Sterling making numerous racist comments. Silver also announced that he would urge the league to force Sterling to sell the Clippers.

“If that is true, my thoughts and prayers are with him,” Clippers star Blake Griffin told ESPN on Thursday, when asked about Sterling’s cancer. “Nobody deserves to go through something like that.”

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  1. Wow, when Colbert said ‘who knows how many months that lifetime ban means’, I guess he was right. (BTW, I am not minimizing what he is going through. My dad died of prostate cancer, and it wasn’t nice.)

  2. Who should we blame, the blacks or his girlfriends.

  3. His black girlfriends. I hate to see anybody suffer from cancer, but this doesn’t change anything. He’s still gotta go.

  4. I think that’s pretty damned convenient.

  5. Yes, clearly this is just to distract us all from Benghazi.

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