Ex-Microsoft boss to buy basketball team for $2bn

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has agreed to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team for a record-breaking $2bn (€1.46bn).

Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 01:00

Tami Abdollah Los Angeles

Now it’s up to others whether the deal goes through.

Shelly Sterling said in a statement she had signed a binding contract for a sale of the Clippers by The Sterling Family Trust to Ballmer in what would be a record deal if approved by the NBA.

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