ESPN's Don Van Natta Defends Criticized Report on Clippers Investigation

Clippers' Steve Ballmer Refused to Settle With NBA Over Aspiration Scandal: Report

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer reportedly refused to settle with the NBA over the Aspiration scandal, resulting in huge penalties.

ESPN's Don Van Natta defends criticized report on Clippers investigation

The NBA’s investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers’ alleged salary-cap circumvention came to a close last week, when the league levied a massive punishment against the franchise. The Clippers lost five future first-round picks, were fined $30 million, and team owner Steve Ballmer was banned from team and league activities for a year. That punishment…

ESPN Faces Layoffs and Internal Turmoil Amid Controversial Clippers Report

ESPN is entering September with more than the usual pressure that comes with being the biggest name in sports media. The network has spent the summer dealing with layoffs and editorial restructuring, but a disputed report surrounding the LA Clippers has now created another problem inside the company. According to Status, ESPN staffers are frustrated […]

The Clippers Scandal vs. the Corporate Enforcement Record

A $30 million fine, loss of years’ worth of draft picks, a one-year ban for owner Steve Ballmer and a $700,000 fine for player Kawhi Leonard. That’s the NBA’s response to a yearslong scheme to evade the league’s salary cap. But alongside the sports scandal is something much more familiar to a corporate integrity audience — a greenwashing fraud and completed training that failed to prevent bad behavior. In the second of a two-part series, CCI’s J…

Breaking Down the Latest From the Clippers Scandal With Pablo Torre | The Domonique Foxworth Show

Pablo Torre joins Domonique Foxworth and Charlie Kravitz to break down the latest on the Clippers’ unprecedented punishment from the NBA. Just how widespread is cap circumvention across the league and is there even more to report on this story? They also discuss why Kawhi Leonard didn’t receive any on-court punishment, and whether Adam Silver comes out of this looking good? Plus, Pablo reacts to the response to his reporting and weighs in on LeB…

The LA Clippers Internal Investigation Report Offers a Master Class in How to Write One

By Sara Kropf Anyone who knows me in real life knows that I’m a huge baseball fan (next year is our year, fellow Nationals fans). I follow the NFL because the rest of my family does (this is our year, Ravens flock). I don’t follow any basketball teams at all except when rooting for the […]