DONALD STERLING BANNED FOR LIFE, MOVES TO FORCE SALE OF THE CLIPPERS

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life for making racist remarks to his girlfriend on tape.

He also fined him $2.5 million, and encouraged the NBA Board of Governors to vote to terminate Sterling's ownership — forcing him to sell the team.

Silver confirmed that the man caught on tape making racist remarks to girlfriends is Sterling.

We'll be covering the event live. You can live-stream the press conference on NBA.com.

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Photo: Jaromir Jagr has the best NHL photobomb of the season

At 42, the New Jersey Devils’ Jaromir Jagr is still schooling a lot of players on the ice. He’s had a productive season with the team, scoring 22 goals and 58 points so far. One thing Jagr also excels at: photobombing.

During the Devils Saturday night game against the Tampa Bay Lightening an enthusiastic fan snapped a picture of himself sitting next the players bench.

Jagr decided to have a little fun with it and executed a perfect photobomb.

Best Jagrbomb ever? RT @rayfoy4: @NHLDevils @NHL just me and Jagr having fun at the game. #besties #photobomb pic.twitter.com/O1okEvKiea
— NHL (@NHL) March 16, 2014

It’s a good thing Jagr had some fun on the bench, as the Devils fell 3-0 to the Lightening.



Source: usatoday

Meredith Vieira Makes US TV History At Olympics Tonight, Subbing For Bob Costas

Olympics history will be made tonight — when Meredith Vieira becomes the first woman to ever anchor NBC’s prime time Olympic coverage. Vieira is taking over for Matt Lauer, who has filled in for the last three days as Bob Costas continues to deal with the effects of an infection that began in his left eye and spread to his right eye earlier this week.That was TV-historic too, ending Costas’ streak of 157 consecutive appearances as NBC’s Olympics anchor in primetime. It was the first time since 1988 Costas did not host the coverage. He’d soldiered on with the infection in one eye — then two — the first few days of NBC’s Olympics coverage before calling Costas in from the “bullpen” on Tuesday.”

Vote for your favourite David Beckham Super Bowl advert

It's up to you to decide which David Beckham for H&M advert by Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn will air during the Super Bowl

News of David Beckham's Super Bowl slot reached us just a matter of weeks ago, and now more exciting details have been released.

The former footballer is no stranger to working with Hollywood directors - for his last H&M TV ad he collaborated with Guy Ritchie - so it comes as little surprise that he's secured yet another big name for this action-and-underwear-packed piece; Nicolas Winding Refn, director of Drive and Only God Forgives.

Though they'll sadly be no Gosling in this Winding Refn number, there will be an underwear-clad Beckham who has (fortunately for us) become trapped on a rooftop following a photo shoot. Cue some impressive stunts, all performed by Beckham himself, as he tries to get himself to safety.

To add an extra element of excitement, the duo has filmed two alternative versions of the advert and it's up to you, his adoring public, to decide which is screened during the Super Bowl on February 2. From January 27, log on to hm.com to watch the options and vote for your favourite.

"It was so exciting to work with one of my favourite directors, Nicolas Winding Refn, on my new campaign for H&M. Nicolas pushed me hard to create an action-packed film, which shows off this season's new heritage-inspired bodywear at its best," says David Beckham.

The ad will feature pieces from Beckham's spring 2014 bodywear collection for H&M as well as pieces from his newly-announced Mini-Me children's collection.

Source: telegraph.co.uk

Hilary Duff, husband Mike Comrie split after three years of marriage

The couple, who have one young son together, remain 'best friends and will continue to be in each other's lives,' the actress' rep told the Daily News.

'#nye #fancy HAVE FUN!!!' Hilary Duff captioned a photo of herself and Mike Comrie on Dec. 31.

Hilary Duff has called it quits on her three-year marriage.

The former Disney star, 26, and 33-year-old former NHL hockey player Mike Comrie have “mutually decided [on] an amicable separation," a rep for the actress confirmed to the Daily News.

"They remain best friends and will continue to be in each other's lives. They are dedicated to loving and parenting their amazing son, and ask for privacy at this time," the rep added.

The couple, who wed in August 2010 in Santa Barbara, Calif., are parents to 21-month-old son Luca Cruz.


Though details of the split remain scarce, rumblings of any drama seem nonexistent.

"There was no major incident – no big event between the two of them. They really did drift apart,” a source told People, adding that the pair tried couples therapy before officially splitting up. 

 “They have put effort and thought into this decision for a long time,” the source continued. “In the end, they realized at this time, they work better as friends. And they really are great friends."

The couple appeared to be on good terms as recently as New Year’s Eve, when Duff shared an Instagram photo of herself and Comrie dressed up to celebrate the holiday together. The pair were also spotted out together one week earlier when they took their tiny tot to Disneyland for the first time.

Duff had always been candid when it came to gushing about her relationship with Comrie.

"I've never met anyone who can say a bad word about him," she said in a 2009 interview. "He's generous, caring and sunny. We just laugh our heads off."

When it came to Comrie’s parenting skills, Duff had nothing but good things to say about the first-time dad.

"He's an amazing father," she said. "He's so patient and loving and involved. He's all the things that I knew that he would be.

Source: nydailynews

What Were They Thinking: The NHL and Winter Olympic Edition

January 1 was marked on most if not all hockey fans calendars for two reasons this year, one it’s the Winter Classic played outdoors and second it was the day the Team USA named both the men’s and women’s hockey teams. The game was a massive success with over 100,000 fans packing the stadium, and even in the frigid temp the names for the men’s team were announced after the game. No big surprises there. Everyone named was well expected.

The games are about a month away and the hockey world was waiting for the other teams to be announced. They were announced one by one and not with any or much fanfare, and then the roaring, screaming, and outrage began.

Team Canada names men’s Olympic hockey roster

Montreal Canadiens defenceman PK Subban will play for Canada at the Olympics in Sochi next month, as Team Canada’s GM Steve Yzerman and the rest of his Olympic brain trust announced the men’s hockey roster Tuesday morning.


Left off Canada’s roster were veterans Martin St. Louis, Joe Thornton, Dan Boyle and Eric Staal, along with some younger players thought to be on the bubble, like Claude Giroux, Tyler Seguin, Logan Couture and Brent Seabrook.