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BeyondGeography

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Fri May 2, 2014, 08:49 AM May 2014

We don't need more evidence showing Donald Sterling is vile but here's some anyway

Sterling, who reportedly has prostate cancer, wouldn't cover the cost of surgery for assistant coach Kim Hughes who had the same condition. Four good Samaritans on the Clippers roster came up with the $70K:

“People have been predicting his imminent demise. I’m sure he has the best . . . drugs money can buy,” said the source, who works closely with pro sports teams. “He can do anything to keep himself alive.”

...Another source said Sterling, 80, was specifically suffering from prostate cancer.

In an ironic twist, Sterling refused to pay for prostate-cancer surgery a decade ago for then-Clippers assistant coach Kim Hughes

“I contacted the Clippers about medical coverage and they said the surgery wouldn’t be covered,” Hughes told The Journal Times of Racine, Wis., in 2011.

“They said if they did it for one person, they’d have to do it for everybody else.”

Four Clippers players chipped in to cover the $70,000 cost...


http://nypost.com/2014/05/01/disgraced-clippers-owner-donald-sterling-is-battling-cancer/
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We don't need more evidence showing Donald Sterling is vile but here's some anyway (Original Post) BeyondGeography May 2014 OP
"instant karma's gonna get you" pnwest May 2014 #1
Damn you, Schadenfreude! I cannot control thee! kysrsoze May 2014 #2
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