{"id":8581,"date":"2014-05-02T14:52:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T06:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=8581"},"modified":"2014-05-02T14:52:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T06:52:35","slug":"oprah-diddy-and-money-may-famous-potential-buyers-already-lining-up-for-shot-at-la-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/02\/oprah-diddy-and-money-may-famous-potential-buyers-already-lining-up-for-shot-at-la-clippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Oprah, Diddy and Money May: Famous potential buyers already lining up for shot at LA Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/oprah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8583\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/oprah.jpg\" alt=\"oprah\" width=\"639\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/oprah.jpg 639w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/oprah-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Facebook Page of Oprah Winfrey<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014 If Donald Sterling is compelled to sell the Los Angeles Clippers, the list of potential buyers will have more stars than the team&#8217;s roster.<\/p>\n<p>Oprah Winfrey leads the list of wealthy luminaries who announced their interest in purchasing the club shortly after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling from the league for life.<\/p>\n<p>Winfrey&#8217;s spokesperson confirmed Wednesday she is already in discussions with record-label mogul David Geffen and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison to pool their vast resources for a bid.<\/p>\n<p>They won&#8217;t be alone, either. Music mogul Sean Combs tweeted his interest in going after the Clippers, and boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants to form a group to buy the team.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities ranging from Matt Damon to Oscar De La Hoya expressed interest in joining an ownership group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Facebook Page of Oprah Winfrey &nbsp; LOS ANGELES\u2014 If Donald Sterling is compelled to sell the Los Angeles Clippers, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":8583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","mauthors-greg-beacham","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}