meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
30 for 30 Podcasts

THE STERLING AFFAIRS Part 2: The Opposite of Showtime (2019)

30 for 30 Podcasts

ESPN

Sports

4.59.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Throughout the 80s and 90s, the Clippers were horrible and Donald Sterling was known as the worst owner in sports. But Donald Sterling wasn't the joke we all thought he was. This series was originally aired in 2019. We’re re-releasing it in anticipation of the FX and Hulu series, Clipped, a six-part sports drama based on The Sterling Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Dove.

0:04.0

For every delicate dimple, every curve and crease that you might not lotion every day,

0:09.0

finally get 24 hour lotion soft skin from your body wash.

0:14.4

Introducing new Dove Advanced Care

0:17.1

with micro moisture droplets that nourish every inch

0:20.1

straight from the shower,

0:21.5

making you feel lotion soft for 24 hours.

0:25.0

New Dove Advanced Care.

0:27.0

Try Dove's best ever body wash today.

0:30.0

I thought a lot about Donald Sterling's character reporting the story because there's

0:35.4

an insecurity at the heart of it. I mean he literally paid fake paparazzi and Marilyn Monroe

0:40.5

impersonators to come to his parties.

0:43.6

But he also asked one of the Clippers coaches

0:46.4

why he had to pay for new socks for the players.

0:49.4

I always wondered where that insecurity came from. Was it his childhood? Was it something else?

0:55.9

Maybe it was just being in the shadow of Lakers owner Jerry Bus all those years.

0:59.6

People wanted to go to Jerry Bus's parties.

1:03.3

In a way, Sterling's fixation on bus makes sense though.

1:06.2

They both grew up on the wrong side of the tracks,

1:08.3

Bus and Wyoming, Sterling and East LA.

1:10.6

Both are self-made men and real estate barons in Los Angeles and somehow they both

1:15.3

ended up being NBA team owners. In this episode we'll get into the history of

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ESPN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of ESPN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.