Oprah in discussions for bid on Clippers
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Oprah Winfrey may team up with fellow billionaires to make a bid for the Clippers. (Reuters)
The queen of daytime talk wants to be queen of the NBA.
Oprah Winfrey is considering making a play for the Los Angeles Clippers after the NBA began the process of forcing the team's current owner to sell the franchise.
Winfrey would be joined by mega-producer David Geffen and software billionaire Larry Ellison in the deal, an Oprah spokeswoman said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Donald Sterling, the team's current owner, told Fox News Wednesday that he has no intention of selling the team. The NBA banned him for life, fined him $2.5 million and called for him to sell the franchise. The team could be worth up to $1 billion.
Winfrey said Monday that she had no interest in buying the team, but that was before the NBA ruling. She said in an interview the racial comments by Sterling in a tape recording reflected a "plantation mentality."
Sterling was heard on an audiotape telling his alleged girlfriend not to bring black people to his games.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Oprah is not the first celebrity said to be interested in buying the team. The list also includes Matt Damon, Dr. Dre and Magic Johnson.