NBA pays price of victory

Friday May 30th   Send To A Friend Subscribe to TIME magazine   12 THINGS TO KNOW NOW   Price of NBA Victory: A Racist Gets Much, Much Richer Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will buy the L.A. Clippers in a record $2 billion deal which, if completed, would end a saga that's consumed the NBA since the release of racist comments by team owner Donald Sterling. But for the NBA, writes TIME's Sean Gregory, a quick resolution to the mess was never a moral victory       Edward Snowden: NSA's Email Release Is 'Strangely Tailored' The contractor-turned-leaker claims to have written many emails that the government has not revealed and says the release of a single message—in which he asks whether regulations from different institutions take precedence over one another and whether Executive Orders can outweigh federal statutes—after so many denials 'shows the NSA feels it has something to hide'       VA Chief Losing Support on All Fronts Amid Scandal Eric Shinseki has officials on both sides of the aisle seeking his departure amid a scandal over the mismanagement of ex-servicemembers at medical facilities across the country and a report that some 1,700 veterans were waiting for an appointment with the VA's Phoenix Health Care System without their information being included in an electronic wait list       Europe Gets a Google Eraser Internet users in Europe can now request that their personal information be removed from Google's search results following the landmark E.U. court ruling that gave people the "right to be forgotten." The web giant has launched a data deletion service form that must include links to the material that users want removed, their nationality and a valid reason       National Spelling Bee Ends With Historic Tie There were two winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee yesterday as teenagers Sriram Hathwar and Ansun Sujoe proved so formidable against one another—with words like stichomythia (a dramatic dispute between two actors) and feuilleton (a special supplement of a European newspaper)—that organizers actually ran out of questions, leading to the first tie in half a century       Police Knew About Elliot Rodger's Videos Weeks Before Rampage       Bret Michaels Suffers Medical Emergency on Stage       House Passes Bill to Boost Funding for Gun Background Checks       Arrests Made In Rape, Murder of Indian Sisters       'Sexy' Toddlers Diaper Ad Kicks Up Controversy       Pharrell: I'm No Feminist, But I Support Them       Australia Says Missing Jet Is Outside Search Area       To Unsubscribe You have received this e-mail because you are subscribed to this newsletter from TIME.com. Unsubscribe here. Email Opt-Outs Click here for more information on how to opt-out of marketing communications from us and our partners, or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://timeinc.net/subs/privacy/td/emailprivacy.html Privacy Policy Please read our Privacy Policy, or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://timeinc.net/subs/privacy/td/policy.html For Further Communication, Please Contact: TIME Customer Service 3000 University Center Drive Tampa, FL 33612-6408   Connect with Time