Steve Ballmer
Is the NBA ready for Steve Ballmer?
January 10, 2013: 12:38 PM ETFORTUNE -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reportedly is part of an investor group that will help bring basketball back to Seattle, by purchasing The Sacramento Kings and moving them 750 miles north.
Should be interesting to see the new club play the Portland Trailblazers, who are owned by Microsoft (MSFT) co-founder Paul Allen. Maybe Bill Gates can referee (probably no worse than most current NBA officials, and certainly not on the take).
Actually, strike that. The think I really want to see is Ballmer on the sidelines. If you think Mark Cuban is demonstrative, wait until fans see this inside of Key Arena next winter:
(h/t @LaMonicaBuzz)
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Einhorn and the underdogs
First Microsoft, now the Mets. The Greenlight Capital founder is supporting the teams that no one loves.
FORTUNE -- This year, David Einhorn is throwing his money behind the underdog.
By the end of next month, the founder of hedge fund Greenlight Capital will trade $200 million for a minority stake in the New York Mets, the Major League Baseball team that lives in the shadow of the Yankees and that has missed MORE
Katie Benner - May 26, 2011 12:21 PM ET
