Boston Celtics, American professional basketball team based in Boston that plays in the National Basketball Association. One of the most successful franchises in sports history, the Celtics won 11 of 13 NBA championships from 1957 to 1969. Overall, they have won 17 NBA titles.
Boston Celtics, American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. One of the most successful franchises in sports history, the Celtics won 11 of 13 National Basketball Association (NBA) championships from 1957 to 1969. Overall, they have won 17 NBA titles. Founded in Boston in 1946 by Walter Brown, the Celtics were charter members of the Basketball Association of America, a forerunner of the NBA (established in 1949). At the time of the team’s founding, Brown also managed the Boston Garden, on whose distinctive parquet court the green-and-white-clad Celtics thrived until the franchise moved to a new arena, now known
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On May 4, 1981 Los Angeles attorney Donald T. Sterling bought the San Diego Clippers professional basketball team from producer Irv Levin for about $13.5 million .
From The San Diego Union, Tuesday, May 5, 1981:
Sterling Acquires Clippers For #13.5 Million
Los Angeles Attorney Plans To Keep Club In San Diego
By DAN BERGER, Staff Writer, The San Diego Union
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Irv Levin couldn’t wait until the Washington Monument fell. Donald T. Sterling now owns the san Diego Clippers and says he does not plan to move the franchise.
Levin told a news conference yesterday he has agreed to sell the club to Sterling, a Los Angeles attorney. Sterling then said that he and Levin -who long had denied he was trying to sell his National Basketball Association franchise -had discussed the sale for about a year.