Reflective of the kind of culture we cherish at our school or how we treat one another. 4 31. Former microsoft ceo steve balmer is on the path to buy the Los Angeles Clippers. He made a recordbreaking offer for the basketball team. As cbs news David Begnaud reports, Donald Sterlings wife has made a binding agreement to sell the team to balmer. Reporter former microsoft ceo steve balmer has signed a contract to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers for a record breaking 2 billion. He made the deal with Donald Sterlings estranged wife shelly, whose team says in a written statement, she was acting under her authority as the sole trustee of the Sterling Family trust, which owns the clippers. Mrs. Sterling and her lawyer have gotten an offer that they seem to be content with, the highest offer. And mr. Sterling has not agreed to accept that. Reporter in a written response to the nbas charges, sterling argues the leagues efforts to terminate his ownership are baseless. He claims the leaked recor