Dr. Jack Taunton was not only an accomplished runner and one of the finest sport physicians in B.C., but he was a true builder of sport locallySteve Ballmer would have preferred a win in the first home game for the Los Angeles Clippers at their new basketball palace, the US$2-billion Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. Yet that doesn’t take away from the fact that he has proven himself to be one of the most fan-centred owners in all of professional sport. He deserves so much credit for privately financing and building what is arguably the most high-tech sports arena in the world. He has transformed the Clippers from being a joke and an afterthought under previous ownership to being a big-time piece of the landscape in the second-largest media market in North America. Read More …Read More
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