NBA Loyalty to Sacramento Could Be Costly
The extraordinary precedent for keeping the Kings in Sacramento was laid down three years ago by commissioner David Stern. When Stern stepped forward to use league money (valued at...
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Did you ever get the feeling that things were going too well? That odd sense of dread that comes just before the other shoe drops? Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll is havi...(full article)
At the end of the fight, the old, vindictive NBA commissioner couldn't announce the winner without first needling the city he was about to make a loser again. At the end of a p...(full article)
At the end of the fight, the old, vindictive NBA commissioner couldn't announce the winner without first needling the city he was about to make a loser again. At the end o...(full article)
When hedge fund billionaire Chris Hansen on Friday raised his group's now- obscene offer to buy the Kings, lifting the franchise's value to $625 million, two thoughts came to mind...(full article)
The group trying to move the Sacramento Kings to Seattle is continuing to be relentless in its pursuit. And the NBA could be listening. Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer, the d...(full article)
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