I have played basketball from the streets of New York City to the playgrounds of Berkeley and the athletic clubs of Sacramento. I was a longtime copy editor and writer at The Sacramento Bee.
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Newspaper folks know they need to be on their guard around politicians, who tend to spin information to suit their self-interest. That’s why good journalists – the watchdogs for the public interest — come equipped with a crap detector. They … Continue reading →
While hometeam cheerleaders argue that the NBA should reward Sacramento for its years of loyalty to the Kings, some outside observers suggest that NBA owners might be crass enough to favor money over loyalty. Who would have thought? If that’s … Continue reading →
Just when you think the fantasies spun to support a downtown arena can’t get any more absurd, along comes a wild-eyed visionary who sees fans and their families pedaling their bicycles to Kings games and walking long distances through downtown … Continue reading →
All aboard! All aboard! The arena gravy train is pulling about. Last call for rich guys to share in Sacramento’s giveaway of money, land, billboards and Mayor Kevin Johnson knows what else. Billionaire “whale” Ron Burkle is swimming away from … Continue reading →
In a week of good, bad and ugly times for college basketball, here was a sweet moment: Connecticut’s high scorer, Breanna Stewart, and coach Geno Auriemma embraced after UConn’s win over Notre Dame last night in the NCAA women’s semifinal. … Continue reading →
“A mysterious Sacramento group this week filed a notice of intent to sue the city over environmental issues and the proposed $258 million city subsidy.” You might have seen that paragraph in today’s Sacramento Bee story detailing the Mayor Kevin … Continue reading →
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson likes to play the big spender when he gets around NBA billionaires, so you have to worry how much more he’ll promise to give away in New York today. Johnson’s trip to Orlando last year to … Continue reading →
“Sacramento City Hall to Natomas: Drop Dead.” That’s the headline that could have been written after a desperate City Council voted last week to approve a term sheet to fund a downtown arena for the Sacramento Kings. The Natomas area … Continue reading →
My guess is that opponents of a publicly subsidized arena for the Sacramento Kings believe, as I do, that the Sacramento Bee, the city’s only daily newspaper, did a poor job of presenting the issues in a fair, balanced and … Continue reading →
While the Kings-arena schemers and dreamers were having their greed and ambition gratified last night at Sacramento’s City Hall, a far more inspiring athletic story was unfolding at Stanford’s Maples Pavilion. That would be the tale of … Continue reading →
