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Elk Grove Sports Corner
Boys’ Bball Playoffs – Sheldon, PG Win Big

Here are the results of our local boys' teams in tonight's opening round games:(Div-I) Sheldon 78, Pitman 43(Div-I) Pleasant Grove 72, Rodriguez 32 (will host Franklin Friday night)(Div-I) Franklin  , Turlock(Div-II) Cosumnes Oaks 55, Fairfield 54...

Bleed Black and Purple
City of Sacramento, NBA negotiate ‘term sheet’

Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Kevin Johnson's office released a joint statement on behalf of the city of Sacramento and the NBA.The statement indicates the NBA is ready to dive into the details of the city's financing plan with the aim of having a term sh...

Kings Corner
In-game blog: Kings at Wizards

Feb 22, 2012

HALFTIME Wizards 68, Kings 60 WASHINGTON - The Kings still leave much to be desired defensively. The Wizards are shooting 58.3 percent, including 14-of-18 on shots in the paint. The Kings are shooting well considering how they've struggled all seaso...

Game to 100
Of Jeremy Lin, Vietnam and fate

Feb 22, 2012
Of Jeremy Lin, Vietnam and fate

The Jeremy Lin saga gets me thinking about the effect of timing in shaping what happens to you in life. Talent and hard work can go nowhere if doors don’t open at a particular time. Lin has taken the NBA … Continue reading

Sac State Sports
Sac State Morning Call: Wednesday Edition

Feb 22, 2012
Sac State Morning Call: Wednesday Edition

Please pardon us for a take a break for a few days. We’re back with more links than you can count. In the video department, get a glimpse of what goes down during halftime of games at Portland State, which plays at Sac State on Thursday: http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/wbball/release.asp?release_id=10177 In Hornets-related basketball news: * SacBee’s Dave...

Kings Corner
The Morning After: Cousins gets the All-Star treatment

Feb 22, 2012

MIAMI - Before Tuesday night's game Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra had this to say about DeMarcus Cousins. "We will have to tread him with the same respect we treated Dwight Howard; particularly when the ball goes up I the air. We have to have an ag...

Kings Corner
Kings at Wizards: Five things to watch

Feb 22, 2012

WASHINGTON - Tonight ends the Kings' longest road trip of the season. The Kings are 0-5 on the trip and have lost six in a row overall. The Washington Wizards are the worst team the Kings will have played on the trip. Like the Kings they have already ...

The State Hornet
Men’s golf, Johnson finish fourth at Folino Invitational

Feb 22, 2012

Sacramento State men's golf landed fourth out of 10 teams in the Folino Invitational in Fresno after the last round Tuesday, after Cal State Fullerton knocked the Hornets out of third by six shots. Sac State was in third place for the f...

NorCal Tennis Czar
Blake demolished in season debut

Feb 22, 2012

   James Blake finally made his season debut Tuesday.   It did not go well.   Blake, who has been sidelined by a knee injury, lost to fellow American Ryan Sweeting 6-0, 6-2 in 45 minutes in the first round o...

The State Hornet
Hornet cheerleaders dispell stereotype as a female sport

Feb 22, 2012

Male cheerleaders have been stereotypically categorized as being feminine, but the cheerleaders at Sacramento State are putting a stop to that stereotype and giving everyone a piece of their mind. There are six men and five women on the Sac ...



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