Los Angeles's Favorite Hockey Team Is A Basketball TeamBarry Petchesky, deadspin.com I don't know if the Kings are the best team in hockey, but I know they're the hottest, and I know they have a better chance of winning a championship than the Lakers or Clippers do, and I know that's not the Kings' logo, NBC Los Angeles. |
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Staples Center faces busy weekend with Lakers, ClippersMay 15 (yesterday)
Staples Center is always among the world's busiest arenas, hosting a jam-packed slate of concerts and shows crammed between games for the NBA's Lakers and Clippers and the NHL's Kings. |
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Kobe Bryant & Magic Johnson Are Big Fans Of The KingsMay 14 (3 days ago)
Ananth Pandian, dimemag.com For the first time since 1993, the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings are in the conference finals, adding to the madness at Staples Center as they join the Clippers and Lakers in the playoffs. As the Kings try to win their first Stanley Cup, they can count on the… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com A man videotaped torching a taxi after the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship two years ago was charged with arson and police will crack down on any fan violence this year if the Lakers, Clippers or Kings triumph, officials said Wednesday. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Sacramento city officials and the Maloof family ended two days of discussion over financing for a new stadium with no progress, and Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson said a potential deal between the two parties was dead. |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Kobe Bryant skipped a chance to win an NBA scoring title and thought nothing of it. |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Kobe Bryant has decided to sit out the Lakers' regular-season finale against the Kings on Thursday, thereby conceding the NBA scoring title to Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant. |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com He hasn't quite sunk to the depths of his injury-addled second year with the Sacramento Kings, but former Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans hasn't been making much noise in Sacto of late. Once lauded for his all-around offensive play, the guard's decision… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Kevin Durant scored 32 points, reserve Daequan Cook had all 19 of his points in the fourth quarter and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Sacramento Kings 118-110 on Tuesday to win their first game sinceJames Harden took an elbow to the head. |
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) When Oklahoma City Thunder All-Stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook head to the bench to rest in the fourth quarter, that's usually James Harden's time to take over. |
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Kings center DeMarcus Cousins will be allowed to play for Sacramento against Oklahoma City on Tuesday night after the NBA rescinded one of his technical fouls. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com DeMarcus Cousins had 29 points and 10 rebounds, and the Sacramento Kings handed the Charlotte Bobcats their 20th straight loss with a 114-88 victory Sunday night. |
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Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson met with Kings co-owner George Maloof on Friday in Las Vegas in an attempt to revive talks about a new arena for the NBA team. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Kevin Durant had 29 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 103-92 victory over the struggling Sacramento Kings on Friday night. |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Laker fans should slow down. They’re better than they were earlier this year, but San Antonio has showed them recently how far they still have to go. The Spurs took it back in time, unleashing their vaunted Big Three on the visitors in an easy 121-97 W.… |
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Jack Dickey, deadspin.com Are you a Sacramento Kings fan? Ha, no, shut up, you're not. They're half a game ahead of last place in the West, 2-8 in their last 10, headed for the lottery again. They're probably leaving town. Who would ever want to go to a Kings game? |
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The Sacramento Kings’ owners are still acting as if their fans don’t know what’s going on (VIDEO)Apr 20
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com It's been a week since we learned that the Maloof Brothers, owners of the Sacramento Kings, weaseled their way out of a handshake agreement to commit to the city of Sacramento's plan for a new stadium. And if you're not on the up and up regarding what S… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com First thing's first: Neither Manu Ginobili nor Tyreke Evans got hurt on this face-first collision during the fourth quarter of the San Antonio Spurs' 127-102 win over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night. Evans played on, missing just 2:30 of the fin… |
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Pistons’ lead over Cavs hits 50 points heading into fourth quarter, settles at 39 in laugher (VIDEO)Apr 18
Dan Devine, yahoo.com In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, a fan-written post went live at the great Sacramento Kings blog Sactown Royalty with a simple, matter-of-fact headline: "Cleveland knows how to tank." Given the stinkbomb the Cleveland Cavaliers unleashed a… |
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The Kings' arena deal is dead and the dispute has turned into public bashing. But while the Maloofs refuse to go, Sacramento is eyeing 'alternative ownership' options, says Sam Amick. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Marcus Thornton scored 20 points and made the winning jumper with 3.2 seconds left, lifting the Sacramento Kings to a 104-103 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Six weeks after the Kings' owners and California's capital city reached a deal on financing a new arena, the team's future appears shakier than ever, as elected leaders and the team's owners have publicly declared they no longer trust each other. |
