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This year’s World Series has a juicy subplot: It’s California vs. Texas, which is also the battle of In-N-Out Burger and Whataburger. Now, players from the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros aren’t sworn to uphold territorial burger rights of Continue to Article

October 25, 2017 1:58:pm EST

The future of the Sacramento Kings was on full display Monday evening in Phoenix. No, the Kings couldn't complete the comeback to a Suns team wrought with franchise turmoil. With the starters getting run over, coach Dave Joerger went to two of his rookies in the backcourt and they instantly turned the tide of a game that was slipping out of control. Continue to Article

October 24, 2017 1:30:pm EST

The Kings had an active summer, and that included moving on from a lot of guys on the roster: Rudy Gay, Darren Collison, Ty Lawson, Tyreke Evans, Arron Afflalo, and Ben McLemore among others were gone. To replace them they drafted De’Aaron Fox, Justin Jackson, rolled the dice on Harry Giles, the Kings finally got Bogdan Bogdanovic to come over, then in free agency landed some solid veteran free agents in George Hill, Zach Randolph, and Vince Carter. 1) How do the Kings balance the minutes between their best young players and their veterans? Continue to Article

October 13, 2017 1:15:pm EST

The Sacramento Kings have moved on from emotional big man DeMarcus Cousins, who they traded away to New Orleans in February. While new guard George Hill knows the turnaround will take time, he is counting on helping to build a winning culture as everybody works to develop chemistry on the court and off it. The Kings went 32-50 last season and missed the playoffs for the 11th straight year. Continue to Article

October 11, 2017 12:57:pm EST

Since the moment Vivek Ranadivé purchased the Sacramento Kings, he’s begged, if not openly demanded that the team push the tempo. Under Michael Malone, the word “pace” became the beginning and end of every sentence. It carried through the George Karl era, but there was very little talk about the speed of the game under Dave Joerger last season. To force the action only took away from the franchise’s primary strength, All-Star big man, DeMarcus Cousins. The Kings weren’t built to run. Cousins wasn’t built to run. Pushing the tempo only put more stress on the 6-foot-11, 280-pound center. Cousins is now out of the picture and Sacramento has the assets to crank up the speed of the game. If the early Continue to Article

September 29, 2017 9:34:pm EST