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The Kings Stay Home, As The NBA Plays Sacramento Like A Fiddle
So that's that. After three years of very public courtship from Seattle, three years of fans preparing for the worst, the Kings will remain in Sacramento. Yet it's the NBA that got everything it could have wanted from this whole ghoulish process....
Source Tells ESPN That Cris Carter's Son Will Sign With The Vikings
An anonymous source has informed Adam Schefter that Duron Carter, son of Hall of Famer Cris Carter, will sign with the Minnesota Vikings. ...
If You Stole Jerome Simpson's Shoes And Tea Set, Please Return Them
Vikings wide receiver Jerome Simpson had a rough Sunday. While the rest of us were kicking back, having a few beers, and enjoying an exciting finish to the Masters, Simpson was getting a hard lesson in the cold and uncaring nature of our world. That's because some asshole stole two pairs of Air Jord...
Here's An L.A. Kings Fan Dropping A Child To Catch A Hockey Stick
The Kings beat the Avalanche last night in a shootout. Mike Richards, who had a goal and an assist, was named the game's No. 1 star. Richards showed the home fans at Staples Center some love by tossing his stick into the crowd. Someone was a little too eager to catch it....
The Vikings Sex Boat Is Back On The Water
The Minnetonka Queen is no more. The 64-foot Skipperliner, which infamously hosted a Vikings sex party in which Fred Smoot used a double-ended dildo on two call girls, has been laid up in drydock for far too long. Now it's been given new life. As the Scandalous, it will ply the gentle waves of Iowa....
The L.A. Kings' Official Site Has Been Covering The NHL Trade Deadline In Superb Fashion
Once again, the L.A. Kings organization has proven itself to be better at doing the internet than any other professional sports team. The team's official site features a trade deadline tracker, and whoever is in charge of doing the updates has been having a great time....
Video: Texas Tech Coach Kliff Kingsbury's Swag Cannot Be Contained
When we last checked in with the Texas Tech football program, we were giggling like school children at this farcical email, sent from a booster to the school's deputy athletic director. Recall: the email was all about how to craft new head coach Kliff Kingsbury's image into one that would vault him...
Keith Smart Saved A Little Boy's Life
Kings head coach Keith Smart showed off the catlike reflexes that helped him hit The Shot 26 years ago, lunging for an errant pass that had a bead on a towheaded youngster in the front row. "Earn this," he told the boy with his dying breath. "Earn it."...
As Sacramentans And Seattleites Fight To The Death Over The Kings, The NBA Counts Its Money
Three weeks from tomorrow, the NBA Board of Governors will vote on whether the Kings will be sold to Chris Hansen, who would move them to Seattle, or to a Sacramento group committed to keeping the team in town. They're bidding against each other, and no matter who wins, both cities will lose....
The LA Kings And LA Galaxy Have To Share A White House Visit
Nine months later, the Kings finally get their due as Stanley Cup champions. But they won't be alone. Obama's a busy man, and it's not like Washington's a hockey town. The Kings will share the stage with the MLS Cup champion Galaxy. ...
When The Kings Visit The White House, Their Coach Will Yell At President Obama About The Keystone XL Pipeline
Does a championship team ever get much out of visiting the White House? A photo with the president? Some knickknacks, maybe? Usually it's not a whole lot. Unless you're Los Angeles Kings coach Darryl Sutter, and you own a 3,000-acre ranch in Alberta, and you seek Barack Obama's approval of the Keyst...
The LA Kings Are Being Sassy On Social Media Again
Last night: Kings over Coyotes, despite the best efforts of Phoenix's Shane Doan, who scored both goals and kept trying to fight a rookie after an accidental collision. So what happened? The L.A. Kings' Instagram profile, like the team's Twitter account always does, brought the sass. ...
The Potential New Sonics Arena Sure Would Have A Lot Of Standing Room
The optimistic Seattle ownership group led by Chris Hansen has released some mock-ups of what the interior of a new arena might look like, and huh—it looks a lot more crowded than the last time the Sonics played in Seattle....
AEG, The Conglomerate That Controls Sports In Los Angeles, Isn't Being Sold After All
Nobody knows much about the Anschutz Entertainment Group, the massive sports/entertainment entity that owns Staples Center (and the whole L.A. Live complex), a healthy slice of the Los Angeles Lakers, and majority stakes in the Los Angeles Kings, L.A. Galaxy, and oodles of other franchises. What's t...
The Percy Harvin Trade Is Great News For Football And Horrible News For Me
Percy Harvin is headed to Seattle. Let's deal with this news, first with reason and then with angry, drunken homerism....
Seahawks Trade For Percy Harvin
Seattle, just two points from the NFC Championship game, gets another fancy toy for its emerging star quarterback to play with. The Seahawks have acquired Percy Harvin from Minnesota for draft picks, and just like that, the two early favorites for 2013 are both in the NFC West....