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Penalties, which focus on the team’s recruiting of overseas players–the team has established a now semi-legendary pipeline to Australian hoops talent–include four years of probation, a five-game suspension for Bennett, and a reduced number of scholarships. \u003ca href=\"http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/saint-marys-college-of-california-mens-basketball-cited-for-rules-violations-from-ncaa-committee-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Mary’s says it’s accepting the findings of the report\u003c/a>–but will consider appealing the penalties (detailed below).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Bennett said, “I am disappointed. I cooperated fully with the investigation and accepted responsibility where I came up short. The penalties are clearly excessive and although I’m still reviewing the report and trying to understand it, I know already that the report fails to include important mitigating information and tells only part of the story. I’ll continue to review the report and consider my options.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Gaels are 25-5 this season, have locked up the second-seed in the West Coast Conference tournament, and may be on the way to another appearance in the NCAA Tournament later this month. Today’s sanctions won’t block St. Mary’s from making post-season appearances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the NCAA report on recruitment at St. Mary’s says Bennett failed to monitor recruiting activities and failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance with recruiting rules. He’ll be suspended for five games next season, and the NCAA will cut the number of scholarships St. Mary’s can offer for men’s basketball for two upcoming seasons. The team will also be banned from preseason and in-season tournaments through 2015-16, and the entire program will be on probation through Feb. 28, 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for a little extra background on St. Mary’s, here’s a piece I did last year for NPR’s \u003ca href=\"http://onlyagame.wbur.org/%22%20target=%22_blank\">Only A Game\u003c/a>, from WBUR in Boston: “\u003ca href=\"http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2012/02/18/saint-marys-australia%22%20target=%22_blank\">Australian Connections Pushes St. Mary’s Into Top 25\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2013/march/saint+marys+california+failed+to+monitor+its+mens+basketball+program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The NCAA’s press release on the St. Mary’s sanctions:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2013/march/saint+marys+california+failed+to+monitor+its+mens+basketball+program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saint Mary’s (California) failed to monitor its men’s basketball program\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nSaint Mary’s College of California failed to monitor its men’s basketball program and a former assistant men’s basketball coach acted unethically in his recruitment of international prospects, according to a decision announced today by the Division I Committee on Infractions. The case also includes a failure to monitor and a failure to promote an atmosphere for compliance by the head men’s basketball coach as well as impermissible training and coaching sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Penalties in the case include four years of probation, a reduction in men’s basketball scholarships during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years, a five-game suspension for the head coach during the 2013-14 season, recruiting restrictions and a two-year show cause for the former assistant coach. If the former assistant coach seeks employment at an NCAA member school during that two-year period, he and the school must appear before the Committee on Infractions to determine if the school should be subject to the show-cause procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The former assistant coach knowingly committed violations during the recruitment of three prospects. When warned by the California Interscholastic Federation twice about the activities of the former assistant coach, the college did not proactively investigate the recruiting activities. Additionally, the men’s basketball team received impermissible training and coaching sessions from trainers not employed by the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the committee, the former assistant coach acted unethically when he knowingly committed recruiting violations for three prospects. The majority of the recruiting activity by the former assistant coach centered on an international prospect and included impermissible travel, local transportation and the arrangement of host family accommodations. He also attempted to assist a second international prospect by providing personal financial information as part of the prospect’s efforts in obtaining a student visa. The impermissible activity occurred both while the former assistant coach was employed by the college and as an athletics representative after he was no longer employed with the college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the recruitment of the international prospect, the head coach failed to monitor the activities of the former assistant coach. The head coach was aware of the former assistant coach’s previous employment with a professional sports agency and his termination from a two-year college due to improprieties. The head coach was also aware of the former assistant coach’s recruiting activity with the international prospect for whom the former assistant coach arranged travel to the United States and lodging with a local family. The committee notes that these were “red flags” and should have alerted the head coach to the need for heightened vigilance with regard to the former assistant coach’s recruiting activity. Additionally, the head coach knew that impermissible conditioning and practice sessions were conducted by two individuals not employed by the college, resulting in failure to monitor and promote an atmosphere for compliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saint Mary’s (California) failed to monitor its men’s basketball program when it failed to conduct an adequate investigation of information provided by the state high school athletics governing body as it related to the recruitment of an international prospect. Additionally, the college failed to monitor the conditioning and practice sessions with outside basketball trainers and conditioning coaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Penalties in this case include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Public reprimand and censure.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Four years probation from March 1, 2013 through February 28, 2017.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The head coach must serve a five-game suspension during the 2013-14 season.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The head coach may not recruit off-campus during the 2013-14 academic year.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A two-year show-cause order for the former assistant coach. The public report contains further details.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Reduction of men’s basketball scholarships from 13 to 11 for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Elimination of foreign tours by the men’s basketball team until the start of the 2017-18 season.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The men’s basketball team may not participate in a multiple-team event until the 2015-16 season.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The men’s basketball team may not receive skill instruction during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The members of the Division I Committee on Infractions who reviewed this case include Britton Banowsky, chair of the Committee on Infractions and commissioner of Conference USA; John S. Black, attorney; Greg Christopher, athletics director at Bowling Green State University; Melissa Conboy, deputy director of athletics at the University of Notre Dame; Christopher L. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2013/march/saint+marys+california+failed+to+monitor+its+mens+basketball+program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The NCAA’s press release on the St. Mary’s sanctions:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2013/march/saint+marys+california+failed+to+monitor+its+mens+basketball+program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saint Mary’s (California) failed to monitor its men’s basketball program\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nSaint Mary’s College of California failed to monitor its men’s basketball program and a former assistant men’s basketball coach acted unethically in his recruitment of international prospects, according to a decision announced today by the Division I Committee on Infractions. The case also includes a failure to monitor and a failure to promote an atmosphere for compliance by the head men’s basketball coach as well as impermissible training and coaching sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Penalties in the case include four years of probation, a reduction in men’s basketball scholarships during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years, a five-game suspension for the head coach during the 2013-14 season, recruiting restrictions and a two-year show cause for the former assistant coach. If the former assistant coach seeks employment at an NCAA member school during that two-year period, he and the school must appear before the Committee on Infractions to determine if the school should be subject to the show-cause procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The former assistant coach knowingly committed violations during the recruitment of three prospects. When warned by the California Interscholastic Federation twice about the activities of the former assistant coach, the college did not proactively investigate the recruiting activities. Additionally, the men’s basketball team received impermissible training and coaching sessions from trainers not employed by the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the committee, the former assistant coach acted unethically when he knowingly committed recruiting violations for three prospects. The majority of the recruiting activity by the former assistant coach centered on an international prospect and included impermissible travel, local transportation and the arrangement of host family accommodations. He also attempted to assist a second international prospect by providing personal financial information as part of the prospect’s efforts in obtaining a student visa. The impermissible activity occurred both while the former assistant coach was employed by the college and as an athletics representative after he was no longer employed with the college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the recruitment of the international prospect, the head coach failed to monitor the activities of the former assistant coach. The head coach was aware of the former assistant coach’s previous employment with a professional sports agency and his termination from a two-year college due to improprieties. The head coach was also aware of the former assistant coach’s recruiting activity with the international prospect for whom the former assistant coach arranged travel to the United States and lodging with a local family. The committee notes that these were “red flags” and should have alerted the head coach to the need for heightened vigilance with regard to the former assistant coach’s recruiting activity. Additionally, the head coach knew that impermissible conditioning and practice sessions were conducted by two individuals not employed by the college, resulting in failure to monitor and promote an atmosphere for compliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saint Mary’s (California) failed to monitor its men’s basketball program when it failed to conduct an adequate investigation of information provided by the state high school athletics governing body as it related to the recruitment of an international prospect. Additionally, the college failed to monitor the conditioning and practice sessions with outside basketball trainers and conditioning coaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Penalties in this case include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Public reprimand and censure.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Four years probation from March 1, 2013 through February 28, 2017.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The head coach must serve a five-game suspension during the 2013-14 season.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The head coach may not recruit off-campus during the 2013-14 academic year.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A two-year show-cause order for the former assistant coach. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 03-01-2013\u003c/strong>: Kevin Johnson did indeed produce the \"whales\" at the State of the City speech on Thursday night, and the bid was \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/01/5228653/proud-day-for-sacramento-mastrov.html\" target=\"_blank\">submitted to the NBA toda\u003c/a>y. In addition to a plan to buy the team and build a new arena in downtown Sacramento, the new ownership would revive the Monarchs WNBA franchise. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/01/5227508/mayors-team-wants-downtown-plaza.html\" target=\"_blank\">Some details from the Sacramento Bee. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/kings/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90465\">Here's a link to my radio story: KQED Radio 02-28-2013\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fate of the Sacramento Kings basketball team is up in the air. Its majority owners, the Maloof family, made a \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/sports/basketball/maloof-family-selling-sacramento-kings-to-seattle-investor.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">surprise announcement in mid-January\u003c/a> that they were selling their stake to a group of investors who plan to move the team to Seattle. But Mayor Kevin Johnson, a former star of the NBA, is determined not to lose the Kings, and has organized a rival investor group to put in their own bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/sorryseattle/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90420\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90420 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/SorrySeattle-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"SorrySeattle\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/27/5220647/sacramento-council-approves-arena.html?storylink=lingospot_related_articles\" target=\"_blank\">the city council authorized negotiations\u003c/a> with that group on public-private financing for a new arena near downtown. This is complicated by the fact that no one other than the mayor knows for sure who the investors are, although speculation centers on businessman \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Burkle\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Burkle\u003c/a> and 24 Hour Fitness founder \u003ca href=\"http://www.success.com/articles/1481-from-the-corner-office-24-hours-fitness-s-mark-mastrov\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Mastrov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson referred to the mystery investors several weeks ago as \"whales\" -- because they're big. The term has caught on among Kings fans, who communicate via an impressive social media network of blogs such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.sactownroyalty.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sactown Royalty\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowbellkingdom.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cowbell Kingdom\u003c/a>, arena supporters such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.crowndowntown.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Crown Downtown\u003c/a>, and daily podcasts from a former host at KHTK known as \u003ca href=\"http://carmichaeldave.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Carmichael Dave\u003c/a>. Johnson is expected to reveal the whales this week, perhaps at Thursday evening's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/25/5214226/this-week-kings-saga-may-be-state.html\" target=\"_blank\">State of the City\u003c/a> speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/kevinjohnson/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90429\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-90429\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/KevinJohnson-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"KevinJohnson\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/whales/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90430\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90430 alignright\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/whales-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"whales\" width=\"291\" height=\"217\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While they wait for the whales to surface, the Kings fan community is providing them with some krill, so to speak. Supporters attempted to sell out the February 9 game against the Utah Jazz. They called the effort \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.herewebuy.org/\">Here We Buy Night\u003c/a>,\" and it started with a tailgate party \u003c!--more-->before the game, where I interviewed several fans. Some had made signs referencing the battle with Seattle, such as this one that used the Starbucks logo to represent the northern rivals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/starbuckssign/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90421\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90421 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/StarbucksSign-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"StarbucksSign\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>Noah Justin was one of several people handing out flyers instructing the crowd what to chant, and when. \"We have the SAC-RA-MEN-TO chant, and that's basically saying we want them to stay here,\" he explained. \"We have a chant during the second quarter for LET US MATCH, because we need to show everyone that we deserve to match that offer that [lead investor] Chris Hansen has for the Maloofs. Then we have HERE WE STAY, when the Jazz have free throws in the third quarter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not that Kings fans usually need a cheat sheet to make noise. As Christina Dunn of Chico pointed out, they've put their arena into the Guinness Book of Records for loudest sports venue. \"Something like 130 decibels,\" she says, \"which is just incredibly loud. And it's just so much fun, you really can't beat it, even when the crowd is not maybe that big -- when it's a close game at the end, it is loud.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/bestfanssign/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90416\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90416 alignright\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/BestFanssign-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"BestFanssign\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>The chanting is supplemented with cowbells, a Sacramento tradition. Tyler Brant of Granite Bay is too young to remember when it started, but he's heard the story. \"The other cities were saying we were just a cow town,\" he says. \"So everyone brought their cowbells, saying we'll show you a cow town. We rung 'em all loud, and every coach in the league didn't want to play in here because it was so loud. That's what we're trying to bring back.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Here We Buy\" organizer Kevin Fippin told me he understands the NBA, like the rest of pro sports, is a business. They'll make decisions based on the bottom line, not sentiment. But Fippin says the Kings fans have to act on their feelings. \"What are we supposed to do?\" he asks. \"We support this team, and what else are we going to do except fight? And this is the way we fight.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/trucksign/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90422\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90422 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/TruckSign-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"TruckSign\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>Fippin's co-organizer Ed Montes says Sacramento's smaller than Seattle, but it could be a better market for the NBA. Unlike Seattle, fans here don't have major league baseball, football, or hockey competing for their attention, and their dollars. \"Sacramento's a one-team town,\" he says. \"We have the Kings and that's it. So they might not be a good team, they might have been a bad team for a long time, but you know what? This is all we have.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many others at the tailgate, Tim Ghiorso of Fair Oaks sympathizes with Seattle fans, who lost their team to Oklahoma City in 2008. But Ghiorso says if the NBA wants to repair the damage done to Seattle, they should give them a new expansion team and stop shuffling franchises. \"It really hurts the NBA brand,\" he says. \"If I'm in another city (watching the Kings leave) I'm thinking there's nothing I can do to keep my team, it's up to some billionaires who might move it. So why should I get into this sport?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/ourtownsign/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90419\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90419 alignright\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/OurTownsign-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"OurTownsign\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>Nancy Daley from Elk Grove has been a season ticket holder since 2006. She's worried about the economic impact if the Kings pack up. \"The coaches and the players, they're all going to be fine,\" says Daley. \"But we know our usher. We run into him around town. This is the way they support their families, so the real pain for us would be watching those people lose their jobs, and possibly having to leave town.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daley's optimistic that the Kings fans won't go unnoticed by the NBA, who have the final say in relocation matters. \"Just the other day David Stern, the NBA commissioner, said support was a big factor when they consider purchases and relocation,\" she says. \"It's hard to say that we're not passionate supporters.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>February 9th's \"Here We Buy\" night came a little short of a sellout - about 16,000 of the 17,000 seats at Sleep Train Arena were sold. Several hundred were donated to youth groups by fans who bought extra tickets. Still, it was enough of a success that the fans are organizing \u003ca href=\"http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2013/2/12/3980166/here-we-buy-night-2-march-24-vs-sixers\" target=\"_blank\">Here We Buy Night #2 for March 24th\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 03-01-2013\u003c/strong>: Kevin Johnson did indeed produce the \"whales\" at the State of the City speech on Thursday night, and the bid was \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/01/5228653/proud-day-for-sacramento-mastrov.html\" target=\"_blank\">submitted to the NBA toda\u003c/a>y. In addition to a plan to buy the team and build a new arena in downtown Sacramento, the new ownership would revive the Monarchs WNBA franchise. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/01/5227508/mayors-team-wants-downtown-plaza.html\" target=\"_blank\">Some details from the Sacramento Bee. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/kings/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90465\">Here's a link to my radio story: KQED Radio 02-28-2013\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fate of the Sacramento Kings basketball team is up in the air. Its majority owners, the Maloof family, made a \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/sports/basketball/maloof-family-selling-sacramento-kings-to-seattle-investor.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">surprise announcement in mid-January\u003c/a> that they were selling their stake to a group of investors who plan to move the team to Seattle. But Mayor Kevin Johnson, a former star of the NBA, is determined not to lose the Kings, and has organized a rival investor group to put in their own bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/sorryseattle/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90420\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90420 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/SorrySeattle-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"SorrySeattle\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/27/5220647/sacramento-council-approves-arena.html?storylink=lingospot_related_articles\" target=\"_blank\">the city council authorized negotiations\u003c/a> with that group on public-private financing for a new arena near downtown. This is complicated by the fact that no one other than the mayor knows for sure who the investors are, although speculation centers on businessman \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Burkle\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Burkle\u003c/a> and 24 Hour Fitness founder \u003ca href=\"http://www.success.com/articles/1481-from-the-corner-office-24-hours-fitness-s-mark-mastrov\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Mastrov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson referred to the mystery investors several weeks ago as \"whales\" -- because they're big. The term has caught on among Kings fans, who communicate via an impressive social media network of blogs such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.sactownroyalty.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sactown Royalty\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.cowbellkingdom.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cowbell Kingdom\u003c/a>, arena supporters such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.crowndowntown.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Crown Downtown\u003c/a>, and daily podcasts from a former host at KHTK known as \u003ca href=\"http://carmichaeldave.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Carmichael Dave\u003c/a>. Johnson is expected to reveal the whales this week, perhaps at Thursday evening's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/25/5214226/this-week-kings-saga-may-be-state.html\" target=\"_blank\">State of the City\u003c/a> speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/kevinjohnson/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90429\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-90429\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/KevinJohnson-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"KevinJohnson\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/whales/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90430\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90430 alignright\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/whales-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"whales\" width=\"291\" height=\"217\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While they wait for the whales to surface, the Kings fan community is providing them with some krill, so to speak. Supporters attempted to sell out the February 9 game against the Utah Jazz. They called the effort \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.herewebuy.org/\">Here We Buy Night\u003c/a>,\" and it started with a tailgate party \u003c!--more-->before the game, where I interviewed several fans. Some had made signs referencing the battle with Seattle, such as this one that used the Starbucks logo to represent the northern rivals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/starbuckssign/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90421\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90421 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/StarbucksSign-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"StarbucksSign\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>Noah Justin was one of several people handing out flyers instructing the crowd what to chant, and when. \"We have the SAC-RA-MEN-TO chant, and that's basically saying we want them to stay here,\" he explained. \"We have a chant during the second quarter for LET US MATCH, because we need to show everyone that we deserve to match that offer that [lead investor] Chris Hansen has for the Maloofs. Then we have HERE WE STAY, when the Jazz have free throws in the third quarter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not that Kings fans usually need a cheat sheet to make noise. As Christina Dunn of Chico pointed out, they've put their arena into the Guinness Book of Records for loudest sports venue. \"Something like 130 decibels,\" she says, \"which is just incredibly loud. And it's just so much fun, you really can't beat it, even when the crowd is not maybe that big -- when it's a close game at the end, it is loud.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/bestfanssign/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90416\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90416 alignright\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/BestFanssign-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"BestFanssign\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>The chanting is supplemented with cowbells, a Sacramento tradition. Tyler Brant of Granite Bay is too young to remember when it started, but he's heard the story. \"The other cities were saying we were just a cow town,\" he says. \"So everyone brought their cowbells, saying we'll show you a cow town. We rung 'em all loud, and every coach in the league didn't want to play in here because it was so loud. That's what we're trying to bring back.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Here We Buy\" organizer Kevin Fippin told me he understands the NBA, like the rest of pro sports, is a business. They'll make decisions based on the bottom line, not sentiment. But Fippin says the Kings fans have to act on their feelings. \"What are we supposed to do?\" he asks. \"We support this team, and what else are we going to do except fight? And this is the way we fight.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/trucksign/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90422\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90422 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/TruckSign-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"TruckSign\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>Fippin's co-organizer Ed Montes says Sacramento's smaller than Seattle, but it could be a better market for the NBA. Unlike Seattle, fans here don't have major league baseball, football, or hockey competing for their attention, and their dollars. \"Sacramento's a one-team town,\" he says. \"We have the Kings and that's it. So they might not be a good team, they might have been a bad team for a long time, but you know what? This is all we have.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many others at the tailgate, Tim Ghiorso of Fair Oaks sympathizes with Seattle fans, who lost their team to Oklahoma City in 2008. But Ghiorso says if the NBA wants to repair the damage done to Seattle, they should give them a new expansion team and stop shuffling franchises. \"It really hurts the NBA brand,\" he says. \"If I'm in another city (watching the Kings leave) I'm thinking there's nothing I can do to keep my team, it's up to some billionaires who might move it. So why should I get into this sport?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/hopeful-sacramento-kings-fans-are-whale-watching/ourtownsign/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90419\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-90419 alignright\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/OurTownsign-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"OurTownsign\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>Nancy Daley from Elk Grove has been a season ticket holder since 2006. She's worried about the economic impact if the Kings pack up. \"The coaches and the players, they're all going to be fine,\" says Daley. \"But we know our usher. We run into him around town. This is the way they support their families, so the real pain for us would be watching those people lose their jobs, and possibly having to leave town.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daley's optimistic that the Kings fans won't go unnoticed by the NBA, who have the final say in relocation matters. \"Just the other day David Stern, the NBA commissioner, said support was a big factor when they consider purchases and relocation,\" she says. \"It's hard to say that we're not passionate supporters.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_90328\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-90328\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/AlexSmith.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Smith (Getty Images)\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Smith (Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alex Smith's career with the San Francisco 49ers appears to be coming to an end. He's set to be traded to the Kansas City Chiefs, according to several news organizations, including \u003ca href=\"http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/san-francisco-49ers-trade-alex-smith-kansas-city-chiefs-022713\">Fox Sports\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Multiple reports cite that the 49ers will receive a second-round pick in the 2013 draft, which will be the second selection (No. 34 overall) in the round, and another conditional mid-round pick in 2014 ... The trade, which can't officially be made until March 12 when the new league year begins ...\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Smith was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft and was touted as the 49ers' quarterback of the future. But his performance on the field had been inconsistent, at least until the 2011-12 season, the Associated Press reports:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The 28-year-old Smith struggled for most of his career in San Francisco, plagued as much by coaching and coordinator changes as by his own indecisiveness. But when [Jim] Harbaugh became coach, Smith blossomed. He was among the league leaders in passer rating (104.1) with a 70.2 completion percentage when he was injured in a 24-24 tie against St. Louis.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>That injury was a concussion which occurred Nov. 11.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_87434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 360px\">\u003ca href=\"http://nesncom.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/alex-smith.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-87434\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/alex-smith1.gif\" alt=\"49ers Quarterback Alex Smith suffers a concussion during the Nov. 11 game against the Rams.\" width=\"360\" height=\"177\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">49ers quarterback Alex Smith suffers a concussion during the Nov. 11 game against the Rams.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Smith's injury turned out to be a pivotal moment for the 49ers. He was replaced as starter by Colin Kaepernick, who eventually was given the job full-time and led the team to the Super Bowl with plays like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_87437\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 550px\">\u003ca href=\"http://gifsection.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/kap-td-12-9-12.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-87437\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/kaepernick.gif\" alt=\"Colin Kaepernick runs for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of a 49ers win over Miami in December.\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colin Kaepernick runs for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of a 49ers win over Miami in December.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Smith earned some praise from the media for how he handled questions during the Super Bowl about his demotion. This is how \u003ca href=\"http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--demoted-alex-smith-handles-media-day-with-grace-004304813.html\">Yahoo! Sports\u003c/a> reported what Smith said:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"[It's been] tough at times for sure, tough to accept, tough to watch, but we're in the Super Bowl. And this has been an amazing experience. It's a great team. I love being a part of it. I have said before, it's bittersweet a little bit, but still, it's been a great thing to be a part of.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Although he was occasionally booed at Candlestick Park, Smith did have some supporters in San Francisco. Some 49ers fans today are Tweeting praises for no. 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/GruneLaterne/status/306834719931240450\u003cbr>\nhttps://twitter.com/thePeachMango/status/306833510969249793\u003cbr>\nhttps://twitter.com/cdubbz0228/status/306835242315042816\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to Kaepernick, the 49ers' roster also lists Scott Tolzien at quarterback. Tolzien played college football at Wisconsin and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the San Diego Chargers in 2011. The 49ers claimed him off waivers in September 2011; he has yet to play in a game for the red-and-gold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some (awesomely rocking) highlights of Tolzien from his days at Wisconsin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/YszFlEN6njo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NFL Live host Trey Wingo noted on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wingoz\">Twitter\u003c/a> that Smith would not be the first former 49ers QB to play in Kansas City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/wingoz/status/306817786905231360\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's referring to Joe Montana (49ers 1979-1992; Chiefs 1993-1994); Steve Bono (49ers 1989-1993; Chiefs 1994-1996); and Elvis Grbac (49ers 1993-1996; Chiefs 1997-2000).\u003c/p>\n\n",
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If the A's move to San Jose and build a state-of-the-art park, a lot of folks are going to choose to break towards San Jose to spend their baseball dollar.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If MLB gave their okay and the Giants didn't pursue the matter further, there are still other obstacles: a few pieces of the proposed site are still in private hands, neighborhood groups might try to block a new stadium, and San Jose voters would need to sign off on the deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The earliest the stadium could be ready for a first pitch would be the 2018 season. 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