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The decline of the Kings symbolic of tough times

By Tim Keown
Page 2

Sunday, April 12, 2009

SACRAMENTO -- This is the saddest sight in sports: An on-court announcer, serving as a live pregame host, attempting to whip up the ARCO Arena crowd before an early-April game on a Sunday evening between the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings. He's working it, imploring everyone to get excited, telling them what a great game we're going to have here tonight, talking about the young Kings and the young Warriors and by the way … let's hear it, Sacramento, aren't you excited? It's ...

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