Sacramento Kings

The NBA is sending players and coaches into prisons to host pickup games with inmates as part of a new effort designed to lessen the stigmas around those behind bars. The Sacramento Kings kicked off the first in a nationwide series of contests this week at Folsom State Prison, made famous in the Johnny Cash song.

Bogdan Bogdanovich scored 25 points, Buddy Hield added 19 and the Sacramento Kings routed the Golden State Warriors 100-79 on Sunday night.

Organizers of a pride parade in the California state capital have banned uniformed police officers from participating in this weekend’s march and other festivities. The Sacramento LGBT Community Center said it asked city officers not to participate in uniform to honor “the pain and marginalization of community members who have been harmed by police violence.”

New Sacramento Kings coach Luke Walton is being sued over alleged sexual assault, according to court documents obtained by TMZ. 

Sodas and other sugary drinks sold in California would come with warning labels about obesity, diabetes and tooth decay under a bill that narrowly cleared the state Senate on Thursday despite strong opposition from the beverage industry.

Standing beside the family of a 22-year-old black man who was fatally shot by police a year ago Monday, the Rev. Al Sharpton called for California to make it easier to prosecute officers who kill civilians and to require that all cases go before a grand jury.

Stephon Clark was honored Monday one year after he was fatally shot by police in Sacramento. Melissa Colorado reports.

Steve Kerr erupted at the referees in the Warriors’ OT loss to the Kings on Saturday. He’ll pay for it…

Free agent DeMarcus Cousins has agreed to a deal with the Golden State Warriors, NBA sources told confirmed Monday.

A day after LeBron James shook the sports world by leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, rival Golden State Warriors struck back with an agreement to sign DeMarcus Cousins, who most recently played for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Sacramento police shot Stephon Clark seven times from behind, according to autopsy results released Friday by a pathologist hired by Clark’s family, a finding that calls into question the department’s assertion the 22-year-old black man was facing officers and moving toward them when he was killed.

The Warriors will be without two-time MVP Steph Curry for the next week, as well as Draymond Green on Wednesday night against the Lakers.

Former NBA player Matt Barnes is calling on two of his former teams — the Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors — to come to a rally for Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by Sacramento police.

Several role players stepped up in the absence of Steph Curry and Kevin Durant, but the Kings stayed close and stunned the champs on Monday night.

After losing a couple of games on the road, the shorthanded Warriors rode Kevin Durant and the supporting cast past the Lakers on Wednesday.

Vivek Ranadivé was persistent as a new entrepreneur. He always went to the top when making requests and was successful at it. One of the first calls he made when he got to Silicon Valley was to Hewlett Packard’s CEO. Ranadivé founded TIBCO, owns the Sacramento Kings and started BOW Capital, an investment fund.

The grandmother of an unarmed black man killed by Sacramento police called Monday for changes in the way police confront suspects, such as sending in a police dog, using a Taser, or aiming for an arm or leg when shots are fired.

Players from the Sacramento Kings and the Boston Celtics created a PSA Sunday to raise awareness about the killing of Stephon Clark, the 22-year-old unarmed African-American shot and killed by Sacramento police on March 18. Both teams also wore warm-up shirts that read “Accountability. We are one.” and had “#Stephonclark” on the back.

Stephon Clark was shot at 20 times after police mistook him for a suspect.

A photo of Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell kneeling with his Presidential Medal of Freedom has emerged on social media.