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Seattle not in the game for Kings

Great sports town, great ownership group, and Chris Hansen and (Steve) Ballmer, and those folks, I hope they get a team at some point, I think they will.

Kings saga faces possible final chapter in Dallas

Investor Chris Hansen and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer have had a deal since January to buy a 65 percent controlling interest in the Kings from the Maloof family.

NBA panel to weight latest twists in Kings saga, reports say

Wrote another Sacramento Bee columnist, Marcus Breton: "Even in an ego-driven business like the NBA, the posture of Hansen-and Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft-is preposterous.

Report: Maloofs won't sell to Sacramento group

The Sacramento Bee reported Saturday that the Maloofs have made a backup deal to sell a minority share of the Kings to Seattle investors Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer in case the owners reject...

Jerry Brewer: Losing Sonics an $800 million (and counting) mistake

Schultz sold the team for $350 million, and if he had been more transparent about his intentions, perhaps Ballmer would already be the owner.

Stern says Seattle group has filed for relocation

It's been expected that the Hansen/Ballmer group would file to move the team to Seattle, but Stern's comments were the first time that decision has been verified.

Seattle filled with glee � and guilt � over NBA bid

It's not nice to gloat, and Seattle is a town that spends an inordinate amount of civic time figuring out how to do the right thing, even while continuing to keep resentful score against those...

Steve Kelley: It's time to rejoice in Seattle!

After a couple of weeks worth of hemming and hawing the Maloofs have come to their senses and sold their franchise to a Seattle ownership group that includes Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer.

Kings sale to Seattle group a done deal, sources say

Many other outlets also reported the sale, including The Sacramento Bee, ESPN.com and Yahoo.com.All reported the Kings will be sold by the current owners, the Maloof family, to a group led by...

Report: Sacramento Kings headed to Seattle

According to multiple reports, including the Sacramento Bee, the Maloof brothers have reached an agreement with a group headed by Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer.

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Ailene Voisin: Stern saves Sacramento again

Thus, when the Maloofs four months ago agreed to sell controlling interest to Hansen and Ballmer...

Maloof family to pocket about $230 million from Sacramento sale

Seattle investors Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer offered the Maloofs a deal that valued the...

NBA gives 'advantage to the incumbent,' Mayor Kevin Johnson and Sacramento

And it was a reluctance to move the Sacramento Kings, everything else being relatively equal,...

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Tumblr backing away from Yahoo? Microsoft and Facebook are waiting in the wings

And while E.F. Hutton has been out of business for years, when Amy Hood talks, Steve Ballmer...

Nokia halves price of Lumia 900 as Windows Phone struggles persist

It is hardly a comparably bad sign for Nokia as most of the other harbingers of poor sales and...

Windows Phone 7 developers fear platform flop

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Relocation Committee Rejects Sacramento Kings Move

In a victory for small-market teams, an NBA relocation committee voted unanimously to reject the...

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ATD: Gates, Ballmer and Sean Parker join Zuckerberg's FWD.us lobby group

ATD: Gates, Ballmer and Sean Parker join Zuckerberg's FWD.us lobby group