- Byzantine Sacred Art Blog has a tremendous write-up of Vlade Divac's big fundraising weekend in Serbia, with lots of great pictures -- like Chris Webber and Toni Kukoc lifting a young girl high enough to dunk. (Via Ballhype.)
- The Painted Area ranks the nations which have qualified for the men's Olympic basketball tournament next summer in Beijing. Host China isn't the worst.
- This Circle K ad floating around on RT buses explains something about Justin Williams' Red Bull habit; what, I don't quite know yet.
- Can Kevin Martin ever score 2,000 points in a season? It's a pretty exclusive club, details David Friedman. Martin scored 1,618 points last year, and he only missed two games. Mitch Richmond did it once (2,095 points in 81games in 1996-97), and Peja Stojakovic came really close in 2003-04 (1,964 points). Chris Webber was on pace in 2000-01 with 1,898 points in 70 games. But Webb never played more than 75 games in a season for the Kings, which kind-of kills your chances right there. But wow, 22 seasons in Sacramento, and only one 2,000-point year. Let's hope Speedracer can change that soon. (It's our only hope, really.)
- Bloggers engage in a 'stat war' and everything's rather friendly. Academics engage in a 'stat war' and things get a bit ugly. Go figure.
- Sacramento State football, outscored 117-27 through three games. Go Hornets.
- The Maloofs sponsor a UFC fighter (Diego Sanchez). SI.com's David Epstein relays word Sanchez had the Kings logo on the ass of his shorts during his weekend match. I've never been more
proudashamedconfused as a Kings fan. (I'm also mildly upset StR will now appear much higher in Google results for 'diego sanchez ass'.)
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