Steven Covella

Steven is a writer with a broken jump shot, hoping this writing thing turns out better than his JV basketball career. You can follow Steven on Twitter @StevenCovella.

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Oklahoma City Thunder-Los Angeles Clippers: All calls are not created equal
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Oklahoma City Thunder-Los Angeles Clippers: All calls are not created equal

By Steven CovellaMay 14, 2014

Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . All calls are not created equal. As much as people would like to believe that they are, that poor calls in the first half balance out egregious calls down...

Sacramento Kings Draft 3.0 Challenge: A glimpse of things to come
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Sacramento Kings Draft 3.0 Challenge: A glimpse of things to come

By Steven CovellaMay 12, 2014

Photo by Steven Covella/Baller Mind Frame Since taking over the Sacramento Kings a year ago, majority owner Vivek Ranadivé has boasted about his “NBA 3.0” vision for the organization. Part of that will come to...

Reno Bighorns: The Kingdom's Vassal
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Reno Bighorns: The Kingdom's Vassal

By Steven CovellaMay 05, 2014

Photo by Steven Covella/Baller Mind Frame. Bighorns players do a stretching routine before playing the Santa Cruz Warriors April 5, 2014. J ust right of the heart of downtown lays the Reno Events Center. It...

Changes loom, but Sacramento Kings finally have a stable foundation
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Changes loom, but Sacramento Kings finally have a stable foundation

By Steven CovellaApril 17, 2014

Image courtesy of HeelSports/Flickr One year ago, the Sacramento Kings lost their last game of the season to finish with a 28-54 record, a sequence they managed to replicate Wednesday with a 104-99 loss to...

DeMarcus Cousins, Kevin Love battle each other in Sacramento Kings win
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DeMarcus Cousins, Kevin Love battle each other in Sacramento Kings win

By Steven CovellaApril 14, 2014

Image courtesy of RMTip21/Flickr . Others scored and there were 10 on the floor at all times, but aside from two players the rest were just supporting actors. DeMarcus Cousins and Kevin Love were the...

Late Dorell Wright three quells Sacramento Kings comeback
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Late Dorell Wright three quells Sacramento Kings comeback

By Steven CovellaApril 10, 2014

Image courtesy of RMTip21 | Flickr . DeMarcus Cousins pulled his headband over his eyes as if to shield himself from the disappointment. The Sacramento Kings haven’t seen much success this year, and to have...

Fourth-quarter flop sinks Sacramento Kings
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Fourth-quarter flop sinks Sacramento Kings

By Steven CovellaApril 09, 2014

Image courtesy of RMTip21/Flickr. Caron Butler nonchalantly sauntered back on defense. Despite putting on a near-perfect shooting performance off the bench, sinking contested threes against the Kings didn’t seem to get his heart rate going...

Playoff hopeful Golden State Warriors obliterate Sacramento Kings
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Playoff hopeful Golden State Warriors obliterate Sacramento Kings

By Steven CovellaApril 05, 2014

Image courtesy of RMTip21 | Flickr The Sacramento Kings were relatively competitive for about six minutes to open Friday night’s game against the Golden State Warriors. After that, the only thing they were competing for...

Bonnie Bernstein on her background, sports journalism, and Campus Insiders
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Bonnie Bernstein on her background, sports journalism, and Campus Insiders

By Steven CovellaApril 04, 2014

Image courtesy of Bonnie Bernstein/Twitter . March Madness is hitting its crescendo, which means sports fans throughout the country are being inundated with college basketball coverage. One outlet in particular that has made a splash...

Sacramento Kings survive late scare with big offensive performances
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Sacramento Kings survive late scare with big offensive performances

By Steven CovellaApril 03, 2014

Image courtesy of RMTip21/Flickr Offense came easy to the Sacramento Kings against the decimated Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, but they found consistent defense more difficult to establish. Sacramento had five players in double figures,...