Sacramento Kings fans got a Black History Month lesson in a can this month. Through a unique collaboration between local brewery Oak Park Brewing and Hella Coastal Brewing out of Oakland, California, the OP Beam Hazy IPA was served at all home games during Black History Month. The union was brought together by craft beer lifestyle brand Draught Season as a part of their ongoing Beer Is Black History campaign. The beer features African Queen hops imported from South Africa and paired with New Zealand strata hops, a popular choice among many craft breweries for its complex, dank aroma profile. T ..read more

Cameron Brown has ridden in several NBA championship parades thanks to his father, Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown. And if the San Francisco 49ers win the Super Bowl, the proud father hopes he is available to ride in a championship parade on his son’s coattails this time. “He can definitely be in the parade,” Cameron Brown told Andscape. “They probably want him in the parade more than me anyways.” Said Mike Brown to Andscape: “I am going to try to get to that parade. I’m so excited.” The 49ers face the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday in Las Vegas. The Super Bowl comes with c ..read more

DALLAS – During pregame on Oct. 27, Harry Giles III worked out long before most of his Brooklyn Nets teammates for a contest he would not play in. A smiling Giles was in no rush to leave to the locker room. He preferred to enjoy the arena’s atmosphere, a basketball in his hands on the bench while reacquainting himself with old friends. Being away from the NBA, starting a trucking company to help himself financially and not having a guaranteed contract with the Nets has given the big man that appreciation to be in the moment. “It’s different this time around,” Giles told Andscape before the Net ..read more

Sacramento Kings star De’Aaron Fox’s biggest nemesis in his NBA career has been his storied Northern California neighbor: The Golden State Warriors. Fox has a 6-11 regular-season record against the Warriors since beginning his career in Sacramento in 2017. When the 2023 NBA All-Star made his first NBA playoff appearance last season, it was the lower-seeded Warriors who eliminated his Kings in Sacramento in a deciding seventh game after guard Stephen Curry scored 50 points. Two of the Kings’ six losses this season have come from the Warriors. On Tuesday night, there is an opportunity for Fox to ..read more

It’s going to be odd, yet memorable for Keegan Murray when he is reunited with his twin brother Kris Wednesday night on an NBA floor. The Murray twins have spent most of their 23 years together, but they will be opponents for the first time on Wednesday night. Keegan’s Sacramento Kings will host his brother Kris’ Portland Trail Blazers. The Murrays are the eighth pair of twins in NBA history. “This can be weird because we’ve never been on opposite sidelines before,” Keegan Murray told Andscape. “So, it’s going to be different. But it’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Having a twin brother be in th ..read more

SACRAMENTO – While the Sacramento Kings finally making the postseason was stunning to the NBA world and life-changing for many Sacramentans after a 17-year absence, it wasn’t for the 2022-23 NBA Coach of the Year. A year ago, in their first team dinner, first-year Kings coach Mike Brown boldly told his players that the franchise would make the postseason for the first time since 2006. And as bold as Brown’s prediction was then, it pales compared to what he predicted for the Kings at their first team dinner this season. “I told ’em that the elephant in the room is not as pink this year,” Brown ..read more

CHICAGO – Next week’s 77th edition of the NBA draft could propel Iowa’s Kris Murray into rare air. Last year, just before the Sacramento Kings selected Murray’s twin, Keegan, fourth overall, the televised image generated a shared laugh from the twins. “They announce Keegan’s name and, as he walks to the podium, it’s my headshot from Iowa,” Kris Murray said. “So, technically, he didn’t get drafted.” Which means Keegan hopes for a bit of redemption when his brother’s name is called next week.  “They can at least put my face on the screen when Kris is drafted,” Keegan Murray said, laughing ..read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Harrison Barnes will forever be part of the fabric of the Golden State Warriors’ 2015 NBA championship banner hanging in the rafters at Chase Center. Outside of that banner, the Warriors’ relatively new venue in San Francisco feels like just any other NBA arena to Barnes, who was a starter on that Warriors title team. Now a forward with the Sacramento Kings forward, his heart and championship memories with the Warriors mainly lie on the other side of the Bay Bridge at their old home of Oracle Arena in Oakland. “I love Oracle,” Barnes told Andscape after the Kings’ 114-106 ..read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The 17-year playoff drought was over as the game clock struck zero on the Sacramento Kings’ 120-80 road victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on March 29. Kings fans who made the trek to Portland, in Sacramento and as far away as India could finally let go of the ridiculed past and let in the reality of finally making it back to the postseason. And the Kings’ most ardent fan, their owner Vivek Ranadive, was suddenly overcome with emotion after watching the result from his San Francisco Bay Area home of Atherton. “It was great joy. I’ve been wanting this for our fans and ..read more

SACRAMENTO – Since 2007, the Sacramento Kings have been spectators while their fellow NBA teams have played in the postseason. Among the NBA, NFL, NHL or MLB, no franchise has a current postseason absence longer than Sacramento. Today’s surprising Kings, however, are realistically talking playoffs as the NBA regular season enters its final stretch. The city of Sacramento has first-year Kings head coach Mike Brown to thank for playing a key role in putting the franchise in reach of the elusive playoffs. But until the Kings’ playoff dream is a reality, he would prefer all invested take the “mara ..read more