The mayor, Kevin Johnson, a former NBA All Star himself, sprung into action.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who played in the NBA before entering politics, said he wasn't giving up on keeping the Kings.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson led a spirited fight and convinced a committee of NBA owners earlier this week to reject the Seattle bid.
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Led by Mayor Kevin Johnson, Sacramento has fought back over the past three months to make the sale and relocation of the Kings a real debate.
One of those in attendance, Kevin Johnson, president of a local transportation-planning firm, says that even in the middle of a war, the economy can change votes.
Kevin Johnson has a long history of overcoming the odds.
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The Ukrainian told BBC Radio 5 live he is "ready to give Haye a fight and to knock him out" once he has got past American Kevin Johnson on 12 December.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said last week he had received permission from NBA Commissioner David Stern to present a counteroffer to league owners from buyers who would keep the Kings in Sacramento.
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In addition to Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner, recruited in 2005 from Wal-Mart, other candidates include Robbie Bach, president of the company's entertainment and devices division, and Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft's platform services division.
Led by Mayor Kevin Johnson, who is a former all-star NBA guard, they worked on a stadium plan and collaborated with a group led by Ranadive that was intent on keeping the team in northern California.
Since the Seattle deal emerged in January, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a former NBA player, has worked tirelessly to find a group that would buy the team and to cobble together a plan for a new downtown arena.
Kevin Johnson, general manager of the Inn at Loretto an adobe mock-pueblo with 135 employees, 40 of whom would be affected by the ordinance says that he would not sacrifice staff, but he admits that it would hurt his profits.
She told me about a specific effort Fuse Corps Fellow Erika Dimmler is working on in Sacramento with Mayor Kevin Johnson that will allow for the creation of edible school gardens that will feed the students that grow them.
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President Susan Decker said co-founders Jerry Yang and David Filo didn't know exactly how much more Microsoft was willing to pay when they left a meeting in Seattle on Saturday with Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and a division president, Kevin Johnson.
In addition to Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner, recruited in 2005 from Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ), other candidates include Robbie Bach, president of the company's entertainment and devices division, and Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft's platform services division.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof standing together at center court, holding hands and raising their arms in triumph after both sides agreed to an arena financing plan to keep the NBA team in town for at least another 30 years.
Points leader Jimmie Johnson was fourth and Kevin Harvick fifth.
Parting ways is never easy, though at times comical as this scene with Kevin Costner and Don Johnson from Tin Cup displays.
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"You were witnessing history, " he went on, noting the match-ups: Willis Reed and Wes Unseld, Bill Bradley and Jack Marin, Dick Barnett and Kevin Loughery, Dave DeBusschere and Gus Johnson.
The 22-year-old midfielder, key centre-back Roger Johnson, top scorer Ross McCormack and full-back Kevin McNaughton will attract attention from big clubs after Cardiff failed in their promotion quest despite being in the top six virtually every week since October.
Maik Taylor (Fulham), Roy Carroll (Wigan), Aaron Hughes (Newcastle), Mark Williams (Watford), Danny Griffin (St Johnstone), Ian Nolan (Sheffield Wednesday), Colin Murdock (Preston), Pat McGibbon (Wigan), Kevin Horlock (Manchester City), Keith Gillespie (Blackburn), Damien Johnson (Blackburn), Michael Hughes (Wimbledon), Jim Magilton (Ipswich), Jeff Whitley (Manchester City), Danny Sonner (Sheffield Wednesday), Steve Lomas (West Ham), James Quinn (West Brom), Adrian Coote (Norwich), David Healy (Manchester United), Stephen Robinson (Bournemouth).
Johnson also picked up the wickets of Jonathan Trott, who registered his first duck in Test cricket, and Kevin Pietersen (36).
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