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• Kings-sized fan

  February 19, 2013

  I am grateful that NBA action returns tomorrow night when my Sacramento Kings will once again be on the court. They will likely lose and DeMarcus Cousins will probably get a technical, but I am used to those things. It will still be good to have awesome dunks, alley oops and air balls back in my life.

   The fact that I miss the Sacramento Kings, a truly mediocre team, after only a five day absence proves just how important sports have become in my daily routine. I am going to have to get actively into watching Major League Baseball this season, too, to help fill in the gap until football starts. I should be able to watch all of the regular season Oakland A’s games on my local sports cable channel so that will help. Plus it is usually easy to get my six year old excited about following a new sports team with me. Maybe we can even make the 90 minute drive to an A’s game this summer. That would be a fun family outing.

  No outings tomorrow night, though. I will be glued to the TV watching my beloved yet beleaguered Kings struggle through another NBA night. I can’t wait.

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• Prayers for Pat and Stephanee

  October 06, 2012

  As the Oakland Athletics head into the Major League Baseball playoffs against the Detroit Tigers, one of their own is headed into some heavy heartache.

  A's relief pitcher Pat Neshek and his wife Stephanee suffered a brutal loss as their 23-hour-old infant died mysteriously earlier this week.

  The Neshek's had been celebrating Stephanee's pregnancy and impending delivery on their Twitter accounts. Then came the excitement when their son Gehrig was born Wednesday. Neshek was present for Gehrig's birth.

  Less than one day later, though, the tweets turned tragic as Neshek noted online that his son had died. "Tonight my wife and I lost our first and only son 23 hours after he was born with no explanation," read his Twitter post.

  While an autopsy is planned, for now the cause of death remains a mystery.

  "Our hearts go out to Pat and Stephanee and we share in the sorrow of losing their young son," read the statement released by the A's to the Associated Press. "The entire A's organization will keep the Neshek family in our prayers and thoughts, as they try to come to grips with this tragic occurrence in their lives."

  As Christians, and sports fans, it would be good for all of us to keep the Neshek's in our prayers.

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