Bobby Jackson says goodbye

Join the Kings Corner Facebook page here. Follow Sam and fellow hoops scribe Jason Jones on Twitter - sam_amick and jejones_sacbee. *** By the time Bobby Jackson took the podium to formally announce his retirement, it seemed as if there wasn't all that much to say. He had talked publicly about hanging up the sneakers and putting on the suit, making the Friday press conference a mere formality. Wrong. The former Kings guard and one of the organization's most popular players showed once again why fans have always found him so endearing. Heart. And lots of it. Jackson's farewell became an emotional one when he began discussing how his late mother, Sarah, wasn't there to see the man he'd become after she died of cancer in 2003. Here's the fine work of our own Hector Amezcua, with video and some old shots of Jackson. - Sam Amick