Will Carmelo Anthony be a Sacramento King soon. Anthony has yet to accept or decline a very lucrative contract extension from his current Denver team. The rumor is that the Former Syracuse standout wants to become a true free agent and orchestrate a poer grab for a lucrative contact.

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Sacramento continued its torrid play at Raley Field with an 8-3 victory over Tacoma in a Pacific Coast League game Sunday.  Sacramento has won nine of its past 10 home games.  Sacramento’s Matt Carson had three hits and scored three runs. Michael Taylor drove in three runs.

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The Sacramento Kings looks like they want to build up their frontcourt based on their draft choices. The Kings grabbed 7-foot center Hassan Whiteside with the No. 33 pick in the NBA draft. Whiteside averaged 13.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.4 blocked shots in 34 games in one season at Marshall and was an honorable mention All-American. His 182 blocks were the fourth-most for one season in Division I history.

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Do you want some free Sacramento Kings tickets? Come to the team’s draft party at Arco Arena on June 24 and they might be yours. All attendees of the Sacramento Kinds draft party will get tickets to a regular season game.

Fans can RSVP and download their tickets for the draft party at Kings.com/draftparty

The party starts at 4pm with the doors opening at 3:30pm. Attendees will watch the Kings make their No. 5 and No. 33 picks and listen to guest speakers. Some of the speaker include co-owner Gavin Maloof, head coach Paul Westphal and Geoff Petrie, president of basketball operations.

Subway will be there to hand out $5 gift cards during the party. Kings No. 5 pick = $5 footlong

The CHP is investigating an alleged case of road rage against local radio personality Pat Walsh. The KFBK “Sports Guy” Pat Walsh was driving along I-80 near Applegate Tuesday when the incident occurred.

Walsh was driving eastbound on Interstate 80 when he slowed down to allow a big rig to pull ahead of him. Walsh said a tan Oldsmobile SUV trailing a car dolly came from behind him. “Here comes this car, barreling out of nowhere,” Walsh said. “I thought it was going to sidewipe me.”

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NBA’s Rookie of the Year was busted by the The California Highway Patrol. Sacramento Kings’ Tyreke Evans was cited for reckless driving according to the CHP. DUI was not involved.

The CHP air patrol spotted Evans driving a 2010 black Mercedes S550 at more than 100 miles per hour on Interstate 80. The air unit followed the car until it stopped at a park near Bell Road and Taylor Street in Sacramento where a patrol car was able to catch up to Evans. Firearms were drawn because of the black tinted windows. Evans was cooperative with officers and will appear in court to answer for this event.

Mark Cavendish appears to be back to his sprinting form of old, following a solid win in the opening stage of the AMGEN Tour of California. The 10-time Tour de France stage winner took the win ahead of Juan Jose Haedo following a nervous and crash-marred finale in Sacramento.

Following the race, Cavendish was relaxed and confident, and answered the myriad of questions with aplomb, but in an almost whisper. When asked about the Tour de Romandie victory salute debacle and whether he was thinking about that as he crossed the line, Cavendish was blunt and didn’t pass up on an opportunity to give a healthy nod to his recently released book.

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The Amgen Tour of California cycling race kicks off Sunday and once again, Sacramento hosts the opening stage. This year the race consists of a full road stage from Nevada City to the Capitol. There will be tens of thousands of people coming out to watch the event.

The Amgen Tour of California is an eight-stage event running from Sunday May 16th through May 23. Three-time defending Tour of California champion Levi Leipheimer will be racing as well as Lance Armstrong. The 2010 California Amgen course is longer and more difficult than past versions and features the first finish at a relatively high altitude.

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The Willamette University rowing teams qualified five boats for Sunday’s Grand Finals action at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships on Saturday, May 1 on Lake Natoma in Sacramento, Calif. In addition to those five boats, four Bearcat shells completed action on Saturday.

The women’s lightweight 8+ finished in third place in the Grand Final with a time of 7:50.5. The Bearcats finished behind two boats, both from NCAA Division I opponent Stanford University, as the Cardinal earned times of 7:04.2 and 7:42.5. Stanford is ranked #2 in the nation in the WL8+ and Willamette is ranked #15.

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