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Sacramento breathed its sigh of relief on Wednesday when the Kings clinched their postseason berth to snap one of the most unfortunate streaks in professional sports.
Leading all of American sports with the longest playoff drought (16 seasons) for a team, the Kings are finally back to basketball’s primetime stage, meaning another team must now take the title of “longest-lasting loser.”
Jets Are The New Losers On The Block
Not having reached the playoffs in the last 12 seasons, the New York Jets now own the longest playoff drought among major American sports teams.

Houston star guard Marcus Sasser announced on Instagram Thursday that he is declaring for the 2023 NBA Draft.
Sasser, who was tabbed as the AAC’s Player of the Year this past season and earned a nod to the AP All-America first-team, was a pivotal member of Kelvin Sampson’s squad that finished the year with an impressive 33–4 record. The talented shooting guard led the Cougars in scoring, averaging 16.8 points per game while impressively shooting 38.4% from beyond the arc.

Willie McGinest’s time at the NFL Network reportedly came to an end Thursday after the company parted ways with the analyst and former Patriots star amid an ongoing lawsuit stemming from his December arrest in Los Angeles.
Front Office Sports was the first to report the news.
The news of McGinest’s departure comes nearly a month after the three-time Super Bowl champion was charged with two counts of felony assault following an incident at a West Hollywood nightclub on Dec. 9. McGinest, 51, has not appeared on-air since he was suspended following his arrest on Dec.

Jim Nantz will call his last Final Four this weekend in Houston after 32 years on the broadcast.
The longtime announcer revealed back in October that this year would be his last NCAA men’s basketball tournament. He explained at the time that he made the decision because he wants to spend more time with his kids.
Nantz expressed just this week that another reason for ending his 32-year run at the Final Four was so he could focus on Masters coverage.

No matter where you look in the sports media world, it’s hard to miss ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. Perhaps the most recognizable opinion-giver on television is routinely seen on shows like First Take and NBA Countdown, and also has his own podcast. Now, he’s taking his talents to the world of coaching.
Smith has partnered with IMG Academy in Florida for a weeklong summer basketball camp. The event will be held in August at IMG’s campus in Bradenton, Fla.

President Joe Biden was thrilled to meet with Denny Hamlin on Thursday before realizing he had the wrong guy.
Joe has a lot on his plate right now so —although the gentlemen don’t bare any actual resemblance and one races cars at high speeds while the other pops opposing defenders — it would be nothing more than a simple slip.
We are only having a little fun. There’s no actual report that Sleepy Joe mistook “Damar” for “Denny” but he would have adjusted on the fly and chatted it up with one of NASCAR’s staples.

Major League Baseball is doing its best to speed up the game by implementing a bunch of new rules, which cost the Mets a strike on Opening Day. It stemmed from a runner on base.
Let me say that again— a batter, while at bat, was called for a strike despite the fact that a pitch was not thrown. And it had nothing to do with the batter himself. The call was made because of the runner.
Jeff McNeil stepped into the box with two outs in the top of the sixth inning. A runner was on third and Pete Alonso was on first.
McNeil took strike one. It was a strike.

Caitlin Clark’s teammates plan to take pressure off their star when Iowa faces South Carolina in the Final Four. After all, that’s how it got here in the first place.

Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers was on the wrong side of history during Boston’s Opening Day game against the Orioles.
Devers became the first MLB player to strike out on an automatic strike call from a violation of the league’s new pitch clock. The 26-year-old struck out as the leadoff hitter in the eighth inning as the Red Sox trailed the Orioles, 10–4.
Per the league’s news rule, a batter must be ready for the pitch or “attentive to the pitcher” with eight seconds remaining on the pitch timer.

It’s safe to state that Jacob deGrom’s debut with the Rangers did not go as planned.
The two-time National League Cy Young winner failed to make it out of the fourth inning on Opening Day against the Phillies.
DeGrom gave up six hits and five earned runs in only 3.2 innings. Despite striking out seven batters, the right-hander allowed six extra base hits—three doubles, two triples and one home run—making for the most the veteran ace has ever surrendered in a start in his career.
DeGrom will not start his Rangers’ career with a loss, despite the poor outing.