Sacramento Bee Sports

08/02/2025

Bird is the word even tho we are a Bee.

09/13/2024

Could this work? Digging in and will dig in some more.
Yes, facilities would need upgrades at Sacramento State. With WSU, OSU, Boise State, San Diego State, Fresno State, Sac State, etc...Sacramento would be the largest media market.

A newly formed executive committee called “SAC 12” is lobbying to add Sacramento State to revamped Pac-12.

08/30/2024

I could feel and hear this hit in the press box at San Jose State. Michael Johnson's hit showed his team is united. They could not recover, however, and the Spartans scored the final 21 points...

08/20/2024

A peek at our Sacramento Bee Top 25 football rankings with insight like no other.
Also cranking out top player lists and profiles on teams climbing back up. I also cover Sac State, UC Davis and the JCs because football is king.
This is Year 35 for me at The Bee. Still a joy.
Consider a subscription. I know, the dreaded paywall, but for the price of a coffee or an IPA, you get a full menu of good reads. I thank you as subs ensure that people want the coverage.

07/22/2024

Rolling out the first of a flood of HS football material - previews, player rankings, team rankings, profiles and big-picture stories that will shape the Sac Joaquin Section seasons.
I'm all in, entering Year 35 at The Bee. It's still a blast.
Consider a subscription to help us roll on...

This could be another banner year for high school football in the Sacramento region.

07/15/2024

Spencer Webb had his share of challenges growing up, and he was saved by an older brother and football.
We dig in on this free camp and he enduring message of a young man who died two years ago this weekend.
Larry Morla Asante Cleveland
Photos by the great Jose Luis Villegas

Spencer Webb’s memory served as the backdrop for a free football and cheer camp at Christian Brothers High School.

07/07/2024

Is it football season yet? An early peek at Sacramento State and UC Davis, key players, big opening games against FBS teams and more…

Sacramento State will start the 2024 football season against San Jose State on TNT while UC Davis opens at Cal.

11/06/2022

03/11/2020

Marcus Bagley scored 27 points and Dontrell Hewlett had a late block to lead Sheldon past Dublin in CIF NorCal Open play.

05/26/2018

Luka Doncic is a lock to the Kings. The Kings have cooled on Doncic. Which is true? Neither, apparently.

10/26/2017

You're a beloved great coach when you win, and you're less than dirt when you lose...

Grant High School is on the brink of missing the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs for the first time since 1990, though longtime coach Mike Alberghini remains firm in his belief of his beloved Pacers.

10/26/2017

He lost a leg in a horrific car wreck, met a woman of his dreams, gained a football star son...

Rocklin High School football star Blayden Brown is inspired by the plight of his father, Brian, who lost a leg in a grisly car accident that derailed his college dreams.