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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Sacramento Kings waited a long time to kick off a new era of basketball, especially considering the franchises recent fortunes.Symbolically, they will step into the future Thursday when they open their shiny new arena.The San Antonio Spurs may find that to be the perfect backdrop as the continue into their new era of basketball, one that kicked off in a way reminiscent of the old one.Sacramentos new pad, the $557 million, 17,500-seat Golden 1 Center in the citys downtown area, will become the franchises ninth home. It will be the Kings third arena since moving to Sacramento in 1985.The Kings simply hope they can win there. Sacramento finished 18-23 in its final season at Sleep Train Arena and hasnt been above .500 at home in a season since the 2007-08 campaign.A win against San Antonio would add to the good feelings the Kings stirred up in a 113-94, opening-night win at Phoenix on Tuesday. Center DeMarcus Cousins scored 24 points, and forward Rudy Gay scored 22 with four blocked shots as a Kings team that allowed an NBA-worst 109.1 points per game a season ago held the Suns to only 38 in the first half.A victory for Sacramento on Thursday also would be the punctuation to a night of celebration that is supposed to mark a new path after 10 seasons of turmoil without a playoff appearance.The first thing weve got to do is learn how to compete, and the second thing then is to learn how to win, Sacramento coach Dave Joerger told the Sacramento Bee. Were not a young group, so if we can get through stage one quickly, then we can get to stage two.The Spurs should feel right at home against a rowdy crowd. San Antonio laid a 129-100 beating upon the two-time Western Conference champion Warriors on Tuesday in Oakland, Calif., spoiling forward Kevin Durants debut with Golden State and taking the air out of an arena overflowing with enthusiasm.San Antonio also showed that life without Tim Duncan might be just as full of winning as it was with him. The Spurs are playing without Duncan as a regular part of their lineup for the first time since the end of the 1996-97 season. The Hall of Fame-bound center retired in June after a 19-season career during which San Antonio won five championships and never won fewer than 50 games in a full regular season.With Duncan, the Spurs won 13 times in their past 14 visits to Sacramento.Without Duncan, San Antonio hardly missed a beat in its opener. The Spurs didnt need him on the glass, outrebounding Golden State 55-35. They also seemed to have no issues finding replacements, running up a 54-16 advantage with their reserves. Guard Jonathon Simmons turned in a 20-point effort.Guard Kawhi Leonard supplied the scoring with a 35-point night that included 15-for-15 shooting from the free-throw line. Only Duncan (twice), guard George Gervin and center David Robinson ever scored that many on a perfect night at the line for the Spurs, according to the San Antonio Express-News.If there was an outcome I wasnt expecting, it was this one, San Antonios Manu Ginobili said after the game. A 29-point lead against a team like them? I truly didnt expect it.Optimism from a new arena aside, the Kings arent sure what to expect during the seasons early days. They jumped to a 19-point halftime lead against the Suns and looked dynamic at times. 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But the things that have been going on in America lately, Im not going to stand for that, Evans said.I told myself, `If this character -- Im not big on politics or things like that -- but I told myself, `If this happens, then America is not right right now, Tampa Bays leading receiver added. I said it a long time ago. When he ran I thought it was a joke. The joke continues.COLLEGE FOOTBALLWACO, Texas -- Baylor quarterback Seth Russell will have surgery on his fractured left ankle.The school announced the decision but didnt say when the senior quarterback would have the surgery that will force him to miss the regular season. It is also expected to end his Baylor career, even though the Bears (6-3) are already bowl eligible.Russell suffered the gruesome injury in the third quarter of Baylors 45-24 loss at Big 12-leading Oklahoma on Saturday.Russell has thrown for 2,126 yards and 20 touchdowns this season with eight interceptions, and also has 506 yards rushing with eight more scores. His 5,461 career yards passing is seventh in Baylor history, and his 60 TD passes rank third behind Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III (78) and Bryce Petty (62).Before the Bears lost their last three games, Russell had won his first 14 games as their starter.TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama coach Nick Saban says he forgot about Election Day, not about voting.The top-ranked Crimson Tides coach said he had an absentee ballot. The comment came in response to an unrelated question.On Wednesday, Saban responded to a question about the presidential election by saying that he didnt even know yesterday was Election Day.He also added that, It was so important to me that I didnt even know it was happening. 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