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	Cincinnati Royals (1957-1972)
		In their first year in Cincinnati the Royals end a 2-year playoff drought by finishing in 3rd place with a record of 33-39.
		Cincinnati welcomed Ohio State star Jerry Lucas who was the Royals territorial selection in the NBA Draft.
		Cincinnati topped the 110-point mark in each of the campaign's final 21 contests, and during a six-game span in mid-February the team averaged 127 points.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nba/cincy/cincyroyals.html (1369 words)

	1960 to 1970 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Cincinnati would loss the match in front of their old home crowd by a score of 117-113.
		The Cincinnati Royals were nicknamed by some the "Ohio Royals" for their tour of the state.
		By December 7th, the Cincinnati Royals were 14-9 an the club went on a six game winning streak which put them at 20-9 on the season.
	www.cincysports.net /1960-1970.htm (5433 words)

	KINGS: Sacramento Kings History
		The NBA was formed the next year, and the Royals were placed in the Central Division along with Minneapolis, Fort Wayne, the Chicago Stags, and the St. Louis Bombers.
		For the season, the Royals were 33-1 in Rochester, for a.971 winning percentage, the second-highest mark in NBA history.
		The Royals took 15 straight at the end of the regular season to match the Minneapolis Lakers' 51-17 record, but the Lakers topped the Royals, 78-76, in a one-game playoff to claim the Central Division crown.
	www.nba.com /kings/history/team_history.html (9856 words)

	Cincinnati Gardens
		The Cincinnati Gardens opened February 22, 1949; the first event was a hockey exhibition game -- the Dallas Texans (whose nucleus would form the new Cincinnati Mohawks of the American Hockey League) versus its parent club, the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens, which featured superstar right wing Maurice "the Rocket" Richard.
		The Cincinnati Gardens was built using some 325,000 manhours by the Frank Messer & Sons general contractors for a cost of $3 million.
		The Cincinnati Cyclones performed successfully on and off the ice in both the East Coast Hockey League and the IHL over seven year span before electing to vacate the facility, paving the way for today's Cincinnati Mighty Ducks team of the American Hockey League.
	www.sfo.com /~csuppes/NBA/CincinnatiRoyals (2298 words)

	Cincinnati Gardens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cincinnati Gardens' first event was an exhibition hockey game, it has been the home of six league championship hockey teams, and was most recently the home of the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League, but it has also been host to numerous other sporting events, concerts, stage shows, circuses and political rallies.
		The Cincinnati Cyclones played in the East Coast Hockey League for two seasons and the IHL for five seasons at the Gardens.
		The Gardens was home to the Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association (now the Sacramento Kings) from 1957 through 1972.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cincinnati_Gardens (688 words)

	NBA History: Oscar Robertson Bio
		Cincinnati also had a new coach, Jack McMahon, who had played with the Royals when they were in Rochester.
		Although the Royals were firing on all cylinders and Robertson was in top form, Cincinnati was still no match for Boston, which won all four games by at least 10 points.
		Cincinnati had missed the playoffs two years in a row, and attendance was suffering.
	www.sasilverstars.org /history/players/robertson_bio.html (2327 words)

	Sacramento Kings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The franchise started in 1948 as a charter member of the NBA as the Rochester Royals.
		They would win an NBA title in 1951, which would be the only one to date in the team's history.
		In 1956, the team moved to Cincinnati, and in 1972, the team moved to Kansas City and renamed themselves the Kings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sacramento_Kings (218 words)

	Cincinnati's Royal legacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Cincinnati was the second of four cities the team called home.
		But on March 12, 1958, in the final regular-season game of the Royals' first year in Cincinnati, Stokes hit his head on the court at Minneapolis and was knocked out.
		Prior to the 1971-72 season, the Royals were sold to a group of 10 Kansas City businessmen for $5 million.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2002/05/18/spt_cincinnatis_royal.html (1769 words)

	UC Researcher Uncovers Stories Behind the Heroes, Rivalries And Great Moments In Cincinnati Hoops
		In his book, Cincinnati Hoops, Grace examines “the nation’s strongest basketball rivalry,” the “Bloomer Girls” that played on Cincinnati basketball courts (and the backlash when they traded in the bloomers for uniforms similar to those of the male players), the point-shaving scandals, segregation and a relationship that brought a racially divided nation together.
		There are many Cincinnati Royals images, when the team played against some of the greatest players in the history of the sport, including Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West and Hal Greer.
		The story of Cincinnati Royals player Maurice Stokes holds a beloved place in the sport’s history after a near-fatal head injury during a game in 1958 moved fellow teammate Jack Twyman to become his guardian and organize NBA all-star games to raise money for Stokes’ care.
	www.uc.edu /news/NR.asp?id=1175 (827 words)

	The Sacramento Observer - Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Robertson joined the Cincinnati Royals in 1960-61 where he was the consensus Rookie-of-the-Year in the NBA where he almost averaged a triple double in his first season.
		In 1971-72, the Royals franchise was purchased by a group of 10 businessmen who relocated the team to Kansas City, Mo. They were renamed the Kansas City-Omaha Kings and made their debut in the NBA during the 1972-73 season.
		It was befitting his stature as the franchise leader that Joe and Gavin Maloof had a commemorative Royal jersey framed for Robertson and his number was retired to hang in the rafters at Arco for all time.
	www.sacobserver.com /sports/Cannon/031203/oscar_robertson_honor.shtml (478 words)

	20th Century African American Resources - Sports
		Ezzard Charles was born in Georgia in 1921 and came to Cincinnati at the age of nine.
		William DeHart Hubbard was born in Cincinnati on November 25, 1903.
		Later he played in the NBA with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks.
	library.cincymuseum.org /aag/sports.html (253 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Sport (Ci-Cq) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team.
		They were a founding member of the National League under the name of the Cincinnati Red Stockings up to 1880 and then re-entered in 1890 under the name
		The Cincinnati Royals are an American professional basketball team.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /OCB.HTM (1103 words)

	Retired Cincinnati Royals Numbers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Jack Twyman was an All-American at Cincinnati in 1955 with a 24.6 points per game scoring average.
		He led the league in rebounding and the Royals in scoring.
		- The Cincinnati Royals made Archibald the second pick of the second round in a strong 1970 NBA Draft.
	www.cincysports.net /RoyalsRetiredNumbers.htm (626 words)

	ESPN Classic - Jucker had an 11-1 record in NCAA tournament
		CINCINNATI -- Ed Jucker, who coached Cincinnati to NCAA championships in 1961-62 and had the best winning percentage in NCAA tournament history, is dead at 85.
		Jucker also coached Cincinnati to the national championship game in 1963, but the Bearcats lost 60-58 to Loyola of Chicago in overtime.
		He later coached the NBA's Cincinnati Royals for two seasons and at Rollins College in Deland, Fla., where he had a record of 82-42 with two NCAA Division II tournament appearances.
	espn.go.com /classic/obit/s/2002/0203/1322214.html (396 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Sport (A-M)
		It is both an amateur and a professional sport, in which contenders aim to score points by landing blows on their opponent with the gloved fist, preferably delivering such a blow to the head as to knock the opponent unconcious.
		The Braemar Gathering is a British professional athletics meeting held in the highlands of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, not far from the royal residence of Balmoral Castle.
		Henley Royal Regatta is the oldest rowing regatta in Europe and the most famous in the world.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/O1.HTM (10998 words)

	ESPN.com: Oscar defined the triple-double
		In his 14 seasons with the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks, Robertson scored 26,710 points and set the NBA record for most assists in a career -- 9,887.
		Despite the lure of a quick basketball buck, Robertson stuck it out at Cincinnati to earn his degree and complete a college career in which he averaged 33.8 points and 15.2 rebounds a game.
		In 1969-70, Robertson's disenchantment with the Royals turned into a two-week holdout after he vetoed a trade to the Baltimore Bullets.
	espn.go.com /sportscentury/features/00016428.html (1243 words)

	NBA History: Jerry Lucas Bio
		Playing for three teams in his 11-year career -- the Cincinnati Royals, the San Francisco Warriors and the New York Knicks -- Lucas tallied 14,053 points (17.0 ppg) and finished with a lofty.499 career field-goal percentage, an impressive statistic considering that many of his points came on rainbow jumpers launched from long distance.
		In 1962, the Royals claimed Lucas as a territorial draft choice, but the highly sought-after star signed instead with the Cleveland Pipers of the rival American Basketball League.
		Before the 1969-70 season former Boston Celtic legend Bob Cousy was hired to coach the Royals and rebuild the team.
	www.newyorkliberty.com /history/players/lucasj_bio.html (1956 words)

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		He swaps e-mails with Steve Hoffman, who worked in the Cincinnati Royals' publicity department, and from his home back in New York, where he writes screenplays and misses what he used to do, he keeps an eye on the job market here, always hoping.
		Valentino went along with the Royals when they moved to Kansas City and Omaha and became the Kings in the spring of 1972, but he liked it here so much, and he was so angry at the franchise, that he was tempted to keep his home on West Sharon Road and call minor-league hockey games.
		But it was a matter of draft position, and as bad as they were, the Royals didn't lose as many games that season as Detroit or Boston, a happenstance over which Valentino remains highly suspicious.
	www.cincypost.com /2002/may/11/lonnie051102.html (618 words)

	Flashback: 'Big O' sure cure for pro sports doldrums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Forty-two years ago today, the Cincinnati Royals were losing a wild NBA game at Cincinnati Gardens before 741 fans while hundreds of thousands of people were watching on TV as the No.1 University of Cincinnati Bearcats were beating Iowa at Madison Square Garden.
		The next year, Robertson led the Royals to their first playoff series victory with 32 points, 19 rebounds and 13 assists in Game 7 vs. the Nationals in Syracuse.
		Twyman, the Royals' star shooter, didn't know Robertson was going to become arguably the best pro player of all time (modern pundits give that edge to Michael Jordan), but he felt Robertson would help trigger success.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2001/12/30/spt_flashback_big_o_sure.html (924 words)

	NBA Beat: Hall of fame calibre friendship - KingsFans
		Stokes was on his way to a decorated career with the Rochester, then Cincinnati Royals (who years later became the Sacramento Kings) before his life was altered on an otherwise routine play.
		A powerfully built 6-foot-7, 232-pound forward, Stokes won NBA Rookie of the Year honors in 1955-56 and was averaging nearly 17 points, 18 rebounds and seven assists per game in his third season when it all ended.
		Twyman said the Royals might have become a dynasty, which could have affected when - or even if - the franchise had kept moving west, from Cincinnati to Kansas City in 1972 and to Sacramento in 1985.
	www.kingsfans.com /forums/showthread.php?t=179 (1100 words)

	Nate "Tiny" Archibald Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In the second round of the 1970 NBA draft, the Cincinnati Royals and Hall of Famer Bob Cousy took a chance on Nate Archibald, a shy and diminutive scatback guard from the University of Texas-El Paso.
		When the Royals moved to Kansas City/ Omaha in 1972 and became known as the Kings, the nickname fit "Nate the Skate" perfectly.
		In Kansas City's first season, he averaged 34 points a game and 11.4 assists per outing, becoming the only player in NBA history to lead the league in those two categories in the same season.
	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/Archibald.htm (440 words)

	50loc062999
		For a lot of folks, the Cincinnati Royals might as well have left town with Oscar Robertson in 1970.
		And the Royals were officially crummy, finishing 36-46 in 1970 and 33-49 in 1971.
		In their 15 seasons in Cincinnati, the Royals had a winning record in just five of them.
	www.cincypost.com /sports/1999/50loc062999.html (659 words)

	SportsCombine - Team Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Yankees leave bats at home, managing only 5 hits all night in 8-2 loss to Royals.
		Mercer led the 15 hit attack going 4-5 with a homer, double and 4 RBI's.
		Royals and Yanks battle to an 8-8 tie in 8 innings.
	www.sportscombine.com /scripts/p_tm_story.asp?t=215367 (464 words)

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		Northern Kentucky University men's basketball coach Ken Shields was one of 11 inductees into the Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame on Wednesday in ceremonies at The Syndicate restaurant in Newport.
		Shields has guided NKU to NCAA Division II national runner-up finishes twice (1996 and 1997) and is about to begin his 11th season as NKU coach.
		Moore, a graduate of Cincinnati McAuley High School, also added two assists as the Norse came back from a 3-1 deficit with 14 minutes remaining.
	www.kypost.com /sports/nkurup102298.html (408 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 MLB Spring Training - Recap: Kansas City Royals 7, Cincinnati Reds 6 - Sunday March 17, 2002 05:33 PM
		SARASOTA, Florida (Ticker) -- Dave McCarty drove in three runs and Neifi Perez had three hits and two RBI as the Kansas City Royals squandered a pair of leads before hanging on for a 7-6 Grapefruit League triumph over the Cincinnati Reds.
		McCarty had just one of the Royals' 12 hits, but he also lifted a sacrifice fly.
		Perez homered off Hector Mercado in the top of the seventh inning to break a 5-5 tie and Carlos Beltran was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/gpft/recaps/2002/03/17/reds_royals (211 words)

	Jack Twyman Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Twyman cultivated his skills at the University of Cincinnati, where he scored 1,598 points and was chosen All-America in his senior season (1955).
		Drafted by the NBA's Rochester Royals in 1955, Twyman spent his entire 11-year career with the franchise, which moved to Cincinnati in 1957.
		The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/TwymanJ.htm (444 words)

	NBA.com: Oscar Robertson
		The players were driven outside of town to hold their party because, said Robertson in the Indianapolis Star, "They said the fls are gonna tear up downtown."
		As a collegian, he was nothing short of incredible, scoring 33.8 points per game with a one-handed style that made his shots virtually unblockable.
		Throughout the decade Robertson averaged at least 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists.
	www.losangelessparks.biz /history/robertson_bio.html (2279 words)

	Enquirer writer, Royals PR man Steve Hoffman inspired many (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Hoffman was publicity director for the National Basketball Association's Cincinnati Royals 1959-64.
		He "loved to be around the team - and lived and died for the team," said Jack Twyman of Indian Hill, a former Royal and member of the NBA Hall of Fame.
		Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Steffen Pierre Hoffman graduated from Defiance College in Ohio and worked as government reporter for the Sidney (Ohio) Daily News and as sports editor of the Fairborn (Ohio) Daily Herald before coming to Cincinnati to be PR man for the Royals in 1959.
	news.enquirer.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050209/NEWS0104/502090405/1060/NEWS01 (589 words)

	Father-Son and Father-Daughter Athletes
		A trade from Seattle to Cincinnati before the 2000 season re-united him with his father, who was then a coach with the Reds and later a consultant.
		Natalie is the leading rebounder and a high scorer for the Indiana Fever basketball team of the Women's National Basketball Association and was a starting forward on the U.S. national team that won a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
		Her dad, Nate, played eight seasons in the NBA for the Cincinnati Royals, K.C.-Omaha Kings, New Orleans Jazz and Golden State Warriors from 1971-79.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/fatherathletes.html (1192 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Jucker, who coached Cincinnati to two NCAA titles, dead at 85
		CINCINNATI – Ed Jucker, who coached Cincinnati to NCAA championships in 1961-62 and had the best winning percentage in NCAA tournament history, is dead at 85.
		Koufax, who also played baseball at Cincinnati, signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1954.
		In Jucker's first season, the Bearcats started 5-3 as he abandoned Cincinnati's fast-break offense for a more deliberate style of play.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/college_basketball/20020203-1252-bkc-obit-jucker.html (401 words)

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