The Sacramento Bee reports on the high drama surrounding the Sacramento new-arena saga

Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof went public Thursday with an impassioned recounting of the ways in which they say they were betrayed last week in negotiations to put an arena in the downtown railyard.

In an emotional, 90-minute session with The Bee, the Maloofs defended their reputation against those in the community who say they just want to move the team. They also said they were "blindsided" by a plan for the railyard that they say shortchanged them on both land and parking.

A Bee editorial sounds less than impressed with the Maloofs' tale of woe:

If an arena is ever to be built there, the financing will be a tough call for many voters, no matter what the deal's details may be. But who would have thought that the Maloofs themselves, by withholding campaign money and suspending negotiations on the final details, would offer for many an increasingly compelling reason to vote No?