I'm no SHC fan, but you guys might be missing the obvious, he could be staying close to Sacramento for a reason. He moved here from LA for family reasons. Maybe he can't travel for personal reasons. So he only covers local area sports? I'm not sure if he traveled with the River Cats when they were on the road. But it would make sense that the Bee probably wouldn't pay a writer to travel with the team. If he does the Sac State Hornets basketball, he won't be traveling there either. They don't send a writer out on the road for Hornet football, I doubt they do basketball.