Sonics Fever in Seattle Turns to Rage as NBA Rejects City Again

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David Vahey was printing “Sonics Fever” T-shirts yesterday near Seattle when his partner called and told him to stop. National Basketball Association owners had rejected the city’s bid for a team.

“I had to sit down,” said Vahey, who was selling as many as 200 shirts a day. “It feels like we’re losing a kid we never got to adopt.”