![Sheng Thao insists on the team name and a future expansion club. It’s not going to happen. It’s the wrong play. Sheng Thao insists on the team name and a future expansion club. It’s not going to happen. It’s the wrong play.](https://www.siliconvalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/EBT-L-KAVAL-0420-03.jpg?w=132)
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Sheng Thao insists on the team name and a future expansion club. It’s not going to happen. It’s the wrong play.
Dan Borenstein is the Bay Area News Group Opinion Editor. Previously, he was an award-winning columnist and editorial page editor of the East Bay Times. He has worked for the Times and its affiliated newspapers since 1980, including previous assignments as political editor, Sacramento bureau editor, projects editor and assistant metro editor. A Bay Area native, he holds master’s degrees in public policy and journalism from University of California, Berkeley.