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  Sacramento, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sacramento is the county seat of Sacramento County, California and the capital of the U.S. state of California.
Sacramento grew from Sutter's Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839, and the city is now a quickly growing metropolis.
During the gold rush, Sacramento was a major distribution point, a commercial and agricultural center, and a terminus for wagon trains, stagecoaches, riverboats, the telegraph, the Pony Express and the First Transcontinental Railroad.
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 Definition of Sacramento, California - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sacramento grew from Sutter's Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839.
With its new status and strategic location, Sacramento quickly prospered and became the western end of the Pony Express, and later the First Transcontinental Railroad (which began construction in Sacramento in 1863 and was financed by the "Big Four"--Mark Hopkins, Charles Crocker, Collis P. Huntington and Leland Stanford).
Its rival, the Sacramento Union (www.sacunion.com} started publishing six years earlier in 1851, and before it closed its doors in 1994 it was the oldest daily newspaper west of the Mississippi.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Sacramento,_California   (2554 words)

  
 Sacramento Gold Miners - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sacramento Gold Miners were a Canadian football team, noted for being the first American team in the Canadian Football League.
The Gold Miners were owned by Fred Anderson, who had previously owned the Sacramento Surge of the defunct World League of American Football.
The Gold Miners were the "descendants" of the Sacramento Surge of the original World League of American Football.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sacramento_Gold_Miners   (635 words)

  
 The House of the Rising Sun Lexicon: 15 of 19   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Neighborhood in the center of the Sacramento metropolitan area, bounded by Folsom Blvd/HWY 50 to the north, the rolling rural area to the south, Watt to the west and Routier to the east.
Sacramento still is very much a farming community, as is evidenced by the tomato trucks of late summer and the rice field fires in late fall.
Until the return of baseball back to Sacramento in 1999 in the form of the Steelheads, this was the name always bandied about when folks wanted to talk about the sports viability and history of the town.
www.drinkmorethinkless.com /hrs/dict15.html   (3249 words)

  
 NBA Playoffs 2001 - Lakers know what it takes to win in Sacramento
That's one reason the Lakers aren't as wary of Sacramento's fans as the Phoenix Suns, who practiced with artificial noise before their first-round series against the Kings.
Instead, Sacramento said the key to winning Game 3 and turning around the series will be a return to the impressive shooting, rebounding and passing that got the Kings to the brink of a division title during the regular season.
The Lakers' defense against Sacramento during both the regular season and the playoffs has been designed to prevent the Kings from running and driving the lane.
espn.go.com /nba/playoffs2001/2001/0511/1194797.html   (712 words)

  
 Sacramento Kings Tickets - Tickets to watch Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento King's first-round victory in 2001 was its first playoff series win in 20 years, and the last three campaigns have also seen Sacramento Kings advance past the opening round.
Sacramento Kings fans await an elusive trip to the Finals, but at least Sacramento Kings tickets team has shed its laughingstock label.
Sacramento Kings Tickets won the 1951 NBA title with a balanced team that included center Arnie Risen and perimeter standouts Bob Davies, Bobby Wanzer and Red Holzman.
www.rhinotickets.com /nba/kings-tickets.htm   (899 words)

  
 Roster of 1999
After last season it seemed that problems of Sacramento Surge were, after all, on the offensive side of the ball.
Sacramento’s pass offence is one of the better ones in league, but the pass defense is dead last in the league.
Even if Surges O-line is too weak to have decisive impact on ground game, they are athletic enough not to allow very many sacks.
www.sjoki.uta.fi /~zztomi/surge/prewiev.htm   (413 words)

  
 Sacramento Surge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A weak team in 1991, the Surge acquired former Iowa State QB Dave Archer for the 1992 season.
The Surge posted an 8-2 record in 1992 en route to a win in World Bowl II.
The success of Sacramento led to the CFL awarding the city with a team after the WLAF folded.
www.geocities.com /Colosseum/1871/surge.html   (119 words)

  
 The CFL in America History
Two of the World League’s owners, Fred Anderson of the Sacramento Surge and Larry J. Benson of the San Antonio Riders, "crossed over" to the CFL and were awarded new franchises for 1993.
Anderson’s team would play in Sacramento as the Gold Miners; Benson's team was scheduled to play in San Antonio as the Texans.
Along with Sacramento, the Pirates were placed in the Western Division while the Colts and Pirates played in the Eastern Division.
www.oursportscentral.com /cflinamerica/history.htm   (959 words)

  
 Chaffey College Athletics
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- UC Davis scored the last 12 points of regulation, took its first lead of the contest in overtime, and eventually defeated Sacramento State in the extra session, 72-63, in a non-conference men’s basketball game Wednesday evening in front of a sellout crowd at the Hornets Nest.
ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Sacramento State put an early scare into the of the University of Michigan faithful Friday night, but the Wolverines’ depth and size proved too much as the Hornets fell, 70-49, in their season opener.
Sacramento State kept the pressure on Michigan early in the second half and trailed by just seven points (47-40) with 12:27 left in the game on a pair of EJ Harris free throws.
www.chaffey.edu /ath-pe/mbasketball_oldnews.shtml   (2792 words)

  
 Headlines/Breaking News from Sacramento Business Journal - bizjournals.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sacramento developer Ken Fahn has completed a $900,000 revamp of the historic Posey's Cottage in downtown, and the last of five new tenants, Vallejo's Restaurant, is due to move in by the end of May.
The UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento is one of six hospitals in the nation and the only one in California to be named a "magnet nursing center of excellence" by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Sacramento County's Nuisance Response Team and the California Highway Patrol are conducting a sweep of illegal businesses and "nuisance" properties near Elkhorn Boulevard north of McClellan Air Force Base in North Highlands.
sacramento.bizjournals.com /site_map/sacramento_sitemap_17.html   (14797 words)

  
 Sacramento Apartments & Rentals
Sacramento was an outgrowth of Sutter's Fort which was established by his father Captain John Sutter in 1839.
Sacramento is also home to California State University at Sacramento, founded as the Sacramento State College in 1947, with a 2000 enrollment of around 27,000.
The oldest part of the town, other than Sutter's Fort, lies on J to L Streets between the Sacramento River and Interstate 5, and is now known as Old Sacramento.
www.apartmentspecials.info /sacramento-apartments.asp   (1002 words)

  
 NBA.com: Knicks Get First Win Over Slumping Kings
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 13 (Ticker) -- The first win for Larry Brown's New York Knicks came at expense of the Sacramento Kings, who have some enormous problems of their own.
While defense hasn't been a particular strength in recent years, Sacramento seems to have lost some offensive fluidity as well, if this season's first couple of weeks are any indication.
After helping withstand a surge by Sacramento in the third quarter, Frye sank a pair of free throws to open the final period and give New York a 79-66 lead.
www.nba.com /games/20051113/NYKSAC/recap.html?rss=true   (646 words)

  
 Montreal Machine
Bishop had a strong showing against Sacramento, passing for 201 yards and two touchdowns in a 19-14 road victory.
With an injury to second year QB Danny Wuerfful, the Montreal Machine (8-5) enter the last game of the season with a matchup against the Sacramento Surge (10-3), winners of the American Western Conference.
Bishop (6'2, 215) was drafted by the Sacramento Surge 2nd in 4th round (56th overall) in the 2003 Draft.
montrealmachine.itgo.com   (926 words)

  
 hornetsports.com: The Official Athletics Site of the Sacramento State Hornets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Sacramento Surge of the World League played there in 1992, and the Sacramento Gold Miners of the Canadian Football League played the 1993 and 1994 seasons in Hornet Stadium before moving to San Antonio in 1995.
The Surge hosted the Montreal Machine in a preseason game Mar. 14, barely three months after the first shovel pierced dirt in January.
In addition to six Surge games in 1992, including one playoff contest, the stadium hosted a major concert for the first time ever when Phil Collins and Genesis played before 20,000 fans in June of that year.
www.hornetsports.com /sports/football/stadium.asp   (400 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Kings capitalize on opportunities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It's a classic case of stating what was fairly obvious, but the Sacramento Kings did a whole lot of things better in Game 4 than they did in Game 3.
They kept their turnovers down, they shot better, they played tougher defense, and they generally responded better to the typically more aggressive Jazz.
The result was more of what we've grown accustomed to when these teams meet — a 99-82 Kings victory, giving them a virtually insurmountable 3-1 series lead heading back to Sacramento for Game 5 on Wednesday.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,485033671,00.html   (545 words)

  
 State Hornet
It's 5:30 a.m., but the 49-year-old doesn't mind being up this early, at least not since his office was refurbished with $300,000 worth of donated building materials, weightlifting equipment and exercise machines.
The 50-by-50-foot building was built by Sacramento Surge owner Fred Anderson for the Hornets, after the now-defunct World League football team took over the old weight room inside the Hornet Stadium field house.
The most common comparison shared by many players who have transferred to Sacramento State from other universities is that the football team's new weight room is "smaller but better" than what their previous school had to offer.
www.csus.edu /hornet/archive/spring98/number50/sports.html   (1991 words)

  
 JOBWIRE for the week of February 2, 2003 (California Job Journal)
Consider the different outlooks issued last week for Sacramento versus the Bay Area.
Despite the chill of a massive state deficit, hiring in Sacramento should surge by summer, according to local university forecasters.
SACRAMENTO - Flowmaster, maker of high performance mufflers in West Sacramento, is adding 60 workers to its payroll.
www.jobjournal.com /article_full_text.asp?artid=740   (600 words)

  
 NewOrleansSaints.com - The Official Web Site Of The New Orleans Saints
In 1992, he worked as defensive assistant and special teams coach for the World League's Sacramento Surge.
Working for the Surge was his first pro assignment after serving as a graduate assistant at Washington State from 1990-92, where he served as quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator.
While at the school, he tutored QB Drew Bledsoe, who was the first overall pick in the 1993 draft by New England and has been a three-time Pro Bowl pick.
www.neworleanssaints.com /frontofficebio.cfm?frontofficeid=52   (370 words)

  
 Detroit Lions Site: Sean Kugler
The Lockport, N.Y., native was a four-year letterwinner (1985-88) at Texas-El Paso and went on to sign a free agent contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1989.
He split the next three years coaching at two high schools and playing as a starting guard for the Sacramento Surge of the World League of American Football in 1991.
In 1990, Kugler was on the staff at Tampa Bay (Fla.) Tech and coached at Gaither High School (also in Tampa) in 1992 before returning to UTEP as a graduate assistant.
www.detroitlions.com /bio.cfm?bio_id=103   (272 words)

  
 JVibe --> gametime
He turned his sights to the World League of American Football, and played on the championship Sacramento Surge in 1992.
Goldberg was so impressive with the Surge that he hooked on with the Atlanta Falcons, and played with them for three seasons, from 1992 to 1994.
Unfortunately, he suffered a severe tear of his abdomen in 1994, which ended his promising football career.
www.jvibe.com /gametime/goldberg.shtml   (669 words)

  
 Grizzlies defeat Sac State - greatfallstribune.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Montana, 10-16 overall and 6-7 in league play, was alone in last place in the Big Sky Conference less than a week ago.
Now following a fifth straight victory the Grizzlies are tied for second and in the hunt for one of the league's two first-round tournament byes.
Sacramento State (12-14, 6-7) is also part of the four-way deadlock.
www.greatfallstribune.com /news/stories/20040226/localsports/467583.html   (305 words)

  
 NFL Europe.com - NFL News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
THE 2000 NFL Europe League season will be remembered as the year when many of the league's passing records, including some of the oldest in the book, were consigned to history.
The two quarterbacks slated to start World Bowl, Rhein Fire's Danny Wuerffel and Scotland's Kevin Daft, were responsible for eclipsing two of the marks set by former Sacramento Surge quarterback David Archer as long ago as the 1992 season.
Wuerffel's three touchdown passes in the regular season finale against the Amsterdam Admirals gave him 25 for the season, beating Archer's league single-season record of 23.
www.nfleurope.com /news/archive/23062000_record   (608 words)

  
 Northoftampa: Starting from scratch
He coached with the Sacramento Surge of the World League of American Football when the Surge won the World Bowl in June 1992.
When Len died, Fontes was with the Surge, preparing to play for world championship in Montreal.
After the Surge victory, Fontes flew to Michigan and accepted the position coaching defensive backs.
www.sptimes.com /News/083101/news_pf/Northoftampa/Starting_from_scratch.shtml   (1622 words)

  
 Pixelating picture after adding 148 dish - DBSTalk.Com
Z'loth, I have to disagree with Tony, if the 501 experiences the problems on multiple outlets, and the 301s are fine on the 501 outlet.
If so, bypass the surge protector and run the line directly to the 501 and see if that does anything.
I had call cases where the problem magically fix itself when I was on the phone, and I did nothing.
www.dbstalk.com /showthread.php?t=2651   (1273 words)

  
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Sacramento, long a home for veterans signed Biedermann originally as a backup but he played so well he saw a lot of action and had 4 sacks and nearly 50 tackles.
Return to top DE Rich Cole (Mexico Aztecs 1999-2007, Sacramento Surge 2007) Tack Sacks Fum Int RtYds Avg Lg TD Rich Cole was a 2nd round draft pick by Mexico who went onto start for over 8 straight seasons for the Aztecs and who left the team as the franchises all time leader.
Garrett was picked up by the Surge who needed a backup QB and only threw 6 passes in 2002 but the following year Surge QB Charlie Ward was lost to injury for the year and Garrett helped lead the Surge to the playoffs where they eventually lost in the AFC Championship game.
www.fwl.org.uk /alltime.htm   (11702 words)

  
 The Daily University Star ONLINE Entertainment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Before that, the franchise was part of the World League and known as the Sacramento Surge.
McDowd explained that the Texans were in need of a professional stadium in which to play in.
The Texans were at SWT two years ago as the Surge and said they had a very successful training camp.
www.universitystar.com /95/06/07/Jun7-12.html   (679 words)

  
 NewOrleansSaints.com - The Official Web Site Of The New Orleans Saints
From 1991-92, Haslett was defensive coordinator for the Sacramento Surge of the World League.
In 1992, the Surge won the WLAF title.
Serving on Haslett's staff that year as a defensive assistant was Rick Mueller, now the Saints' Director of Player Personnel.
www.neworleanssaints.com /coachbio.cfm?coachid=10   (1160 words)

  
 World League of American Football quiz
Surge Star Defensive Lineman, Shawn Knight, was a first round draft choice for which NFL team?
Center, Curtis Wilson was the first player ever to be traded in the history of the WLAF.
Which WLAF receiver was just as an equal of a star for the Spartans starting along side ________ for two years?
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=61916&origin=   (334 words)

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