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  Sam Jones III is Pete Ross in "Smallville"
Sam Jones III is Pete Ross in "Smallville"
Sam Jones III grew up in Boston, Mass., where he acted in local commercials.
Sam left Smallville with the episode "Forsaken." Some attempts have been made to bring Pete back to the show as a guest but things have not worked out.
kryptonsite.com /samjonesiii.htm   (260 words)

  
  New Georgia Encyclopedia: Sam Jones (1847-1906)
In 1872 Jones promised his father, who was on his deathbed, that he would quit drinking—a promise kept (with a few lapses) for the rest of his life.
Jones was accepted by the North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and began his ministry with the Van Wert circuit, a group of five churches spread over four counties.
Jones moved his family back to Cartersville (he and his wife had seven children, one of whom died as a baby), and he began traveling the state to raise money for the orphanage.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1606   (1046 words)

  
 Louisiana Secretary of State/Louisiana Gov.Pg.66-SAM JONES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sam Jones broke the 12-year hold on the Governor's office enjoyed by the Long faction in Louisiana politics.
Jones had no experience in state government but promised - and delivered - an honest administration.
Jones governed during wartime, a difficult period to administer new policies.
www.sec.state.la.us /66.htm   (206 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Live Online
Sam Jones: I already kind of answered this, but I will say that the moments backstage on Jeff's solo tour are a pretty dead-on imitation if not homage to some of the moments in "Don't Look Back." The harmonica doesn't hurt either.
Sam Jones: I know that he didn't feel as warm and fuzzy about it as the rest of the band, but he once said to me "a pro-Wilco movie is an anti-Jay movie," and given the circumstances, I can understand where he is coming from.
Sam Jones: Well, I had the UT records, and the early Wilco record, but it wasn't until Being There that I was really bowled over by the band.
discuss.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/zforum/03/sp_entertainment_jones040103.htm   (3768 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Sad Sam Jones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In a 22-year career, Jones compiled a 229-217 record with 1223 In baseball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by K or SO) occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat.
In that season, Jones pitched a In baseball, a no-hitter refers to a game in which one of the teams has prevented the other from getting a hit during the entire length of the game, which must be at least 9 innings by the current Major League Baseball definition.
Jones told Lawrence Ritter that the reason he looked downcast was because, "I would always wear my cap down real low over my eyes.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sad-Sam-Jones   (2701 words)

  
 NBA History: Sam Jones Bio
Jones was so apprehensive about the prospect of trying out with Boston that he decided to ask the high school for a $500 pay increase.
Jones, who ranked third in the league in assists, followed in fifth place by Russell, who also led the NBA in rebounds with 24.1 rpg.
Both Jones and Russell retired from playing that year, and their importance to the team was underscored the next season when Boston's near invincibility came to a screeching halt.
www.nba.com /history/players/joness_bio.html   (2040 words)

  
 Sam Jones Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Sam Jones was born on Monday, December 14, 1925, in Stewartsville, Ohio.
Jones was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 22, 1951, with the Cleveland Indians, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
Sam Jones's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Sam Jones baseball statistics page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=jonessa02   (307 words)

  
 Wilco Documentary Filmmaker Sam Jones: Pitchfork Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sam: Well, I have a lot of examples maybe in statements [band members made on camera] that also shed light on maybe why [the break-up] happened, but I think that was the best one.
Sam: Well, it's hard by the sheer numbers, in the fact that Jay is a single person talking about his feelings and there's five people on the other side-- if you include [Wilco manager] Tony Margherita-- saying what they think.
Sam: I think there was this resurgence of full-on creativity and people willing to take chances in the music industry in the '70s-- after a really tight late-50s, early-60s type of feeling.
pitchforkmedia.com /interviews/j/jones_sam-02   (4324 words)

  
 Sam Jones Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
At six-foot-four, Sam Jones was the prototype of the tall guard who could run the floor, bang the boards and had a rangy offensive game that gave opponents fits.
Jones favored an unorthodox but highly effective "bank shot" that became the muscle behind his and Bosto''s 10 NBA championships, including eight in a row (1958-66).
Jones wasn't a collegiate All-America and was a relative unknown, but that didn't sway Red Auerbach, who drafted Sam in the first round of the 1957 draft.
www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/JonesS.htm   (419 words)

  
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The dynasty which Sam Jones smashed was the closest approach to an absolute dictatorship established in America since the day Cornwallis surrendered his sword at Yorktown.
The son of Beauregard Parish was born 1897, the son of Robert Jones and Susan Frazar Jones in a log cabin in the piney woods of Merryville.
Beauregard Parish is proud of its son, Sam Jones, Governor and elder statesman, whose outstanding contribution to his state was his fearless and long struggle for honest and clean local and state government.
www.beau.org /~velmer/local/samjones.html   (766 words)

  
 Sam Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sam, Samantha or Samuel Jones can refer to a number of different people.
Samantha "Sam" Jones, a fictional character who was the companion of the Eighth Doctor in the Eighth Doctor Adventures book spin-off series from the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Samuel (or Sammy) Jones, was an Australian cricketer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_Jones   (153 words)

  
 A PICTURE OF SAM JONES GOES HERE
All the same, fans should be well pleased with Jones' photographer's eye as he captures the musicians at work in their small loft and from behind the mixing board.
Jones that Kubrick had his start as a rather accomplished still photographer, I asked him about his own days playing in a band and opening for Weezer.
Sam Jones:(laughs) Well, back before Weezer was Weezer, I guess--I mean, they were Weezer, but this was back before they had their first record deal.
filmfreakcentral.net /notes/sjonesinterview.htm   (1415 words)

  
 Sam P. Jones, Methodist Great
SAM P. of Cartersville, Georgia may be the most representative figure of 'The Old Time Religion': the major influence that defined America at the birth of the Twentieth Century.
Sam Small was asked (around 1927, when he was seventy-six) to write a mission statement and statement of faith for the new college being built by Bob Jones, Sr.
Jones wrote a book about her husband which is available at Roselawn, two blocks from the church.
www.tks.org /samjones.htm   (2038 words)

  
 Sam Jones (basketball) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Samuel "Sam" Jones (born June 24, 1933 in (Click link for more info and facts about Wilmington, North Carolina) Wilmington, North Carolina) is a former pro (A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated horizontal hoop) basketball player.
He is usually mentioned as the 4th best guard of the (The decade from 1960 to 1969) 1960s, behind (United States basketball guard (born in 1938)) Oscar Robertson, (Click link for more info and facts about Jerry West) Jerry West and (Click link for more info and facts about Hal Greer) Hal Greer.
Jones has been part of ten championship teams, 1959-66, 1968-69.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/sam_jones_(basketball).htm   (180 words)

  
 Sam Jones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sam is a graduate of Tupelo High School and received a B.S. degree in Biblical Studies (New Testament) from Freed-Hardeman University.
Sam has served as a pulpit minister for several churches in Mississippi and Tennessee.
Currently, Sam is serving as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Humanities and Professor of Sociology, Family Studies, and Bible at Freed-Hardeman University.
www.pblcoc.org /Bios/Jones_Sam.htm   (325 words)

  
 HickokSports.com - Biography - Sam Jones
Though he was virtually unheard of as a player at little North Carolina College, the Boston Celtics made him their number one pick in the 1957 NBA draft.
Jones became one of the Celtics' top scorers after a three-year apprenticeship as a substitute.
Jones was one of the ten players named to the NBA silver anniversary team in 1971.
www.hickoksports.com /biograph/jonessam.shtml   (280 words)

  
 Sam Jones | BaseballLibrary.com
Known as Red in the Negro leagues for his reddish complexion, in the majors Jones became Sad Sam, after the original Sad Sam Jones, and Toothpick Sam for the toothpick he always chewed on the mound.
On June 30 of that season, at Los Angeles, a bobble by Giant shortstop Andre Rodgers was scored a single, depriving Jones of a second no-hitter; he got it instead on September 26, though it was a rain-shortened, seven-inning one against St. Louis.
Jones and Trouppe are the battery tomorrow as Jones will pick up a 9—6 win against the Red Sox in relief.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/J/Jones_Sam.stm   (1109 words)

  
 Sam Jones III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sam Jone III was born April 29, 1983.
He is the son of NBA Legend Sam Jones, who played fro the Boston Celtics.
His first job was a memorable guest-starring role on NYPD Blue in which he portrayed a troubled teen who stole a gun and hid it in his daughter's crib.
www.angelfire.com /tx/skybolt/jones.html   (316 words)

  
 Samuel Porter Jones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Jones managed several small circuits in Northwest Georgia until 1880, when he was assigned to the Methodist Orphanage in Decatur.
Jones enjoyed preaching before large crowds, and in 1884 was invited to preach a revival in Memphis.
By 1886, Jones was the most famous and celebrated evangelist of his time, attracting a national congregation with a style, wit, and delivery heretofore unknown.
www.roselawnmuseum.com /history/jones.html   (329 words)

  
 Lauren Henderson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
When Sam Jones wakes up handcuffed in a cellar with a roaring headache and blurred vision she naturally assumes she is suffering the aftermath of a great night out.
Sam is the sort of person who leaps at danger like she leaps at her men, who decides that a tasteful little number in fl rubber is appropriate attire for the launch of her sculpture at a staid City bank.
Sam is in a world not her own; and as the deaths increase she comes to realise that her own life is at risk.
www.twbooks.co.uk /authors/lhenderson.html   (1431 words)

  
 Republican Sam Jones expends much shoe leather in the attorney general race
Jones said the attorneys hired by Nixon's office to represent the state did very little in the case and secured no more money for Missouri than states without any legal representation received.
Jones claims Nixon hired the tobacco attorneys, who could make several million dollars from the case, because they donated more than half a million dollars to Democratic candidates and causes.
Jones said to pay for the testing, court costs in felony cases should be taxed to establish a "DNA Testing Fund." Testing would be available at all stages of trial, from pre-trial to post-trial, according to the plan.
www.mdn.org /2000/STORIES/AG.HTM   (902 words)

  
 Sam Jones III Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Jones landed many TV guest-starring roles as troubled teens on "NYPD Blue," "CSI," and "Judging Amy." Jones will soon make his big screen debut in "Zigzag" with Wesley Snipes.
Jones lives in L.A. and spends his free time on the basketball court.
Because of his common name, he was accidentally credited with a role in the "Prince in the Pauper" several times, but I viewed the film and discovered the young actor named Sam Jones who plays Stephen Barlett in that film is white and much younger than Sam Jones III.
www.freewebs.com /smallvillejunkie2/sambio.html   (404 words)

  
 Sam Jones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Jones, a 6'4'' guard from North Carolina Central, played 12 NBA seasons, all with the Celtics.
Jones, a master of the "bank shot", played in 5 NBA all-star games.
Jones is a member of basketball's Hall of Fame and was voted as 1 of the top 50 basketball players of all time at the NBA's 50th anniversary.
www.dickscourtroom.com /samjones.htm   (74 words)

  
 Roselawn (home of Sam Jones), Cartersville, Georgia
Jones developed a unique style in his arguments before judges and juries.
Sam began preaching in the evangelistic ministry in 1878, just six years after he vowed on his father's deathbed to convert from his life of sin and drinking.
Jones, with a number of other evangelical speakers, re-energized a country still recovering from the war that had torn it apart.
roadsidegeorgia.com /site/roselawn.html   (619 words)

  
 Rep. Dickinson honored with Sam Jones Trailblazer Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sam was an integral part of the race relations debate since the '60's.
Sam was a true trailblazer who cut his way through the thicket of inequality and bigotry so that African-Americans and people of all races would be able to follow the path toward fairness and opportunity."
Sam Jones led the Urban League in Indianapolis, as president and CEO, for the organization's 36-year history, until Jones' retirement in December, 2002.
www.state.in.us /legislative/hdpr/R95_07162003.html   (454 words)

  
 KryptonSite Message Forums - Question About Sam Jones leaving Smallville
Sam Jones III, who played Pete Ross in the first three seasons of The WB's Smallville, told The ********* there are not, nor have there been, any plans for his character to return.
There were various reports that Jones would be in a Smallville episode focusing on the prom, but he did told The ********* he has not been asked to appear in any shows.
Jones said he is interested in appearing in the fifth season of Smallville.
www.kryptonsite.com /forums/showthread.php?postid=971429   (491 words)

  
 Sam Jones - NCCU Athletic Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
One of the "Jones Boys" in Boston, Sam teamed with K.C. in the Celtics backcourt to create havoc in NBA arenas around the country.
Jones favored an unorthodox but highly effective "bank shot" that became the muscle behind his and Boston's 10 NBA championships, including eight in a row (1958-66).
As a collegian, Jones was an offensive firehouse scoring 1,770 points while playing for Hall of Fame coach John McLendon at all-fl North Carolina College.
www.nccu.edu /campus/athletics/hfsjones.html   (365 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Black Rubber Dress: a Sam Jones Novel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sam's wonderfully sardonic narrative serves as satiric commentary, especially as she and said hunk have their way with each other.
Sam's career seems poised to take flight when David Stronge, chair of Mowbray Steiner's Art Acquisitions Committee, selects her mobile Floating Planet (though Sam still calls it Thing III) for the bank's dauntingly upscale lobby.
Sam Jones is not the typical female character, but rather an independent, single person who lets nothing stand in her way when she has the scent of a good mystery.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0609804383   (733 words)

  
 Sam Jones: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sam Jones [+], a greatly in-demand bassist who often teamed up with drummer Louis Hayes [+], was also a talented jazz cello soloist.
While a member of Cannonball Adderley [+]'s very successful quintet (1959-1965), Jones wrote such originals as "Unit 7" and "Del Sasser" and led three highly recommended albums for Riverside during 1960-1962 (all have been reissued in the OJC series) that featured some of his finest cello playing.
Sam Jones [+] was with the Oscar Peterson Trio (as Ray Brown [+]'s first replacement) during 1966-1970 and then freelanced for the remainder of his life, making many recordings, including albums of his own for East Wind (1974), Xanadu, Muse, Inner City, SteepleChase, Interplay, and SeaBreeze.
www.music.com /person/sam_jones/1   (306 words)

  
 Sad Sam Jones | BaseballLibrary.com
Sad Sam's 22 consecutive seasons pitching in one league (the American) is a ML record shared with Herb Pennock, Early Wynn, Red Ruffing, and Steve Carlton.
But Jones does not hold onto the ball cleanly and plate ump Brick Owens instructs Chill to make a safe call.
Sam will be 8—14 in his only season in St. Louis.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/J/Jones_Sad_Sam.stm   (1460 words)

  
 African American Registry: "What a curve ball," Sam Jones!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
*Sam Jones was born on this date in 1925.
On June 30 of that season, at Los Angeles, an error by Giant shortstop Andre Rodgers was scored a single, keeping Jones from a second no-hitter, He got it instead on September 26, though it was a rain-shortened, seven-inning one against St. Louis.
Sam Jones died on November 5, 1971 in Morgantown, West Virginia.
www.aaregistry.com /detail.php3?id=1829   (334 words)

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