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dominate competition in early games - SACRAMENTO,
Calif. (Apr. 19, 2009) - Ordinarily you would associate April with the
start of the professional baseball season. But for hundreds of women
around the country, April is time for football, as the teams that make up
the Independent Women's Football League (IWFL) begin play. Founded in
2000, the IWFL
has just over 40 teams scattered across the country.
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Toni Tennille (November 2005) - It’s
been 10 years
since Toni Tennille and husband Daryl Dragon released a recording as
the Captain & Tennille. Their CD, 20
Years of Romance, in 1995
celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary. The
Captain &
Tennille debuted in 1975 when they released the best-selling song of
the year, Love Will Keep Us Together,
and a long string of hits and a
TV show followed. Read
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Kickland Author Kevin Hayes (November 2002) - Kevin
Hayes is a lawyer by trade, but his interest in cross country skiing
prompted him to write KICKLAND, a fictional adventure of an aging
Olympic cross country skier trying to make a comeback. Kevin granted Sierra Ski News an interview
from his home in Michigan to talk more about KICKLAND and his passion
for XC skiing. Read More |
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Folk Singer Steve Gillette (March
2001) - Steve Gillette and his wife Cindy
Mangsen are
America’s premier folk duo. Steve has written songs for Garth Brooks,
John Denver, Kenny Rogers, Anne Murray, Linda Ronstadt, Waylon Jennings
and Tammy Wynette to name only a few. He’s the author of Songwriting
and the Creative Process - and he also loves skiing! Gillette lives in
Vermont, but he began
skiing in California where he grew up. Read
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Iain Fraser (January
2000) - Iain Fraser, player-coach for the Sacramento Knights of the
World Indoor Soccer League, has had a busy past few months. Fraser was
named as the WISL’s Defender-of-the-Year and
Coach-of-the-Year as the Knights recorded a 17-5 regular-season record.
Posting a 7-6 win over the Dallas Sidekicks at ARCO Arena on Dec.
12, the Fraser-led Knights captured the WISL Championship.
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Roller Derby - Part IV (Oct. 9,
1991) - About a month ago when I finished up my
three-part series of articles on Roller Derby, I had heard that a benefit
game was planned for a high school in Vallejo. Sept. 28 they had that game and I was invited
to attend. It probably had been over 10 years since I had
seen a live Roller Derby game. Perhaps even longer. My memory fades off
into the mists of time. When I showed up at Hogan High School, I wasn't quite
sure what to expect. I had no idea who would be skating, if they even had
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Roller Derby - Part III (Aug.
28, 1991) - After Roller Derby migrated from the East
Coast to the West Coast in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the game began
to thrive again in its new environment. The early 1960s saw three different
organizations running Roller Derby on the West Coast, each competing
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Roller Derby - Part II (Aug. 21,
1991) - When David Lipschultz started the Roller Derby
back up in 1977, it was a dream come true for many of the skaters who
had been in the old Jerry Seltzer-owned Derby that preceded it. Names like Charlie O'Connell, Joan Weston, Tony
Roman, Larry Smith, Francine Cochu and Ann Calvello returned to the
banked track that had made them famous. For most of the skaters, the Derby was a
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Roller Derby - Part I (Aug. 14,
1991) - (This is the first of a series of
articles I wrote on Roller Derby while working for a weekly paper in
the Sacramento, California area). While going through some old boxes the other
night, I dug out an autograph book that brought back a lot of memories. Hand-painted on the cover with enamel model
airplane paint in brown and orange letters it said - Bay Bombers (1971). Visions of the Memorial Auditorium in downtown
Sacramento suddenly sprang into my head - of a banked skating...
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