Arena Football League in California - Arena Football League in Los Angeles, San Jose Sabercats, Los Angeles Avengers, Florida Bobcats (Paperback)

Chapters: Arena Football League in Los Angeles, San Jose Sabercats, Los Angeles Avengers, Florida Bobcats, Los Angeles Cobras, Anaheim Piranhas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The San Jose SaberCats are a professional arena football team scheduled to resume play in the new Arena Football League for 2011. They began play as a 1995 expansion team. They played in the Western Division of the American Conference. Their final coach in the original Arena Football League was Darren Arbet, who will be a part of the ownership group for their 2011 return. All naming rights, trademarks, logos and likeness of the San Jose SaberCats are now owned by the new reemergence of the Arena Football League (AFL); formerly the Arena Football 1 (AF1)., making their 2011 return possible. The SaberCats began play in 1995. The team played at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California, which is also home to the San Jose Sharks franchise of the National Hockey League. The SaberCats competed in the Western Division of the American Conference. The SaberCats are one of Arena's premier organizations, having never drawn below 10,000 fans at any of their home games. The SaberCats were ArenaBowl champions in 2002, 2004, and 2007, beating the Arizona Rattlers for their first two titles and the Columbus Destroyers for the third. The San Jose SaberCats did play in a fourth ArenBowl, ArenaBowl XXII in New Orleans, LA. Unfortunately they fell short of their fourth title, due to some very obvious and questionable officiating. ArenaBowl XXII would be the last game played in the Arena Football League. On June 5, 2004, the SaberCats were fined $20,000 for violations during their Quarterfinal Round playoff game against the Tampa Bay Storm. They were first fined $10,000 for distrib...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=66096