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West Orange-Stark High School
West Orange-Stark High School is a College Preparatory High school in West Orange, Texas, and the only high school in the West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District, though some students report to the West Orange-Stark Academic Alternative Center. History The campus of West Orange High School was constructed in 1966, as a part of the West Orange ISD. West Orange ISD, which had West Orange High School (Purple and White Chiefs) and Lutcher-Stark ISD which had Lutcher-Stark High School (Orange and Black Tigers), consolidated in 1977–78. Initially, both high schools operated separately – with four grade levels per campus. In 1977, the two campuses consolidated giving students the opportunity to select new school colors and a new school mascot (Blue and Silver Mustangs). Referred to as the 'West' campus, West Orange-Stark High School's Newton Ave. school (the current WO-SHS) served the district's upperclassmen; the former Lutcher-Stark High school served the ninth an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Orange, Texas
West Orange is a city in Orange County, Texas. The population was 3,459 at the 2020 census, up from 3,443 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Beaumont– Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography West Orange is located at (30.080716, –93.756448). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.95%) is water. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,459 people, 1,289 households, and 987 families residing in the city. As of the 2000 census, there were 4,111 people, 1,672 households, and 1,183 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 1,876 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 92.92% White, 1.85% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 2.38% from other races, and 1.90% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.77% of the population. There were 1,672 households, out of which 30. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team is headquartered in Frisco, Texas, and has been playing its home games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, since its opening in 2009. The stadium took its current name prior to the 2013 season. In January 2020 it was announced that Mike McCarthy had been hired as head coach of the Cowboys. He is the ninth in the team’s history. McCarthy follows Jason Garrett, who coached the team from 2010–2019. The Cowboys joined the NFL as an expansion team in . The team's national following might best be represented by its NFL record of consecutive sell-outs. The Cowboys' streak of 190 consecutive sold-out regular and post-season games (home and away) began in 2002. The franchise has made it to the Super Bowl eight times, tied with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Expos
The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in the National League (NL) East division from 1969 until 2004. Following the 2004 season, the franchise relocated to Washington, D.C., and became the Washington Nationals. Immediately after the minor league Triple-A Montreal Royals folded in 1960, political leaders in Montreal sought an MLB franchise, and when the National League evaluated expansion candidates for the 1969 season, it awarded a team to Montreal. Named after the Expo 67 World's Fair, the Expos originally played at Jarry Park Stadium before moving to Olympic Stadium in 1977. The Expos failed to post a winning record in any of their first ten seasons. The team won its only division title in the strike-shortened season, but lost the 1981 National League Championship Seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona Diamondbacks
The Arizona Diamondbacks (colloquially known as the D-backs) are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The franchise was established as an expansion team and began play in 1998. The team plays its home games at Chase Field, formerly known as Bank One Ballpark. Along with the Tampa Bay Rays, the Diamondbacks are one of the newest teams in MLB. After a fifth-place finish in their inaugural season, the Diamondbacks made several off-season acquisitions, including future Hall of Fame pitcher Randy Johnson, who won four consecutive Cy Young Awards in his first four seasons with the team. In 1999, Arizona won 100 games and their first division championship. In 2001, they won the World Series over the three-time defending champion New York Yankees, becoming the fastest expansion team in major league history to win the World Series, and the only majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Patterson (pitcher)
John Hollis Patterson (born January 30, 1978) is an American former professional starting pitcher. He played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals of the Major League Baseball (MLB). Career A ''USA Today'' prep All-American in his senior year at West Orange-Stark (Texas) High School, Patterson was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the first round (5th overall pick) of the 1996 MLB draft. Montreal lost the draft rights to Patterson on a legal technicality: they sent him a contract offer that was not printed on official team letterhead, and he signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks for $6.075 million. After a solid rookie season where he had a 3.22 earned run average (ERA), he had a disappointing season with the Diamondbacks. Patterson was traded back to the Expos prior to the season in exchange for Randy Choate, a left-handed relief pitcher. Always filled with immense potential – he featured a fastball in the mid-90s (miles per hour) along wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Knipp
Chuck Knipp (born 1961) is a Canadian comedian and nurse best known for his controversial vocal characterizations heard on radio – the "Mammy Welfare Queen", Shirley Q. Liquor and the tragic searcher for any kind of spirituality, Betty Butterfield. He is known for radio advertisements in Southeast Texas. There have been protests against his performances. Knipp retired from live performances in 2010 and now is a volunteer Registered Nurse with the American Red Cross. Support * The entertainer RuPaul has long been a fan and supporter of Knipp. "Critics who think that Shirley Q. Liquor is offensive are idiots. Listen, I've been discriminated against by everybody in the world: gay people, black people, whatever. I know discrimination, I know racism, I know it very intimately. She's not racist, and if she were, she wouldn't be on my new CD." In his blog, RuPaul adds: "I am very sensitive to issues of racism, sexism and discrimination. I am a gay black man, who started my career as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Raiders
The Los Angeles Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1994 before relocating back to Oakland, California, where the team played from its inaugural 1960 season to the 1981 season and then again from 1995 to 2019. The team's first home game in Los Angeles was at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum against the San Diego Chargers on November 22, 1982, after a 57-day player strike. They played their last game as a Los Angeles-based club on December 24, 1994, at the Coliseum against the Kansas City Chiefs, a game which they lost 19–9 to eliminate them from playoff contention. History Start Prior to the 1980 season, Raiders owner Al Davis attempted unsuccessfully to have improvements made to the Oakland Coliseum, specifically the addition of luxury boxes. On March 1, 1980, he signed a memorandum of agreement to move the Raiders from Oakland to Los Angeles. The move, which required three-fourths approval by league owners, was defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team was founded in 1959 as the Dallas Texans by businessman Lamar Hunt, and was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). In spring 1963, the team relocated to Kansas City, and assumed its current name. The Chiefs joined the NFL as a result of the merger in , and the team is valued at over $3.7 billion. Hunt's son, Clark Hunt, serves as chairman and CEO. While the elder Hunt's ownership stakes passed to his widow and children after his death in 2006, Clark is the operating head of the franchise; he represents the Chiefs at all league meetings, and has ultimate authority on personnel changes. The Chiefs won three AFL championships, in 1962, 1966, and 1969, and were the second AFL team (after the New York Jets) to defeat a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Oilers
The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in Houston from its founding in 1960 to 1996 before relocating to Memphis, and later Nashville, Tennessee becoming the Tennessee Titans. The Oilers began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The team won two AFL championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL merger in the late 1960s. The Oilers competed in the AFL's East division – along with the Buffalo Bills, the New York Jets and the Boston Patriots – before the merger, after which they joined the newly formed AFC Central. Throughout their existence the team was owned by Bud Adams. For the majority of their time in Houston, the team played their home games at the Astrodome, while Jeppesen Stadium and Rice Stadium hosted the team for their first eight years. The Houston Oilers were the first champions of the American Football League, winning the 1960 and 1961 contests, but they never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Hill (cornerback)
Gregory Michael Hill (born February 12, 1961) is a former professional American football cornerback in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Houston Oilers, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Los Angeles Raiders The Los Angeles Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1994 before relocating back to Oakland, California, where the team played from its inaugural 1960 season to the 1981 season and then agai .... 1961 births Living people People from Orange, Texas Players of American football from Texas American football cornerbacks Oklahoma State Cowboys football players Houston Oilers players Kansas City Chiefs players Los Angeles Raiders players {{defensiveback-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays its home games at Lincoln Financial Field in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. The franchise was established in 1933 as a replacement for the bankrupt Frankford Yellow Jackets, when a group led by Bert Bell secured the rights to an NFL franchise in Philadelphia. Since their formation, the Eagles have appeared in the playoffs 28 times, won 15 division titles (11 in the NFC East), appeared in four pre- merger NFL Championship Games, winning three of them ( 1948, 1949, and 1960), and appeared in three Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl LII at the end of the 2017 season. Thirteen individuals affiliated with the Eagles have been inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including Bell, Chuck Bednarik, Bob Brown, Brian Dawkins, Reggie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Gibbs
Patrick Henry Gibbs (born April 5, 1950) is a former American football defensive back who played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). Gibbs played college football at Lamar University, where he also played wide receiver. He was drafted by the Eagles in the 9th round of the 1972 NFL Draft with the 222nd overall selection. He made the Eagles for the 1972 regular season and played in their first two games, primarily as a kick returner. Against the Dallas Cowboys on September 17 he returned two kickoffs for 44 yards. In his second game against the Cleveland Browns on September 24 he returned one kickoff for 17 yards and one punt for 8 yards. In the second half of that game while attempting to field a kickoff he suffered a torn medial collateral ligament in his knee that required surgery and he had to miss the rest of the season. The Eagles waived him during the 1973 preseason. He joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League (who reloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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