Photos: Organized Baseball Returns to the Capital Region
The Lincoln Potters play in historic McBean Stadium in downtown Lincoln, and the wood-bat California Collegiate League team averaged almost 1,000 fans per game during the 2019 season. This year, the Potters are just happy to be playing, even if fans aren’t allowed.
The New Normal
Sacramento businesses face challenges adapting to COVID-19 landscape
Despite the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus still soaring around California and throughout the country, state and local governments have begun loosening restrictions on businesses. Here’s how businesses are adjusting.
Getting to Know: Fitsom Studios
Fitsom Studios shifted from fitness to pain and stress management in September 2019. In a culture where sitting and anxiety are part of daily life, the husband-and-wife team found that modalities like breathing techniques and myofascial massage were more valuable and relevant.
Office Relief
Businesses are bringing yoga into the workplace and finding that relaxation and mindfulness are lucrative
Welcome to the world of office yoga, a curious merger of yoga and commerce that is proving itself to be lucrative.
New State Law Pushes NCAA Into Action Over College Athlete Pay
The move is a dramatic shift for the college sports economy
As California’s new student-athlete compensation law continues to spark a nationwide movement, the NCAA Tuesday agreed to allow college players to sign paid endorsement deals, but left itself room to define the terms of those agreements.
Major League Soccer Comes to Sacramento
Republic FC will begin playing in MLS in 2022 in a new stadium in The Railyards
After a lengthy negotiation period punctuated by a few unofficial leaks, the announcement several years in the making finally happened Monday morning: Sacramento earned a Major League Soccer franchise.
Designated Hitters
Led by Susan and Jeff Savage, the River Cats are celebrating their 20th season
When Art Savage and his partners purchased a Minor-League Baseball team and moved it to a new stadium in West Sacramento in 2000, his wife, Susan Savage, never imagined that one day she would own and operate the Sacramento River Cats.
No Time for a Break
Jaime Coffee’s side work as a PA announcer is breaking barriers
Real vacations are rare for Sacramento Republic FC public address announcer Jaime Coffee.
Juggling a full-time state job with side gigs in and outside Sacramento, the barrier-breaking Coffee works as a female announcer in a field dominated by men. Coffee’s crazy schedule comes at a cost: Vacations are usually of the working variety.
Sacramento River Cats Clinch Title, Headed to the Playoffs
And Raley Field gets a new name for 2020
After Thursday night’s 10-2 victory over Reno, Sacramento clinched the team’s first Pacific Coast League’s Pacific Northern Division title since 2012.
Ron Burkle: The Man Backing the MLS Bid
Five things to know about Ron Burkle, who joined Sacramento Republic FC as lead investor in its bid to join Major League Soccer.