First, in the 1970s, there were the Jacksonville Sharks of the World Football League.

In Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Sharks admitted that anywhere from 14, 000 to 44, 000 people had attended their first two games for free or at significantly reduced prices.

In October, the league pulled the plug on the Wheels and the Sharks after 14 games ; the folding of the Jacksonville franchise meant that the Gator Bowl would not host World Bowl I.

The Jacksonville Sharks and Detroit Wheels were liquidated owing nearly $ 4 million, and Detroit had 122 creditors looking to recoup losses.

The deceased Sharks of Jacksonville came back as the ' Express.

In 2010, Jacksonville received an Arena Football League expansion franchise, which revived the Sharks name.

The Jacksonville Sharks name was later revived for a team in the 2010 revival of the Arena Football League.

Notable local announcers include John Sterling ( New York Stars / Charlotte Hornets television ), Spencer Ross ( New York Stars radio ), Bob Sheppard ( New York Stars PA ), Mike Patrick ( Jacksonville Sharks ), Larry King ( Shreveport Steamer ), Larry Matson ( Birmingham Americans / Birmingham Vulcans ), Fred Sington ( Birmingham Americans / Birmingham Vulcans ) and Eddie Doucette and Vince Lloyd ( Chicago Fire radio and TV respectively ).

They lost the game to the Jacksonville Sharks when Jacksonville quarterback Aaron Garcia threw a game-winning touchdown pass on the game's final play.

Arizona advanced to ArenaBowl XXIV, but lost to the Jacksonville Sharks in the championship.

In 2011, the Predators finished the regular season 11 – 7, but fell to the Jacksonville Sharks in the conference semifinals by a score of 63 – 48.

Aided by a Southern Division where nobody has pulled away, a three game winning streak, including an emotional victory over the Jacksonville Sharks has put the VooDoo in first place heading into the final month of the regular season.

Among the victims were the Jacksonville Sharks, Southern California Sun, Portland Storm, and Houston Texans.

The Jacksonville Sharks were a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida.

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( The team did however play one " controlled scrimmage " against the Jacksonville Sharks on Saturday, June 29, 1974.

The Americans travelled to Florida to face the Jacksonville Sharks, 27, 140 Jacksonville fans, and the Sharks ' new coach, Charlie Tate.

* Gator Bowl Stadium, Jacksonville ( 1974 – 75 )

* Tim Seder, who coached and taught at Lucas High School, ( born September 17, 1974 in Ashland, Ohio ) was a National Football League placekicker for the Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars from 2000-2002.

David Ryan Adams ( born November 5, 1974 ) is an American alt-country / rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina.

Ryan Adams was born on November 5, 1974, in Jacksonville, North Carolina.

38 Special ( also written. 38 Special or Thirty-Eight Special ) is an American rock band that was formed by neighborhood friends Don Barnes and Donnie Van Zant in 1974 in Jacksonville, Florida.

The team defeated Manhattan College 84-81 in the first round of the 1974 NIT and fell to Jacksonville University 85-83 in the quarterfinals.

In 1970, sales surpassed $ 500 million ; they reached $ 1 billion in 1974, when the chain expanded to include Jacksonville, Florida.

In 1974 he became Commanding Officer of Patrol Squadron TWENTY-FOUR ( VP-24 ), a P-3C " Orion " Squadron stationed in Jacksonville, Florida and was promoted to Captain following his squadron command tour.

It was home to the World Football League's Jacksonville Sharks in 1974 and the Jacksonville Express in 1975.

In 1974, he graduated from Jacksonville State University, where he presently serves as a trustee.

Trinity Baptist College was founded in 1974 by Trinity Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL.

A team folding in mid-season was not unusual for the WFL ( the Jacksonville Sharks and Detroit Wheels had died 14 games into a 20-game regular season in 1974 ), so the league was prepared.

They were the first ice hockey team to be based in Jacksonville in nearly twenty years, since the Jacksonville Barons of the American Hockey League had folded in 1974.

William " Rocky " Gray ( born July 2, 1974 in Jacksonville, Arkansas, U. S .) is a drummer and guitarist who has been part of the Arkansas metal scene since the early 1990s.

The group began as a Jacksonville cover band consisting of guitarists Buddy Buie, J. R. Cobb, Walter Eaton, keyboardist Joe Wilson, and singer Dennis Yost ( Buie ( as producer ) and Cobb would form The Atlanta Rhythm Section with Candymen drummer Robert Nix ( died on May 20, 2012, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 67 from complications following surgery in April ; he suffered from diabetes and multiple myeloma ), also from Jacksonville, and keyboardist Dean Daughtry in 1974 ).

In 1973, they relocated to Jacksonville, Florida, where they were known as the Jacksonville Barons ; they lasted only through the 1973 – 1974 season before folding.

* Jacksonville Barons 1973 – 1974

He finished his career in the World Football League playing for the Jacksonville Sharks in 1974 before entering the coaching ranks.

On May 28, 2012, Jacksonville was hit by Tropical Storm Beryl, packing winds up to 70 mph ( 110 km / h which made landfall near Jacksonville Beach.

Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Van Zandt County come from the Tyler / Longview / Jacksonville market and they include: KLTV-TV, KYTX-TV, KFXK-TV, KCEB-TV, and KETK-TV.

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East Texas NBC affiliate KETK-TV from the Jacksonville / Tyler DMA also provides coverage for Navarro County.

Local media outlets are: KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, KFWD-TV, and KDTX-TV Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Kaufman County come from the Tyler / Longview / Jacksonville market and they include: KLTV-TV, KYTX-TV, KFXK-TV, KCEB-TV, and KETK-TV.

Local media outlets are: KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, KFWD-TV, and KDTX-TV Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Hunt County come from the Tyler / Longview / Jacksonville market and they include: KLTV-TV, KYTX-TV, KFXK-TV, KCEB-TV, and KETK-TV.

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Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Henderson County come from the Tyler / Longview / Jacksonville market and they include: KLTV-TV, KTRE-TV, KYTX-TV, KFXK-TV, KCEB-TV, and KETK-TV.

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* WPXU-TV, the ( 35 ), Jacksonville ( i network / My Network affiliate )

The north-south Highway 69 intersects the east-west U. S. Route 79 at the restored Landmark Hotel / Restaurant and the Capitol One Bank in downtown Jacksonville.

Mayo Clinic has a large presence in three U. S. metropolitan areas: Rochester, Minnesota, Jacksonville, Florida, and Scottsdale / Phoenix, Arizona.