* A nickname for Sebastian Janikowski, an Oakland Raiders kicker

But 6 plays later, Tampa Bay defensive end Simeon Rice sacked Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon on third down, forcing Oakland to settle for kicker Sebastian Janikowski's 40-yard field goal to give them a 3-0 lead.

Janikowski of the Oakland Raiders, is the NFL's highest paid kicker.

Following a missed field goal by Jets kicker John Hall on the opening drive, Oakland kicker Sebastian Janikowski made two field goals to give his team a 6-0 first quarter lead.

Houston running back Earl Campbell lost a fumble on the first play of the game, setting up Oakland kicker Chris Bahr's 47-yard field goal.

Both Lechler and kicker Sebastian Janikowski are the longest tenured players on the Oakland Raiders.

James Thomas Breech ( born April 11, 1956 in Sacramento, California ) is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992.

Vermeil was actually once reprimanded by the NFL when during a game he promised kicker ( and fellow wine connoisseur ) Morten Andersen a bottle of Bryant Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon if he could kick the game-winning field goal versus Oakland.

Raiders returner Rodger Bird gave them great field position with a 12-yard return to Green Bay's 40-yard line, but Oakland could only gain 1 yard with their next 3 plays and came up empty when George Blanda's 47-yard field goal attempt fell short of the goal posts.

While living at his rented villa on Lake Merritt in Oakland, London met poet George Sterling and in time they became best friends.

Krazy George led a wave in October 15, 1981 at a Major League Baseball game in Oakland, California.

Some claim that the first appearance of the wave was a section by section cheer at a Major League Baseball game that was led by professional cheerleader Krazy George Henderson in Oakland, California on October 15, 1981, in an American League Championship Series game between the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees.

In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 57. 3 % of the vote in Oakland ( 3, 938 cast ), ahead of Democrat John Kerry, who received around 41. 7 % ( 2, 864 votes ), with 6, 867 ballots cast among the borough's 8, 588 registered voters, for a turnout of 80. 0 %.

For looping the Golden Gate Bridge, for flying at low level down Market Street in San Francisco and for blowing the clothes off of an Oakland woman's clothesline, Bong was reprimanded by General George C. Kenney, commanding officer of the Fourth Air Force, who told him, " If you didn't want to fly down Market Street, I wouldn't have you in my Air Force, but you are not to do it any more and I mean what I say.

New Jersey accountant George and Oakland housewife Doris meet at a Northern California inn in February 1951.

That has only happened three times in its history – Dave Kingman for the Oakland Athletics on May 4, 1984, University of Minnesota Gophers player George Behr and Corey Koskie in 2004.

In 1973, Fosse was traded along with Jack Heidemann to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Duncan and George Hendrick.

Thomas Bros. Maps, the publishers of the Thomas Guide, was started in Oakland, California, in 1915 by cartographer George Coupland Thomas and his two brothers, who were business partners.

After George Coupland Thomas died in 1955, the ownership was bought by Coupland Thomas ' family lawyer Warren B. Wilson, brother of Lionel Wilson, the past mayor of Oakland, California.

*, a Liberty ship, launched in May 1943 ; acquired by the War Department in November 1943, renamed United States Army hospital ship USAHS Dogwood ; converted to a troop transport USAT George Washington Carver in January 1946 ; scrapped in 1964 in Oakland, California.

Hoekstra joined Mike Bouchard, the Oakland County Sheriff and former state senator, former Gateway, Inc. president Rick Snyder, State Senator Tom George and Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox as 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidates.

Simpson was a fairly prominent television news anchor in San Francisco ( KTVU, Channel 2, in Oakland ; KQED, Channel 9 ; and KOFY-TV Channel 20 ) and Los Angeles from about the late 1970s through the 1990s, but is most notable as the host of Coast to Coast AM on Saturday nights from about 2000 until about 2003, alternating with George Noory ; she has also been a long-time host of her own show on San Francisco talk radio station KSFO ( AM ).

In the AFC title game against the Oakland Raiders George Atkinson cheap shotted Swann with a vicious hit.

In his place, former Mayor of Oakland George Pardee, a German-trained medical physician, received the nomination.

Raised in the Pardee Home in Oakland, George Pardee closely followed in his father's medical background.

Gary George Pettis ( born April 3, 1958, in Oakland, California ) is the current first base coach of the Texas Rangers.

People began to take notice of the brand when a front page photo of USA Today featured Oakland Raiders quarterback Jeff George wearing an Under Armour mock turtleneck.

" Alternatively, Fentons Creamery in Oakland claims that William Dreyer based his recipe on a Rocky Road-style ice cream flavor invented by his friend, Fentons ' George Farren, who blended his own Rocky Road-style candy bar into ice cream ; however, Dreyer substituted almonds for walnuts.

The school's new home, on Oakland Avenue, was a gift of Anna Backer in memory of her late husband and alumnus George Backer.

Two days after the draw, United States Navy Lieutenants George D. Covell and R. S. Waggener took off from San Diego, California in their Tremaine Humming Bird, to fly to Oakland, flew into a fog bank, crashed into an ocean cliff, and died.

* George Armstrong ( baseball ) ( 1924 – 1993 ), American baseball player, played for the Oakland Athletics

Born George Walter Pearch in Oakland, California, his father Walter Pearch worked in the marine shipping industry.

After the Oakland Raiders football team moved to Los Angeles in 1982, many improvements were made to what was suddenly a baseball-only facility.

The Eagles have won three NFL titles and made two Super Bowl appearances, losing both ( in 1980 to the Oakland Raiders and 2004 to the New England Patriots ).

The conductors found that there was little evidence of racial profiling in traffic stops made in Oakland.

The Broncos, led by Morton and the Orange Crush Defense, made their first Super Bowl appearance after also posting a 12-2 regular season record and postseason wins over the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders.

The Raiders, in their second season in Los Angeles since moving from Oakland, California, made it to their fourth Super Bowl in team history after posting a 12 – 4 regular season record.

On December 2, 2006, she made a guest appearance at the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir's Christmas Concert at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California.

The completion of the Benicia-Martinez Bridge made it possible for the city to become a suburb of San Francisco and Oakland, and suburban development in the Benicia hills began in the late 1960s.

Henderson made his major league debut with Oakland on June 24, 1979, getting two hits in four at bats, along with a stolen base.

He previously played seven seasons with the Oakland Athletics, where he won the 2002 American League Cy Young Award and made three All-Star teams.

Victor went on to record the New York Philharmonic Orchestra with Willem Mengelberg and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra with Rudolph Ganz from 1922, and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under Alfred Hertz from 1925 ; Hertz's earliest discs, made at Victor's new Oakland studios ( opened in 1924 ), were the company's last acoustical orchestral sessions.

The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alfred Hertz made a few acoustical recordings early in 1925, then switched to electrical recordings in Oakland and San Francisco, California, continuing until 1928.

He made his Major League debut on August 31, 1996, as a defensive replacement against Oakland.

Hunter made his name as the ace of the Oakland A's staff in their championship years and made his fortune as one of the first free agents.

Also in 1999, Elway was ranked number 16 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, the only player to have spent the majority of his career with the Broncos to make the list ( Willie Brown, who began his career with the Broncos but spent more of it with the Oakland Raiders, also made the list ).

The three-year contract offer from Pat Boone, the singer and team owner, was estimated to be worth $ 500, 000, with Barry saying " the offer Oakland made me was one I simply couldn't turn down " and that it would make him one of basketball's highest-paid players.

Charlie O. sent the team equipment once, including the white shoes the Oakland A's made famous and that the LaPorte High School team would use until the late 1990s.

Shrimp Tostada ( tortilla ) | tostadas made with locally grown ingredients as served at Tacos Sinaloa in Oakland, California

It incorporated actual Oakland fire footage as well as audio from radio transmissions made by the fire crews on the scene.

Munson made his major league debut on August 8, 1969 in the second game of a double header against the Oakland Athletics.

In 1941, PCL attempted a hostile takeover of the Key System, which operated electric trains and streetcars in Oakland, California ( details about this were not made public until 1955 ).

After starting the 1986 season at AAA Columbus, Drabek made his Major League debut on May 30, coming in relief for starter Joe Niekro in a 6 – 3 loss to the Oakland Athletics.

The Blue Jays made it to the Series after beating the Oakland Athletics in six games in the American League Championship Series.

An Oakland Tribune article two days after the game reported that Steelers publicist Joe Gordon told reporters in the press box that the decision had been made using the replay.