When negotiations reached an impasse, the Jets announced their intention to depart for New Jersey.

When the Winnipeg Jets NHL franchise announced their intention to move to Phoenix as the Coyotes for the 1996 – 97 season, the arena was quickly reconfigured for hockey.

When the New York Jets, for instance, wear their 1960 – 1962 " Titans of New York " throwbacks at home, they will paint the field in the Titans blue-and-gold color scheme.

When Sonny Werblin bought the New York Titans franchise of the American Football League in 1963, he changed both the team's name ( to the New York Jets ) and its coach.

When he was playing for the New York Jets, Vince McMahon, Sr. brought him in for a run in the World Wide Wrestling Federation ( WWWF ).

When the Jets traveled to Martin's home town of Pittsburgh to play the Steelers the following week, both backs would cross the 13, 000-yard mark, making this the first time two players crossed the 13, 000 yard mark ( or other similarly high yardage milestones ) in the same game.

When Holtz moved on to New York Jets of the NFL in 1976, Rein became the youngest college football head coach upon his hiring by North Carolina State.

When Werblin signed University of Alabama star quarterback Joe Namath after the 1964 season for a then-unheard of annual salary of $ 430, 000, the Jets, and the AFL, were made ; the Namath signing, and his subsequent stardom, along with a new, more lucrative television contract with NBC, led more than any other single factor to the AFL – NFL merger.

When Tomorrowland was redone for 1998, the Rocket Jets were replaced by a new attraction based on Orbitron at the entrance to Tomorrowland in Disneyland Park Paris.

When he retired he was the only Jets quarterback to have ever been the top ranked passer in a season.

When the WHA folded in 1979, the Jets were among four of its teams absorbed by the NHL.

When the family business failed, Mercer left school and on his mother's urging -- for she hoped that he would become an actor -- he joined a local little theater group.

When Rhodes joined him, Hirst is was supposed to have said: " We'll get them in singles, Wilfred.

When the Mexican-American War started, Pike joined the cavalry and was commissioned as a troop commander, serving in the Battle of Buena Vista.

When his father was slain with the priests of Nob, he escaped, and bearing with him the ephod, he joined David, who was then in the cave of Adullam ( 1 Sam.

When Austria joined the ranks of the allies during the War of the Sixth Coalition, Charles was not given a command and the post of commander-in-chief of the allied Grand Army of Bohemia went to the Prince of Schwarzenberg.

When a few ( around three to six ) monosaccharides are joined together, it is called an oligosaccharide ( oligo-meaning " few ").

When the lines joined, Labienus ordered the cavalry to attack ; as expected they successfully pushed back Caesar's cavalry until his hidden fourth line joined in, using their pila to thrust at Pompey's cavalry and turn them to flight.

When the United States joined the war, Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to pool resources.

When this was translated into Greek in the last few centuries BCE, Kings was joined with Samuel in a four-part work called the Book of Kingdoms.

When Riviera left Stiff in late 1977 Bubbles joined him at his new label Radar Records and later at Riviera's F-Beat Records.

When she returned east in 1913, she joined Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and others in founding the militant Congressional Union, which became the National Woman's Party.

When the boys awakened from death, they rose up and joined in a song of praise to God for the miracle vouchsafed to them ; later, they went to Israel, where they married and reared children.

When Minnie Pearl joined the cast, they had a larger classroom scene with, at first, real children as the students, but would later return to the cast members playing children, with Minnie still as the teacher.

" When Magyars came to Pannonia in the 8th century, the Szeklers joined them, and together they conquered Pannonia ( today Hungary ).

When the group ’ s grant was exhausted, he joined the faculty of Illinois Institute of Technology, where he was a professor of political science from 1942 to 1949, and also served as department chairman.

When the two crowns of the Iberian peninsula were joined in 1581, the Dutch felt free to attack Portuguese territories in Asia.

When Graham Dilley joined him at the crease, Botham reportedly said, " Right then, let's have a bit of fun ...".

When Virginia joined the Confederacy, Davis moved his government to Richmond in May 1861.

When the Congress received notice of this on March 1, 1781, he joined Daniel Carroll in endorsing them for Maryland.

When the Athenians formed the Delian League Chios joined as one of the few members who did not have to pay tribute but instead supplied ships to the alliance.

When he joined the Army with a B. S.

When, in the wake of Savonarola's morality campaign, Baccio joined the Dominican order as Fra Bartolomeo in 1500 and gave up painting, Albertinelli, beside himself with the loss, would have joined him ; but, spurred by his success in completing an unfinished Last Judgment of Bartolomeo's, he resolved to carry on alone.

When young women married, their husbands joined them in their mother's household.

When they returned to San Francisco for their final series with the Giants on September 14, the Rockies had once again built a large Wild Card lead.

When the Giants moved to San Francisco, they played in Seals Stadium for their first two seasons.

When the New York Giants arrived in San Francisco in 1958, they played their home games at the old Seals Stadium at 16th and Bryant Streets.

When Thorpe returned to action in a postseason game against the New York Brickley Giants in December, the Tigers were again victorious.

When faced with competition from the Giants in 1921, the Ex-Collegians brought in a few outsiders before folding, but generally semi-pro teams spent little effort on recruiting.

When Hornsby refused to give way, the Cardinals traded him to the New York Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring on December 20, 1926.

When several Giants were implicated in a plan to bribe players on the moribund Phillies late in the season, Johnson demanded that the Series be canceled, and loudly criticized Landis ' handling of the affair.

When Perkins announced on December 15, 1982, that he was leaving the Giants at the end of the season to become head coach and athletic director at the University of Alabama, the Giants announced that Parcells would succeed him as head coach.

When Parcells took over in 1983, the New York Giants were a team that had posted just one winning season in the previous ten years.

When it was announced that the New York Giants would begin playing at the new Giants Stadium in 1976, a reporter ask Werblin about the New York Giants playing in New Jersey, he explained the geography in the New York City Metro area by saying " If you pave the Hudson River it becomes 13th Avenue.

When McGraw became ill, Jennings filled in as the Giants ' manager for parts of 1924 and 1925.

When McGraw retired in 1932, the Giants appointed Bill Terry as player-manager.

When Giants are on a good feeding program, their wool will grow abut 3 cm or 1 inch per month.

When 14, 151 people watched Manchester Giants play London Leopards, it set a British record for attendance at a basketball match.

Crazy Schmit, who pitched for the Giants and Orioles, said of him, " When you pitch to ( Ed ) Delahanty, you just want to shut your eyes, say a prayer and chuck the ball.

When at home, Artax frequently uses Nodwick as a laboratory assistant ( or guinea pig ). In Dragon # 270's Giants in the Earth article, Artax is stated as having come from a long line of magicians.

When Major League Baseball awarded an expansion team ( the Arizona Diamondbacks ) to Phoenix, Arizona, that would begin playing in 1998, the Phoenix Firebirds of the Pacific Coast League ( the San Francisco Giants ' Triple-A affiliate ) were forced to move.

" When Simms's name was announced by Commissioner Pete Rozelle in front of the audience at the draft ( which was held in New York ), his selection was booed loudly by the Giants fans in attendance.

When Kelly was elected, the Veterans Committee included two of his former teammates, Bill Terry and Frisch, who also shepherded the selections of Giants teammates Jesse Haines in 1970, Dave Bancroft and Chick Hafey in 1971, Youngs in 1972 and Jim Bottomley in 1974.

When his contract with the Giants ended after the 2004 season, Nen filed for free agency but was not picked up by any team.