The World Team Tennis (WTT) Kansas City Explorers, with the current World No. 1 Doubles Team of Bob and Mike Bryan, recently came to challenge the Sacramento Capitals. The new stadium at the Sunrise Mall was sold out on July 12. Tennis fans came to see Bob and Mike Bryan play against their dad, Coach Wayne Bryan of the Capitals. Bob and Mike Bryan are twin brothers who, unless they’re on the court, you really cannot tell apart. World Team Tennis players have their last names on the back of their team uniform and having “Bryan” on both of their backs did not make things any easier. The one sure way to tell them apart is that Mike plays right-handed and Bob is left-handed. Mike and Bob go

The World Team Tennis (WTT) Pro League returned to Sunrise Mall July 8 for the first home match of the 2011 season. The Sacramento Capitals played in front of a sold-out crowd. This year’s team includes world class players Mardy Fish, Vania King, Mark Knowles, Dusan Vemic, Christina Fusano, Nick Monroe and Sacramento’s own Yasmin Schnack. Wayne Bryan coaches the team. The Sacramento Capitals have now been part of the WTT for 26 years. Along with the growth of tennis all around the country, fan support has grown over the years. This year, nine teams make up the 2011 WTT Pro League season, sponsored by GEICO. The short season runs from July 4 to July 24. Friday night, the New York Sporti

Serena Williams showed her championship style before a sold-out World Team Tennis crowd at the 2500-seat Sacramento Capitals stadium on Saturday night. The 13-time Grand Slam singles champion helped lead the Washington Kastles to a 21-18 come from behind victory over the Capitals. The evening started out rough for the 29-year-old Williams along with her mixed-doubles partner Leander Paes who quickly got behind to veteran Capitals player Mark Knowles and newcomer 23-year-old, Elk Grove resident, Yasmin Schnack. In the fifth game of the set, as the home crowd chanted Yasmin, Yasmin…, Schnack aced the 4-time Wimbledon champion on game point to go ahead 3-2 in the set, and later pounded a ret

Sacramento Cal Expo Sacramento Independence Day Celebration Monday – Gates open at 6 p.m. and fireworks begin around 9:30 p.m. 1600 Exposition Blvd. – Fireworks in the Miller Lite Grandstand Price: Free Parking: $10 in the Cal Expo parking lot Age: All ages Cal Expo will present its famed fireworks display for guests. Guests can enjoy preshow music provided by 107.9 The End and the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West. Raley Field Independence Day Weekend Celebration Saturday and Sunday. Games start at 7:05 p.m. Sat and 6:35 p.m. Sun Raley Field, 400 Ballpark Drive Price: $7-$42 Age: All ages Family and friends can enjoy Raley Field’s annual Fourth of July celebration with t

The Sacramento Capitals tennis team will be returning to its more centralized Sunrise Mall venue from the Roseville Galleria this year, and it’s bringing more amenities and seating to its 2,500-capacity temporary stadium. The team has been around for 26 years, winning six championships while playing at different Sacramento-area venues. Capitals General Manager Matt McEvoy said the team will be playing at Sunrise Mall, at the corner of Sunrise Boulevard and Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights, for the next five years. “We’re bringing the team closer to home,” he said, adding that the Capitals played at the Roseville Galleria from 2006-2010. The move to the Galleria was to secure a five-yea

Sacramento, CA- Four males and three females, one shooter, were somehow all involved in a shooting behind Sunrise Mall during festivities Saturday evening. Shortly before fireworks were launched at the Sunrise Mall Fourth of July celebration, two people were shot at the Sunrise Vista Apartments, located behind the mall. One victim was not expected to survive and the other was in serious condition that night. One male was detained and brought back to the seen for a "field show-up". This is where bright lights are put on the subject for two reasons: one so the witnesses can clearly see the suspect to identify him, and secondly so the suspect can't see the witnesses. It is unknown at this t