The 2019 football season is now officially the best ever in the Sacramento State Hornets’ 65-year history, after Saturday’s come-from-behind 27-17 win at Hornet Stadium over rival UC Davis in the...
Author - Steve Martarano
A resident of Sacramento since graduating with a journalism degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, Steve spent the 1980s at The Sacramento Union, working as a sports writer, music reviewer and crime reporter, among other assignments. He's spent the last 25+ years working in government public affairs for both state and federal agencies and currently is with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Bay-Delta office in Sacramento. He has shot just about every local sports team for the Sacramento Press, including local colleges, the Sacramento River Cats and Sacramento Republic FC. He resides in Curtis Park with his wife Sharon.
A second solid effort against a Major League Soccer opponent fell short last Sunday when Sacramento Republic FC dropped a 1-0 match to the expansion Los Angeles FC before a near sellout at Papa...
The San Francisco Giants have the River Cats; the Sacramento Kings the Reno Bighorns. The Bighorns came to Golden 1 Center Sunday, playing their only home game of the year outside of Reno, defeating...
Almost a year after Folsom High School was whacked by St. Mary’s of Stockton in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I title game, the No. 1 ranked Bulldogs scored vengeance on Saturday at the Sacramento...
It was a big weekend in Sacramento as the crowds gathered at Cal Expo for one the area’s largest annual music festivals. Held on Sunday at Papa Murphy’s Park, City of Trees transformed...
The City of Trees 2017 is about to rock the City of Trees this weekend. With headliners Blink-182, Bleachers, and Iration, the music festival is back for its third year, and for the second straight...
Ending the 2017 season with a wild, impossible-to-believe ninth inning rally at Raley Field on Labor Day brought something positive to what had been a mostly down season for the Sacramento River Cats...
Commemorating a 40-year span of legendary rock and roll, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers rolled into Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center on Friday night, where fans filled the arena eager to see the rock...
In an effort to bring awareness to the issue of mass incarceration, Grammy and Academy Award-winning Artist and Activist, Common gathered more than 25,000 people for the Imagine Justice concert at...
Raley Field has always been the place to see major leaguers, both past and future. The 2017 season, however, has been a particular treat for River Cats fans who have been able to taste a whole lot of...
The good times keep rollin’ for Sacramento Republic FC. The MLS-hopefuls played to a sold-out crowd Saturday night in a week where The Railyards held groundbreaking ceremonies announcing the...
It’s a warm late-June Friday night in Woodland, where a cozy community gym and a full card of pro boxers equals another success for a couple of longtime local promoters–Paco Presents and Don...
It’s been a long season for Giants‘ fans, whose team, just three years removed from a World Series title, currently holds last place in the National League West Division. But Friday...
Sacramento Republic FC returns to United Soccer League action 8 p.m. Saturday night at Papa Murphy Park against Vancouver. This comes after the team’s resounding 4-1 U.S. Open Cup victory over...
Sacramento begins play Saturday with the third home stand of the young season, and the River Cats have displayed their primary role as the Triple A affiliate for the San Francisco Giants —...
As a warmup for tonight’s Pacific Coast League opener, the Sacramento River Cats faced off Wednesday against the San Jose Giants, the class-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, in a...
McClatchy High School, attempting to gain its second girls basketball CIF Division 1 state title in the past three years, had the hometown crowd Friday night at Golden 1 Center. But the Windward...
The weather may not be summer-like, but the appearances over the weekend at their home venues for the Sacramento River Cats and Sacramento Republic FC told us that spring, at least, was right around...
With the Kings’ basketball court transformed into a dirt rodeo venue, three days of professional bull riding at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center ended Sunday as Montana’s Jess Lockwood, all of 19 years...
With three games to go in the 2016 season, a depressing air of resignation stunk up a seemingly half empty Levi’s Stadium last Sunday as the once-proud 49ers and their rising star Colin Kaepernick...