Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA)
www.abalive.com today announced that the New York JAMM has been added to the league beginning next season and will become a part of the fast-growing Northeast Division. “We’re really pleased to be able to add another team to the NE Division,” stated ABA CEO Joe Newman. “And in Howard Jordan, the team owner, we have an excellent owner with great experience on and off the court. In a very competitive market, we believe that the Jamm will add much to the NY sports scene.”
The team will be located in Westchester County, just north of NYC. An author and illustrator of the children’s book Mommat and Me, Jordan played college basketball, football and track at Concordia Colletge in Bronxville NY and has one year experience in the NFL as well as a year of NBA Pro-Am experience.
For 30 years he was a high school coach and has owned and operated and coached the JAMM New York AAU basketball program. “Joe and I have been talking about doing an ABA team in Westchester for a couple of years,” added Jordan. “I’ve been waiting for the Northeast Division to develop and with the addition of Buffalo, and anticipated teams in NYC and Long Island, I think we’ll have one of the best divisions in the ABA. I am genuinely excited. The talent in the NYC area is fabulous and we will be very competitive.”
Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA)
www.abalive.com today announced that it has added an expansion team to its Northern California division for next season with a new team named Ball World Peace. “It is a very unusual name but the idea is very appealing,” stated Joe Newman, ABA CEO. “Using professional basketball and the ABA as a constant reminder of the goal of world peace is an admirable thing to do and we’re excited to be a part of it.”
The team will be based in Folsom, CA and is the brainchild of Brian Parker, a native of Hitchcock TX whose family moved to Hanford CA where Brian was 1st team all-league at Hanford West High School prior to playing for three years at Holy Name University. After graduating with a degree in business communications, Brain went on to play in the ABA (2009-2011). He has also coached at the at the middle school and high school levels.
“While I love playing and coaching basketball,” added Parker, “I have a knack for business and have run a successful business for several years. Now, I want to mix my love of basketball and business into one. This should be the experience of a lifetime being in the ABA. I decided on the name because I wanted a constant reminder that world peace is within our reach if we all work together to achieve it.”
Newark DE. The International Reading Associated announced today tht it is partnering with the American Basketball Association (ABA) to promote more reading by students through a joint promotional campaign called Fast Break for Reading.
IRA’s 60,000 teachers and literacy professionals and the ABA’s 90 professional basketball teams will join forces to stimulate reading habits among young people by offering incentives to students who commit to do a minimum of 10 minutes of reading every night during the campaign. The effort begins today, November 12th, and runs through the end of the ABA season on March 10, 2013. The declared goal is to generate a million minutes of reading.
“IRA is very pleased to be partnering with the ABA,” explained Stephen Sye, the Association’s Senior Marketing Manager. “Like us, the ABA is concerned about literacy in the US and is joining with us to make a significant difference in the reading habits of young people.” Joe Newman, ABA CEO, agrees. “We can think of nothing more important for young people than to acquire good reading skills as this can be a life changer.”
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Fresno , CA. The new expansion ABA Fresno Flight played their inaugural games against the veteran Sacramento Heatwave last weekend and won consecutive games over a ranked team. But the way they did it was what made these games special.
It was the professional debut of their 19 year old point guard Derrick Randolph. Derrick is working hard toward overcoming much adversity towards his goal of playing in the NBA. He has dealt with homelessness and the tragedy of three family member’s deaths in one week. Having grown up on the tough streets of Chicago, the move to Fresno CA has been rewarding and helpful to achieving his goal. Derrick will also enroll in college in January now knowing that he is safe and has a place to live. He can now concentrate on his basketball skills and getting a great education.
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Indianapolis, IN. The Tampa Bay Rain opened the 2012-2013 ABA season with three early wins this weekend and established themselves as a team to watch. On Friday and Saturday, they defeated the Southwest Warriors 122-60 and on Saturday 100-67 before taking on the 9th ranked Gulf Coast Flash on Sunday and winning a tough battle, 129-117.
The regular ABA season begins officially Saturday, November 10th but several ABA teams will be playing games earlier due to venue availability. “We have quite a few expansion teams in the ABA this season,” stated Joe Newman, ABA CEO. “Many of them were ranked in the pre-season Power Rankings. One of them was the Tampa Bay Rain. We knew they would be strong and they proved it over the weekend. This should be a very competitive season.”
Team Contact/GM: Monique Flaherty
Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) www.abalive.com today announced that it will re-launch the WABA with play anticipated to begin in May, 2013. “There’s no doubt that the interest in another women’s professional basketball league is there,” stated Joe Newman, ABA CEO. “But it has been difficult organizing the league. Fortunately, we’ve put together a group of people with the backgrounds and skills to make the WABA something really special and to provide opportunities to those who want to own, coach and play in a top-notch professional women’s league.”
Hackettstown NJ. Centenary College will host an extravaganza as it introduces the ABA Jersey Express to the community. This will be a full afternoon of charitable events and entertainment beginning with a 5K to benefit the Athletes Turf Fund. Sign-up for the 5K begins at 1pm, followed by the Taste of the Town, which will support the Tommy Mitchell Memorial Scholarship Fund from 330-530pm. The Express will be participating in all of the day’s events and will cap off the day with a team introduction and a mini game beginning at 530. During the events, the Share Your Care for Clare Droesch – Crush Cancer Fund, will be taking donations and auctioning off memorabilia and providing prizes and more prizes. -> Read more
Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) www.abalive.com today announced it has established a relationship with 7 Series Sports based in Charlotte, NC to assist the professional basketball league with its marketing and sponsorship sales. -> Read more
Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) www.abalive.com today announced that an exciting new team has been added to the ABA for the upcoming season, the Hollywood Magic, located in Hollywood, CA. “This is not just any team,” stated ABA CEO Joe Newman. “This is a very exciting team, the first Celebrity Professional Basketball Team in history. The team was originally based in Antelope Valley CA. But when Don Sanchez, the owner, began adding celebrities to the team, it was only natural that they move to the Celebrity Capital of the World – Hollywood. What an exciting team.” -> Read more
Hackettstown, NJ The Jersey Express will host the Connecticut TopBallerz in the ABA National TV Debut on the UBC-TV Network (www.ubctvnetwork.com) on Saturday, December 8th at Centenary College Reeves Gymnasium, 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown, NJ. Tip-off is at 8pm with a special halftime show and plenty of celebrity appearances to be announced.
Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) www.abalive.com today announced that it has re-launched its ABA Entertainment Division in association with Buddy Walker Entertainment. “It has long been our goal to fuse music and entertainment with sports,” stated Joe Newman, ABA CEO. “We’ve tried this several times before, but it has not worked out as we had hoped it would. We believe our arrangement with Buddy Walker will help to bring this initiative to fruition. With nearly 90 teams nationwide and the back-up of UBC-TV, we believe that adding a variety of entertainment initiatives at affordable prices will make a great impact.” -> Read more
Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) www.abalive.com today announced that it has formed a relationship with Sports Management Worldwide, an online sports education company with a variety of courses designed to help students gain the knowledge, skills and contacts to help them get a career in sports. SMWW students are trained by sports professionals in the industry to assist professional teams in furthering their success on the court, in ticket sales, and much more. -> Read more
Indianapolis. IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) www.abalive.com today announced that it has added the Buffalo716ers to its growing list of expansion teams for the 2013 season. “Buffalo is a great sports city and certainly is long overdue for an ABA team,” stated Joe Newman, ABA CEO. “We have waited for quite a few years for the right ownership group, and we finally have it in Franklin Jackson and Tawan Slaughter. They’ve been working hard for several months putting things together there and we are confident that they’ll do a great job.” 
