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[quote=""BirminghamProSports.com""]You forgot the icing on the top: * Angering the former franchise owner that believes he still holds the market reservation for the city? Check. Man, oh man, I hope this team makes it off the launching pad just so we can all watch another ABA jok...

If I remember correctly, The Chiffons sang " HE'S so fine" back in '63. ;) Curious name for a team. Uses: To a woman - Hey baby, you're fine. From a judge - You're fine will be ..... A 1930's musical - Fine and Dandy. Barbara Streisand - Fine and Dandy (from People album). From an editor -...

[quote=""ABARedWhiteBlue""]well, it's not Joe, but one of his sheeple seems to think it is THE Julius Erving: http://www.triangletribune.com/index.php?src=news&srctype=detail&category=Sports&refno=5430 No, he's not b-a-a-a-a-c-k; you, however, are c-l-u-e-l-e-s-s-s-s-...

No mention of where the money would come from to finance the ABA's proposed made-for-televisison reality shows or what obscure cable channel would have the slightest interest in airing them. Passing a collection plate is out: that's to pay the players. Are you kidding? Have you seen the kind of cra...

Yeah, I can see it now. Kobe knoodling on the LA Lockers, Dirk dunking with the SE Texas Mavericks, Carmelo wearing New York Bloomers, Dwayne and LeBron seeking relief with the Miami Chill and of course Dwight moving in with the Orlando Hotels. Can you imagine the names of these teams IF (and that i...

Dear Joe; In your Message from Joe Newman, ABA CEO titled “What happened to major league professional sports?” I am old enough to remember the same things you do; however, I view things quite differently. I also grew up around sports; in fact I played most of them on an organized level. I was the st...

I don't know if the J. Erving from 6Sports and the one from J. Erving Group are one and the same because the only connection I see is the name on the letterhead - J. Erving. 6Sports, according to their Twitter page (notice the j and e in erving are not capitalized : 6 Sports is a sports management c...

I know the Rebels are a startup by the guy who originally owned the TB Sharks before selling to SEP. They have a basic page up for a website so that is why I asked. A couple of things on YouTube too. I am unaware of a team called the Tampa Bay Saints but there is a St. Pete Saints traveling youth ba...

[quote=""LightningMan""]Galaxy beats Heartland on Friday by forfeit than loses Saturday by forfeit to the Tampa travel team. What is going on?[/quote]
Who? The Rebels?

Gotta love this line: In 2000, led by the current CEO of the ABA, Joe Newman, the ABA unveiled its new plot to come back into existence after the 20 year contractual lock-out. ABA ..... new plot .... :D Team owner John Wannamaker failed to pay the required $20,000 and meet certain ABA requirements ...