Blaze to hold press conference

November 6, 2004 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Cincinnati Monarchs News Release


Cincinnati, OH. Ralph Underhill, GM/Head Coach of the ABA Cincinnati Blaze professional basketball team today announced a press conference for Friday, November 12th at 2PM at the Holiday Inn Cincinnati Riverfront, 600 West Third Street in Covington, KY. According to Underhill, "This will be the first unveiling of the Cincinnati Blaze team and the starting line up projected for this season. The media and the public will have a chance to meet the players and coaches and an opportunity to ask questions about the team and its plans for the season. And of course, the public is invited also."

Underhill continued, "I am very excited and pleased with our roster thus far; we have some excellent and very familiar local players including Craig Conley from Northern Kentucky (a native of Cincinnati), David Shelton from Tulsa Universityh (and a graduate of Western Hills High School in Cincinnati). Incidentally, David played in the ABA before and was a leading scorer with 26 points a game. We Also have former University of Cincinnati Center Kareem Johnson."

Players and coaches are available for interviews and these can be arranged by calling Coach Underhill at 513 421 4111, ext 356 or 859-468-7213 or email info@abacincinnatiblaze.com or visiting www.cincinnatiblaze.com or www.abalive.com.

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