Texas City Rangers To Play In ABA This Season
November 17, 2008 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Texas City Rangers News Release
Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) today announced that the Texas City Rangers, originally scheduled to play this season but moved recently to 2009 because of the devastation caused by Hurricane Ike to this great Texas community, will in fact play this season. According to Joe Newman, ABA CEO, "Markeith Brown had everything set for a great season until Hurricane Ike. The damage was severe and the thought was that it would be impossible to put things back together. But the people of Texas City (the entire East Texas area in fact), are very tough, very resilient and very eager to return to normal life as quickly as possible. Markeith has stepped up and put things back together - and will play. We are very pleased and also very supportive. The community really deserves high quality sports and entertainment at affordable prices - and the Texas City Rangers will supply that and much more."
"We are thankful to the other teams in the division for their willingness to change around their schedules so that we can have this opportunity," added Brown. "I know that it was difficult for them as the season is almost upon us. But they've made our staff and players very happy and have given our community something really good to look forward to. Thanks to all of you. We won't let you down." For more information, visit www.texascityrangers.com or www.abalive.com or email markeithb@gmail.com.
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