West Coast Sports, LLC purchases Great Falls Explorers
November 26, 2007 - Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1) News Release
ALBANY, NY (Nov. 26, 2007) - The Continental Basketball Association, in conjunction with West Coast Sports, LLC (WCS), a Seattle-based investment group headed by former KONG-TV President and General Manager, Michael Tuckman, is pleased to announce the purchase of the Great Falls (MT) Explorers professional basketball franchise, a member of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), from Apex Sportstainment, LLC.
The Great Falls Explorers opened the 2007-08 CBA season with games Friday and Saturday night, November 16th and 17th at the Yakama Sun Kings. Great Falls posted a 24-24 regular season record in the 2006-07 CBA season. In the off-season, the team hired 14-year NBA veteran Scott Wedman as head coach and director of basketball operations. Wedman, a two-time NBA All-Star guard played for several NBA teams, including the Boston Celtics.
WCS also owns the Vancouver Dragons of the CBA and the market rights to an expansion franchise in the Arena Football League (af2) for Everett, WA (2009). Apex will continue to own the Minot Skyrockets and Butte Daredevils.
"We are very pleased to welcome Michael and West Coast Sports, LLC to the CBA," said CBA Acting Commissioner Jim Coyne. "Michael will make a great owner and CEO and I feel confident that the Great Falls Explorers and their fans will be happy with this new ownership group. Michael is an accomplished businessman and a welcomed addition to the CBA."
"I am pleased to add Michael to the CBA as an owner," said CBA President of the Executive Committee Ben Fernandez. "Michael will do an outstanding job in Great Falls and we are glad that he has purchased the Great Falls franchise."
"Michael will do an outstanding job in Great Falls," stated CBA Properties CEO and President Ricardo Richardson. "His accomplishments as a businessman make him a perfect fit for the CBA. I look forward to working with him this season."
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