Archive: Minor League Basketball
Tamir Goodman's First Two Games
Dunkin is still on the roster, thankfully. Well, he's probably not on pace to make the PBL All-Star Game just yet. In game one, a 92-89 home loss to the Wilmington Sea Dawgs, Tamir "was primarily used as the Nighthawks back-up point guard and played 12:28 minutes but did...
By Dan Steinberg | January 10, 2008; 03:25 PM ET | Comments (5)
Another Big Nighthawks Signing
First international superstar Tamir Goodman. Then streetball icon Tyron "Alimoe/The Black Widow." Plus a high-socked head coach named Lawrence Moten. And now? Hold up, you should guess.....I'll wait..... The Premier Basketball League and the Maryland Nighthawks announced today that, for the first time in history, a Thai basketball player will...
By Dan Steinberg | December 11, 2007; 03:02 PM ET | Comments (4)
Tamir Goodman is Back
Tamir Goodman and Lawrence Moten. Say this for the Maryland NightHawks: no local team can touch their press conferences. Last year, you might remember, the NightHawks introduced 7-foot-9 Chinese sensation Sun Ming Ming at an event featuring Chinese food from Meiwah and guest appearances from Redskins receiver James Thrash...
By Dan Steinberg | December 5, 2007; 03:08 PM ET | Comments (13)
The Nighthawks Leave the ABA
After three glorious seasons in the ABA, a league that isn't satisfied unless it's either added or subtracted a franchise within the previous 24 hours, your Maryland Nighthawks (they of the Sun Ming Ming signing) have had enough. Yes, that's right, it's off to the PBL for the Nighthawks, the...
By Dan Steinberg | May 11, 2007; 10:27 AM ET | Email a Comment
Sun Ming Ming Goes National
I knew Sun Ming Ming was scheduled to be on Today this morning, but I forgot. A heartbreaking mistake, as it turns out. Pray that it appears out of the innerwebs either. If you missed this comment above, here's what Local Poll voter Bryc3 saw: Sun Ming Ming was on...
By Dan Steinberg | February 9, 2007; 11:21 AM ET | Comments (5)
Pops Mensah-Bonsu News
And there's so much of it. On Tuesday, the Mayor of Foggy Bottom was named to the NBDL all-star game, which will take place at Mandalay Bay the day before the NBA all-star game. Unlike the writer of that story, I might hesitate in calling it the "First Annual" NBDL...
By Dan Steinberg | February 9, 2007; 09:09 AM ET | Comments (2)
Sun Ming Ming's Debut
In case you weren't among the sold-out crowd of 1,800 that saw Sun Ming Ming's Maryland Nighthawks debut against the Strong Island Sound on Saturday, here are the particulars. The 7-foot-9 center had 8 points and 4 rebounds in 20 minutes. Seems like a fairly solid debut, until you remember...
By Dan Steinberg | February 5, 2007; 10:31 AM ET | Comments (6)
White Chocolate, James Thrash and Sun Ming Ming
Having already interviewed 7-foot-9 Maryland Nighthawks signee Sun Ming Ming, his point guard Randy "White Chocolate" Gill and their just-hired-this-week head coach Will Rankin at Tuesday night's Wizards game, I wasn't sure if I'd be disappointed by today's introductory press conference. Well, I wasn't. For one thing, it turned into...
By Dan Steinberg | January 31, 2007; 03:27 PM ET | Comments (12)
This Guy's Taller Than Big Gheorghe!
So I had this e-mail announcing the Maryland Nighthawks' signing of 7-foot-9 Chinese superstar Sun Ming Ming e-mailed to me by literally my entire readership (at least six different people). If you're trying to get sports writers to a press conference, you have to admit that offering a 7-foot-9 basketball...
By Dan Steinberg | January 31, 2007; 10:41 AM ET | Comments (10)
ABA Owner Says "Ribbet"
Recent ABA highlights, as the season openers might or might not approach, for teams that might or might not exist: 1) Olympian, the team based in China, has this to say on its Web site: Block on Melo was good. Sun Yue: "Should gave one to James" When talking about...
By Dan Steinberg | October 5, 2006; 06:11 PM ET | Comments (1)
The ABA Season Approaches
The ABA has long been the most entertaining pro sports enterprise in the country, but this offseason was especially promising. Allen Iverson's mom bought in. So did a heavyweight group including AJ Discala (Tony Soprano's son-in-law), Nick Lachey, "7th Heaven's" Geoff Stults, celebrity dance person Stacy Keibler, John Salley, Brian...
By Dan Steinberg | September 25, 2006; 01:51 PM ET | Email a Comment
Dance Team Roster Set
More on this later, but the Maryland NightHawks of the ABA announced that they've chosen their dance team roster. Finally. I believe this is the updated roster, complete with "athletes, educators, businesswomen, mothers and full-time students." Other updates that didn't fit in my 200 word limit: 1) Bog fave "Money"...
By Dan Steinberg | September 20, 2006; 08:52 AM ET | Comments (1)
