Central Basketball Association

Earlier this morning, the Associated Press (AP) issued a national press release promoting the Central Basketball Association's expansion to eight teams, as well as the upcoming 2015 season, set to begin in March.

The 2015 season, which is set to begin March 28, features the following teams: Bowling Green Hornets, Chattanooga Rail Runners, Fort Wayne Flite, Memphis Soul Kings, Middle Tennessee Storm, Mississippi Eagles, Peoria Panthers, and Springfield Sentinels.

Further promotion of the league was done by USA Today, as well as other national, regional, and local media outlets. 

The following are the major newspapers and television stations that picked up on the story regarding the CBA.

 

Newspapers:

USA Today

Washington Times (Washington, DC)

San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA)

Miami Herald (Miami, FL)

Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX)

Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA)

Wichita Eagle (Wichita, KS)

Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO)

Tampa Tribune (Tampa, FL)

Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, TN)

Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT)

Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC)

San Antonio Express News (San Antonio, TX)

Idaho Statesmen (Boise, ID)

The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

The Olympian (Olympia, WA)

The News-Tribune (Tacoma, WA)

The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC)

The Times Union (Albany, NY)

The Garden Island (Lihue, HI)

 

Television Stations:

WRCB-3 (NBC - Chattanooga, TN)

WFLD-32 (FOX - Chicago, IL)

WAVE-3 (NBC - Louisville, KY)

WSMV-4 (NBC - Nashville, TN)

WXIX-19 (FOX - Cincinnati, OH)

WLEX-18 (NBC - Lexington, KY)

WJTV-12 (CBS - Jackson, MS)

WOWK-13 (CBS - Huntington, WV)

WPSD-6 (NBC - Paducah, KY)

WSTV-28 (FOX - South Bend, IN)

WJHL-11 (CBS - Johnson City, TN)

WDAM-7 (ABC - Hattiesburg, MS)

WAFF-48 (NBC - Huntsville, AL)

WMC-5 (NBC - Memphis, TN)

 

The Associated Press released can be viewed through the following link: http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2014/Central-Basketball-Association-expanding-to-8-teams-for-2015-season/id-98a738227e364a62b98f5799498b3059

The USA Today release, which features the same release from the Associated Press, can be viewed through the following link: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2014/12/18/pro-basketball-league-expanding-to-8-teams/20576037/ 

This marks the second time the AP has issued a press release regarding the CBA, as prior to the start of the 2014 season, the AP released a similar story promoting the league at that point as well. 

The popularity of the league continues to grow in the United States, where to date, nearly 150 former NCAA and NAIA basketball players have participated in the CBA, as well as nearly two dozen players in the league signed to international contracts, including 15 in the last four months.