Its OFFICIAL; Dayton Weekly Newspaper hires new Sports Director; Set to Launch Online Platform

Cash (right) with Current Boxing Champion Chris Pearson (left), 

is the new Sports Director of Dayton Weekly

The Dayton Weekly Newspaper, one of the Media giants who has been a staple in the Miami Valley for over 2 decades, has agreed to hire Deon Cash as its new Sports Director for the legendary paper.

Cash, who currently is the CEO of www.SELive365.com and  Co-Host of the hit TV Show / Podcast Dayton HS Sports, will be the new Director of the Sports Department.

The Weekly wants to revitalize the sports division, and Cash is up for the challenge.

Bio: 
Name: Deon Cash
Social Media: @SELive365, @DaytonHSSports 
Hometown: Dayton, OH
High School: Colonel White
Title: CEO, SELive365.com; Host of SELive365, Dayton HS Sports;
 Former Professional Basketball Player


Background:
Cash went to Colonel White HS, where he was 2-Time-City,  All-Region and District 15 All-Star before graduating in 1995. Coming from the basketball rich Cash family, he received a basketball Scholarship to Western Nebraska CC, then the University of  Idaho, before finishing college at Cumberland University with a Bachelors Degree in Education & a Minor in P.R. / Communications.

Cash would then play Professional Basketball overseas (Germany, France, Holland) for almost 5 years, before coming back home to pursue NBA career.
After being cut from CBA, Cash pursued his other dream of becoming a sports broadcaster.

En route to becoming a broadcaster, Cash also has been a journalist and media host for the Weekly the last 3 years, in Journalism for 5 years total. He now has his own Sports Media Company (S.E.Live Productions LLC) and rising management team.

Cash, who created the crtically acclaimed show Dayton HS Sports 5 years ago, has won Best Sports Shows Regionally (Best Show in the Midwest) for the last 2 years, and has been nominated for 2 awards this year as well.

Bengals training camp 2 seasons ago Featuring Joe Mixon

He currently is in negotiations with IHeartMedia to host his sports show for the upcoming season.

When asked why he wanted the job?
It was simple for Cash.
He wants the opportunity to work a once powerhouse of a Newspaper and help take it back to the top.
All the while creating new and exciting opportunities for the future of the talented student athletes in the city.

Cash will be creating some new online opportunities and platforms with the Dayton Weekly, and is also looking to add a staff to assist in helping rebuild the sports department.

OBA Update: 7 new Teams Added to League; Front Office Personnel Moves; New Weekly Blog;

The Official Basketball Association, or the OBA, which has just made its announcement of starting its League Operations, along with the Hoop season being held in 2020, has been on fire in these first 2 weeks.

Here's some of the Top Headlines for the OBA this week:

NEW OBA WEEKLY BLOG DEBUTS FRIDAY
Due to high demand, "The OBA Weekly"  will Debut on Friday, which will feature all the Hot topics in the OBA and Related Leagues.
With the OBA with over 1200 Fans already on Facebook Fan page, the buzz is captivating, springing the weekly blog for the masses.

The OBA will be adding Twitter, IG, Snapchat, Youtube, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms in the future.

4 Days Ago..as the OBA Buzz Grows

7  MORE  TEAMS ADDED TO LEAGUE 
With 6 Teams Coming out the gate, OBA League Owner and former WNBA baller Tamara Tee Moore was very pleased.
  However, in the last week, 7 more teams have joined, bringing the total to 13 teams.

  Moore has a set total team amount for the OBA's inaugural season, and the buzz has kicked up tremendously, with Teams from all over the country wanting to be in Leagiue.

While Moore will be very cautious on who she brings in to the league, she is ecstatic to be welcoming the new teams as well.

Here are the Original Teams who started out the OBA
at the Initial Announcement:

TC Elite -                   Tamara Moore
Springfield Force - Chad Fortenberry
Lincoln Warriors -  Bonnie Walker
Kansas City Royal Heirs -  Roger Guillory
Indiana Crusaders - JR Martin
Quad City United  - Devlin Anderson


Since then, here are the teams who have Committed (Signed) within the last week...
CEO Kings
Houston Spirit
Texas Demons
Waco Terror


And even then, in just the last couple days, a few more teams have joined such as:
Purple Reign
Arlington Bulldogs
Iowa Elite


So, in effect, the league is going socially crazy right now.

And with a few teams linked to possibly join such as Dayton, Fort Wayne, and others, who else will join the OBA Movement?



SOCIAL MEDIA ON FIRE
With over 1200 people following the OBA after just 2 weeks, its safe to say the League is Trending upward.

Follow the OBA on Social Media here:

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@SELive365 -IG
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www.SELive365.com

WNBA baller Launches Professional Mens Basketball League

Tamara Moore, Owner
The Official Basketball Association 

Tamara Tee Moore, one of the best female basketball players to come out of the state of Minnesota, has decided to Launch her own Professional Basketball League/ Organization.


The League will be named the OBA, which stands for Official Basketball Association.

It is set to Launch in 2020.

Moore, who played for the L.A. Sparks and the Minnesota Lynx in her successful WNBA career, decided that after being a Team Owner in other Pro Leagues the last few seasons, that now was the time to launch her own idea.

The OBA already has almost 1,000 Likes on Facebook and will be launching other social media platforms as well.

The buzz is trememdous in the hoop circuits, as 6 teams have already committed (Contract Signed) and more are still to come.

Moore wants to have 12-14 teams for the Inaugural Season.

At this rate?
Anything is possible for the Minneapolis native.

With having a Solid staff already, Teams and Tryout Camps in place, a fanbase who will support her, and her work ethic?
This will be a top notch Professional Basketball League, bar none.




For more info?
Go On Facebook and add League Page
The OBA League

Or Email the League at:

theobaleague@gmail.com

Rising Premier Basketball League moves to Nutter Center; Players of The Week; Schedule, More Info

After a long run at Baker Middle School in Fairborn, NM Sports CEO and Accountant Alexander Patten decided it was time to take his wildly successful Pro-Am Hoop League to the next level.

The Premier Basketball League, one of the best Pro-Am Adult Rec Leagues in Ohio, partnered up with Wright State to now host its League Games inside the Nutter Center.

The games are played in McLin Gym, which is the huge Auxillary Gym with 4 courts, right next to the Nutter Center Gym where the Raiders play.

Patten also worked out a deal where the quarterfinals on will be played on the Nutter Center floor, which could be a great event depending on who makes it to the Elite 8.

There are currently 18 mens teams and 4 womens teams in the PBL.

Some of the Legends and current stars that play in the league:

Joe Ballard -Harlem Globetrotters
Carl Edwards - International Legend/ Atlanta Hawks
Juan Gay - DePaul
Andre Yates - Cleveland State
Keith Blankenship - Akron
Brian Grant - Dayton Air Strikers
Brandon Hassell - Penn State
Devin Foster - Penn State 
Ron Brooks, the 2-Time and reigning MVP of the League, is also one of the great players as well.

Just to name a few.

Every team has some of the best talent to come out of the Dayton area.

The games take place on Sundays and will run into May.

The Premiere Basketball League is looking for sponsors and partners to continue the upward trend the League has generated over the years.


The First  season as been a big success for Patten and the League.
Can they keep it up and provide some great entertainment in the sping?

Definitely looks that way.


You can find our more info here:

Www.mynmsports.com

Gaming Powerhouse Duo take their talents to NBA2k League; Weekly Show Airing Tonight featuring Bucks GG Staff Manager

Dynamic Duo Looks to Make Mark in NBA2kLeague

Toijuin Fairley (L) & Ivan Curtiss (R) with Bucks GG #1 draft pick Drake Griffin (Middle) at NBA2k League Draft (pic courtesy of BucksGG)

When it comes to the launch of the new NBA2K League, there has been no organization better suited for the opportunity to partner up with the NBA affiliated League than the MPBA.

More notably, the 2 guys who started the idea a few years ago, which has become the unquestioned leader of myplayer competition for the best players in the NBA2k Circuit.

They go by the name of Ivan Curtiss and Toijuin Fairley and they comprise of the powerhouse gaming corporation (MPBA) that features most of the NBA2kLeague players in the inagurual season. Thousands of players competed in their leagues and tourneys on their website on a daily basis.

MPBA stands for the MyPlayer Basketball Association, and they are responsible for some of the best NBA2k MyPlayer tourneys and leagues in the world.

Bar none.

Curtiss, from Dayton, Ohio, is a former hooper who had a affinity for gaming, and saw the future, which prompted him to enter the gaming world with Fairley.

Fairley, from Mississippi, also loved the game, and wanted to create something in the gaming industry, which prompted him to launch the site.

 The site was created in 2015. Although it was a slow start, Curtiss and Fairley stayed with the gameplan.

By 2017 the organization had all of the top players in their events, and once the NBA2k brass announced  the upcoming league in the Spring of '18, it was a "Wait and See" approach for Curtiss and Fairley.

Would they be invited to the NBA2kLeague? If so, how would they be involved?
Or would they get shut out of the festivities and be forced to create their own?

But the numbers didn't lie, and once the NBA2KLeague staff assessed where the top players were playing outside of its own pro-am in NBA2k18?

MPBA knew they would be getting a call.

It started with calls from the different NBA organizations about players, the league, etc, to get some scouting info on the players.

Who would know the top players better than MPBA?
Not many.

Which is why after the dust settled the Milwaukee Bucks decided to pick up the dynamic duo to be the draft experts for their NBA2kLeague organization, Bucks GG. 

Curtiss and Fairley were hired as Draft Consultants initially, and they would help the Bucks GG staff make their picks for the Inaugural draft.

In the initial draft, it is noted that 15 of the 17 1st round picks of the 18' draft played in the MPBA.
And 70 of its 102 initial players overall.

The numbers don't lie.

Once the draft was held, Curtiss and Fairley was still on cloud nine.

To have 70% of the league and 85% of the 1st round come from their own league?

Domination.

Fairley and Curtiss during pre-draft meeting with BucksGG (Courtesy of Bucks GG via Instagram)

Which prompted the Bucks to hire Fairley and Curtiss for the inagural season. Curtiss is the Community Manager, while Fairley is the Operations Analyst for the Bucks GG.

"We feel blessed to be in this position." Curtiss stated. We worked hard to get to this spot. We appreciate NBA2k for the opportunity.

Now we want that first NBA2kLeague Title."

When asked about the team they drafted, Curtiss responded,
"We are very happy with the team we drafted. We feel like we have the players and game style that can put us in title contention this season."

Curtiss also will be co-hosting a weekly Gaming Show, which will be launching the debut tomorrow, the weekend of the Season Openers for the NBA 2k League, which plays it's Games in New York City.

You can check out Bucks GG Games Live on
Twitch- nba2kleague

A dream come true for a couple gamers, who now will get to be apart of what millions do at home, for fun, on a daily basis.

So if you want a real shot to the NBA2K League in '19?

Simple solution:
Head over to MPBA, get ya squad together and sign up for the next tourneys and leagues.



For more info on the NBA2K League?
Go here: www.nba2kleague.com

More info on the MPBA and upcoming events?
Go here: www.mpba2kevents.com

To see the Bucks GG Team?
Go Here: www.bucksgaming.nba.com



Follow us here on the journey!
Go here: s.e.live365 (Instagam)

Cincy Flex open Season with a Bang; Opening Night Recap vs Chicago Blitz

The Cincinnati Flex opened their Arena Football Season on Saturday night in the Midwest Professional Indoor Football League.

WR Kendall Owens runs Opening Kickoff for a TD as Cincinnati Flex take on Chicago Blitz in Season opener

And it was exciting, entertaining, and bone crunching to say the least.

The Flex got the game off and rolling with a return for a TD on the first kickoff as Kendall Owens (7) went Coast-to-Coast, sending the crowd into a frenzy and stunning Chicago.

 The Blitz would respond quickly, and that is the way the game would be played for the duration. Until late in the 3rd quarter.

The Chicago Blitz would take advantage of a couple of costly mistakes late in the second half, and the blitz would win the game 46-33.  The blitz were led by Star RB Bryant Pasascio as he scored 5 TDs in leading the offense.

The Flex were up early in the 2nd quarter until a failed fourth down conversion which gave the Blitz the ball on the goal line. The Blitz would score, take the momentum and lead (19-13) - which would ultimately be a lead that they would never relinquish.

Despite the loss, the Flex ownership, sponsors, staff, players, and fans all felt it was a great start to a new season of spring football in the Nati.

Cincinnati Flex Coaching Staff 

"It's a great season opener, as the fans showed up with a lot of support tonight.
We are truly blessed and excited for the season and future of the Flex"
Former NFL Lineman and new
General Manager Derrick Shepard stated.

 QB Maurice Lovett led the Flex offense, while offensive leaders Owens, Sergio Freeman, Justin Williams, Rafiel, and Kendall Owens provided the offense with some roughshod action by bruising RB Jimmy Dan Conners.

 The Blitz were led by QB Kudyba, who directed the offense without a Interception.
Defensively Lorenzo Hood was the leader of the D who caused 5 TOs in the game.

The owners were very appreciative of all the support and hope to see everyone at the next game.


For more info?
Go to Cincinnatiflex.com

Or the Midwest Pro Indoor Football League  (MPIFL)


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Dion Black talks Championship with Rams, future plans, Miamisburg

Dion Black has had a whirwind of a year, capped off with a State Title with Trotwood this season. For the last few years, while Black was seemingly in place as one of the top names for a head coaching opportunity, it didn't quite work out like that this season.



It probably worked better, as Black was responsible for one of the best Defenses in OHSAA this season and possibly in the last 10 years as the Rams went undefeated en route to a State Title and #1 ranking in Ohio.



With the options wide open, listen to what Black said about working with Trotwood, the Miamisburg saga, and his future as a head coach and with the Rams.