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CBA Suits Up in Rim Rocka Clothing for Upcoming Season; Continental Basketball Associations Taps Rim Rocka to Design Uniforms and Team Apparel.


Sports Editors/Basketball Writers & Columnists

PHOENIX--(BW SportsWire)--August 17, 2000

The Continental Basketball Association This article is about the American CBA. For the CBA in China, see Chinese Basketball Association.

The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) is a professional men's basketball league in the United States.
 (CBA See Capital Builder Account. ) today announced that it has named Rim Rocka as the exclusive designer and manufacturer for the League's uniforms and official CBA-logo products for the 2000-2001 season. The agreement was negotiated by Stone America Marketing, the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) licensing and sponsorship agent.

Rim Rocka, the New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 based clothing manufacturer of basketball apparel, will also design uniforms and apparel for the CBA All-Star Tour line. In addition, t-Shirts, hats, replica jerseys and shorts are among the items Rim Rocka will supply to the CBA. Rim Rocka, founded in 1998, designs and manufactures a high-quality, fashion-forward, affordable clothing apparel line for today's basketball player.

Don Welsh Don Welsh (born 25 February 1911, Manchester - died 2 February 1990) was an English football player and manager. As a player he played at inside left for Charlton Athletic and for England, winning the FA Cup with Charlton in 1946-47. , President of the CBA stated, "Our agreement with Rim Rocka is yet another exciting indication that the CBA is poised for success in the new century. Like the CBA, Rim Rocka is a company on the move and we are anticipating a long and fruitful partnership. Both companies share a burning desire to provide our fans with top-notch products that convey excitement and athleticism.

The Rim Rocka agreement is one among many strategic business 6 moves that is designed to reinforce the CBA's overriding commitment to bring first rate basketball and basketball products to our fans."

"We are excited to have the opportunity to work with an established organization such as the Continental Basketball Association. Working with the CBA will be a great opportunity for Rim Rocka to show the basketball world how serious we are about providing the flexibility, versatility and style that urban basketball enthusiasts look for in sports apparel," said Phil Keddy, Vice President of Rim Rocka.

The CBA was founded in 1946 as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League Noun 1. basketball league - a league of basketball teams
basketball team, five - a team that plays basketball

league, conference - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
 and is the longest running professional basketball league in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Today, the league consists of 10 teams stretching from Hartford, Conn., to Yakima, Wash. During the 1999-2000 season, the CBA transmitted games on the Internet, via video web cast, and is the first professional sports The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 league that can call itself The Digital League(TM).

The CBA's official relationship with the NBA NBA
abbr.
1. National Basketball Association

2. National Boxing Association

NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (=
 began in 1978 as a referee developmental program and turned into a referee and player developmental program in 1980. The 1999-2000 season marked the CBA's 20th as the Official Developmental League of the NBA. Over the past 22 years (1978-2000), the league has enjoyed a total of 538 CBA-to-NBA player call-ups.
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