NEWS: (from  rourkie)

Carl Esteban (Male, Jaguar), starting forward for the albanyalphas, was arrested early last night and escorted to his home town of San Juan in Puerto Rico. The charges against him are unknown at this time. When asked to comment about the situation, team manager and international media mogul, Darius E. Mal’nioto (Male, Wolf), explained: “We are shocked and appalled at this situation. Esteban is a crucial member of this team, and an upstanding citizen. We are doing everything we can to expedite his return to New York as soon as possible."

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NEWS: (from  rourkie)

…the Alphas’ home court, Frump Coliseum, more affectionately known as “Frump's Dump,” is undergoing massive renovations including brand new seats with expanded capacity, several new J-SPAN telescreens (courtesy of DEM Electronics), and an innovative new series of floating box seats which allow a near perfect, birds-eye view of the court. The renovations are in conjunction with a re-branding of the team's image and logo, and are projected to be completed less than one week before the home opener against the Huntsville Mayors.

While the FBA 2011-12 schedule has not been officially published yet, the Alphas have started an ad campaign for a series of games which they call “The Gentlemen’s Club,” a reference to the apparently timeless, long-running spans of both teams’ involvement in professional basketball. Needless to say, once complete, the Coliseum, which is in serious need of remodeling, will be a “Dump” no longer. Team management has not commented on where the Alphas are practicing while these renovations are underway.