A large turnout of 19 people defines week 2. I think it is in part a response to the renewed energy John Freeborn has brought to the table this season and in part due to a thinning of the herd. The league has established itself, six years in, as a place where enthusiasm, competition, competence, [...]
Week 1 set the stage. Now, we have to bring the real stuff in Week 2. I’ve been drinking a lot of hot chocolate in preparation for Saturday’s games. What does hot chocolate do, you ask? I’m not 100% sure, but we’ll find out soon enough. Jay and I didn’t get our head to head [...]
On Saturday afternoon AFBL Season 6 began. At first it seemed like it might not happen. When I arrived at the gym, it was full of lunch tables and volunteer workers were milling about. I refused to let this stop me, and got to sorting out the issue. Within 15 minutes or so the tables [...]
After many months of a domant basketball league, tomorrow AFBL Season 6 will begin. Summer gave us some good times at the Roxboro rec court. Thanks to Nicky Santore for setting those games up. When the Summer games fell apart, we were all left to train, or nerd out, or do whetever it is that [...]
AFBL Season 3 is fast approaching. There is a new logo – VERY GAY. There are t-shirts and stuff available at http://www.cafeshops.com/afbl. Get yours and support the crew. We are also debating some methods of crowd controll. There are a few ideas. One is making all participants buy an official ABFL shirt or better than [...]
Season two was successful and many good games took place. We did have a few “ringers” show up (you know who you are) and it made for some difficult days. All was in good fun, but remember this – If you need to cross some one up who hasn’t played basketball since 6th grade to [...]
AFBL Season 1 created some interesting observations. We started out in fun, but after some time it got more and more serious. There are many reasons for that. To play in the AFBL, you should be an artist. You should come to have fun. A lot of the people who play in the AFBL have [...]