{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"126: CBA Basketball\u2019s Fort Wayne Fury \u2013 With Rob Brown","description":"After extraordinary listener response to our Episode #118 with David Levine a few months back, we bounce-pass our way back to the endlessly intriguing Continental Basketball Association for this week\u2019s conversation \u2013 this time with a focus on the league\u2019s travails during the 1990s, courtesy of the Fort Wayne (IN) Fury and its former radio voice\/media relations director Rob Brown. More than forty years since the relocation of the NBA\u2019s seminal Pistons from the Summit City to Detroit (and a decade before the arrival of the current-day G-League Mad Ants), the Fury held court at the city\u2019s Allen County War Memorial Coliseum from 1991 until the league\u2019s first demise in 2001 \u2013 winning the CBA\u2019s regular season title in 1998, after narrowly losing the league championship finals two seasons earlier. Brown recounts some of his standout memories from his time with the Fury, including:  Playing second fiddle to the Komets, Fort Wayne\u2019s minor league hockey juggernaut; The harrowing 50-foot fall of team mascot \u201cSabre\u201d from the Coliseum\u2019s ceiling during a 1996 playoff game; Indiana Hoosier legend Keith Smart\u2019s final year of playing and first year of pro coaching \u2013 both with the Fury; The short-lived playing career of Percy Miller \u2013 better known as rap superstar Master P; AND Why today\u2019s Fort Wayne Mad Ants owe a debt of gratitude to both the Fury and the CBA.  PLUS: &amp;nbsp;The real origin of New York Knicks\/ESPN broadcaster Mike Breen\u2019s signature three-point call! Enjoy a FREE MONTH of The Great Courses Plus streaming video service \u2013 including the new series \u201cFundamentals of Photography\u201d \u2013 created in conjunction with National Geographic! ","author_name":"Good Seats Still Available","author_url":"https:\/\/goodseatsstillavailable.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/10905993\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/aa0926\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/49687279"}