11:45AM...AD back on the internet airwaves...The PBL announced that Nighthawks guard Randy “White Chocolate” Gill has been named to the 2008 PBL All-Playoff team. Gill helped lead the Nighthawks to the second round of the playoffs averaging 26 ppg, 5.5 rpg, and 5 apg in two post season games.

The 2008 Premier Basketball League All-Playoff Team is listed below:

Nick Tuggle, Arkansas Impact
Jeremy Bell, Arkansas Impact
Anthony Lumpkin, Jacksonville Slam
Randy Gill, Maryland Nighthawks
Bobby Anderson, Quad Cities Riverhawks
Tayron Thomas, Reading Railers
Keith Friel, Rochester Razorsharks
James Reaves, Rochester Razorsharks
Rashi Johnson, Rockford Fury
Byron Mouton, Wilmington Sea Dawgs

The PBL will announce the 2008 All-League Team award winners shortly, including Most Valuable Player and Coach of the year honors.

8:12AM...AD here….there was an article that appeared in yesterday’s Washington Post that talks about the new proposed arena in which the Nighthawks would play in. The proposed midsized arena, which would hold anywhere between 6,500-8,500 seats, would be built on Montgomery College’s Germantown Campus and would be similar to George Mason’s Patriot Center. If all goes as planned, I am hearing the arena would be ready for the 2009-2010 season!

9:25AM…AD back on the blog…been a while since I last posted, lots of stuff evolving with the Nighthawks and the PBL. The PBL just announced that there will be a Southeast Asia expansion team in the PBL next season, and the PBL is planning on touring J.O.’s native Thailand this summer. The Nighthawks have a busy schedule and are going to be appearing in a lot of events this offseason, starting with Randy “White Chocolate” Gill appearing at Montgomery Knolls ES to talk to the students and motivate them before they take a week-long test….going off-topic, but I thought the following interview would give you guys a laugh. At the 3:32 mark in the video, Gheorghe Muresan, the former Washington Wizard was asked on Washington Wizards Magazine how he felt playing for the Nighthawks in the tallest staring line-up game two seasons ago…the 7-foot-7 Muresan replies “It was kind of weird for me...I feel very short”

9:17AM...AD Bloggin...MarylandNighthawks.com recently caught up with Nighthawks guard Tamir Goodman and discussed this season, an update on his finger injury, his summer plans and much more! Read the complete chat transcript here!

8:25AM...AD back again…it’s been a busy week since the Nighthawks season ended, the Razorsharks took home the inaugural 2008 PBL Championship with a win over Arkansas in front of over 9,000 fans AND quietly, the Nighthawks front office has been talking non-stop, to lets just say a former legend and they finally sealed the deal…the Nighthawks have scheduled a HUGE press conference today at 10AM at the Hanley Center to announce the signing of Michael Jordan who will come out of retirement and wear the #23 for the Nighthawks!....APRIL FOOLS!! Just had to throw that in :) Anyways…for those who didn’t watch the PBL Championship game on the PBL Virtual Stadium network, you missed a heck of the game…yes the score was a blow-out 142-112, but during the first quarter, Rochester’s James Reaves and Sammy Monroe went up for a put-back dunk, grabbed the rim, and the backboard shattered! See the picture taken by the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Newspaper. James Reaves got the best of it with glass going in his eyes and cuts but was okay and returned to action. The game was delayed close to 50 minutes, but Rochester came out and won the Championship, which they deserved. Hopefully next year the Nighthawks will make a huge stride to bringing a ‘Ship to Maryland!