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Neil Peterson
Neil has had a long and distinguished career in the coverage of fantasy sports. He began as a nationally syndicated fantasy sports columnist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and later
doubled as a play-by-play announcer for the FBL's Atlanta Warheads in 1993-94. After
the team's move to Sacramento he moved to the booth for the South Florida Falcons, where he called games until the FBL folded
in the spring of 1997. A beat writer for both the FFL and FBL, Peterson worked
as a veteran columnist for the FFL Online during the 2000 and 2001 seasons. His FFL Week by Week segments were followed religiously
by both the gambling industry and Christian Scientists. By picking the winners
each week a whopping 53% of the time, Neil displayed an uncanny knack for fantasy sports forecasting. Personal troubles have
sullied his image in recent years a bout with addiction to human growth hormone and allegations of sexual misconduct by FFL
Online sideline reporter Jackie Zieger were among his public shames. Now that
he is drug-free and mullet-free, Neil's career has come full circle to his first love in fantasy sports -- the FBL.
Dave Boyce
Boyce, a contemporary of many of the FBL's
owners (he graduated in the same high school class as many of them, in 1997) has made a name for himself in recent years with
the hard-hitting, in-your-face, no-apologies-offered journalism that characterizes Middletown News Bulletin, his Comcast Cable
public access show. Thus, the show's national reknown and Boyce's dynamic personality
made him a perfect fit as one of the anchor personalities for the FBL Online. Boyce
is perhaps best known for his raucous antics as a locker room reporter during the original run of the FBL. His fistfight with San Francisco All-Stars center Shaquille O'Neal made headlines, as did the inspirational
story of his eight month recovery afterward, in which he learned to walk again. Among
Dave's duties for the FBL Online are to report on draft and trade rumors, but he has also been known to provide analysis of
gameplay like no other. In his spare time, he enjoys speaking Spanish and eating
Otis Spunkmeyer cookies.
Bimbo Coles
Bimbo first rose to pseudo-stardom as a backup
point guard for the Las Vegas Gamblers in 1993-94. Born April 22, 1968 in Covington,
VA, he was chosen in the last round of the 1993 draft (112th overall). Bimbo played a grand sum of three FBL games
for Las Vegas, averaging 5.3 points off the bench. But he must have learned something
while parked on his ass, because Coles brings to the table superlative insight into FBL strategies and the player's psyche. For the FBL Online, Bimbo will provide regular reports from an insiders perspective
that of the FBL player. Now at the twilight of his professional basketball career,
Bimbo will be hoping to latch on to some FBL team's depth chart in the preseason. And
as he makes the transition between his playing career and broadcast career, the FBL Online will be there to reap the benefits
of his veteran savvy and basketball wit.
Trendsetter 2000
Though it was originally programmed to conduct
analyses of germ warfare scenarios for the U.S. military, Trendsetter 2000 now has more sedate (though no less significant)
duties: calculating and predicting fantasy basketball results. Trendsetter's
main objective for the FBL Online in 2002 is to release its regular Competency Rankings, a scientific rating of the performances
of the 12 FBL teams. Yet despite being a machine built on logic, the Trendsetter
has found time to expand its cultural horizons. 2000 has been touring college
campuses across the country this fall as the feature attraction of a renowned rock band bearing its name. Said Trendsetter recently: "My primary directive is to rock this mutha out.
I will do so with unceasing and unerring precision."
Allison Cole
Allison, a native of Dundas, Minnesota, will be one of the FBL's courtside reporters in
2002. She first made her name on the pageant circuit. Her titles as Ms. Rice County Walleye Festival and Ms. Iowa Husking Bee 1991 catapulted her to local fame
and a scholarship to study communications at the University of Central Florida. Allison's
FBL career began with her tenure as co-captain of the Charlotte Sharpshooters Dancers from 1995-97, where she cheered 31 games
a year and helped design the team mascot: Bucky Joe, the Rifle-Toting Town Drunk.
In the last six years, with the FBL on hiatus, she appeared in five failed television pilots -- including the biblical
sitcom "Everything's Coming Up Moses." Both a versatile sports correspondent and actress, she recently finished a tour with
the off-Broadway musical "McKinley: Ive Been Shot"! But Allison's life is not
all work. Her favorite movie is Erin Brockovich; her favorite food is guacamole
with Wow! Chips, and she is really excited about this new FBL season!!!!
Constantin Popa
At 7 feet, 4 inches, Constantin (occasionally spelled Constantine) has been noted as one
of the world's 50 tallest basketball players. Yet perhaps more notably, he is
now the world's tallest courtside reporter, as he will be walking the perimeter for the FBL Online in 2002. He played his college ball at Miskatonic University, in the now-defunct American 8 Conference. Although a devastating post presence for the Cthulians (Coach John deBoer nicknamed him the Eastern Bloc),
Popa was only able to catch on in the FBL as a practice squad player for the Connecticut No-Hopes. With the FBL's demise, he returned to his native Romania and toiled at the post in various European leagues. Despite his difficulties with English, colleagues, coaches and players alike have
lauded the 31-year-old Popa for his affable interviewing style and charm.
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